DU made Snopes!

[gollygee]

I'll get ripped apart if I post this anywhere else. It says that the photo we see all the time supposedly showing Bernie Sanders marching with MLK probably isn't Bernie Sanders. The first place to make that claim is DU and Sanders has never said it's him.

http://www.snopes.com/sanders-mlk-selma-march/

ORIGIN:On 20 January 2016, the web site Democratic Underground posted a photograph purportedly showing Bernie Sanders participating in a 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery (Alabama) with Martin Luther King, Jr. The web site identified the man standing "behind Coretta King, just right of Old Glory in the glasses, white 't' shirt, open collar and dark jacket" as the future United States senator and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate:

The above-displayed image was taken on 26 March 1965, and a caption to the photograph provided by licenser Corbis Images identifies Martin Luther King, Jr. along with several other prominent political leaders but makes no mention of Bernie Sanders:

Dr. Martin Luther King (C) leads thousands of civil rights demonstrators out on the last leg of their Selma to Montgomery 50-mile hike. Others identifiable in the front row include John Davis (2nd from L) of SNCC, King's aide Reverend Ralph Abernathy (3rd from L), Dr. Ralph Bunche (5th from L), Mrs. King (next to her husband) and Reverend Hosea Williams (carrying little girl, R).

This photograph has been widely available for decades, but it wasn't until January 2016 that Bernie Sanders' name became associated with a face in the crowd. Although Sanders has stated that he did participate in the landmark "March on Washington" civil rights event of August 1963 (where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech), we haven't found any record of Sanders' stating that he was also present at any other civil rights march involving Martin Luther King, Jr:

[liberal N proud]

1. That is interesting and should be posted elsewhere

A lot of propaganda and dirty tricks being played by a candidate's supporters.

[gollygee]

2. I don't think it was propaganda or dirty tricks

I'm a Sanders supporter. I think it was wishful thinking.

[gollygee]

4. I take back the "not propaganda" thing

I suppose it is propaganda, though I don't personally think it is intentional. I think someone saw the photo and thought it was him.

[nichomachus]

8. Propaganda and dirty tricks? That would be bad -- stealing Hillary's tactics

You ask the Hillary gang for her accomplishments and they read you the job titles off her resume.

The whole "first lady" thing is a scam. That's like saying if I'm a doctor, then my wife is qualified to be one too -- even if she never went to medical school.

But, of course, that's all they've got.

[pnwmom]

11. No, it isn't the same. Hillary was a lawyer who did work for the administration,

including managing the healthcare proposal. Unfortunately, as Robert Reich explained, Bill had agreed with Reich that passing NAFTA needed to come first -- and by the time NAFTA was passed, they'd used up the political capital need to pass healthcare.

She did, however, steer CHIP through Congress, a bill that gave millions of children healthcare for the first time.

[randys1]

3. Are both pics of the same person or is one of a known Bernie and the other the guy?

Either way, people need to be accurate.

[gollygee]

5. The first pic is from the photo with MLK, the second is Bernie Sanders. N/t

[gollygee]

6. I posted it in GD.

I am nervous, but it should be discussed in wider corners of DU.

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. Take COVER!!!!! eom

[Kind of Blue]

9. Oh, shit! I'm nervous for you, too!

But you being a Bernie supporter, I applaud you for this valiant effort, seriously

[Jim Lane]

13. It was discussed in multiple threads a couple weeks ago.

See, for example, http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511059561

I don't think you need to be very nervous.

[Number23]

10. Another proud, SHIMMERING moment for DU!!1one

[JustAnotherGen]

12. I can't decide

But DU has certainly come of age!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

14. Bookmarking this thread to show to those who continue to assert otherwise.