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Number23

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14. Sweet Jesus, what the EVER LOVING fuck??

Reply to OneGrassRoot (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:39 PM

Mar 2016

Sanders suggested that white people "don't know what it's like to be living in a ghetto and to be poor" — a response that also seemed to characterize all minority Americans as impoverished.

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Sanders "ghetto" remark making its way through Black media today [View all] UMTerp01 Mar 2016 OP

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-D for poor attempt at deflection emulatorloo Mar 2016 #2

What does this mean? JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #3

What did he say? underpants Mar 2016 #4

Here's a wee bit... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #5

Sweet Jesus, what the EVER LOVING fuck?? Number23 Mar 2016 #14

I know... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #17

It's worse than that! FrenchieCat Mar 2016 #24

I saw that. And I also saw the denizens of GDP twisting into pretzels trying to downplay his initial Number23 Mar 2016 #25

It really does damage on the one hand... FrenchieCat Mar 2016 #30

Good summary here emulatorloo Mar 2016 #6

Thanks. I had not seen this. riversedge Mar 2016 #29

This is nothing but spin from the Clinton camp CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #7

Thanks underpants Mar 2016 #8

IMHO it came off pretty tone-deaf. emulatorloo Mar 2016 #10

So the comments from black journalists and pundits is just "spin" is it? Number23 Mar 2016 #15

You're in the African American group, by the way. yardwork Mar 2016 #19

I didn't realize that I was in the African American group CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author rbrnmw Mar 2016 #21

No, it's not "spin from the Clinton camp"... Black twitter is reacting to sanders' own words. Cha Mar 2016 #34

Here is some background. MADem Mar 2016 #20

two things....there are probably more than one 'take' on his comments reception-wise... islandmkl Mar 2016 #9

...Holy fucking shit. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #11

This right here: Digital Puppy Mar 2016 #12

A Howard Dean scream moment... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #13

for all the focus on those large rallies he would have JI7 Mar 2016 #16

I think you're right. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #18

I cringed rbrnmw Mar 2016 #22

I'm a Sander's supporter cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #33

Yeah, it was The Traveler Mar 2016 #26

When my son was picked up by the cops I had to go to court the next day to get him out. mikehiggins Mar 2016 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #32

But that's not what Bernie said. yardwork Mar 2016 #35

Bernie is a good man who's just clumsy and inexperiened in courting black voters bluestateguy Mar 2016 #27

This is the thing.. Spacedog1973 Mar 2016 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #31