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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders and O'Malley were ambushed [View all]Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)38. This is as spot-on as Mr. Sanders analysis of the systemic injustice in our economy. n/t
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Paid trolls? Anything? I hope it's a strange thing that will pass in the light of Monday.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#17
"ratfuck Bernie with the black community" is what #BLM did, despite the fact he's in their corner.
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#22
I support ANY effort that gets more voters to tell ANY politician that votes have to be EARNED.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#26
Puhleeze! He shoud have hire some black staff. Like I have said a jillion times.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#27
And a complete lack of understanding of who the protestors are, and what they're protesting. nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#101
+1 ... There is not a lot that we agree on; but, here, we are in complete agreement! n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#130
Hillary Hillary Hillary!! She does not control black people!! We are not robots!!! Damn!
bravenak
Jul 2015
#29
Hillary did it from Arkansas! Are they nuts?! Don't they have a clue that Tia Oso and the
Cha
Jul 2015
#119
That reminds me of AngryBlackLady's tweet that is said to have started the #berniesoblack hashtag..
Cha
Jul 2015
#106
This from the anonymous poster who advocated racial rioting, looting, and violence
brentspeak
Jul 2015
#140
The ones on Twitter ding this resulted in #blacktwitter going with #berniesoblack
MohRokTah
Jul 2015
#142
But how can you expect a Presidential candidate to be able to roll with the punches? It's not fair!!
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#172
To me, it just points out nobody even wastes their times with those RW bozos. nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#21
and then when those RW bozos end up in office, everybody cries about them. nt
magical thyme
Jul 2015
#40
That bitter threat is not helping. Let US ignore you or the republicans will beat you.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#42
that wasn't a bitter threat. it was a fact. O'Malley and Bernie haven't ignored anybody
magical thyme
Jul 2015
#51
Fact is, you NEED black voters. Might be a good idea to stop trying to piss them off.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#56
I'm not trying to piss anybody off. If you're getting pissed off, that's your issue not mine.
magical thyme
Jul 2015
#59
They don't want to hear what black people think. Why do you think there are so FEW here?
bravenak
Jul 2015
#86
"We don't like your TONE" is really not a good argument to make in this circumstance. nt
MADem
Jul 2015
#113
Tone arguments do not fly when they're used to stifle appropriate indignation and frustration.
MADem
Jul 2015
#126
And this is the key. You don't care about their issue, you care that they affronted your candidate
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#167
Yes, I do, because it comes out in your writing. You're dismissing the BLM folks because they
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#170
I agree 1,000% with what BLM is trying to do. I don't agree with how they did it at Netroots Nation
magical thyme
Jul 2015
#72
#blacklivesmatter would get closer to their goals shouting at a brick wall than they would
MohRokTah
Jul 2015
#145
it is very hard to hear on the tapes. I listened & couldn't understand more than 50% of their words
magical thyme
Jul 2015
#63
I believe BLM is partially funded by George Soros, who is quite adept at having demonstrations
djean111
Jul 2015
#6
I have NEVER seen the like!! This is just about as bad as it gets. Oh the humanity!!!
bravenak
Jul 2015
#24
Yeah, totally preposterous. Because nobody ever attempted to manipulate public opinion. Coo-coo for
GoneFishin
Jul 2015
#97
You are repeating a WASHINGTON TIMES conspiracy that has been de-bunked by SNOPES.
MADem
Jul 2015
#123
Wrong. Snopes found true that Soros Foundation is funding Black Activist groups...
HooptieWagon
Jul 2015
#151
WRONG--Snopes found FALSE that he was funding PROTESTS, and that's what you are insinuating, here.
MADem
Jul 2015
#153
This is as spot-on as Mr. Sanders analysis of the systemic injustice in our economy. n/t
Betty Karlson
Jul 2015
#38
I suspect he already has specific ideas to work on ending police violence, but I'm glad it's early
magical thyme
Jul 2015
#44
It won't matter a whit in the long run. Bernie's message is consistent as is his ...
Scuba
Jul 2015
#50
I agree with everything you wrote; I didn't mean to imply that the BLM issue didn't matter ...
Scuba
Jul 2015
#156
You have to understand no one outside the campaigns is interested in what they really have to say.
mmonk
Jul 2015
#53
I agree but for me it's a chicken or the egg question. In this country money = power....sadly.
yourout
Jul 2015
#137
chicken or egg is a loser for us. We've got to turn it into walk and chew gum.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#141
I love white people lecturing about Dr. king. It's damn irritating but they swear they NEED to do it
bravenak
Jul 2015
#79
It seems a better approach would have been to point out the things Obama has done to deal
jalan48
Jul 2015
#82
It's not the protest that is the problem, it's the cooptation by those who use the event
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#191
Thank you. This is the first time I've heard a reasonable, do-able answer to what #BLM wants.
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#197