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In reply to the discussion: 'Iowa’s Black Caucusgoers' [View all]emulatorloo
(44,175 posts)11. Very good Op-Ed, thank you so much for posting it.
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I have to admit that Blow is correct on all counts. Am I as OTT excited as I was in '08? No.
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#1
Ellison is on Bernie's team? Didnt know that. Then you hit it on the nose, would translate that they
randys1
Feb 2016
#6
Symone Sanders is the one I was thinking of. I'm afraid that Nina, much like Cynthia McKinney, may..
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#8
Sanders if nothing else deserves serious props for putting alot of fairly low profile black people
Number23
Feb 2016
#10
Nina Turner came to national notice when the Ohio S.O.S. was screwing with AA voter rules.
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#14
I didn't know about Symone. My understanding is that he grabbed her after the initial confrontation
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#59
"Unknown" is right. I still don't know who Killer Mike is, and could care less. Hope that doesn't..
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#94
I think it was Ken Blackwell (who is black), and then his successor took it to new heights. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#96
One of the podcasts I listen to had a segment that allowed callers to share their experiences workin
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#57
I don't need anymore proof than what you've just told me to know that black folks are nothing....
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2016
#95
Is "BSr's" a Freudian slip? LOL!! BTW, the Bernie volunteer called back into the program...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#99
If you know who would pay attention to what you have said here for months, if it
randys1
Feb 2016
#4
They are all too busy high fiving idiotic videos that deliberately antogonize black people
Number23
Feb 2016
#7
It almost seems like they'd rather "be right" than see Bernie actually win.
PragmaticLiberal
Feb 2016
#93
Related: "among the 9 percent of non-white Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa on Monday...
Number23
Feb 2016
#13
"Clinton beat Sanders among union households by 9 points, undercutting some conventional wisdom"
Number23
Feb 2016
#63
The part where there is a question of how Bernie is going to pay for it....
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2016
#22
I keep hearing that if you're not on that BS bus, you're a low information voter!
MADem
Feb 2016
#16
I don't see how anyone Black or otherwise could have not known about Sanders in Iowa by 2/1
Starry Messenger
Feb 2016
#17
And that's exactly the point. Black people did know about Sanders and still voted for Hillary, even
Number23
Feb 2016
#20
Or if they were Simon & Garfunkel fans they still might have wondered how that related to
Cha
Feb 2016
#41
That's the point! Most black folks aren't too peachy on Hillary. The enthusiasm in the black
Number23
Feb 2016
#21
Black voters are very intelligent, informed and savvy - we're also very fair and don't like seeing
Empowerer
Feb 2016
#37
If Obama would have ran on a socialist platform and call for political revolution
FrenchieCat
Feb 2016
#24
Absolutely brilliant - even more so than usual, Frenchie! You should publish this!
Empowerer
Feb 2016
#38
Can you imagine Obama having even one of piece of history that is seen as "quirky" in Bernie?
Empowerer
Feb 2016
#39
Nothing good comes from alot of HIGH post count folks that have been straggling in here lately
Number23
Feb 2016
#100
Black voters are inured to being treated like crap while white voters won't tolerate such treatment?
Empowerer
Feb 2016
#72
Didn't you know? Black folks are super-human and don't feel pain like white folks!
1StrongBlackMan
Feb 2016
#76
Just to be clear: you're actually explicitly telling black voters what black voters feel?
Recursion
Feb 2016
#84
Coming off from a temporary ban because I dared to assert how arrogant Sanders' fans are...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#56
I've never seen anything like them either. And you are at least the 4th black Sanders supporter
Number23
Feb 2016
#62
I think many feel that Bernie doesn't really care that much about issues affecting African Americans
DCBob
Feb 2016
#102
Did most DU AAs vote in IA primary!?!? It's like they said everything we said for the last 6 months
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#107
But according to conventional DU "wisdom," we don't know/understand/represent our OWN DAMN
Number23
Feb 2016
#109