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In reply to the discussion: Interesting tweet from Ragnarok Lobster (I think most of us here know who he is): [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,735 posts)Shame on those that would. I'm sure Sanders himself would decry that headline.
And shame on those that promote that false narrative which only plays into the GOP and Putin's playbook to divide left/center Democrats against more right/center Democrats.
You know, a voting station is sometimes called a polling station for good reason. It is the final POLL on the candidates. You don't have to look at polls as a habit. But one can sometimes get a read off of them, especially if more than one says roughly the same thing. It is a myth that Black voters reject Sanders, and why would they? He promotes many programs and law changes that would help them. Guess what?..they also are/were big Hillary supporters. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive. Why is that concept so difficult?
Or 'some' unnamed pundits said Bernie was instrumental in him winning. Or even that Sanders may have just gotten him over the hump. All that is is some unnamed straw man invented to make some Democrats mad. Don't get mad. Political pundits say all kinds of things. So what? You know, and I know, it was the black community that stepped up and voted overwhelmingly for him, and without that vote he would not be a candidate. If some pundit with time on their hands has to also include the periphery players that also helped him, so be it. You don't have to dwell on. Like Ragnarok Lobster was, but I noticed he softened his tone in a later tweet.
And yes, I celebrate with you on this watershed moment of the first black candidate for governor for Florida!
Go Dems Go!