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sheshe2

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20. I haven't liked what I have read about them and their backers.

Reply to betsuni (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 11:11 PM

Sep 2018

Justintime Democrats...lol, that covers it. Very new group, just in time.

OT...hope you are safe!!!

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Why is it when black candidates win, white people take or are given credit for that win. [View all] sheshe2 Sep 2018 OP

Excellent question. Scurrilous Sep 2018 #1

Often times, one paper puts out the article and it goes out on the news feed to be picked up by 100s TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #84

it never fails. thank you sheshe K&R JHan Sep 2018 #2

I want to know the answer to that question, Sheshe. I'm sick and tired to see every lunamagica Sep 2018 #3

Sad, isn't it luna. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #6

It's disgusting lunamagica Sep 2018 #24

Tagging on. Why is it that so many democrats GulfCoast66 Sep 2018 #4

Just imagine that we get two! sheshe2 Sep 2018 #5

I think Georgia is quite a lift, but doable GulfCoast66 Sep 2018 #105

This exactly! mcar Sep 2018 #100

Silly rabbit, wins are for whites! RockRaven Sep 2018 #7

Sanders is trying to replace him! dubyadiprecession Sep 2018 #106

One headline is not a statistically significant sample... brooklynite Sep 2018 #8

Hey, brook. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #13

I question the search term(s) for your Google search. PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #25

Also, cannot possibly have anything to do with 95% of US citizens knowing the name 'Bernie Sanders' mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #34

The relative lack of Gillum name recognition is a good point in media and search results. nt PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #37

Well talk to CNN it was in their feed ad nauseum. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #45

You got to be kidding. PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #56

Nice personal attack, PufPuf. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #60

Just pointed out the obvious. PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #63

Ummhmm sheshe2 Sep 2018 #65

Oh wait. MEDIA reporting here. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #72

Mahalo, she! Cha Sep 2018 #73

Thanks... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #79

Bonus Tweet from MrWeeks on LO'D quote.... Cha Sep 2018 #90

I have no argument with Gillum or the fact that Gillum was a HRC supporter PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #78

What? sheshe2 Sep 2018 #80

Look at you and Cha in this thread in response to my posts. PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #82

Ummhmm sheshe2 Sep 2018 #83

Wow! mcar Sep 2018 #102

You know what, PP? You need to tell that to BS when he Cha Sep 2018 #71

You are projecting that I am supporting Sanders or the Resistance PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #74

No, I'm not "projecting" anything. I stated a fact. Cha Sep 2018 #77

Sanders should be yesterday's news at DU. PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #81

"Sanders served a purpose in opening peoples eyes in the 2016 POTUS campaign to issues within the lunamagica Sep 2018 #86

It's on most newscasts too. I know that Univision will not mention Gillium without showing lunamagica Sep 2018 #87

Bingo... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #112

No need to thank me, Sheshe. Just stating a fact lunamagica Sep 2018 #113

And also the way the win was framed by CNN, and MSNBC and other cable news outlets. JHan Sep 2018 #36

Apparently given the responses here. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #47

When you've been in politics for 15 years and become competitive in a governor's race.. JHan Sep 2018 #51

Sigh sheshe2 Sep 2018 #58

Yes.. "figment".. lol. So glad I'm into REALITY! Cha Sep 2018 #75

well would you look at that.. JHan Sep 2018 #76

Yeah, Don Lemon and Andrew Gillum.. I'm going to go Cha Sep 2018 #89

I get Mr Weeks' anger but I would have framed it differently.. JHan Sep 2018 #91

Right.. MrWeeks is Cha Sep 2018 #92

I am not much of a TeeVee watcher... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #116

"Every feed said Sanders backed...Gillum won.... ad nauseum" PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #38

I already posted to you, sheshe2 Sep 2018 #48

I did read and responded and my point is still that PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #59

Funny, all those titles could have said, "Hillary-delegate Andrew Gillum wins . . . " pnwmom Sep 2018 #61

And the headlines that billed it as a Sanders v Trump race mcar Sep 2018 #101

The post is misleading as evidenced by sheshe's own search term. PufPuf23 Sep 2018 #27

Of course melman Sep 2018 #32

mel. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #49

And, here you are melman.. making it personal AGAIN. Cha Sep 2018 #68

"Tuesday's other big winner: Bernie Sanders" Cha Sep 2018 #64

Dayum! sheshe2 Sep 2018 #67

Of Course, she! Spread Andrew's word.. That he was Cha Sep 2018 #70

Taking credit for others' success is not an attractive quality. betsuni Sep 2018 #9

I haven't liked what I have read about them and their backers. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #20

Thanks. betsuni Sep 2018 #23

Geez, girl! sheshe2 Sep 2018 #50

lol@ Justintime Democrats.. ++++ JHan Sep 2018 #88

This is my new favorite thing mcar Sep 2018 #103

It is bothersome dsc Sep 2018 #10

Not surprised at the white vote for Ayanna. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #21

Well ya know Bernie thinks he can get the deplorable vote and the Black vote njhoneybadger Sep 2018 #11

Umhmm. nt sheshe2 Sep 2018 #15

Yes he does. betsuni Sep 2018 #35

I'm sorry. Did Bernie write the articles? Do you have a quote from Sanders taking credit? n/t TCJ70 Sep 2018 #104

Two words: samir.g Sep 2018 #12

This is insulting to say the least nt Quayblue Sep 2018 #14

How so? sheshe2 Sep 2018 #17

Never mind. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #19

Im at work lol Quayblue Sep 2018 #26

Ha! sheshe2 Sep 2018 #30

Gillum is his own man radical noodle Sep 2018 #16

True. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #18

I wish I could vote for both of them radical noodle Sep 2018 #22

Me too, radical. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #31

Fine by me... bout time!! AG & AP are awesome candidates!! InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #62

It certainly is appearing that way, rad! Cha Sep 2018 #96

Gillum won by sweeping Hillary's best counties. RandySF Sep 2018 #28

You and I know that.... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #29

Right. And Gillum was a Hillary delegate, and he was endorsed by Julian Castro pnwmom Sep 2018 #42

Oh, Good to know, RSF! I hadn't read Cha Sep 2018 #95

Here's something to understand, the news media thrives on conflict, it increases clicks... Humanist_Activist Sep 2018 #33

good point, I think that's the larger context... JHan Sep 2018 #40

Well see, that's the thing, from what I can tell, most of these candidates are interested in.... Humanist_Activist Sep 2018 #44

the party was always leaning left.. JHan Sep 2018 #46

Few seem to realize that Medicare radical noodle Sep 2018 #52

they sabotaged every effort to fix it once they got control of congress. JHan Sep 2018 #54

Yep! radical noodle Sep 2018 #55

No one is really arguing that Medicare, as structured now, would pay all medical bills. Humanist_Activist Sep 2018 #69

Ask average folks on the street radical noodle Sep 2018 #110

But you aren't quoting Democrats you are quoting media grantcart Sep 2018 #39

Like the old saying goes, a success has many parents, a failure is an orphan. nt SunSeeker Sep 2018 #41

It's usually a joint effort sandensea Sep 2018 #43

Great thread Gothmog Sep 2018 #53

White savior syndrome gtar100 Sep 2018 #57

Me too! The progressive movement is catching fire! (no surprise) InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #66

Correct DEMOCRATS are fired up and ready to go. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #85

Lulzd. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #93

Joan Walsh is so absolutely Correct! Cha Sep 2018 #94

Thank you. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #111

The Pressley win JustAnotherGen Sep 2018 #97

If Andrew Gillum were white, would the media not have declared it "a win for Sanders?" Tom Rinaldo Sep 2018 #98

These candidates won because they ran good campaigns mcar Sep 2018 #99

Policy over Platitudes.. disillusioned73 Sep 2018 #107

Thank you for THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 Sep 2018 #108

Kick and Rec. It's the other way around. Ayanna Pressley showed them how to do it. kcr Sep 2018 #109

... Scurrilous Sep 2018 #114

From what I am reading ismnotwasm Sep 2018 #115