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CrowCityDem

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32. Slight mean joke inside (spoiler alert):
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:43 AM
Apr 2016

Of course Bernie Sanders is nothing like Nelson Mandela......

Mandela actually won his election.

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Cha it's great to let BS surrogates speak! Her Sister Apr 2016 #1
Sure they can speak.. but, this one as you can see, is offensive to African Americans and Cha Apr 2016 #4
When people speak they give themselves away! ~Their truer colors Her Sister Apr 2016 #9
I know.. this is just so completely wrong.. All of his surrogates have spouted really offensive Cha Apr 2016 #11
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. M.Angelou IamMab Apr 2016 #57
More of the "foot-in-mouth" phenomenon...How much worse will they get? Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #2
Just a kid really not have a clue about Black History or any history as Nerdy Wonda says.. Cha Apr 2016 #6
Wow! mcar Apr 2016 #3
It's outrageous, mcar.. she needs some history lessons fast! this makes Cha Apr 2016 #7
MLK and Nelson Mandela? Gimme a break! KitSileya Apr 2016 #5
And Sanders played up his part at Chicago University. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #13
Clueless n/t Tommy2Tone Apr 2016 #8
Well, to be fair, Bernie's already BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #10
She evidently has no clue what MLK Jr and Nelson Mandela went through in their Cha Apr 2016 #17
Every time she opens her mouth, she says something dumb obamanut2012 Apr 2016 #12
Well, here's a hint jsmirman Apr 2016 #15
hahahahaha obamanut2012 Apr 2016 #16
^THIS^ sarae Apr 2016 #19
I didn't even know who was Shailene Woodley. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #14
It's more proof of a campaign that knows it's losing. When they have reached ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #18
I'm just really curious to know what was possibly be in that girl's head to make Cha Apr 2016 #21
haahaaa misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #39
I always thought of him as a combination of The Old Elvis and... Walk away Apr 2016 #20
lol.. not exactly MLK Jr and Nelson Mandela material, what! Cha Apr 2016 #22
NO! Just...no! NastyRiffraff Apr 2016 #23
Aloha, Riff~ Yes, it's stunningly offensive to MLK's and Nelson Mandela's memories and Cha Apr 2016 #30
K&R! stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #24
Good Morning, stonecutter, and Mahalo~ Cha Apr 2016 #35
Clueless about so any things SharonClark Apr 2016 #25
Well all three had two arms and two legs, what's the problem? George II Apr 2016 #26
They just trolling now? nt kjones Apr 2016 #27
BS' surrogates are off the chains (literally speaking) Iliyah Apr 2016 #28
This is such a slap in the face Blue Idaho Apr 2016 #29
25 years in Congress with a salary does not even come close to 27 years in prison. SaschaHM Apr 2016 #31
It's incredibly insulting to the memories of these two icons for Civils Rights.. In South Cha Apr 2016 #38
Slight mean joke inside (spoiler alert): CrowCityDem Apr 2016 #32
Now he's a civil rights icon? DesertRat Apr 2016 #33
Why must they appropriate the lives, honor, and sacrifice of others. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2016 #34
what has Bernie EVER done that compares to Mandela & MLK? misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #36
Right.. like pasting his campaign logo to the Pope's pic & quotes.. I've seen desperate Cha Apr 2016 #40
As a South African who lived through the late-apartheid era Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #37
Through your own honorable work to end apartheid, Nonhlanhla, misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #41
Let me qualify that I hardly changed the world Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #44
Your contribution was far greater than that of Sanders. misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #49
Mahalo for your eloquent personal account and for your work in the struggle to Cha Apr 2016 #45
Thanks Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #47
Excellent points. And John Lewis did not see it either. eom fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #56
I didn't realize there was an op back here JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #42
Yes, she most certainly should have picked a white person to compare bernie to.. Cha Apr 2016 #46
Is She A Comedian? otohara Apr 2016 #43
Nope, she's a pampered Simi Valley girl 2naSalit Apr 2016 #54
No words dlwickham Apr 2016 #48
MLK Jr? jmowreader Apr 2016 #50
I have no words... lunamagica Apr 2016 #51
That's offensive. savalez Apr 2016 #52
So far it seems that Bernie's surrogates are just awful at their jobs. Walk away Apr 2016 #53
She forgot Pope. fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #55
She should have led with Pope and forgot about MLK Jr & Nelson Mandela.. we know what the Pope Cha Apr 2016 #58
In a season of WTF!!!? surrogate statements, she is up there with the greats with this one. Lucinda Apr 2016 #59
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