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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. What a bunch of nonsense.

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:17 AM

Mar 2020

Black voters didn't vote for Bernie because they didn't think a white guy would do them any good, but they voted for another white guy because...? This makes no sense at all, but coming from The Nation I guess that's no surprise.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Why Biden Has The Black Vote, Why Blacks Do Not Trust The White Vote in The General [View all] ancianita Mar 2020 OP

I have to say it JustAnotherGen Mar 2020 #1

I absolutely agree. ancianita Mar 2020 #3

What a bunch of nonsense. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #2

You're really going to "nonsense" Jason Johnson of The Root, eh. Okay, then. ancianita Mar 2020 #5

I like Jason Johnson (who wasn't the author of the article). The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #7

Me, too. ancianita Mar 2020 #8

The problem I have with the author's reasoning is that it seems to presume The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #10

Agreed. Though I posted this to remind voters here to foreground black voters' reasoning, is all. ancianita Mar 2020 #11

One reason black voters might not have embraced Sanders in large numbers The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #12

True. ancianita Mar 2020 #13

That's not how I read it. yardwork Mar 2020 #6

Lots of truth in this. yardwork Mar 2020 #4

No one wins without the black vote. No one. ancianita Mar 2020 #9