I barely caught myself before replying to a Bernie room post, a video that seemed to be of Sanders and Jessie Jackson but despite Bernie introducing Jessie, he wasn't in it. He must have been was edited out.
I voted for Jessie Jackson and believe he is a great man. I followed his movement very closely, and it seemed to build on the liberal tradition of JFK and RFK. It was very inclusive.
I was disgusted at how 'liberal' media treated him in interviews as if he was a joke or talked over him like he was not there. It was an eye opener. Then they did the same to Obama.
This video was in 1988 and 27 years have gone by and Bernie has not changed his theme one bit so I can say he's consistent. But he has not had the full brunt of the generation long hate machine created to stop Clinton which I believe many have swallowed, hook, line and sinker like bait.
And are more anti-HRC than pro-BS, sad to say, following the history of some of the posters. I was savaged out the gate for not agreeing with the very first post about the new group, not even in the group. I was sick of the attacks on HRC.
That is why I didn't post or Rec that thread a few minutes ago. And I won't contribute Recs or kicks to their threads which have mostly had to be driven out of GD, yet they keep on coming back, and also go to other forums to recruit.
I came here and stated my position of what I felt and said I was going to learn more about HRC - not the manufactured outrage, the real person. The group has been very tolerant of me and my concerns. I'm kinda wishy washy to some, I think. But the BS supporters drove me away with focusing more on not liking HRC than helping BS. I'm not going back.
So take it easy, this is a good place to take a breather.
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