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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie's crowd in Portland, ME ... [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)49. Oh FFS
wake me when the primary schedule is changed and billions aren't required to play.
He started in Iowa and New Hampshire. It was logical given his campaign budget to go to neighboring Maine.
He was in Nevada and was welcomed by Latino's despite the protestations here.
He will be in South Carolina and will be welcomed by the black population there.
There is only a pattern in your own mind. Besides what do you really care? You have your money. You only want social justice. Many of us POC still want and need both economic and social justice.
Wake us when you care about both.
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Sweet Jesus-- you are telling actually an African American man "he just wants to complain"?
ismnotwasm
Jul 2015
#124
It is amazing to watch and it happens EVERY GOD DAMN time a Black person brings it up
randys1
Jul 2015
#228
Excellent point - Bernie should be all things to all people and right away, too!
Peregrine Took
Jul 2015
#7
Seems to be that's what all of Bernie's supporters want of HRC. Just saying what's good for the
Fla Dem
Jul 2015
#160
Is it asking too much that Bernie hear what the mainstream of PoC are saying ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#20
Yep, the location would be irrelevant; but for the reception his message receives...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#53
Thank you for proving the "Why Bernie is missing Black folks" point ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#76
When I saw screen shots of Bernie's rally, my first reaction other than being WOWED by the numbers
randys1
Jul 2015
#243
straight out of the mouth of the priv. It's Just as much a CLASS analysis as it is Race analysis it
2banon
Jul 2015
#247
The implication is that Sanders is deliberately avoiding non-white voters and crowds
arcane1
Jul 2015
#17
Does that mean the whole state is racist, or he's just racist for going there?
arcane1
Jul 2015
#185
I would love if he were to veer out of white liberal havens, for a weekend ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#24
Thanks for the post. Since Michelle Alexander's major work came out in 2010, "The New Jim Crow:
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
#259
He cancelled his Charleston S.C. rally in order not to politicize the tragedy. He also directed his
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#87
I have no idea where she's been. But her poll numbers with minority voters are very strong.
pnwmom
Jul 2015
#240
And yet, she talks about social justice ... disconnected to economic justice ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#33
Answering stuff you have no attention of palying attention to is hard work ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#60
Nope, not forgetting that women and POC deserve a level playing field. I understand why its not a
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#269
Hillary's real home town (Park Ridge, IL, not Chappaqua) has not dissimilar stats BUT...
Gidney N Cloyd
Jul 2015
#168
I guess when you only have one card in your hand, you have no choice but to keep tossing it out.
Bonobo
Jul 2015
#54
You can see my post below, but if you have great common sense, it is pretty obvious.
Bonobo
Jul 2015
#75
The meme that Sanders is only appealing to white voters as a campaign tactic. nt
Bonobo
Jul 2015
#74
Perhaps, you would feel better if I didn't vote/advocate "based on my race", huh?
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#99
Exactly, vote however he wants. But if he wants to keep intimating that Sanders is a racist,
Bonobo
Jul 2015
#117
It would be nice if you would advocate for everyone's interests and not just your own.
cui bono
Jul 2015
#234
You mean the "come out and say it" card, you're missing that out of your deck you know that right?
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#140
Good post, in a sea of swarming sharks smelling blood, it might sink though sadly...
AuntPatsy
Jul 2015
#183
No one has said Sanders doesn't care about black people? "NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BERNIE",
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
#260
I've seen all these points numerous times on this forum, SOS. With Sanders I see 'a candiate
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
#264
Bernies made his solidarity all citizens pretty darn clear many times explicetly.....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#147
As a black man, what would you like to hear from Bernie that would address your concerns?
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2015
#158
He didn't get an answer because 1SBM was locked out of the thread on an idiotic hide.
Squinch
Jul 2015
#246
If you have a problem with lack of diversity in the early primary states,
HooptieWagon
Jul 2015
#177
Negotiations? republicans dragged their feet a bit and Democrats were tepid with the change
Brother Buzz
Jul 2015
#197
The real problem is the message, they want it shut down and clear limits set for the future as well.
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#245
I read most of this thread. Does it make any difference to anyone that the NAACP has given
jwirr
Jul 2015
#195
Thank you. I knew about the divide in Ferguson MO - just did not realize that it involved the NAACP.
jwirr
Jul 2015
#204
You are so correct about our millnnial generation. When I want to know what to think on any issue
jwirr
Jul 2015
#212
that crap you posted has zero to do with me or anything I was discussing with this poster
bigtree
Jul 2015
#217
I think most POC can figure out which candidate best reflects their interests.
immoderate
Jul 2015
#207
You have explained that you use quotes for progressives to indicate they are not *real*
cui bono
Jul 2015
#255
Nate Silver is basically making the same point as you about Bernie's base
Tatiana La Belle
Jul 2015
#267