By request...some comments from Bernie Sanders 2014 NPR Interview

[portlander23]

17. Unrelated

I've been thinking about this for a while. BLM interrupting Mr. Sanders in Seattle was the wake up moment for me. When I read Warren's speech I thought that people ought to read it so I posted it. I wanted to chime in because I think what is posted here is a fair criticism of Mr. Sanders.

That said, I'm watching his campaign and I really hope he's moving towards Elizabeth Warren's position on this. Recent changes he made to his campaign suggest he is, but I think we need to see him express Warren's passion and clarity. I want him to say explicitly that economic justice is not the same as racial justice.

I'm willing to give politicians a bit of a pass. As I've said in this thread, I don't care where Mrs. Clinton used to be on Keystone XL as long as she's strongly against it now. I'm hoping Mr. Sanders can be a very strong voice for racial justice even though it's not been his focus in the past.

So, yes I think this is fair, even necessary criticism. I think a lot of Sanders supporters may bristle at it and personalize it in a very unconstructive way. Where I'm at right now is I think Mr. Sanders is the best candidate and rather than protect him against criticism like this, I want to be one of the people pushing him as hard as I can towards a better position because I think it needs to happen.