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In reply to the discussion: From Alternet/Salon - "Black voters aren’t feeling the Bern" [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)46. And maybe you could too, and realize I'm asking about the conclusion they draw
and not the few literal sentences in the article that they immediately dismiss?
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"Politics is about reaching out to more than your own most fervid, narrow constituency."
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#87
No need to "re-examine". I've been here for over a decade, so I know exactly who BS "supporters"...
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#116
The answer to your last question is yes. I know this because she hasn't spent the last 8 years....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#123
FYI: I'll pass on your links to Thom Hartmann, I despise him even more than I do BS.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#135
I'm continuously amused and surprised by Sander's supporters defense on this here.
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#93
Yes--you have been VILIFIED here for going on Fauxsnooze and telling them to fuck themselves -- and
MADem
Sep 2015
#108
They invited President Obama and he didn't go.. and he's not afraid to go "into any Lion's Den"..
Cha
Sep 2015
#129
Alot of his supporters have been trying to tell black people what to think, see and believe for
Number23
Sep 2015
#8
irony: black people keep telling you that not all black people dislike West
noiretextatique
Sep 2015
#45
No one has said that "All black people dislike West". We say that black people overwhelmingly
stevenleser
Sep 2015
#95
Or as that poster said yesterday... "Black people buy into the fairy tale that is Pres Obama.."
Cha
Sep 2015
#133
West's words are "repugnant". Bernie evidently is fine with him attacking our President with
Cha
Sep 2015
#138
"as if his long-standing trashing of the President and dislike by many in the black community means
Number23
Sep 2015
#25
Riddle Me This - Why Would A Female Ex Republican Be Preferred Over Bonafide Civil Rights Activist
cantbeserious
Sep 2015
#3
That's one of the reasons that if someone was and is needed to run to Hillary's left
Chitown Kev
Sep 2015
#56
And I think for good reasons, the party didn't want to run two women at the same time.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#85
Probably for the same reason Elizabeth Warren was preferred at one time. HRC was 17. EW was.....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#91
Hey everything we type in here is already racist! Why not add in some other shit in for flavor??!
Number23
Sep 2015
#67
Um..I believe that is the first is not one of the first two points that the article even ATTEMPTS to
Number23
Sep 2015
#20
It does NOT ignore it. If anyone is ignoring anything it is you with your attempts to minimize
Number23
Sep 2015
#32
How about this...Why don't you take off your fighting gloves with me and the universe and actually
Number23
Sep 2015
#38
What does it say about BS that so many AA's don't know him & his alledged "Civil Rights Activist"...
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#92
That's the whole point of this entire discussion. I don't understand why some are working so hard
Number23
Sep 2015
#96
I sent a note about his visit to Atlanta to my family, friends, sorors and former workmates
Number23
Sep 2015
#27
Would you mind giving a report? Contrary to the ravings of people that don't post in this forum
Number23
Sep 2015
#33
Yes, its a 8-hour event and it looks like a WHOLE LOT of people will be there.
Agschmid
Sep 2015
#36
Considering the number of times he's said Obama should face a primary opponent
Number23
Sep 2015
#42
He's hoping no one remembers him saying that. The Obama coalition should be reminded early & often.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#94
So, BS is a big old liar? Who knew? That one clip brings everything into clear focus. Thanks.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#136
Yep, BS is out there lying about President Obama. Unreal. It's documented and thankfully the
Cha
Sep 2015
#139
So you still think that Sanders is in it for reasons other to win? That he's making some sort of
Number23
Sep 2015
#57
Holy Christ on a cracker... BAR is MAD at Cornell for endorsing Bernie Sanders???!!!
Number23
Sep 2015
#111
Number 23, I LOVES IT when nice white progressive Bernie Sanders supporters
Chitown Kev
Sep 2015
#117
I knew that the socialists didn't like Sanders but this is a whole 'nother kettle of fish right here
Number23
Sep 2015
#151
I wonder if that's changed now. If he genuinely believes that he can win now???
Number23
Sep 2015
#147
Only he and those closest to him know that for sure. I imagine good crowds are invigorating.
PeaceNikki
Sep 2015
#148
I could have typed your post myself it aligns so much with how I feel as well
Number23
Sep 2015
#150
The only really relevant number in this is how Black voters haven't heard of him
Exultant Democracy
Sep 2015
#47
We'll add your analysis to the ones from the academics, authors and journalists in this OP
Number23
Sep 2015
#55
Your version of common sense is directly opposed to logic apparently
Exultant Democracy
Sep 2015
#120
Sounds like a false dichotomy that could only makes sense to someone grasping as straws
Exultant Democracy
Sep 2015
#119
per the article, Sanders gained 8 points among likely black voters since June
noiretextatique
Sep 2015
#52
From going to beyond horrible to not quite almost as beyond horrible, and that's good enough huh?
Number23
Sep 2015
#58
Doubling his numbers with the name recognition he has is rather amazing
Exultant Democracy
Sep 2015
#121
The lack of name recognition he has despite his decades in Congress is what's amazing
Number23
Sep 2015
#143
"The lack of name recognition he has despite his decades in Congress is what's amazing"
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#145
This is an ANALYSIS. It has nothing to do with lockstep. It is a current analysis of where a large
Number23
Sep 2015
#69
i think some white people think Hillary lost Black Support in 2008 because they grew to hate her
JI7
Sep 2015
#86
" they don't just come up when they need something from them during election time" Amen and Amen
uponit7771
Sep 2015
#152
I think it's the "you people" thing. You know, "You people don't understand what I'm saying, here."
MADem
Sep 2015
#104
"But if Sanders has been fighting for the civil rights of black people for decades, how come
lunamagica
Sep 2015
#114
"But if Sanders has been fighting for the civil rights of black people for decades, how come so few
Cha
Sep 2015
#128
That video shows my biggest problem with Sanders mindset about government; they're either ignorant
uponit7771
Sep 2015
#153