Bernie says Franken should resign

[Ken Burch]

111. What do you mean "I admit that it is true"?

I said he talked about standing with working people, of ALL races, in the ongoing fight workers of all races are in with the rich.

That isn't the same as saying that is ALL he fought for or cared about. He was always as anti-oppression in practice as any other Dem candidate.

The issue of Bernie marching was raised simply because he was slandered as not caring about racism, and his supporters were also slandered on that point simply because they didn't desert the guy. His involvement in the freedom movement proved that wasn't true. Unlike the essay, it matters.

Not sure why you'd even bring the march issue up here.

Look, I have said and will continue to say that Bernie shouldn't run. Continuing to argue that he shouldn't have been permitted in our primaries pr that he caused Trump's rise to power is "refighting the primaries".

Bernie's campaign HAD to happen because no other candidate fought for the working and kept-from-working poor. If HRC had acknowledged the validity of discussing class and economic inequality ALONG with the issues she defined as "social justice", Bernie probably WOULD have exited the race early on. And she could have included the economic justice agenda WITH the social justice agenda and lost no votes from anyone.

Next election, Bernie will be 79. He isn't going to run. And his supporters agree with you on the need to fight social oppression. It's time to end this pointless hostility and start the process of working for unity and common ground.