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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: And Bernie Sanders compared a neighborhood to a 3rd World Country. [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)55. The poverty rate in Baltimore is 11.3%
Would a click through to the data have been that difficult?
David Simon is not reality.
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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