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Showing Original Post only (View all)And Bernie Sanders compared a neighborhood to a 3rd World Country. [View all]
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-sanders-baltimore-20151207-story.html"Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you're in a wealthy nation," Sanders told reporters at the Freddie Gray Empowerment Center. "You would think that you were in a Third World country."
Yes he did!
He also said:
"It is very expensive to be poor," Sanders told the group of pastors. "I didn't see a decent grocery store around here. So what are moms feeding their kids?"
Exactly Senator Sanders - thank you. These people living in what has been compared to a 3rd World Country have ZERO fucks to give about ISIS. They exist in hundreds of different cities. It was THEIR time with the Senator.
Fuck the reporters for being assholes.
There is a time and a place...
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/08/458926818/sanders-campaign-to-reporters-dont-ask-about-isis?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=politics&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews
"Of course I'll talk about ISIS. But today what we're talking about is a community in which half of the people don't have jobs. We're talking about a community in which there are hundreds of buildings that are uninhabitable," he said. "We're talking about a community where kids are unable to go to schools that are decent. You wanna ask me about ISIS, we'll talk about ISIS. But what I said, and let me repeat and you can agree with me or not what I have said is that obviously ISIS and terrorism are a huge national issue that we've got to address. But so is poverty ... so is unemployment, so is education, so is health care. So is the need to protect working families.
"And I will, I will continue to talk about those issues. Thank you very much."
"And I will, I will continue to talk about those issues. Thank you very much."
And lastly Fuck MSM for being douchebags and carrying neocon water.
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Why yes, according to the article he was there to tour the city and meet with pastors.
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#27
What's funny is that the Corp-Media has decided to support HRC. They recognize that the
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#81
Which is the point. Why weren't more progressives speaking out about the media's
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#25
The state department non-classified system was barely functional and no previous
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#88
It's not about issues, it's about creating an immediate diversion to comfortable ground.
Jester Messiah
Dec 2015
#51
Yes it was. Hillary herself created that e mail situation she's a smart woman and
Autumn
Dec 2015
#5
It could also be argued that Hillary helped create the ISIS situation too.
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#30
Bernie said he would answer the questions about ISIS but not in that place or at that
JDPriestly
Dec 2015
#28
. .and Bernie alone had the political courage to suggest that the press should discuss
left lowrider
Dec 2015
#66
Funny how "you guys" always get the first post in effectively derailing the entire discussion.
Enthusiast
Dec 2015
#102
This is honestly the first time that an O'Malley supporter has disappointed me
HerbChestnut
Dec 2015
#10
For Sanders it's a campaign prop. But what about if Clinton or O'Malley do it?
Armstead
Dec 2015
#11
candidates should only campaign among billionaires! stay out of poor neighborhoods!
Doctor_J
Dec 2015
#16
He could have gone to Averill or Ferdinand or Searsburg, which are poorer than Sandtown
Recursion
Dec 2015
#57
Last I checked those streets are open to all the candidates. I think the pastors said they invited
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2015
#20
because the only thing that matters is it might make your candidate look bad.
m-lekktor
Dec 2015
#22
So according to you a U. S. Senator should only be concerned about his own state? n/t
A Simple Game
Dec 2015
#32
Your post doesn't make sense. What difference does it make which poor communities
rhett o rick
Dec 2015
#37
I suppose I went there downthread, though it is more "tone deaf" than "racist"
Recursion
Dec 2015
#52
He compared the least poor and least unequal majority-black city in the US to a 3rd world country
Recursion
Dec 2015
#53
I can't *imagine* why Sanders is having trouble with minority voters, with messaging like that
Recursion
Dec 2015
#50
That a city that is less poor and less unequal than Burlington is "third world"?
Recursion
Dec 2015
#63
So are most black people. Bmore has the largest concentration of middle class black neighborhoods
Recursion
Dec 2015
#72
Are you going to stop comparing all of Baltimore to Upton/Druid Heights?
ForgoTheConsequence
Dec 2015
#73
Well, actually, the religious extremism in the Middle-East is caused by poverty.
DetlefK
Dec 2015
#96
White christians throw bombs into churches and kill children to make a better world? n/t
jtuck004
Dec 2015
#97
They are superstitious and deluded, yes, but destroying the world doesn't mean something better forq
jtuck004
Dec 2015
#100
Instead of being outraged about the poverty and desperation in Baltimore and other cities
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#99
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Fuck the MSM for being douchebags and carrying neocon water!
Enthusiast
Dec 2015
#101
Sanders has been working within 30 miles of Baltimore for the last 25+ years.....
George II
Dec 2015
#111