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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How Bernie Lost the Black Vote Long Before Super Tuesday [View all]Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)32. Didn't BLM
do same thing when he had a speech before this and he let them talk? So now he is bad for leaving a speech they once again interrupted him on? The only way we are going to get any real change in this country is to get Money out of politics, and voting for Hillary is just going to keep the status quo? Sure you might get some small changes as she has promised but I rather change system so we can get talking about these dam issues Like our police state.
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You won't gloat about what? Helping to elect a corrupt or crazy President?
Live and Learn
Mar 2016
#205
It will say that, if things don't change. That doesn't mean it will be a good thing.
highprincipleswork
Mar 2016
#11
Then don't cry about the results you end up with. At that point many won't want to hear you.
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#68
Yes. Right. Obama had the power to change things for blacks in the past 8 years.
politicaljunkie41910
Mar 2016
#102
And let us not forget that Obama tried to chain Social Security. The Republicans said no to that!
DhhD
Mar 2016
#136
There's also a running narrative telling voters that he has a problem with diverse states
Ned_Devine
Mar 2016
#81
“Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton's efforts to push these policies resulted in the continued
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#9
You know she will. HRC never forgets her friends, just as Bill never forgets his.
Hekate
Mar 2016
#150
Good article. Good points. Unfortunate, however, the wedge driven here...
highprincipleswork
Mar 2016
#17
I guess White Liberals have never supported Black causes, while the DLC & Third Way have?
highprincipleswork
Mar 2016
#62
Well, perhaps Hillary has done a better job of that, or perhaps not...
highprincipleswork
Mar 2016
#94
You tried to warn them, Bravenak. All you got was a time out for your trouble.
SunSeeker
Mar 2016
#23
On the day after we have access to more information and can make better judgement of what has
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2016
#46
So the Black vote was rightfully his? Did you bother to ask any black people about this first? nt
GoldenEagle16
Mar 2016
#34
Saying he lost the black vote could be construed as implying that as well.
AtomicKitten
Mar 2016
#90
Don't sell your snark short. It's definitely nasty, false, and mean-spirited.
AtomicKitten
Mar 2016
#157
endless vacay for bad behavior - so many others have been TS'd for much, much less
AtomicKitten
Mar 2016
#214
I love how people that can't vote in juries are ever so terribly concerned about YOUR "bad behavior"
Number23
Mar 2016
#224
well at least you're consistent with your blacksplaining and divisiveness
AtomicKitten
Mar 2016
#233
So you say that bravenak and I are "blacksplaining" and then accuse US of "playing the race card?"
Number23
Mar 2016
#236
Oh. My. God. Just when I didn't think the paternalistic, clueless claptrap could get any worse
Number23
Mar 2016
#238
Yeah! Great to see you! Your analysis was so spot on as to be accurate for multiple
R B Garr
Mar 2016
#44
Bernie's campaign did make early mistakes, although most have been corrected.
Ken Burch
Mar 2016
#75
It does not negate what they do, but it doesn't make it our campaign's fault.
Ken Burch
Mar 2016
#91
Skinner himself came out and posted against that other OP. But somehow, THAT'S the real one
Number23
Mar 2016
#225
thanks for conceding that the author of the top posted hogwash is fact/logic-challenged
stupidicus
Mar 2016
#147
oh, it's now racist to point out who BLM still has to protest and who gives BLM the bum's rush
MisterP
Mar 2016
#152
outing myself as an Angeleño, but the closest analogy seems to be the Bus Riders Union
MisterP
Mar 2016
#173
it's not an actual union, but big-city people are inured to seeing double-jointed buses
MisterP
Mar 2016
#248
You have not posted enough in the aa group to know what evidence we have posted there
bravenak
Mar 2016
#195
What should Bernie Sanders have done when he was about to give a speech about Social Security
Eric J in MN
Mar 2016
#184
yeah, that was the Seattle incident--they seem to have been disconnected and sorta fundie, too
MisterP
Mar 2016
#216
I don't believe he had the chance of getting the Black vote from the very beginning....n/t
asuhornets
Mar 2016
#242
The way to win the African American vote would have alienated many of Sanders supporters
Gothmog
Mar 2016
#251