STUNNING, they are doubling down

[nadinbrzezinski]

Wanna bet this guy has never, ever been to Hawaii? I am sure Hawaiians are going to love this tone deafness.

For those wondering why this is the campaign...

Ian Sams
@IanSams
I tweet about @HillaryClinton like it's my job because it is. Used to do it for @TheDemocrats & @SenatorCarper. Alabama football tweets are considered leisure.

And he finally deleted that horseshit

Ian Sams ‏@IanSams Mar 28
@ZaidJilani i did not tweet that. just pointed out it was 2.5% Black.
deleted it because i was wrong; HI is US's most diverse. can admit it.

Folks, I would say backlash against this horse shit has started.

[JonLeibowitz]

1. They don't care what Hawaiians think -- it's on to the next primary for them.

They don't care about the Pacific Islanders in the rest of the primary states because they don't represent a substantial portion of the vote. This is political calculation. It's very ugly, but it is what the Clintons are known for.

[RKP5637]

4. Frankly they don't care about anyone. It's all about money, power and prestige for them. Millions of

people they don't give a damn about unless they bring them money and votes. I have become so disillusioned with the Clinton's over the years.

[cantbeserious]

26. Bernie Is The Only Antidote For The Corrupt Nation Once Known As America

eom

[RKP5637]

59. He really is. He's the ONLY one I hear talking about helping the majority of Americans. He's the

ONLY one that seems to have any FDR principles. The rest are all about entitlement for themselves and their cronies. I just don't get why many Americans can't grasp what is going on in this country. I've really concluded a lot of Americans are simply stupid, others brainwashed, and others stupid with religion.

[restorefreedom]

83. ^^^^^yes^^^^^^ nt

[MrMickeysMom]

141. EFFing A

Go, Bernie!

[daleanime]

30. +1

[reformist2]

49. They do seem hell bent on pissing off Bernie supporters.

[RKP5637]

63. And they say they don't even need Bernie supporters to win in 2016. WTF is that all about. It

just demonstrates they want a severely divided democratic party. F, I'm ready to switch my registration to I, I'm so fed up with the DNC/DWS/DLC. They really don't represent me at all, And, apparently do not need me, and don't give a F about me or what I think.

[nadinbrzezinski]

68. Did that in 2011 but they keep telling me I am the one who does not like the party

now they have to work to get my vote.



They hate that

[JonLeibowitz]

72. It's become more overt

70 days. Remember.

Just 70 days until the Bernie supporters will all go home, wailing and gnashing their teeth, and Democratic Underground can return to the DEMOCRATS.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110785516

[nadinbrzezinski]

74. Yup, the problem is that things like this, tells me it won't be that simple

[Blue_In_AK]

110. Wow, I missed that one

[JonLeibowitz]

112. Jury left it 4-3 (i voted to leave to be able to link to it)

[Fuddnik]

203. Oh goody,

I found some more people to add to my ignore list, while sitting around gnashing my teeth.

[RKP5637]

90. Yep, I don't like being taken for granted by the DNC/DWS/DLC/MIC/HRC! n/t

[oldandhappy]

179. Staying Dem long enough vote for Bernie. Then changing to Indie.

[casperthegm]

191. +1

That's what my wife and I did. Just registered as independents last week, after we voted the week before. Quite liberating. We'll never vote republican of course, but we feel less like sheep, expected to fall in line.

[Fuddnik]

204. I'm hanging around until August.

We have a primary for Senate, Grayson vs Murphy (R). Gotta go with Grayson, then I'm gone again.

[MFM008]

181. That wouldnt take much

would it?

[840high]

120. .that^

[roguevalley]

47. Hawaii is eden. The greatest part of Hawaii are the people. This gomer

hasn't got a damned clue. By the way, Alaska is more diverse than 44 other states. Since when did only AA's constitute minorities? We have a huge native population here and they said the same thing.

[Prism]

54. California is 15% Asian.

So the Clintonian tactic that Pacific Islanders and Asians don't count as "real" minorities is certainly an interesting one.

She's hosed in the Bay Area. Absolutely going to get reamed here.

[arcane1]

62. Damn right she's hosed in the Bay Area.

I have exactly ONE friend here who was supporting her, and he has recently changed his mind and is supporting Bernie now.

[Prism]

93. I keep wondering if I'm living in a bubble

Probably, but I can't find a single person in my social circle who likes or wants her. I've heard a few, "Well, she's electable . . ." mutterings.

It's really strange, too, because everyone in 2008 was so pro-Hillary. Especially Berkeleyites. Now, everyone is all Sanders all the time.

[arcane1]

97. What support I am seeing w/friends elsewhere often hinges of that pragmatic approach

"I prefer Sanders but only Clinton can win" kind of thing.

[Oilwellian]

101. I know two Republican women who voted for her in the primary

Don't know any fellow Dems who did. Perhaps that's why she thinks she can win without the liberal base. I do have a bit of news for her with that thought, 98% of the Repubs I know absolutely despise her.

[RKP5637]

128. If she wins in 2016, she will have a hard time governing except for the uber wealthy, but I

guess that is all the US represents anymore. She will have a tough time debating Trump. He will call BS on just about everything she says. The only good road for the US ahead is with Bernie.

[JonLeibowitz]

69. Yes but if she can convince blacks / latinos of this tall tale the primary will be over after PA.

I think that must be her calculation.

It's interesting to hear that Asians in CA are rejecting her; I would not have expected that (and in fact thought the reverse before this weekend)

[nadinbrzezinski]

73. And many Latinos are as well

that must be ahem difficult to understand for a campaign that treats all minorities like lego blocks.

[Blue_In_AK]

114. Alaska Natives soundly rejected her, too.

[Prism]

95. You can thank her campaign and supporters for that one

It has not been lost on the Asian community that her campaign - and especially her supporters - have been basically calling Asians a bunch of jumped up white people as part of their cringeworthy SJW initiative.

Not only in this campaign, but in other local initiatives regarding college acceptance, affirmative action, and other issues. "Asians don't count!" is a common refrain in some real rotten quarters of Democratic politics when politicians want to pander to Latinos or African Americans, and that sentiment is definitely seeping in and leaving its stain over time.

Republicans may be the racist party, but damn if the regressive part of our party aren't trying to outdo them in sewing racial divisions within the party.

[JonLeibowitz]

102. Indeed. My eyes were opened to this pernicious side of coalition politics recently

with the AALF's amicus brief to the Fisher vs. UTexas decision. There were shocking and shameful things I learned in that one.

Really, we should call them identity wedge politics rather than coalition politics because it is not about forming coalitions but exploiting useful ones.

[artislife]

150. Hey--I heard you were gone...glad to be misinformed

For once! It usually pisses me off when they do that.


Up herein WA, you would have loved my Bernie supporters in my precinct. One Tibetan, one Latina, one Japanese American, two Muslim Pakistanis, an Aussie and two disable caucus goers mixed in with a wide range of White voters in age and gender. The Naturalized citizens were serious about this caucus. The Tibetan woman watched the Precinct captain like a hawk. Good thing, we found her whispering to the secretary (hill supporter) about the one woman who switched from Hill to Bernie...which actually changed the delegate count from being even to 3/1 in our favor.

The rest of the country doesn't get that our vista looks to the Pacific and all the people that a way. No AAs, but Hills side also had no minorities, and one girl under 45.

Can't wait to see how California shakes out.

[Prism]

175. That's awesome!

Naw, I wasn't gone too, too long. Flagged for a handful of days because of two rapid hides, then jumped across country to spend time with the family for the holiday. Plus, it's hard to read here. The dishonesty, the nasty racial politics, and this week the faux feminism and hilarious stabs at tone policing while trying to objectify and slut shame Susan Sarandon. This is supposed to be a site for liberals, yeah?

It's really interesting how deep the Sanders support goes in my circle. My friends are mostly Asian, Latino, and African American, and they're all very invested in Bernie (and pissed as hell about the racial politics coming out of the Clinton campaign. Flatly put, they feel exploited and used (or ignored as far as my Asian friends and boyfriend are concerned)).

While at home, everyone was for Bernie. My strong union father and brother love him. My feminist mom said, "Finally, someone I like!" My Mexican sister-in-law really can't stand Clinton - she actually paid attention to Hillary's meddling in Latin America and attitude towards migrant children. (Amusing side note: her brother and his husband were visiting from Mexico, and their response to politics was, "Bernie, yes, but for the sake of all that is holy, JUST NOT TRUMP!&quot .

I know I must live in the bubble, given polls and primary results, but it's just so odd I never hear Clinton support from anywhere but online and a little bit at work. It's feeling a bit like a Nixon election in that way. Eerie and a bit of a downer.

But, eh, it's not entirely over yet =)

[Aerows]

64. The MSM has about as much credibility as Baghdad Bob.

[nadinbrzezinski]

70. Disagree

the MSM has less credibility than Baghdad Bob

[Aerows]

75. LOL!

[desmiller]

178. far less

[jillan]

183. Hahaaa! I love that pic of AC - Saving!!

[AikidoSoul]

185. Bernie is right... Hawaii IS the most diverse state

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120431126

"Hawaii has the highest racial minority population of any state in the union — 75 percent, according to U.S. census figures. John Osorio, professor of Hawaiian studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, tells host Liane Hansen that the state's history is a story of accommodation as waves of foreigners flowed through the islands — and never left.

"First Europeans and then Americans and then Asians" arrived, Osorio says, many of them as contract labor during the 19th century. "

[mahina]

198. We count enough for Jane Sanders to come here.

I read you though, time is a finite thing and you have to work it.

[awake]

2. Blacks are not the only people of color

[AgadorSparticus]

5. Thank you!

[gabeana]

48. Unfortunately that is the prevailing belief in this country

Did you see Chris Rock Academy Awards
he only complained about lack of Black Actors not one word regarding Asian, Native American, Latino except to stereotyoe Asian children

[intheflow]

135. And it's the ultimate display of white privilege to not only think it,

but to say it publicly.

[beam me up scottie]

3. I've seen that here more times than I can count.

Maybe Hawiians need to start using the #Berniemademewhite hashtag.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Some have, and I have run a story on this

as well as the returns and I know why the media ignored it, but I decided to explain it.

http://reportingsandiego.com/2016/03/29/erasing-people-of-color-and-women-during-the-democratic-primary/

[pugetres]

180. #Berniemademeahaole

?

eom

[jillan]

6. Wow wow wow. As I've said before the Hillary campaign only sees things in black & white.

[NWCorona]

8. And they talk about Bernie supporter's

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. I just ran a story on that

because it had to, First half explains why the media seemed off the job on Saturday with the returns.

But the second went into this aspect. The anger I detect on social media is real. I suspect it will affect voting.

[Peace Patriot]

109. I think that's the moment in Star Trek when Commander Data tells Captain Picard...

...that he has created an android child, his own child, and Picard is telling Data he should have thought of the heavy responsibilities of parenthood FIRST, and should have consulted Picard before he did it, and Data replies, "Do humans ask your permission to conceive a child?"

Picard then buries his face in his hands, thinking of the complications to come, and not having an answer to Data's pristine logic--thence to one of the best episodes in Star Trek, about the human rights of all sentient beings.

Do recall from history that, at one time, most Europeans considered Africans and Native Americans, in particular, to be sub-human. Literally sub-human. Not fully human. Not entitled to human rights. Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek created many stories that attacked this persistent European prejudice--a prejudice that led to horrendous genocide and enslavement in the real world--and were highly successful, including artistically, in helping to educate young and old on this critically important historical truth and its persistent consequences.

Commander Data, with his perfect logic, and being a minority of one (a minority of two, while his daughter lived) would ask Clinton supporters and the Corrupt Media: Are not Pacific Islanders a minority in the USA? Are not Indigenous Alaskans a minority? Are not Asians a minority? Are not Latinos and African-Americans in the state of Washington minorities? Is Hawaii not a majority minority state? Did these minorities not ALSO vote in 70% to 80% percentages for Bernie Sanders, who is also a member of the class of minorities?

Data would vote for Bernie Sanders for President of the Federation, for sure. It's the logical choice. Don't know about Picard. (So emotional--but yeah, probably he would.)

[artislife]

152. This is one of my favorite posts...

I love how you tied in the SNG episode (they were great ones) in with what people really think now. They don't get that they don't see the whole picture, they are busy patting themselves on the back for finally seeing black.

There is a whole lot of diversity in brown and yellow, that they have failed to realize.

[stillwaiting]

9. I HATE how HRC, her campaign, her surrogates, and her supporters twist things

to divide us on racial grounds. They've really done an excellent job of creating some division and animosity between some white and black Democrats this Primary season. They are always looking for GOTCHA moments where they can make an issue out of something which helps keep the focus off just how horrible HRC is on the issues when compared to Bernie (their histories and their current positions).

It's a fucking disgrace, and it just might be rewarded.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. I have the feeling it will not

and they will not get why either

[UMTerp01]

12. Oh please...it ain't just HRC and her surrogates

Plenty of Sanders supporters have also done a good job of creating division and animosity around race by dismissing Southern Black votes as not meaning much because they won't go blue in November. Don't even act like there isn't blame to go around and Bernie supporters shit don't stink either.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

28. Yep

[daleanime]

44. Because they're evil!!1!

Trying to force health care and education upon people, how dare they.




Just in case.

[UMTerp01]

51. What in the fresh hell does this have to do with what I posted? n/t

[daleanime]

56. You will know them by their actions, if their actions are evil.....

[artislife]

153. You are awfully angry about this having been here such a short time

deep breaths, month two will be harder.

[UMTerp01]

162. I call BS on both sides

Both sides have used race in a way to divide. Its disgusting.

[artislife]

163. And thankfully, you are here now...finally....to do this.

[TDale313]

165. No. They haven't.

The Clintons divided us by race in 08 and they're doing it again. There may be some bad actors on the Bernie side- but dividing us by race and gender and playing us against each other is an actual Clinton campaign strategy and it's just fucking wrong.

[senz]

24. +1000 so true

Hope it backfires on 'em.

[scscholar]

82. Minorities are supporting her...

so I don't think she's the one dividing.

[nadinbrzezinski]

87. They are also supporting him

and they are getting erased by her campaign. Yes it is divisive and it is horseshit

[jeff47]

166. "Minorities" include more people than blacks.

She's not doing particularly well among some other minority groups.

[MadDAsHell]

194. Minorities include more people than blacks, unless it's a discussion on DU. nt

[PFunk1]

174. and that's why this tone is PO's a lot of AA's

Or at least the ones I know. They see this divide and conquer BS as the same thing she used against Obama years back.

[geek tragedy]

13. not doing his employer any favors nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Nope

[Nanjeanne]

15. They worry about Bernie's Tone? This is truly Tone Deaf!

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. That is how I characterized it

[Cheese Sandwich]

17. I know one Black person from Hawaii. He's just President of the United States though.

Nothing significant.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. I know a few more but that is not the point

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Yeah, well, can you name another important one?

Nice jab.

[beam me up scottie]

81. Mahalo, Cheese Sandwich!

[Hydra]

148. Mic Drop :)

[NWCorona]

19. And he's running from his tweet now

I was getting ready to call him out but it's tweet after tweet of "I was wrong "

I'm glad you caught it in time!

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. He should be happy

that will live at RSD as part of a news story

[arcane1]

21. Nobody exploits race quite like the Clinton Crew.

Who knew there were only two races on Earth? News to me

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. To be honest there are no races

but the fact they are using it this way is well horseshit

[arcane1]

45. Precisely n/t

[roguevalley]

50. thanks for this, nadin. when I think I can relax from the bs, this happens

[glinda]

184. As well as they use sexes and other things.....

it is sort of a "usery" campaign their Team is running. Pretty sad. Cannot see how that is better than pitting angry "whites" against people of color or immigrants. Falling down that rabbit hole does not serve the interests of helping the Country.

[senz]

22. Only the simpleminded think in black and white.

The spectrum of humanity is broad and multifaceted.

[Contrary1]

23. Sanders is right: "Hawaii is clearly the most racially integrated state in the United States."

"...Then, who are the people of Hawaii? As of the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 1,360,301 people living in Hawaii.

Of those people, 24.7% were Caucasian, 14.5% were of Filipino descent, 13.6% were of Japanese descent, 8.9% were of Hispanic or Latino descent, 5.9% were of Hawaiian descent and 4.0% were of Chinese descent. Interestingly, 23.6% of the population identified themselves as belonging to two or more races, up 2% from the 2000 census.

Of those people who identify themselves as belonging totally of one race alone or in combination with one or more other races, 57.4% are in whole or partially Asian, 41.5% in whole or partially Caucasian and 26.2% in whole or partially Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander."

http://gohawaii.about.com/cs/culture/a/hawaiian_people_2.htm

[roguevalley]

52. God, how I love Hawaii. It's the Caribbean for Alaska. :D

[Orsino]

188. QED? n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

25. Whatever was posted has disappeared

so I have no idea what you are discussing.

[Electric Monk]

31. I've re-hosted it on a different server, in case nadin's is having problems

[HubertHeaver]

119. For some people, the word "diverse" is the equivalent of "black".

They lack a dictionary or, at least, the ability to use one.

[haikugal]

27. Wow that's truly ignorant!!

[thereismore]

29. OK, it really looks like unless you are black the Clinton campaign thinks you are white. Obtuse! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. Or as some AA have put it...

Zaid Jilani
‏@ZaidJilani
This election I learned that black voters over the age of 45 in the deep south were the only racial minorities #BernieMadeMeWhite

[thereismore]

60. I just... can't...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. So Asians and Pacific Islanders don't count?

[SheilaT]

34. Which shows the total cluelessnes of

too many Hillary supporters. The only "diversity" they even know of is Black.

I'm gonna guess this guy has never been to New Mexico, either. It's only 2.5% Black, so I guess it's not at all diverse. But nearly 30% identify as Hispanic, and over 10% are Native American. And there's a smattering, less than 2% Asian.

Diversity doesn't mean quite what they think it means.

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. Or the city of San Diego, the city is 6.1 AA

the County is 5.9, so 6 percent for round numbers.

[SheilaT]

40. And somewhat more to the point,

while some states resemble each other, especially ones geographically close, each one is still unique in its own way.

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. Yup

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

41. They only care about diversity when it gets them more votes...

Once they're done they'll leave them hanging out to dry.

[arcane1]

58. Yep, concepts like "diversity" and "race" are simply campaigning tools, to be used.

Just another buzz-word that people don't think past.

[amborin]

104. exactly; they are using this strategy to try

to ridicule Bernie's agenda; using new new left against the new left

[KauaiK]

38. There is no predominant race in Hawaii

This guy is ignorant. Better to keep ones mouth shut if you don't know the subject on which you comment!

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Well since you are from Hawaii

there is a word that applies here, and it starts with an H... and I will leave it at that.

[hrmjustin]

39. That was a stupic tweet.

[Matt_in_STL]

46. What's his DU username?

I could fill a book with a list of guesses.

[Mike__M]

94. LOL

And your book would probably match a lot of user's ignore lists

[dana_b]

53. He deleted that tweet because he admitted that he was wrong

and that HI is the most diverse state in the U.S.

Ian Sams ‏@IanSams Mar 28
@ZaidJilani i did not tweet that. just pointed out it was 2.5% Black.
deleted it because i was wrong; HI is US's most diverse. can admit it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. He got punded

will dutifully update the story.

By the way, this is way, this is what effective backlash looks like

[dana_b]

61. thanks, nadin!

and you're right!

Another example: Barbra Streisand (big Hillary supporter) tweeted:
Barbra Streisand ‏@BarbraStreisand Mar 28
What's the issue about Secretary @HillaryClinton getting $225k a speech
when Pres Bush 41/43 got $1m/Trump $1.25m. OK for men but not women?

Susan Sarandon tweeted back and now others are informing Ms. Streisand about the big too-do over it.
I love twitter! lol...

[nadinbrzezinski]

66. One of these days the unwashed masses will be kicked off social media

[dana_b]

89. maybe!!

we shall see and maybe sooner than we expect

[JackRiddler]

99. We know why he deleted the tweet, more interesting...

is why he would post such a thing in the first place.

(And he deleted the tweet, strictly speaking, because SOME PEOPLE CAN READ.)

[dana_b]

100. lol... true

He tweeted it because he was hoping that some people don't THINK!

[ljm2002]

159. His backpedal tweet is stupid...

...it starts with "i did not tweet that." WTF? Sounds like that crow was sticking in his craw.

[Still In Wisconsin]

57. Of course... if you're not black, you must be white.

Morons.

[Wilms]

65. Article: Diverse Doesn’t Count Unless It’s Black

Ian Sams,the Hillary employee who Tweeted it, has taken the original message down, but the point is that Hawaii actually is diverse–not only are whites a minority, as they always have been on the island, but there is no single racial majority at all.

http://www.vdare.com/posts/diverse-doesnt-count-unless-its-black

[nadinbrzezinski]

67. I ran one and embedded his tweet

[Wilms]

76. Hillary's white campaign staff needs to change their tone in which 'diverse' is white people's code

https://twitter.com/samhwils/status/714623874839814144

Despite the sunglasses/Blackberry pose fronted for cool, HRC and Co. seem to have little grip on how social media works.

[nadinbrzezinski]

77. OUCH

and I agree, but it is not just the staff. I shall not say any more... or I will get in trouble.

[cui bono]

140. Moo!!!

.

[Hydra]

151. Her reply is spot on

Is Hillary planning to still be running at the time of the convention? It seems like she and her team are burning everything down around them.

[Wilms]

160. Yes. And, yes!

They must be so insulated as not to realize. And it's that insularity...the mark of many things "Clinton"...I really do not want near the White House.

I hope the Sanders administration will keep close tabs on the Clinton Global Initiative initiatives.

[TacoD]

91. Maybe find a different site to link to (nt)

[Wilms]

96. Oh. Wow. I see.

That said. The commentary stands. And I did find the "Samantha" Tweet there.

[Motown_Johnny]

71. It would seem that Hawaii is the most diverse state in the union.

https://www.mainstreet.com/slideshow/most-diverse-states-america/page/12

[Blue_In_AK]

117. And Alaska is fifth most diverse.

[nichomachus]

78. So "diversity" is determined by the number of black people?

Only in Hillaryworld. By that measure, Jamaica would be very diverse. The Clinton Camp is really stretching. Pretty soon an indictment will become a "qualification."

[nadinbrzezinski]

80. As I posted in the story

and I said here the other day.

If CA goes Sanders, we will become a white rural state, with high mountains. The only true part of the statement will be the mountains. Though rural, I suppose some of our counties are very rural

[JoePhilly]

79. Big social justice issue in Hawaii is there?

[nadinbrzezinski]

85. Actually this is more of the H... stupid shit that gets people laughing

I guess our friend did not enjoy being the laughing stock though... And if he was a supporter, ok whatever, this is a staffer. It reveals the attitude we all have been pointing to Brah

[JoePhilly]

122. Trump planning to build a wall around Hawaii?

Is is common there for POC to be harassed by white police officers?

Maybe these things are common and I have to heard about it.

But you, with your vast experience, certainly have some sources you could reference.

[nadinbrzezinski]

124. I lived in HI for 4 years

and yup, the H word is increasingly coming to mind here.

It is stunning. Don't ask me what that word is... those who know HI, or have lived long enough will be able to figure it out.

On edit you are doubling down too, which is not stunning.

[JoePhilly]

125. So no references or sources.

[nadinbrzezinski]

126. Ah just like the tweet I referenced to

now tripling down on it.

Ammusing

[JoePhilly]

127. Well, if you referenced a tweet!!!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

129. It is at the top

the fact that you cannot tell diversity, like the campaign staffer is ahem, telling

I am sorry, but at this point this is damn fracking hilarious.

[JoePhilly]

131. Its almost like I'm writing off southern states.

[nadinbrzezinski]

132. Now we are quadrupling down

That self awareness is not there.

[JoePhilly]

134. I really enjoy ...

... watching you ride around on your high horse ... and apparently, after all this time, you still haven't figured that out yet.

Talk about lacking of self-awareness.

[nadinbrzezinski]

136. Actually Silver today came courtesy of a Clinton campaign staffer

isn't he a beautiful horse? Now I am going to be nice, lend it to you, and URGE YOU to go post this bullshit on twitter. I need the entertainment.

[JoePhilly]

137. I'm having way too much fun right here.

[nadinbrzezinski]

139. I agree, the lack of self awareness is just stunning

but funny

Keep on pissing on minorities

[JoePhilly]

143. Don't worry ...

... some day you'll develop some.

[nadinbrzezinski]

144. Stunningly funny

[demtenjeep]

170. wow I did not know you lived in HI

is there anything you haven't done

[nadinbrzezinski]

171. Next I know you will tell me that I was not married to an active service member

during 911 who was deployed during a Western Pacific Deployment.

Hell, I started posting on DU from Military Housing near Hickam AF Base as well as the Arizona Memorial, and Navy Sub Base, and Navy Base Hawaii

But this is what bullies do.They try to needle people...

You are adorable, especially since I have posted on where I was when 911 happened here a few times, and that my sister called me from San Diego, which was way early for us. Connie was sleeping on the dresser, her cute head peeking out. It was ARE YOU WATCHING TV? Nope, it is way too early... but I was up instantly, I could hear the panic in her voice.

Ah the knowledge that they deployed in peacetime and now we were a country at war is something I don't expect you to ever understand. And to be brutally honest I hope you never do.

[artislife]

156. You may want to look at the poverty level for native Hawaiians

and you will discover a pattern that seems to be rampant in minority areas.

Jeez, read the first one hundred pages after the stuff about the land in the book Hawaii for a simplistic version of the colonization of a peaceful brown population.

Are we sure he isn't the original tweeter?

smh

[NWCorona]

145. He was/is a staffer? I didn't know that but not surprising

[nadinbrzezinski]

146. I updated the OP

yup, he works for the campaign. Low enough I suspect though that this stupid foot in mouth might cost him a job.

[NWCorona]

147. I was just thinking that lol

[NWCorona]

115. Yes!

[larkrake]

84. Hawaii is tremendously diverse

It may be 3% black, but it is full of all kinds of asians, samoans, aussies, islanders, whites, russians, slavics, many europeans, and even more mixed bloods. Diversity is not just skin color.

[nadinbrzezinski]

86. You know that, I know that, but our friend was educated on this

[dchill]

88. K&R

[whatchamacallit]

92. Says simpering white dweeb

Talk about tone deaf, Hilteam still trying to mine this rotted vein.

[JackRiddler]

98. Remember, this is after they voted.

Before, I'm sure HI would have been diverse, magical, virtuous, all that. But now that they went the wrong way? It's fuck'em until October.

[JPnoodleman]

103. Is the world divided into solely White Devil and Black People? n/t

[Hydra]

155. According to the experts on Planet Hillary, that's all there is here on Earth!

Of course, it might be really hard to see the differences from the top of that ivory tower...

[TheFarseer]

105. Wow, the country is more than just Black and White people

Asians and Pacific Islanders don't count? As if Hawaii is just White people going to Starbucks.

[cyberswede]

106. They have both colors

[Blue_In_AK]

107. There is so much more to "diversity" than black/white,

and I'm glad those binary thinkers are being schooled.

[roguevalley]

158. well, to some people Hawaii is part of Africa.

[Blue_In_AK]

168. Kenya, to be exact. LOL.

[H2O Man]

108. Wow!

Thank you for this. Interesting and important.

Recommended.

[Vote2016]

111. The most tone deaf campaign since Dukakis

[demmiblue]

113. A moment of Zen:

I can see why Hawaii went for Bernie. Love, life, compassion.

[Oilwellian]

116. I bet the Sanders campaign had a good laugh

[nadinbrzezinski]

118. I do not know about the Sanders campaign. I just found it

stunning And this is not just some random supporter on the interwebs.

[Oilwellian]

121. Stunning and obtuse

but no surprise considering the source. Glad you captured it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

123. Me too, he was surprised by the reaction on the interwebs as well

and at this point, none should

[merrily]

130. Only people who self identify as "black" establish diversity? Who knew?

[nadinbrzezinski]

133. Let's clarify, only staffers who work for a campaign

who are white, get to tell the rest of us what is diverse.

[cui bono]

138. That's offensive no matter what race/ethnicity you are.

The way the Hillary supporters like to talk about groups of people as if they were not human beings and turn racial injustice into a political football is saddening.

.

[nadinbrzezinski]

142. This is a campaign staffer

[Oilwellian]

149. It's a clear example of their manipulations

Usually they're more covert in their attempts to divide us. This one screamed though only because Ian Sams doesn't have a clue about what diversity is. I'll bet he doesn't see it quite the same way again and am glad to see people becoming more aware of these tricksters. It just keeps peeling off the votes and that's a good thing.

[arcane1]

154. They are trying SO HARD to find ANY opportunity to label Sanders a clueless racist.

Non-white people, and victims of actual racism, are just mere strategies to be employed to score a few more votes.

This idiot wasn't "wrong" about the percentage of black people in Hawaii. He was simply trying too hard to perpetuate the "Her opponent is anti-black" narrative. He made it too stupid and obvious.

[Hydra]

157. Ya, I have a real problem with that

They don't even pretend to be supporting the issues of the various groups they are using as human shields in their campaign. Or "firewalls" to use their term.

What kind of monster have infested our party? I expect this kind of crap from the nastiest of the GOP, not the party of the people.

[astrophuss42]

161. Hawaii is the only place I've been

Where I've been on a bus with my other half and we were the only white people on it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

164. i know

[demtenjeep]

169. I do not care who the D is. I will vote BLUE in november

No way in Hell would I ever give idiot 1 or idiot 2 any chance to become president



I have my preference but I refuse to let that enable an idiot repuke presidency


I suggest we all think about that

[djean111]

172. We are still in the primary season, but thanks for playing.

And, since this exact exhortation is posted, in one form after another, 24 hours a day here at DU, no need to tell the rest of us what to think.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

173. AMEN

In 2008, I supported HRC in the primaries. I subsequently enthusiastically supported Barack Obama in two GEs.

[AgerolanAmerican]

176. some diversity is more diverse than others

two feet good, four feet better!

[CoffeeCat]

177. The Hillary camp PAYS so many people to Tweet for her

It is revolting. It's also disingenuous. It's not organic support from real supporters like Bernie has.

So many of them Tweet and re-Tweet and then those Tweets are re-tweeted and passed along to other members of her digital-rapid-response team installed all over the Internet.

Most of them are paid and they communicate amongst each other, Tweeting and re-Tweeting for Hillary--attempting to help her make some sort of impact on social media. But they're all being paid.

Their Twitter feeds are all gummed up with Tweets from each other. It's like watching rats in an enclosed cage, dining on their own feces.

[jillan]

182. Is she going to apologize for what her surrogate said??!!1?

Of course not, and neither is Bernie for what his supporter said.

[jeff47]

205. He isn't a surrogate. He's campaign staff. (nt)

[MadDAsHell]

186. Is there a reason why (especially on DU) "diverse" exclusively means "how many black people?"

Not only does diverse mean ALL races, but it goes beyond race.

[nadinbrzezinski]

187. That was a campaign staffer.

So I would ask well...the campaign.

Personally I am getting beyond tired of that shit.

[MadDAsHell]

189. Yes, I realize it wasn't a DUers words, but it might as well have been but it might as well have.

I've lurked here for 15 years and almost without exception, discussions about needing diversity seem to focus almost entirely on whether a satisfactory number of African-Americans were included/invited or participated.

No LGBTQ, not gender, not economic status, not place of origin or nationality.

Skin hue.

I didn't use to believe in "white guilt" but more and more I think there's something to it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

190. I know

It was hysterical when a poster here told me a Sanders event we covered was not diverse. It was pointed to him that many of those folks were Hispanic. Then the LGBT couples I know from working in the field, I could go on. Nope, it wasn't. That is when they were just starting with this shit. I think it is starting to seriously backfire though. And they do not get why either.

[noiretextatique]

192. So sick of this nonsense...it's racist bull

As if other POC don't count, and as if no black people are voting for Bernie. My cousin is a die-hard blue voter, but admits she doesn't like Hillary. If she thought Bernie had a chance, she would vote for him. That's a constant theme in my circle of friends and relatives who are black. They are not enthusiastic about Clinton, but they are adamantly against Republicans and believe she has the best chance of winning. I just keep providing information.

[nadinbrzezinski]

193. Yes, yes it is racist bull

I think we are starting to see backlash though. The little dears can't understand why though

[noiretextatique]

206. Black Berners and AAs for Bernie

Have truly opened my eyes. The AA forum dominates here, but I truly found some black soulmates on facebook.

[nadinbrzezinski]

207. I hang out with some locally

Ok hang out us not quite the word. But the younger community leaders are Bernie supporters. Their seniors are not. The dynamic is quite interesting. They opened my eyes as to divisions. It is not just age, but social class.

[Marr]

195. That's what conservatives do when they're caught in a lie.

They double down.

[nadinbrzezinski]

196. Or poltiical operatives

[mahina]

197. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Gasp

Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


Oh my goodness. Lolos. What a crackup.

Good for him for recognizing.

Growing up here, in elementary school, my classmates were Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portugese, and haole. If we even thought about it. There was one black kid on the playground who was nice but he was a little kid.

Grew up to be the President.

[nadinbrzezinski]

199. My goodness, you went to school with that kid?

must be fun to see class albums



And I was told by a few Hawaiians that Haole is not precisely a nice word. But it is a crackup when tourist buy the ever so popular "I am a Haole" hat, T-Shrt, what have you. Methinks this guy would wear it with well... pride.

[mahina]

200. Public school, before he went to Punahou.

Haole isn't an unkind word, unless preceded by 'fucking', which has to be earned. And so often is.

[nadinbrzezinski]

201. Yup, last time we went visiting

we saw that at the swap meet at the Stadium. Oh we started to crack up. Tourists had that puzzled look in their faces. Locals had smiles from ear to ear. Should we send this guy one of those? I vote for the hat.

Hey where else to buy Hawaiian shirts? Do that at the tourist traps (like Waikiki)? You nuts or what?

We should go visit family to Maui soon.

[revbones]

202. Accuracy is not something strived for in the Hillary campaign, or her followers...