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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I've finally made up my mind...I support Bernie Sanders [View all]mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)37. Not really. He couldn't remember seeing Bernie back in the 60's
Probably can't remember a lot of people who were around him back them. That is the nature of mass movements like the Civil Rights movement.
What puzzles me--and maybe I misunderstood what he says--is that he did meet Hillary and Bill. The implication was that they were there. Of course in 1963 she was still in high school and, like me, a Goldwater kid. Bill was still a dirt poor white trash nobody in Arkansas. I doubt Rep. Lewis saw either of them.
Maybe I misunderstood what he was trying to say.
I could be wrong...
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The implication that Bernie Sanders lied about being a civil rights activist
Eric J in MN
Feb 2016
#25
Well, there's another OP out there now, showing a page of a book Lewis wrote
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2016
#40
I hope the swift-boating of Sanders' civil rights record backfires with many others too.
Vattel
Feb 2016
#35
After the John Lewis comment today, I sent the Sanders campaign $100. The first of many
WestSeattle2
Feb 2016
#52