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In reply to the discussion: 'Iowa’s Black Caucusgoers' [View all]sahel
(87 posts)77. "it will probably start with the disaffected whites"
This is (still) a majority white country.
True.
This country rarely has given a good goddamn when black people get "disaffected",
True. And even when they do its self-limiting. Even if every black person was on side you've still only got 13% of the population.
black folks are supposed to say "right on" and "power to the people" instead of throwing sideeye?
That part I don't know. If what you are saying is correct, then if and when the whites get seriously disaffected, Black people are simply irrelevant. I don't think thats true. But to a certain extent, yes, this is still a majority white country.
Incidentally, what do you think that the whites should do? Vote for Hillary and hope for the best?
The real failing of Sanders, as I think I indicated before, is not that he has failed to make inroads into Black voters (which were never really up for grabs), but that he has failed to make inroads into non-union, working class whites.
Please take that batshit commentary and ratonalization somewhere else.
Well, that part's easy. You simply stop replying to me and I stop replying to you.
But given your feelings on the matter, Im happy to leave it there. Bye.
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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
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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
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#107
But according to conventional DU "wisdom," we don't know/understand/represent our OWN DAMN
Number23
Feb 2016
#109