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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: When the #1 most liberal Senator and his supporters are the "racist" wing of our party we've lost it [View all]PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)83. Molly Ivins' takedown of Paglia is classic.
"What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit. The Norman Podhoretz of our gender. That this woman is actually taken seriously as a thinker in New York intellectual circles is a clear sign of decadence, decay, and hopeless pinheadedness. Has no one in the nations intellectual capital the background and ability to see through a web of categorical assertions? One fashionable line of response to Paglia is to claim that even though she may be fundamentally off-base, she has 'flashes of brilliance.' If so, I missed them in her oceans of swill."
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When the #1 most liberal Senator and his supporters are the "racist" wing of our party we've lost it [View all]
MadDAsHell
Feb 2016
OP
Agreed. Calling Sanders a racist is a desperate ploy from a desperate campaign n/t
arcane1
Feb 2016
#2
The Rules... Do Not Apply To People Like Hillary... Or DWS for That Matter et al!
CorporatistNation
Feb 2016
#66
I certainly wouldn't call him any more racist than his primary opponent.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#6
Very true, it started here because Bernie had not said a word about police violence against POC....
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#12
Failing to hail Bernie as the Great White Hope of Civil Rights = calling Bernie a "racist" nt
EffieBlack
Feb 2016
#14
Your sincerity is touching, as always. Again, I don't enjoy your games, so I am not going to play.
merrily
Feb 2016
#42
Downthread, you just replied to my post showing three people think Bernie is racist.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#46
Why are you making false claims? The op never said that poll was the reason for the op.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#60
yep, I guess I should have said "rabidly, dishonestly, disingenuously, and repeatedly implied he is"
MadDAsHell
Feb 2016
#36
There have been several posts openly calling him a racist as well as a poll.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#22
Good for you, for paying closer attention than I do. I tend to avert my eyes sometimes.
merrily
Feb 2016
#38
Yes, she is amazing in that way and in her ability to retrieve links on a dime.
merrily
Feb 2016
#52
I don't blame you, people ask for links then alert on people who post them too.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#63
Can you post evidence that people in the AA have called Bernie Sanders a racist? I'll wait.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#27
I don't know if the whole party is judged by what gets posted at DU, but I hope not.
merrily
Feb 2016
#20
For the people who keep saying no one ever claimed Bernie is racist:
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#34
Of course you're not. Hillary, nor her supporters, were even mentioned in my OP. nt
MadDAsHell
Feb 2016
#68