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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How in the hell is anybody actually defending what Bill said to those BLM activists?!? [View all]Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)136. Anything that is negative
Against Hillary is a right wing smear. Especially if the source of the RW smear is from a media outlet (right wing or left wing) that is not a Hillary propaganda outfit. Those outlets are the onlyacceptable sources for info on Hillary.
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How in the hell is anybody actually defending what Bill said to those BLM activists?!? [View all]
retrowire
Apr 2016
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Sanders supporters were called racist for suggesting BLM adopt different tactics
arcane1
Apr 2016
#41
Exactly. The Clintons like African-Americans just as far as they can exploit them.
mhatrw
Apr 2016
#108
I was on the fence for a bit, needing more information and not the usual out of context
AuntPatsy
Apr 2016
#7
Well I can as I I'm sure many others can as well take the comment for what it is.."
AuntPatsy
Apr 2016
#23
Bill needs to read this book: Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Cocaine Explosion
cui bono
Apr 2016
#13
I must have missed something, Is it BILL Clinton running 4 Dem nomination? I thought it was Hillary?
Bill USA
Apr 2016
#18
Surrogates are fair game in politics. We realize Hillary's supporters believe special rules to apply
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Apr 2016
#121
You can defend it if you lived it and lost family lives from gangs and thugs. That's how!! nt
Jitter65
Apr 2016
#27
I just didn't hear it like you heard it. Civility works both ways...except where BS supporters are
Jitter65
Apr 2016
#51
"when you talk about ghettos traditionally, what you talk about is African-American communities. "
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#32
Bill gets the benefit of the doubt, I've not even read what he said ... Sanders does not especially
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#42
Nope, he defended his wife Sanders had Cornell West stump for him... any questions? tia
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#45
Nah, just Sanders doesn't have much room to talk when it comes to BLM. Cornell West stumping
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#70
None of those people stumped for Clinton after calling Obama niggerized like Cornell West did last..
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#74
I may not agree with what he said, but I'll defend to the death his right to say it.
retrowire
Apr 2016
#76
It isn't just "one" statement from West or Sanders either ... it's a continued strain from them in
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#79
Strawman, no one said that... and calling Obama "niggerized" and having that person stump
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#87
They're not one person but when it comes to Obama they're of one mind: They don't like him...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#91
So out of 12341234 issues you name 8 and Obama aint shit hunh... but... but... people have syndromes
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#120
Nope, wonderful relationships kept for years... the same can't be said for Sanders and then
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#119
Yeap, imperfect but there... vs absent until votes are needed that's way more bullshit than whatever
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#126
In churches, schools, community centers and doesn't choose someone who called Obama niggerized
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#128
The person who's always been there speaking on a communities issues have more credibility than
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#130
truth only to racist minded folk or those who don't have normal exposure to a wide swath of balcks
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#158
The phrase "super predator" by Hillary was a reference to crack dealers in black neighborhoods
brush
Apr 2016
#106
That's right. Them and their agents, the higher up, intermediate level and local pushers . . .
brush
Apr 2016
#186
BLM is supposed to be about Police brutality/excessive force. Not standing up for drug dealers/gangs
timlot
Apr 2016
#40
I've always been supportive of BLM and I've posted this video in the past, Bill is a known entity to
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#82
I want see those in the AA group vouch for what Bill Clinton said a few hours ago.
mhatrw
Apr 2016
#115
IF stats are consistent and Democratic Underground is 90% white, it would
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#152
Because to the true believers Hillary not only walks on water, her shoes don't even get damp.
hobbit709
Apr 2016
#62
Well that's because we didn't let emotion impede our ability to reason with each other.
retrowire
Apr 2016
#75
How is anybody defending someone who called Obama niggerized stumping for Sanders in front of
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#69
wow... now you're standing behind semantics... typical... no really typical.
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#188
You have people here who will defend DWS's support for putting medical marijuana users in prison.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#117
Divide and conquer is always the plan used by an elite group outnumbered by those they oppress.
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#161
So, you are whinning that you did not get a real response? I passed it by when I read your
riversedge
Apr 2016
#166
Why not? They've already defended him for getting blowjobs from young interns in the Whitehouse
Cheese Sandwich
Apr 2016
#170