Berniecrat challenger to Pelosi claims Old White Guys unwelcome in SF politics [View all]

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http://www.sfexaminer.com/berniecrat-challenger-pelosi-claims-old-white-guys-unwelcome-sf-politics/

Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s left-of-left Berniecrat challenger is off to a shaky start.

Stephen Jaffe, 71, may not be hip to the digital lifestyle, but he’s already learned lesson No 1: Everything you post on social media can come back to bite you in the tuchas.

In October, he shared what he called a “politically incorrect” point of view on Facebook that has some supporters slapping their foreheads.

“Like everyone else, I have no control over who I am; I am an old white guy,” Jaffe wrote. Many local candidates emphasize their diversity — being all female, LGBT or of different genders and ethnicities, and they garner support from those groups, he claimed.

“But there is no Old White Guys Democratic Club in San Francisco,” Jaffe decried. “Many claim our government is controlled by old white straight men like me. But in San Francisco’s Democratic Party circles we are subtlely [sic] unwelcome because we are perceived as a politically incorrect liability.

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