''Every seat in the theater in LA filled up so Bernie went outside to talk to the people ... ''

[BlueWI]

350. Here we go round the mulberry bush.

You and many others have firmly decided their opinions on "the first black president" and former senator Clinton. I am sure there's an archive of DU posts from 2002-2016 that cover all sides of this topic, so like many recent food fights like this, there's not much to add. I will beat this dead horse deader for a minute, why not!

You'd think that New York and Arkansas have no racial equity gaps, with as much praise as is heaped on the Clintons. What about the straight up white collar robbery of black home equity in the 2000s that happened right under the noses of Clinton and Schumer during their Senate terms? In the midst of the endless Bernie bashing, are you implying that the Democratic leader of the Senate has no responsibility for pursuing racial equity with conviction? With as much leverage as the Clintons and Schumer have pursued in the banking and finance industries, I would think that such vigilant champions for black causes might have found their voice during the Great Black Depression, with the Wells Fargo of the world settling out of court after padding their fat pockets with equity stolen from black communities. Did they stand up for black homeowners against big finance and I missed it???

So, out of 47 members of the Democratic/Independent causus, not to mention 51 Republicans, the only person I hear you holding accountable for his racial record is Sanders. Your single-mindedness on this point is remarkable.

Obviously there's nuance here, and I will be canvassing and voting for Democrats as I always do, although Senator Baldwin definitely heard from me about the Franken debacle. My proposal is that as a progressive community, we hold all Democrats accountable for defeating Republicans as quickly and effectively as we defeated a senator from our own party. Then maybe we wouldn't be facing a corrupt autocrat in the White House and a Republican congressional majority THAT WE STILL NEED TO BEAT after achieving a supermajority in 2008.

Of course, nothing I say will lead to any rethinking of the Bernie bashing, so charge on. I am out.