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In reply to the discussion: Can I have a list of Bernie's Pro POC legislation? [View all]Edit history
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According to African Americans in Vermont, he hasn't been fighting for black people:
Cali_Democrat
Feb 2016
#1
I'll deviate off topic for a second to address this - Bernie Sanders voted for the....
George II
Feb 2016
#195
Another reminder, the overseas conglomerate that Ben and Jerry, a couple of Sanders'.....
George II
Feb 2016
#201
Sold up but not sold out, Ben and Jerry are still the poster boys for fair trade
UglyGreed
Feb 2016
#223
You had that ready to go? With formating and everything? In less than one minute??
Joe the Revelator
Feb 2016
#236
Posted within 60 seconds of thread creation...which is just....awesome!
Joe the Revelator
Feb 2016
#240
It's a magic post! Cali_Dem was able to read your thread, cross reference this article in his/her...
Joe the Revelator
Feb 2016
#247
I posted the article earlier and had my post open in another tab. This is so fucking funny.
Cali_Democrat
Feb 2016
#272
They coordinate their attacks on another website before launching them here.
Electric Monk
Feb 2016
#255
Well you went over your four paragraph limit, so you should have kept on going
passiveporcupine
Feb 2016
#283
You should be willing to do your own research if you have a question like this.
HerbChestnut
Feb 2016
#10
These bills referred to "minorities," but they do not directly benefit minorities -
Empowerer
Feb 2016
#185
See it from the pov of folks who always fight the good fight then get ripped off
bravenak
Feb 2016
#150
It is because of liberal flight from minority heavy districts that the tax base shrank
bravenak
Feb 2016
#307
I know the votes already. This is about POC SPECIFIC legislation he pushed himself
bravenak
Feb 2016
#134
She was being sponsored by CCA an the Geo Group to find accomodations for people of all
GoneFishin
Feb 2016
#34
Bernie showing up at ONE meeting, while it's a good thing, is NOT the stuff of which civil rights
Empowerer
Feb 2016
#140
There isnt any. He has only had three proposals become law, and only 6 pass the chamber in 25 years
Lucinda
Feb 2016
#19
Interesting. He's been in Congress since January 1991, that's 25 years. So...
George II
Feb 2016
#42
He does work on others stuff as a co-sponsored a lot, but his own legislation? Not much.
Lucinda
Feb 2016
#68
can you see how voting like this might feed the paranoia of the trump "white man is oppressed" crowd
redruddyred
Feb 2016
#338
Don't like the truth exposed by contrasting their records, disingenuous at best
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#58
A subject designed to be disingenuous, yeah, I get that. After all it is not knowledge or truth you
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#80
So is your refusal to look at the evience posted above that really does answer the substance
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#99
You've received several relevant answers, your intention is to accept no answers at all
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#115
Um, no. This is about a primary in which we must choose between Hillary and Bernie, not some
merrily
Feb 2016
#39
Fortunately, I need no one's permission to post what I wish to post. Thanks anyway.
merrily
Feb 2016
#51
And I believe that it was sduggested that you look it up yourself but it was too much to go through.
2pooped2pop
Feb 2016
#96
I know. And it was a misleading request, IMO, which, if followed as you wish, would have made the
merrily
Feb 2016
#148
It's a great explanation of the connections between certain injustices that are leveled at blacks.
bravenak
Feb 2016
#282
on that line of argument, would you assert that voter id laws are not racist
redruddyred
Feb 2016
#340
He knows how to call Americas first black president "n-word-izzed"... come back
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#264
The google app is very easy to download & only takes a second. Do your own dang homework.
jillan
Feb 2016
#123
Eternity is waiting for all the ads to load so I can actually read the article.
guillaumeb
Feb 2016
#161
Can I have a list of Hillary's pro POC legislation, since you are obvs researching this?
JudyM
Feb 2016
#176
That's your specialty. Why not simply answer my question? If you are comparing his to hers, show
JudyM
Feb 2016
#187
There are plenty of bills introduced in every session that are geared directly to POCs
Empowerer
Feb 2016
#211
It counts for me and my purposes because it was specifically Intended to HELP POC
bravenak
Feb 2016
#206
Nope, it doesn't count because it was specifically intended to help other groups as well.
Vattel
Feb 2016
#208
OP, you forgot to add Hillary's historic co-sponsorship of the resolution to...
TheBluestEye
Feb 2016
#217
OP, that is odd. No one is "continuously" telling me that Bernie has fought for me.
TheBluestEye
Feb 2016
#210
But people can't point to more than a handful of things he has done to "fight" for people of color
Empowerer
Feb 2016
#279
I don't think that I have ever heard Bernie claim to be "great civil rights crusader" at all...
TheBluestEye
Feb 2016
#305