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Cha

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43. It's unreal, bravenak.. bad before but worse now.. Just saw this tweet from AngryBlackLady..
Tue Jul 21, 2015, 05:17 AM
Jul 2015
Imani Gandy ?@AngryBlackLady
let me know how this "harass Black people into supporting Bernie Sanders" campaign is working out for y'all.
#BidenMeteor2016
8:28 AM - 20 Jul 2015 87 87 Retweets
111 111 favorites

Imani Gandy ?@AngryBlackLady
👉🏾 RT @rodimusprime: If these Bernie Standers knew how many black voters they are losing with these tone deaf Twitter attacks...

7:29 AM - 20 Jul 2015 29 29 Retweets
27 27 favorites

MOre Tweets http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/20/a-tweet-or-two-302/

Must be bad on twitterverse
So the Kos diarist is just an Allen West to you? whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #1
That's the dismissive answer that'll turn black voters off your guy. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #3
I'm not turning anybody away whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #8
Ignoring their criticisms is exactly turning them away. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #9
What criticisms am *I* ignoring? whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #12
lol Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #13
Lol is the answer when you got nothing whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #18
Obviously that's not true. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #22
Which issue? whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #24
No need to play naive on this. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #26
You gotta do better than a string of non sequiturs whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #27
There is no need to elaborate. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #31
Is anything I say going to influence your support for Hillary? whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #32
I don't support Hillary. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #35
I totally agree with you. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2015 #42
That race---not economic inequality--is most important. That black people of ALL incomes are Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2015 #77
Actually whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #80
Anyone who knows me around these parts knows that I loathe HRC and the Clintons Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2015 #82
I didn't assume your support whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #83
Then you disagree with the OP. bvar22 Jul 2015 #89
I get it. John Poet Jul 2015 #100
Your OP was very thoughtful, but murielm99 Jul 2015 #17
+1. zappaman Jul 2015 #21
An insulting broadbrush post like yours is not lashing out, I suppose? merrily Jul 2015 #36
No, it is not. murielm99 Jul 2015 #37
No you posted a totally gratuitous broad brush smear, even though no one had attacked you. merrily Jul 2015 #39
+1! Well said! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #45
Thank you. It's been very odd on DU lately. Every kind word is appreciated more than ever. merrily Jul 2015 #47
Raise hell at any rally or town hall you want but if you say you want brewens Jul 2015 #79
Talk about "wasted effort"..... bvar22 Jul 2015 #90
Go look it up. murielm99 Jul 2015 #98
Wow. Agschmid Jul 2015 #54
Aren't you the person who just posted the racist line "if only dumb blacks understood"? DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #2
Thank you for bringing that up, bud. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #4
You said the words. I did not. You attempted to put those words in my mouth. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #5
I don't need to attempt to do anything. It's the tone. And it's true. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #6
You have a very interesting history with race on DU. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #14
haha so you're also a stalker too. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #16
No, but I'm literate and technically competent to perform a search. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #19
I don't need to. Your posts today tell me everything I need to know about you. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #20
Jury results. merrily Jul 2015 #34
Thanks for letting me know. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #67
Jury results, 3-4 leave Lancero Jul 2015 #25
I was on that jury and I understood him perfectly. bravenak Jul 2015 #30
+1 nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #68
Most of the comments have expressed disappointment in the horrible way Sanders conducted himself Number23 Jul 2015 #7
Absolutely. Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #11
Actually, I didn't get over supporters in 2008; by then I was set on Obama as as man of brilliant freshwest Jul 2015 #86
Exactly. They made me go back a check undecided on that poll. I have never felt such pure racism. bravenak Jul 2015 #29
It's unreal, bravenak.. bad before but worse now.. Just saw this tweet from AngryBlackLady.. Cha Jul 2015 #43
They don't even notice how badly they are acting. bravenak Jul 2015 #44
I was on a jury today where somebody was behaving very badly.. he got a wake up call or not.. Cha Jul 2015 #46
Girl. They jusy keep going and going. Like energizer bunnies. bravenak Jul 2015 #64
The nastiest ones know, they just don't care ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #93
Like this very much not racist at all post. bravenak Jul 2015 #94
"Let me know how this 'harass Black people into supporting Bernie Sanders' campaign is working out gollygee Jul 2015 #56
I can imagine, gollygee.. it really is too bad that so many have no clue how they're hurting Cha Jul 2015 #74
Thanks for posting Gothmog Jul 2015 #73
You're welcome, Gothmog Cha Jul 2015 #78
Good point, 23. "People can overcome a momentary disappointment over a really poorly handled moment Cha Jul 2015 #38
I wish the Sanders supporters would listen to you brer cat Jul 2015 #53
"... the nastiest, most unaware, and most racially clueless people in the world ..." Bernie fans? aikoaiko Jul 2015 #55
They aren't clueless. They're willfully hateful. gollygee Jul 2015 #58
They are definitely in the top 5. The difference is that Tea Partiers et al don't hurl cherry picked Number23 Jul 2015 #84
I just got home from a non-political event ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #92
You might like this.... MADem Jul 2015 #105
Yeah, I saw that. Too bad the Sanders supporters here are too busy racking up the recs with their Number23 Jul 2015 #108
K & R! BlueMTexpat Jul 2015 #10
man, you do realize all of these points apply to Alan Keyes? MisterP Jul 2015 #15
I couldn't agree more. n/t Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #23
I'm sure a polling service is working on this right now. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #28
BLM has already stated what they think of white progressives: HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #33
If only we heard more from BLM and less from Clinton opportunists. Scootaloo Jul 2015 #40
A-fucking-men! TM99 Jul 2015 #50
+billions whatchamacallit Jul 2015 #69
Well here is the Sanders group "listening" to BLM Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #76
Yup, and Patrisse Cullors was very definitely heard loud and clear n/t Scootaloo Jul 2015 #85
Good. Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #87
Is it, now? Scootaloo Jul 2015 #88
It's called a protest Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #91
Actually, it's a statement from an interview with "This Week In Blackness." Scootaloo Jul 2015 #96
Absolutely Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #97
Patrisse Cullors is not a "them." Scootaloo Jul 2015 #99
No one is silencing you, obviously Bobbie Jo Jul 2015 #103
I know, thus "try" rather than "succeed." Scootaloo Jul 2015 #104
K & R SunSeeker Jul 2015 #41
Completely unrecommended. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #48
Thanks for the insight get the red out Jul 2015 #49
Another mistake white liberals make is thinking all black protests are equally valid BeyondGeography Jul 2015 #51
Know That KOS Is A HRC Supporter - What Better Way To Derail Other Campaigns - Foment Controversy cantbeserious Jul 2015 #52
And if Bernie is the kind of candidate that I think he is nc4bo Jul 2015 #57
No Doubt - That Said - This Does Appear To Have Been A Setup cantbeserious Jul 2015 #61
Gonna cross post this from another thread... here's how this goes: Jester Messiah Jul 2015 #59
Keyword: Historic. People basically are saying over and over again nc4bo Jul 2015 #60
Nailed It. n/t cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #62
Exactly right seveneyes Jul 2015 #66
That is a very crude caricature of African-Americans. But, I guess if you want Bernie's geek tragedy Jul 2015 #70
Your words, not mine. [nt] Jester Messiah Jul 2015 #72
Why are you assuming Person A is African-American? Humanist_Activist Jul 2015 #81
Fail ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #95
Another perspective or two: Triana Jul 2015 #63
DU rec... SidDithers Jul 2015 #65
Did you see this thread? This is why economic justice not the issue... Sancho Jul 2015 #71
Many of us POC here at DU have been trying to say this for years. Many white liberals have Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2015 #75
Whites make up 60% of the Democratic Party CANDO Jul 2015 #101
We show up dedicatedly and no win without us. bravenak Jul 2015 #102
You're going to win a general election without black and latino voters? Not happening. nt MADem Jul 2015 #106
Good point. Let people vent and then go from there. PatrickforO Jul 2015 #107
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