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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: Black lives matter [View all]

Raine1967

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36. No, sir. when I said that part, that was my takeaway. You are aware he also cancelled another
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 12:39 PM
Jul 2015

meeting correct? http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/martin-omalleys-presidential-strategy-try-try-try-again#.kpDEgoAde

Around the same time, Sanders was scheduled to meet with a small group of activists supporting Black Lives Matters. The senator has been focused with great intensity on the message driving his campaign — income inequality — and the idea behind the meeting was to “get Sanders on track with the conversation about issues around racial justice,” according to Elon James White, who is the founder of This Week in Blackness and was invited to attend the gathering. “His campaign was completely oblivious to the Black Lives Matter campaign and what’s been happening around the movement.”

When White arrived for the meeting, Sanders wasn't there. It was just a few staffers. White was told, he said later, that Sanders had cancelled all meetings for the afternoon. (snip)

Later, Sanders angered members of the Arizona Democratic Party, when he canceled 40 minutes after his scheduled speaking slot, according to Alexis Tameron, the chair of the party. The reason given to Tameron: “logistical issues,” she said. “That was it.”

A Sanders spokesperson did not respond to a question about his schedule.


I don't care that you disagree with me, but please don't try to twist what my actual words are. That's not a really good debate tactic.

Bernie Sanders did not return to to crowd after his appearance at NRN to talk to people one on one and with TWiB and BRN.

If you can show me where he did, I would gladly be proven wrong. In the mean time, there is this OP: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251461527

I get you support Sanders. Thats all good, but I was not pleased with how he handled what happened this weekend. I was actually pretty neutral about Sanders. His temperament on stage and his actions afterwards really turned me off.

If you don't like my opinion, I am more than fine with that. Arguing/debating about something I never said or implied is a really bad debate tactic.








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Black lives matter [View all] ibegurpard Jul 2015 OP
No buts. TM99 Jul 2015 #1
ALL lives matter.... truebrit71 Jul 2015 #2
you don't get it ibegurpard Jul 2015 #4
Oh I get it alright....ALL LIVES MATTER... truebrit71 Jul 2015 #8
white people don't walk around with a perpetual target on their back ibegurpard Jul 2015 #10
So ONLY black people get murdered by police? truebrit71 Jul 2015 #12
Not all, but most. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #28
What you said!!!!!.... Little Star Jul 2015 #13
When I see young white men being slaughtered by police even close to the rate.. Little Star Jul 2015 #20
Yes we can ibegurpard Jul 2015 #21
I agree! Little Star Jul 2015 #24
ALL LIVES MATTER... NO BUT's.. 2banon Jul 2015 #3
you don't get it either ibegurpard Jul 2015 #5
Yeah, well could be the message and the way it's communicated? 2banon Jul 2015 #7
There's sure a lot of them. Amazing to see it here on DU... Little Star Jul 2015 #23
And they wont, white privilege explains it. randys1 Jul 2015 #26
Whooooosh Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #22
No buts at all. NCTraveler Jul 2015 #6
Yes ibegurpard. artislife Jul 2015 #9
we will get through this ibegurpard Jul 2015 #11
Yes. Raine1967 Jul 2015 #14
this isn't about which candidate "passed" ibegurpard Jul 2015 #17
I have been out of the loop, who did what at Net Roots? I know about the protest but not randys1 Jul 2015 #27
Oh randys1, I swear I would not know how to begin Raine1967 Jul 2015 #31
thanks, i will check it out, funny thing about being out of the loop randys1 Jul 2015 #37
You're projecting your opinion there. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #30
Projecting? No. Giving my opinion? Yes. I have not control over whether you like my opinion Raine1967 Jul 2015 #32
Fine, it's your opinion. But yes, you are 'pontificating upon', when you say he 'doesn't care'. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #33
What I am saying is that is the way I felt about it. Raine1967 Jul 2015 #34
As you yourself point out, the 'proveable fact' Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #35
No, sir. when I said that part, that was my takeaway. You are aware he also cancelled another Raine1967 Jul 2015 #36
Sanders doesn't include any buts when he says that black lives matter. Vattel Jul 2015 #15
see my answer to the poster above you. ibegurpard Jul 2015 #19
Black Lives DO Matter libodem Jul 2015 #16
absolutely ibegurpard Jul 2015 #18
Yes, black lives matter, sadoldgirl Jul 2015 #25
it wasn't a question ibegurpard Jul 2015 #29
kick ibegurpard Jul 2015 #38
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