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In reply to the discussion: Very intersting opinion piece by a Black man on the Sanders campaign [View all]Cha
(296,801 posts)64. I made a comment there.. it isn't showing up yet.. but this is what I said..
"So much of what you're saying it absolutely what I've seen from my AA cyber friends.
Thank you, Fiq. I'm pretty sure Hillary does not insult African Americans when they're not around, though.
As a Scotch Irish lass I can say BS throwing shade on President Obama was what turned me totally of his rhetoric.. He wanted Obama primaried in 2012 for disingenuous bullshite. Shows me his thinking isn't sound and he's proven that to be more than true ever since".
Thank you, Fiq. I'm pretty sure Hillary does not insult African Americans when they're not around, though.
As a Scotch Irish lass I can say BS throwing shade on President Obama was what turned me totally of his rhetoric.. He wanted Obama primaried in 2012 for disingenuous bullshite. Shows me his thinking isn't sound and he's proven that to be more than true ever since".
We are not impressed by Bernies lack of polish and quirky persona. Do you know why Barrack Obama is the president right now? Its greatly because he played the political game masterfully. You know why he played the game masterfully? Because as a talented African American Im sure that years prior someone let him know he had to be twice as good in order to get half as much as the Bernies of the world. In his case he is three times as good so he became a two term president, who again Bernie had the nerve to throw shade at. I could say the same for Hillary Clinton. When you arent a straight, white, male legislating in arguably the whitest state in the country, you might come across a situation where you need learn how to wear a decent suit, how to speak with more finesse, and avoid odd tics in your speaking presence just so you can be taken seriously. When youre black or a woman you dont have the privilege of being quirky if you want to be a leader. The fact that Bernie flaunts these obvious flaws as some type of endearing trait lets us know that he really doesnt get it.
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Very intersting opinion piece by a Black man on the Sanders campaign [View all]
bravenak
Mar 2016
OP
If it is they can fuck off. I feel confident saying Sanders doesn't want those kind of people.
white_wolf
Mar 2016
#2
Sorry, you got a hide, Frenchie. The good news is they can't suspend anyone anymore with their
Cha
Mar 2016
#68
It was only hidden because folks didn't want to discuss the content.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#163
That's it. These guys have burned 1000 calories pretending that Sanders supporters like that guy
Number23
Mar 2016
#252
We don't have time for electing a candidate based on a "largely symbolic" platform.
politicaljunkie41910
Mar 2016
#238
I was trying to find his facebook page to see if there are any more goodies.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#120
lol.. they got over it and united to make pull our country out of the hell hole that bush left.
Cha
Mar 2016
#84
Funny how people forget the smoking ruins that Bush and the republicans
workinclasszero
Mar 2016
#89
Created by Koch Industries to oppose government programs to help poor people.
Jackie Wilson Said
Mar 2016
#201
Right treestar.. a true friendship ensued.. did you see that vapid comment above..?
Cha
Mar 2016
#249
You could also post a picture of Obama hugging Clinton with a HUGE Obama-esque grin...
George II
Mar 2016
#150
The problem for bernie is.. it's not the AA voters fault they don't like him .. it's his fault.
Cha
Mar 2016
#6
A big problem is that Bernie has never evidence any interest in these issues until he started
EffieBlack
Mar 2016
#96
P.S. compelling aritcle.. I just wanted to post my previous one first.. still reading it.
Cha
Mar 2016
#14
Like my cousin who always has a great idea and wants me to help him "find a government grant"
EffieBlack
Mar 2016
#98
It looks to me like Fiq Blerdman holds a cynical, conservative ideology, has given up
Uncle Joe
Mar 2016
#62
"Conservative".. Yeah, I don't.. he's straight up saying why he's not Impressed with BS. For
Cha
Mar 2016
#65
I don't see how supporting someone who has a strong possibility of being Americas first woman ...
uponit7771
Mar 2016
#78
So if Carly Fiorina or Sarah Palin were elected that would progressive or liberal because
Uncle Joe
Mar 2016
#79
No, it wouldn't be conservative though and Hillary is not Thatcher... not on any scale, that's ...
uponit7771
Mar 2016
#82
Hillary's tendency for regime change, tacit support for military coup and waging war in
Uncle Joe
Mar 2016
#83
It's closer to 70% in the North and Bernie's message is all inclusive, in telling the "nation"
Uncle Joe
Mar 2016
#69
"He sounds like that one uncle who always has a business idea but no business plan & no bank loan"
uponit7771
Mar 2016
#70
yeap, shit we said damn near a year ago is still being said today about Sanders. The white gender
uponit7771
Mar 2016
#75
Hey Bravenak - posting for the sake of transparency and btw it was a thought provoking piece.
seaglass
Mar 2016
#97
Nobody would disagree that no one is more central to the struggle than the oppressed themselves
whatchamacallit
Mar 2016
#151
It is less of a rejection and more of a response to the constant shoving of him at us based
bravenak
Mar 2016
#154
I said there were things I did not agree with and put that disclainer so folks did not
bravenak
Mar 2016
#129
It's also interesting that no one else thought that Vattel's post was interesting, after all these
kath
Mar 2016
#255
Seems the major and repeated point in the article is Bernie threw shade at Obama.
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#131
That's not "throwing shade", most of Sanders critiques of Obama were unfair at best and included
uponit7771
Mar 2016
#132
There was never more shade thrown at Obama than by the person who ran against him 2008
whatchamacallit
Mar 2016
#140
That was a political campaign where shade is expected, even if they were best friends it would be...
uponit7771
Mar 2016
#142
in 2008 she being Clinton and he being Obama... that's a known, what are you really asking here?
uponit7771
Mar 2016
#148
Or that he would get poor kids jobs sl they wont be hanging on street corners?
bravenak
Mar 2016
#164
AMEN!!! - " What has he shown us as a senator in the mighty state of Vermont to support this type of
uponit7771
Mar 2016
#149
What I got out of the article: "Lesser of two evils ... she is more beholden to the black vote"
floppyboo
Mar 2016
#204
True...quite frankly, I personally DO like some of those more "ethnic traits" of Bernie's
Chitown Kev
Mar 2016
#245
Do you really believe that women and PoC are playing on the same level as white men?
lunamagica
Mar 2016
#230
I see you didn't real my post. The "quirkiness" (and there's a reson I put in in quotes)
lunamagica
Mar 2016
#232
I don't know how we go into this point. My post was in reference to this in the OP
lunamagica
Mar 2016
#242
With Congress, either Hillary or Bernie can get much done. "in the beginning was the word"
floppyboo
Mar 2016
#235