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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WV looks good for Sanders [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)10. BLM doesn't agree with you.
Here are some important points made by Black Lives Matter Activist Ashley Williams:
Here's the truth: the Clinton legacy has left our prisons bursting at the seams. Real lives have been destroyed as a result. It is an indisputable fact that millions of Black people were locked up for drug crimes and provided the bodies for the expansion of the prison industry.
The 1994 Crime Bill that she so vigorously defended not only expanded incarceration, but stripped funding for college education from prisoners. The Clinton legacy allowed for policies that prevented anyone convicted of a felony drug offense from receiving food stamps or income assistance. Clinton-led welfare reform fundamentally ripped apart the social safety net.
Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton's efforts to push these policies resulted in the continued destruction of Black communities and the swift growth of our mass incarceration crisis.
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Well Sanders' America First, Nationalism has attracted them this year, just like Trump.
Hoyt
May 2016
#6
you are seriously comparing Bernie with Trump's brand of nationalism
thebeautifulstruggle
May 2016
#26
They both seem to view poor foreign labor as scabs. Trump would nuke them, but there is
Hoyt
May 2016
#29
No, they both see that US corporations send jobs overseas purely for more profit
thebeautifulstruggle
May 2016
#41
Fact is, most folks would let foreign poor starve, and some feel like that because
Hoyt
May 2016
#54
Well, folks line up for the jobs, otherwise they'd continue living off the land. You do have
Hoyt
May 2016
#114
Well the facts do remain, immigration is not sunshine and rainbows all the time.
JPnoodleman
May 2016
#56
I think your view is that immigrants are after your job. That's kind of fear the Trumps depend on.
Hoyt
May 2016
#59
That's true and sad. On Bill Maher tonight, Ann Coulter agreed with you on immigrants.
Hoyt
May 2016
#66
Fact is, 80+% of people here are world's 1%ers. I think we are fixed relative to poor ountries.
Hoyt
May 2016
#115
Yet, life expectancy continues to climb. You are right though, neither Americans or anyone else
Hoyt
May 2016
#121
They loved Bill. That's why. And they ain't going to vote for either Sanders or Hillary in the GE
floppyboo
May 2016
#44
That it doesn't take rocket science to see Sanders's main problem with the African American vote?
Recursion
May 2016
#61
I seriously am sick of the self serving stuff which is a lie Clinton was not in Congress.
Demsrule86
May 2016
#15
With Regard to the Crime Bill, Sen Sanders tried numerous times to get the parts of the bill removed
rhett o rick
May 2016
#63
Martin O'Malley didn't vote for it because he was a City Councilman for Balto.,
appalachiablue
May 2016
#82
Yes, Ashley is just great. Saw her in a Democracy Now! interview too- prepared,
appalachiablue
May 2016
#112
The state who voted for these two, the first Catholic to hold the office
appalachiablue
May 2016
#106
What??? Did Bernie tell them all their coal mining jobs are safe??? What pandering???
floppyboo
May 2016
#46
You Hillary supporters sound so angry and out for blood...that Bernie is winning a state but he is.
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#40
Great version with beautiful scenery. I was thinking of the song recently,
appalachiablue
May 2016
#83
That's cool, love history and culture. Worked at the Smithsonian, National Archives.
appalachiablue
May 2016
#91
Sounds good, smart move to eastern WV. Are you following the Gov. race there?
appalachiablue
May 2016
#102
69 replys and only see 6. Hill shills must be out in force and angrier than ever.
litlbilly
May 2016
#71