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Bernie Hypocrisy knows no limits. (Original Post) Tommy2Tone Feb 2016 OP
Rec before the hide. Squinch Feb 2016 #1
Hide? Tommy2Tone Feb 2016 #3
Yes, you most certainly did. You posted a negative post about BS. Fla Dem Feb 2016 #4
Thanks you had me worried. Tommy2Tone Feb 2016 #6
Nope. Not at all. But someone will try to get you hidden anyway. Squinch Feb 2016 #5
Nope. Expect more of this, according to the "pundits". Because of his yyyyuuuuggggeee win in NH, Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #8
And, Ben also went on national television immediately and demanded DURHAM D Feb 2016 #2
Oh I forgot about that with Shirley Sherrod FloridaBlues Feb 2016 #19
The bill provided 1.8 million for the Violence Against Women Act. Kurovski Feb 2016 #7
Then perhaps he should defend his vote rather than pull his advocacy for it... Lucinda Feb 2016 #12
Great Meme Gothmog Feb 2016 #9
I heard Ben Jealous last night on Rachel's show. yallerdawg Feb 2016 #10
I heard it too!! His excuse was "that was the 90s" as if the other stuf wasn't the 90s too!! uponit7771 Feb 2016 #18
He likely plans to lob attacks against Hillary pandr32 Feb 2016 #11
Let him lob it at Hillary and then swallow the fact he voted for the bill, Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #14
You've got that right! pandr32 Feb 2016 #21
Did Sanders tell him he voted for the crime bill, no perhaps he doesn't know we already know he Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #13
I can't imagine Treant Feb 2016 #15
Bet he did not brag to Ben Jealous he had voted for the bill, Ben will Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #20
Does anyone have a link to the pic of it on his website?!?! This is HUGE.. HUGE!!! uponit7771 Feb 2016 #16
Ben was on tv yesterday and was asked about the vote FloridaBlues Feb 2016 #17
Hillary Clinton didn't vote for the Crime Bill, and neither did Bill Clinton in fact. Sanders DID! George II Feb 2016 #22
Things Ben Jealous needs to know. Good Grief man. Cha Feb 2016 #23

Fla Dem

(23,652 posts)
4. Yes, you most certainly did. You posted a negative post about BS.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 05:11 PM
Feb 2016

That upsets the BS crowd and they band together to hide anything that might bring out the truth about BS's record. You did good!

Tarheel_Dem

(31,233 posts)
8. Nope. Expect more of this, according to the "pundits". Because of his yyyyuuuuggggeee win in NH,
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 05:23 PM
Feb 2016

he's FINALLY going to be vetted much more closely. And thank Gawd.

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)
2. And, Ben also went on national television immediately and demanded
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 05:00 PM
Feb 2016

that Shirley Sherrod resign before he had even seen the doctored breitbart video.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firing_of_Shirley_Sherrod

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
10. I heard Ben Jealous last night on Rachel's show.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 05:29 PM
Feb 2016

Rachel was THIS CLOSE to jumping him on his anti-Hillary rant!

I do believe Rachel Maddow is getting a little pissed on the whole MSNBC Trump/Sanders advocacy.

They forgot - Rachel is also a woman!

pandr32

(11,579 posts)
11. He likely plans to lob attacks against Hillary
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 05:49 PM
Feb 2016

...about how she supported the Crime Bill. He thinks this is one place she is vulnerable to losing African American support, and of course will use it to critique her.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
14. Let him lob it at Hillary and then swallow the fact he voted for the bill,
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 06:25 PM
Feb 2016

I would like to see his face after that one.

pandr32

(11,579 posts)
21. You've got that right!
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 09:17 PM
Feb 2016

Hopefully whoever he is talking to has the good sense to bring it up. This media is so soft with him.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
13. Did Sanders tell him he voted for the crime bill, no perhaps he doesn't know we already know he
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 06:23 PM
Feb 2016

Voted for the crime bill and just maybe he can pass this one off on some one else.

Treant

(1,968 posts)
15. I can't imagine
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 06:26 PM
Feb 2016

how Sanders could think we wouldn't. It's a matter of public record.

And these days, public record is ridiculously easy to search online!

FloridaBlues

(4,008 posts)
17. Ben was on tv yesterday and was asked about the vote
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 06:29 PM
Feb 2016

Well surprise he dismissed it as one vote and quickly moved on to bash Hillary.

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