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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The "Bernie has a problem with black people" stuff [View all]fun n serious
(4,451 posts)44. That's not true. No one says Bernie has a problem with Black people stuff.
Hillary has built a report over many years. That's all. Why didn't Bernie?
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There are good reasons why Sanders is not appealing to African American and other voters
Gothmog
Feb 2016
#93
Wow, is it like repeat crusty old phrase night and nobody fucking even told me? nt
Bonobo
Feb 2016
#97
are those the people paid by Repukes to sow hatred of 99% of the Dems and suppress the vote?
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#9
Just saw it yesterday. Got a call from NARAL, which of course endorsed Clinton.
PatrickforO
Feb 2016
#81
a statewide recount? It was always 90 precincts I thought, so was asking about
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#104
IIRC, there have been 5 precincts that have been changed, out of 14 reported errors.
jeff47
Feb 2016
#105
Yep, manny people here were duped into aping that snarky position- where only
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#53
yeah, I had actually seen quite a few people here admit to voting in Republican primaries....
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#63
So you think that POC don't know their candidates?And that this hasn't been posted daily for months?
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#6
maybe he doesn't know this has been cut and pasted here a few hundred times?
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#12
I has a pretty politically savvy friend blow a gasket over the super-Ds on FB, LOL.
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#24
I know, embarrassing. We were playing cards and pretty high and he and another person brought
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#47
That's so fucking awesome. ....free college for kids who survive their shitty schools!
msanthrope
Feb 2016
#41
And those without boats are doing their part by shushing with all that drowning nonsense
bravenak
Feb 2016
#66
*glub glub* air bubbles *glub glub* did someone say drown the establishment in a tub, so....
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#67
We weren't discussing Hillary so please do not attempt to derail the convo- thanks.
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#65
I'm wondering why the OP said tactics are POC- did that make any sense to you?
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#77
No "racial concerns" about Bernie Sanders have not been adequately explained to me.
Kurska
Feb 2016
#26
And you'll obvs think that this "tactic" -demanding answers- is a brilliant one, I gather?
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#60
I see, so the people who have concerns have an "inadequate" way of explaining them.
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#37
Do you think this post could be offensive? Seeing that there's an AA group you could've asked by now
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#91
You do realize you are talking about black voters in their presence here- right?
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#40
+1 Identity Politics should not be manipulated to defend the 1% Establishment
AZ Progressive
Feb 2016
#31
That's not true. No one says Bernie has a problem with Black people stuff.
fun n serious
Feb 2016
#44
Even here you get it backwards. Nobody says Sanders has a problem with black people
Recursion
Feb 2016
#50
Would you prefer that people tell you Bernie Sanders is doing just fine with African Americans? (nt)
Skinner
Feb 2016
#86
I just had a Hillary supporter tell me that blacks and poor whites could never...
Odin2005
Feb 2016
#92