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Live Caller Asks Why Blacks Vote for Hillary (Original Post) Gregorian May 2016 OP
That's the dumbest commentary I've heard in years Dem2 May 2016 #1
Because they don't like Bernie Sanders KingFlorez May 2016 #2
LOL! That doesn't say that at all. n/t Dawgs May 2016 #3
One candidate went to jail for civil rights. dogman May 2016 #4
No one cares what he did 50 years ago KingFlorez May 2016 #5
That is what is not understandable. dogman May 2016 #6
It's not a lie KingFlorez May 2016 #8
Right, secret code words. dogman May 2016 #9
One other point. dogman May 2016 #11
No one cares.... Classic! NWCorona May 2016 #7
Very low turnout among AA does not bode well for the party. Alex4Martinez May 2016 #10
Sounds like a well-known former DUer... Blue_Tires May 2016 #12

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
1. That's the dumbest commentary I've heard in years
Wed May 18, 2016, 10:45 AM
May 2016

"blacks voted for Hillary Clinton because they are part of the Democratic Establishment"

WHAT?? Is he f****** serious?

That's the stupidest, most paranoid bullshit I've heard in a long time.



Is this what you're hanging your hat on?

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
2. Because they don't like Bernie Sanders
Wed May 18, 2016, 10:47 AM
May 2016

Clinton won the black vote by a larger margins than Obama did in some places, which suggests that they is a great dislike for Sanders among black voters. Considering that he is dismissive of their votes, it's understandable.

dogman

(6,073 posts)
4. One candidate went to jail for civil rights.
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:37 AM
May 2016

The other set aside civil rights to help put others in jail. Hardly understandable.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
5. No one cares what he did 50 years ago
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:42 AM
May 2016

What matters now is how dismissive he is of the black vote. It's ok though, voters make their choices and black voters did not choose him.

dogman

(6,073 posts)
6. That is what is not understandable.
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:46 AM
May 2016

Dismissive of the black vote is a lie. The facts I posted are true. Maybe some will begin to care when they find themselves dealing with Trump as President.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
8. It's not a lie
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:50 AM
May 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/opinion/sanders-dismissesthe-deep-south.html?_r=0

“Secretary Clinton cleaned our clock in the Deep South. No question about it. We got murdered there. That is the most conservative part of this great country. That’s the fact. But you know what? We’re out of the Deep South now. And we’re moving up.”


Considering that most of the black vote in the Democratic primary is concentrated in the South and that black voters really are not all that conservative, this is dismissive.

dogman

(6,073 posts)
11. One other point.
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:58 AM
May 2016

Your claim is much like most of your logic. Nonsense. How could they vote against Bernie because months later he would be dismissive of their vote? You can time travel in your mind, not in real life though.

Alex4Martinez

(2,193 posts)
10. Very low turnout among AA does not bode well for the party.
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:53 AM
May 2016

It's not good for Sanders and it might be even worse for Clinton.

Any way you look at it, however, it's not a sign of a healthy party.

We need to work on that, rediscover our roots and principles.

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