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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why is Hillary Clinton crushing Bernie Sanders among minority voters? [View all]Response to calimary (Reply #89)
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Why is Hillary Clinton crushing Bernie Sanders among minority voters? [View all]
gobears10
Jul 2015
OP
for most people it's still bernie who? outside the cloistered world of places like DU nt
msongs
Jul 2015
#1
For about the ten millionth time on this site, she "refused the invitation" because...
George II
Jul 2015
#62
And they understand how hard it is for a black professional to navigate ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#16
Well, it probably doesn't help much the way so many Sanders supporters so totally lost their shit
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#4
To this day many of his supporters still insist they are/were right wing tools or HRC operatives/nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#13
Precisely, African Americans broke for Gore 8 and 9-1 over Bill Bradley
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#28
According to the PPP poll sixty percent of African Americans are aware of him...
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#33
SPLC?!? -don't forget the 1.5K a plate Jefferson/ Jackson dinner he attended!
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#106
#7! I don't trust anyone who held the nation back like that. I'm not forgetting it. n/t
freshwest
Jul 2015
#65
I made the point here before that Sanders and Sander supporters SOUND like they despise Obama...
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#140
I don't hate Obama. I voted for him, knowing the end result would be right-of-center government
London Lover Man
Jul 2015
#73
I suggest looking at rhetoric from a different angle. I think it's extremely important.
scarletwoman
Jul 2015
#39
I had this conversation with friends last night. It was explained to me that Bernie has always
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#121
Better the devil you know? Hillary talks the talk, Bernie walks the walk. But you're right...
marble falls
Jul 2015
#49
No matter what: we will be voting for the same ticket in 2016. I think you make a good ....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#57
Are they happy about making favored trading nations out of bigoted dictatorships?
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#69
He told the president of Kenya that the glbtq struggle for civil rights...
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#132
THANK YOU!!! Doing the same thing Gore did in 2000 to Obama will alienate more blacks than...
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#123
I would suggest you are seeing black politics through a upper middle class white lens.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#56
Well, I am not upper middle class, barely lower middle class, and I understand that....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#59
Good question. I know where I think he stood. I've looked quickly but can't find anything.....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#114
Bernie voted in FAVOR of both the Omnibus Crime Bill and it's successor.
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2015
#118
Listens To The Poor - Yet A Patron Of Wall Street - Duplicity Of The Highest Order
cantbeserious
Jul 2015
#58
Unlike the OP I am not saying Clinton (or eitehr of the C's) have not done anything...
Armstead
Jul 2015
#124
Hillary's greatest asset is rarely mentioned...she works at all levels with everyone.
Sancho
Jul 2015
#143
Or maybe someone who hasn't bothered to establish a relationship with the communities of color
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#134
I am indeed. Doing much the same thing as you are, but without the yard work!
calimary
Jul 2015
#111
This is condescending at best, people on the right are ignorant of policies blacks aren't
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#131
What's black folk best interest? Hillary has a relationship with Obama and communities of color...
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#135
I don't understand the disdain for Third Way when this think tank are Democrats and standing for
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#78
Note that there's also a link that has the text of the speech on here, but I couldn't find it...
kenn3d
Jul 2015
#147
Because Hillary Clinton has vowed to defend and expand on Barack Obama's achievements.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2015
#97