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In reply to the discussion: Can we all agree that using dead civil rights leaders to promote your candidate is kinda sick? [View all]ucrdem
(15,512 posts)189. He says it right here:
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Can we all agree that using dead civil rights leaders to promote your candidate is kinda sick? [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Nov 2015
OP
Apparently only a tiny sliver of Hillary supporters know about the internet!
AgingAmerican
Nov 2015
#95
When Sanders pays a polling company to poll his campaign -will you call it a pay to win pollster?
riversedge
Nov 2015
#112
False equivalence. Bernie doesn't have a history of manipulation and triangulation. hillary does.
Bubzer
Nov 2015
#135
I interviewed IKE's granddaughter on my show and she said the Eisenhower family has a policy of
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#7
"Cult of personality is not attractive. I don't understand anyone that worships politicians."
BeanMusical
Nov 2015
#78
All leaders are used as examples...some dead, some alive. Wierd comment,IMO
libdem4life
Nov 2015
#12
And, pathetic.. "You don’t get to use Martin Luther King Jr. as your “Imaginary Black Yes Man”!!!
Cha
Nov 2015
#98
If our movement seeks to carry on the mission of Martin Luther King then we should say so with pride
Cheese Sandwich
Nov 2015
#16
people don't care enough to play your games any more: we have to work to keep the lights on
MisterP
Nov 2015
#18
Be sure to send an email to Killer Mike and let him know how kinda sick he is! nt
m-lekktor
Nov 2015
#21
Even the articles written about his endorsement from black people note that he is not well known
Number23
Nov 2015
#156
I'm referring to those who poll voters. Young voters who have never voted before but will
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#32
No problem. I realize my post wasn't clear. I hope you have a better day tomorrow.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#57
And now the people who are harassing Nina Turner and killer Mike. Both are being told are ignorant
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#67
Equated 1StrongBlackMan to lee atwater.. CT about Soros .. raging @ #BLM Activists.. it's
Cha
Nov 2015
#101
"She dismissed activists in Boston. She spoke over them in Atlanta as they were being ushered out."
BeanMusical
Nov 2015
#139
And she has not released a racial justice platform and declined the BET forum but apparently,
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#165
lol as soon as camp Hillary stops with the "It's over, give up, go home" meme
2pooped2pop
Nov 2015
#30
By the way, your avatar is so incongruous to your politics it is mind boggling.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#31
You nailed it, Jamaal. And I swear these people think that none of us have noticed
Number23
Nov 2015
#41
"You don’t get to use Martin Luther King Jr. as your “Imaginary Black Yes Man”!!!"
Cha
Nov 2015
#103
And not only that, but anyone that objects to this desperate, dishonest and ghoulish attempt to
Number23
Nov 2015
#155
And I can see quite clearly the hate spewed toward minorities on the rest of the internet
Starry Messenger
Nov 2015
#80
No. No, we absolutely cannot. Everyone, without exception, should aspire to be like MLK!
Bubzer
Nov 2015
#50
MLK would have supported Bernie Sanders just like Bernie Sanders supported MLK at the
JDPriestly
Nov 2015
#52
No ... But I think we can agree that twisting the legacy of any civil rights leader ...
1StrongBlackMan
Nov 2015
#53
So, Killer Mike is kind of sick? Lot's of white Hillary supporters have been telling him similar
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#55
Apparently, he has no living legacy to any of us. Each movement must be born in a bubble.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#56
He never said he "marched with King" not once ever. He said he went to the March on Washington.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#70
Really? I'm not a fucking idiot. You posted a still from a video that was NOT produced by
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#190
So, what you are saying is that Bernie secretly arranged with "African Americans for Bernie" to
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#196
In another post that person claimed that Bernie said he marched with King:
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#138
Implying that he lied about his participation in the movement is swift boating.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#175
What participation? And Kerry was not a spectator pretending he served; he DID serve.
ucrdem
Nov 2015
#176
Just letting you know, U. of Chicago has already debunked the Bruce Rappaport link
Floyd Steinberg
Nov 2015
#133
"You don’t get to use Martin Luther King Jr. as your “Imaginary Black Yes Man”!!!"
Cha
Nov 2015
#100
Both discussed the difference between rural and urban gun use after tragedies.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#114
You are right. The Republicans, each and every one of them, are worse than Senator ...
Tortmaster
Nov 2015
#164
Since when has Bernie's pro-gun control stance made gun control harder?
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#173
For 'tact and grace' please read 'Isn't all shiny and media polished like we expect'
Kentonio
Nov 2015
#181
He never claimed he did. Continuing to suggest that Sanders SAID HE DID, is one big giant fat lie.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2015
#194
Please forgive us for discussing Bernie's deep and long-held passion for racial justice
senz
Nov 2015
#201
They have no idea who MLK would have supported and from what I've read.. it's offensive
Cha
Nov 2015
#204
Now that Hillary added it to her logo, those who recced this thread no longer agree
jfern
Dec 2015
#210
I'm happy to K&R again. Because apparently a small band of people somehow completely missed
Number23
Dec 2015
#213