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Bet this one won't get as much play as Ashley Williams vdogg Mar 2016 #1
It will get play in Michigan....and Illinois, and Ohio. DU? Meh. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #2
''Play'' as in ''Use.'' Octafish Mar 2016 #3
Only from Camp Spinnerette does it become a BFD. nc4bo Mar 2016 #5
What is the real deal that these mothers are missing? nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #13
Google "private prisons" nt vintx Mar 2016 #18
I am glad they spoke up about this issue riversedge Mar 2016 #68
After that, tell me Hill's position on declassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug vintx Mar 2016 #19
Cherry picking like Dubya's WMD claims is only admired as a skill set by Beltway assholes. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #59
So Sanders repeated what someone told him without thinking it through for himself. randome Mar 2016 #24
The mothers were not talking 'bullshit' Spacedog1973 Mar 2016 #30
You think these AA women are allowing themselves to be used? nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #8
It's OBVIOUSLY Stockhom Syndrome. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2016 #23
You seem to be getting some use out of them whether they're allowing it or not. Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #50
Yes, that is where i counts. riversedge Mar 2016 #11
And Wisconsin. The mother of Dontre Hamilton has been with these moms. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #39
Her entire campaign is based on smears CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #40
I'm disgusted with the distortions being used against Bernie. Having followed him since the 70s flamingdem Mar 2016 #47
Ms. Fulton did not live in a ghetto JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #4
Well, exactly. auntpurl Mar 2016 #6
+1 NCTraveler Mar 2016 #25
My dad - a few months before he died JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #31
Charles Ogletree wrote an entire book DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #34
stupid....in fact idiotic pipoman Mar 2016 #7
Apparently, some people do give a shit. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #9
Only primary partisans...this hasn't a thing to do with what was said pipoman Mar 2016 #12
You think these mothers and other AA persons who took offense are merely primary msanthrope Mar 2016 #14
Yep, I do pipoman Mar 2016 #15
It is about.... pipoman Mar 2016 #17
If you believe DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #22
Nobody said "all"...nobody pipoman Mar 2016 #26
But Sanders did not say CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #43
They don't care about honesty or truthfulness pipoman Mar 2016 #66
So, there should be no more threads about the "Super Predators "statement either. vdogg Mar 2016 #41
I have no idea what you are on about pipoman Mar 2016 #67
Sanders looked to clean up his comments about ghettos on Monday (but Failed again)... riversedge Mar 2016 #10
I lived about three miles from where Trayvon was murdered. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #16
Did Sanders say a single thing about Martin? Did he say his name? pipoman Mar 2016 #20
He suggested black people are mired in poverty and live in ghettos. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #27
Thos is the definition of "white privilege" that so many pipoman Mar 2016 #28
White privilege means DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #32
Cue the outrage machine... MattSh Mar 2016 #21
I thought Sanders' claim that white people don't know what it's like to be poor Trust Buster Mar 2016 #29
When I was a kid we had friends who lived in trailer parks. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #33
I see your point, in contrast to relating blacks to being poor he said whites were at the oppoiste YCHDT Mar 2016 #44
I think the issue is that Sanders sees the world and its problems Kber Mar 2016 #35
Excellent analysis. Thanks for the effort. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #36
k&r DesertRat Mar 2016 #37
I agree he's out of touch. He means we'll but it's just about sealed his fate with the black vote. JRLeft Mar 2016 #38
David Brock said, "Black lives don't matter much to Bernie Sanders" on January 21. CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #54
I'm pretty disgusted with the way Bernie has been mischaracterized regarding race flamingdem Mar 2016 #42
It's not JUST this statement, for the most part people are forgiving but in Sanders case its YCHDT Mar 2016 #45
Bullshit. This is an issue cooked up to destroy his credibility flamingdem Mar 2016 #49
Being skilled at politics is an important skill to have when you're running for President auntpurl Mar 2016 #51
Thanks for the oft repeated talking point flamingdem Mar 2016 #52
Perhaps it's oft-repeated because many AA DUers have been trying auntpurl Mar 2016 #53
See from the context that they were discussing certain people flamingdem Mar 2016 #60
Did he not say that whites don't know what it's like to be poor ? Trust Buster Mar 2016 #46
He did not. OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #48
adding more - not to obfuscate, but to get it all out there OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #55
Respect to the mothers and the hell they've gone through. Amimnoch Mar 2016 #56
Guess they've problems with Rich Boy and John Legend then as well EndElectoral Mar 2016 #57
Yet she seems fine Geronimoe Mar 2016 #58
Okay.The privileged wealthy -- black, white and whatever -- can be ignorant of poverty and ghettos. Festivito Mar 2016 #61
Except blacks cannot be JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #63
Blacks certainly can be Festivito Mar 2016 #64
I highly doubt that JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #65
I agree Sybrina Sunsky Mar 2016 #62
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