Three black Democratic SC lawmakers back Bernie Sanders

[NorthCarolina]

COLUMBIA

Battling for African-American support, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced his South Carolina leadership team Saturday which includes three Democratic African-American state legislators.

State Reps. Terry Alexander of Florence, Wendell Gilliard of Charleston and Robert Williams of Darlington are among more than 25 committee members backing the U.S. senator from Vermont’s bid for the Democratic nomination.

“Sen. Sanders has the feel, the attitude of the common person, folks who are struggling day-by-day who are working everyday and still cannot pay their bills, ... do not have health insurance ... and cannot support their families,” Alexander said, introducing Sanders who met briefly with media Saturday afternoon.

Sanders is “the strongest candidate here for African Americans and he will bring about change,” Alexander added.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article43615482.html#storylink=cpy

How can this possibly be? Sanders with only 8% of the black vote in SC? and Hillary at like, a gazillion?

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. .

[Cheese Sandwich]

2. I'm sure Hillary will have more, but hey it still means a lot.

Bernie seems to be doing all the right things

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Your OP is muddled

What do these endorsements have to do with the recent poll showing Bernie getting 8% of the African American vote in South Carolina?

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. Looks like a strong leadership team with a but of strong leaders

Other members of Sanders’ state committee are elected officials from around the state and Democratic Party and Black Lives Matter activists, according to the campaign. They include:

Allen Bailey, Sumter County Democratic Party chairman

Eugene Baten, Sumter County councilman

Earl Coleman, McCormick County councilman

Donna Dewitt, former president of the S.C. AFL-CIO

Thomas Dixon, president of the Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment

Annejanet Harp, S.C. Democratic Party Faith co-chairwoman

Teresa Harper, Aiken Democratic Party first vice chairwoman

William Lawrence, S.C. Democratic Party veterans chairman

James McCain, Sumter County councilman

Lucinda Nesmith, Florence County Party chairwoman

Naomi Sanders, former Sumter County Council chairwoman

Wanda Stringfellow, former Chester mayor

Timothy Taylor, Atlantic Beach police chief

Tom Turnipseed, former state senator

Stephen Wukela, Florence mayor

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article43615482.html#storylink=cpy

[Catherina]

5. Bernie's SC Campaign Committee includes #BLM, state lawmakers, AFLCIO, and police

Love it!

[RiverLover]

51. R&K this post, and the OP!

Bernie's message is getting out there!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. This is only the beginning

[ejbr]

7. It appears some are paying attention n/t

[mythology]

8. Good for him, and for the primary and for the party as a whole

Anything that gets more people excited is a good thing.

[Thespian2]

9. K & R!!!

[Cassiopeia]

10. They must have missed the memo.

Thankfully they've been listening to the message and history.

[malokvale77]

11. Yes but dog gammit...

what does this:

“Sen. Sanders has the feel, the attitude of the common person, folks who are struggling day-by-day who are working everyday and still cannot pay their bills, ... do not have health insurance ... and cannot support their families,” Alexander said, introducing Sanders who met briefly with media Saturday afternoon.

Sanders is “the strongest candidate here for African Americans and he will bring about change,” Alexander added.

mean? Why are these people ignoring the polls? WTF is going on here?

The polls dammit, the polls.

[beerandjesus]

14. Seems like some AA's aren't quite satisfied with Hillary's social justice platform...

Bernie wants black people to PROSPER, Hillary's satisfied if cops aren't gunning them down.

Once again, the absolute bare minimum, passed off as flying colors.

[malokvale77]

18. I know.

I live in a very diverse community (1/3 white and 2/3 POC). We're all working class and suffering. Whenever Hillary Clinton's name is brought up, the most common reaction is, people spit on the ground.

I don't see much of a likeable factor for her here. Maybe she does better in the gated communities we are surrounded by.

[romanic]

25. Same where I live.

Whenever we talk about politics and Hillary comes up the sentiment is usually "I'll vote for her if I have to, but I still don't like her." It's the usual "vote for the lesser of two evils" type of thinking that's killing politics and in turn, our country today. :/

[JTFrog]

39. Cool story bro. n/t

[okasha]

64. "people spit on the ground"

You overdid it.

[senz]

22. + 1 Well said.

I think AAs will feel the difference when they learn who he is, what he stands for, and how honest and real he is. He's not your typical politician.

[Sheepshank]

63. Are we supposed to be surprised because some AA persons support Bernie?

When they are women that support Republicans and Latinos that support Trump. Shit happens.

[demwing]

66. "Shit happens"

Now there's Hillary's new campaign slogan

[beerandjesus]

67. Sounds like you're calling Bernie racist, again.

Go away, and take your infantile sig gif with you.

[Sheepshank]

68. it asppears that you are only a cherry picking racist caller outter.

My .gif say a lot...absolutely perfectly. I thoroughly despise creepy crawlies. Did you see that fly buzzing around a pile of shit version a Bernie supporter placed into a thread recently? That was truly disturbing. Did you complain about that?

and fWIW, what kind of self proclaimed hall monitor do you think you are, telling me where and when I can post. Grow the fuck up and find your own siggly line that says what you want it to say.

[beerandjesus]

69. Wrong forum.

Posts that call Bernie racist and celebrate DUers getting banned go over here:

www.hillaryclintonsupporters.com


You're welcome.

[Sheepshank]

70. Apparently you were not invited to the Secret Bernie FB group either

Again, grow up...lots of people post in several forums. You have a problen with anyone else posting in several forums, or just me? Again, you are trying to tell people where they may post. Just who the fuck do you think you are?

Are you going to call out everyone that isn't exclusively a DU member? Haven't you figured it out yet, or did you not get the memo, that this type of call out is a failing endeavor, and just makes you look petty and grasping for insults.

Tell me exactly what banning has to do with starting and participating in a non DU forum? ALL of the people I know that post in non DU forums (that I also participate in), are not banned...so please proceed.

[beerandjesus]

71. Well shit, you're right....

....I think I'm gonna vote for Hillary now!

[Sheepshank]

72. good

[George II]

12. STATE legislators.............

[beerandjesus]

13. Precisely the attitude which gets us gerrymandering, creationist school boards...

etc., etc.

Amazing, the contempt that the Hillary crowd has for ANYONE but their Anointed One.

[senz]

23. Yes.

Bad attitudes like that win them, and her, no friends.

[George II]

50. No, but these endorsements by state legislators were received without fanfare, no big deal:

All endorsed Hillary Clinton a while back:

Bill Clyburn, SC Rep.
Carl Anderson, SC Rep.
Chandra Dillard, SC Rep.
Jerry Govan, Jr., SC Rep.
John King, SC Rep.
John Scott, SC Sen.
John W. Matthews, Jr., SC Sen.
Leon Howard, SC Rep.
Mandy Powers Norrell, SC Rep.

[Armstead]

15. And that's a bad thing HOW?

Jeezus....twisting yourself into pretzels trying to find dismissive memes.

[beam me up scottie]

19. No kidding.

George doesn't think things through before sneering at others.

[malokvale77]

26. Exactly.

And why do Canadians have a bigger voice on this board than the rest of us. WTF.

[beam me up scottie]

30. There are some sincere Canadians who are legitimately interested in our politics.

All of the liberal Canadians I know like Bernie.

[malokvale77]

36. Please point them out on this board.

The obvious ones on this board seem to want all but the 1%ers to just die.

[beam me up scottie]

37. I'm not going to call them out.

But I just responded to one in this thread.

[George II]

52. Sad to see that jingoism is alive and well on DU

[beam me up scottie]

55. Speaking of alive and well, are you still pushing the bankster Bernie meme, George?

That was hilarious, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!

[George II]

56. What are you talking about?

I'm sure you'll pull up some post of mine to veer even further off topic.

[beam me up scottie]

57. The bankster Bernie graphic you posted then abandoned when you found out it was bogus.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251640125

You never did say if you created that graphic, was that your handiwork?

[akbacchus_BC]

40. Hello, am one Canadian who cares and I can say the same for a lot

of Canadians who care about American politics because we are next door neighbours and our interests are the same. I do not have enough fingers to count the amount of my relatives who live in the US and you know what, I am so impressed that they are so successful. I go to NY, Brooklyn, Florida to visit relatives and I admire the US. Do not count us out, we are working class people too and we want the best for everyone the world over.

Just want all wars over and the Palestinians to get their own little state they can call their own!

[George II]

49. What do Canadians have to do with South Carolina state legislative endorsements?

[beam me up scottie]

54. I dunno. What does prodding someone into a hide have to do with supporting Hillary?

[akbacchus_BC]

41. If George annoys you so much, then tell the administrators. Do not hold regular DUers accountable

for a DUer behaviour on this board, it is not fair.

[akbacchus_BC]

34. I think George is a Harper Candidate. Just my input!

Most Canadians I know prefer a Democratic system of governing. I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am that Mr. Justin Trudeau got elected.

[beam me up scottie]

35. You're probably right. And I am thrilled for my Canadian brothers and sisters!

[akbacchus_BC]

38. Thank you Beam. We are so happy that the Liberals won with a majority.

Good times again for Canada and the West. My only apprehension is that a lot of Canadians are conservatives, the NDP lost big time, I was hoping that the NDP would be the official opposition party. Have no idea why went wrong with Mr. Mulcair's campaign.
Oh, we will keep Mr. Trudeau grounded and we know he cannot fulfill all his promises to us, but we know, he will do his best. Good thing is, Harper is gone!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

17. Barack Obama was a state legislator.

John Lewis was elected to the Atlanta City Council. State and local offices are somehow amusing to you? Surely you weren't expecting endorsements from Nikki Haley, Lindsay Graham or Tim Scott...

[malokvale77]

20. You have got to be kidding.

Never mind. You are not worth any intelligent persons time.

Bye.

[akbacchus_BC]

42. You are your own worst enemy! Rather than engaging some one

you went Trump style on the person and you want us to take you seriously regarding politics.

Am finger tied!

[beam me up scottie]

43. In all fairness George showed up just to piss on a positive endorsement for Bernie.

In this instance he really doesn't deserve to be engaged in any other way.

I stay away from positive Hillary threads, imo there is no reason to ruin it for her supporters.

[akbacchus_BC]

45. Thank you for your response. I really like Mr. Sanders and his policies

and I really hope Mrs. Clinton do not go attack him like she did Mr. Obama. All in all, I just want a Democrat to get elected. If Mrs. Clinton gets elected, I will be as happy as when Mr. Obama got elected.

George is a conservative and he will always be a conservative. We just have to agree to disagree with people who have strong party convictions.

[beam me up scottie]

46. Keeping a Democrat in the White House is crucial.

But at this point DUers are more concerned with getting the right Democrat in the race.

Primary season is already worse than it was in 2008 and it's still early. This forum is toxic, I don't even click on most threads.

[akbacchus_BC]

47. I know, I was wondering how come they start this process so soon and

what is the President thinking! I was hoping he could close fucking gitmo before he left office. Forgive me if I sound foolish, I love President Obama, I took a day off for the elections and a day off for his inauguration, I was so excited. I knew he would win after Mrs. Clinton went ballistic on him. I know you are not supposed to feel so much emotions for a person but man, I really wanted him to get his policies done as he promised, but alas, he was blocked every which way and for that am sad. Just for the record, he will go down in my estimation as the best President in the US, way in the list with Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.

Peace my friend, it was lovely chatting with you.

[appalachiablue]

16. K & R. Very glad to see this and not surprised. Go South Carolina!

[cosmicone]

21. ::::::::::: yawn ::::::::::::::::

Please don't get your hopes up

[senz]

24. This is beautiful news; it makes me so happy. Thanks for posting it, NorthCarolina!

It sounds like the Bernie campaign has been hard at work, doing all the right things to win friends and support. I am so glad to hear it.

Now I just hope he's getting enough rest, eating healthy food, taking quality time for himself and those he loves. He doesn't have millions and millions of dollars and an army of paid attendants. He's more like us, a real person. He needs our support as he takes on tptb.

[bravenak]

27. So, why doesn't he try to get some delegates? They count BIG.

[malokvale77]

32. Oh FFS...

He's about us the people. You should know that.

PS: your swat L0oniX (sid from Canada, really) does you little favor.

I implore you to come back to us who will embrace you.

[bravenak]

33. Sid is pretty awesome. People always notice what he does.

I live near Canada. Closer to Canada than to the contenental US. I see canadians all the time. Friends with many. I do not understand why so many are bigoted against canadians on this board. They are good people.

You guys did not embrace me. Many insulted me and said terrible things about me. None have apologized (except Bonobo, but he never said anything nasty to me to apologize for)and that proves I am where I should be.

[sheshe2]

53. Just wanted to say hi, bravenak.

I am running late for work....just wanted to say I embraced you as a BS supporter and now embrace you as a HRC supporter. I know you knew this, just wanted to say it on the board.

Gotta run~

[bravenak]

58. Hi!! I love you!nt

[Dr Hobbitstein]

59. Well, for one, they have flappy heads...

And then they say "aboot". Not to mention Bryan Adams and Celine Dion.

That's why people hate Canadians on this board.

NOTE: for the impaired.

[bravenak]

62. Lol!

[akbacchus_BC]

44. Who let you out so quickly? DU is not so good at incarceration.

Welcome back anyways! Hope you stay for a while and discuss real issues with us rather than hurling insults!

[Dandilions]

29. Good start

Let's build some more momentum ! Any one on here from S.C. feeling the Bern ??

[ucrdem]

31. How long did it take him to parrot Hillary?

Just kidding folks. This looks good for Bernie and that's a fact. Dunno if it's going to make a lick o difference in the SC primary or the polls tho.

p.s. if he'd announced an "SC leadership team" of more than 25 Dems with no African-Americans on it, that would look very odd, but how accurately does 3 of 25+ reflect SC Democrats statistically?

[Enthusiast]

48. Poor misguided black Democratic SC lawmakers.

How can this be?!

[tblue]

60. He's got this Black chick too!

[Persondem]

61. Good for Sanders, but it seem like too little too late.

This should have been done a few months ago as it takes time to build momentum especially in a state dominated by Clinton.

One guy on the SC Sanders list is named Tom Turnipseed ... just stood out to me. Not a name you see everyday.

[stevenleser]

65. Yep, at this rate he will lose by 45% in SC instead of 50% nt