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They are just staight up hiding anything not pro-Bernie in GDP (Original Post) arely staircase Feb 2016 OP
They are trashing John Lewis in GD: primaries right now! workinclasszero Feb 2016 #1
Let them have GDP. We'll have SC. Thank You John Lewis misterhighwasted Feb 2016 #2
^ that lol. eom artyteacher Feb 2016 #3
I cant wait. nt arely staircase Feb 2016 #8
He slammed bernie! Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Slams Bernie Sanders Cha Feb 2016 #6
MotherJones writer sounds teed off. BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #12
John Lewis sounds ticked off and I don't blame him.. I don't get that about Cha Feb 2016 #13
Ellison is a Bernie supporter. He's always marched to the beat of his own drum - much like Bernie. BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #15
Thanks, yeah I knew he was a BS fan.. I just didn't understand what he was saying about Cha Feb 2016 #16
GDP has basically turned in to N. Korea. arely staircase Feb 2016 #11
Then to turn around and fluff Bernie's civil rights credentials. kjones Feb 2016 #14
Remember how we SHOULD criticize treestar Feb 2016 #4
Look at this horribly over the top post of mine they hid arely staircase Feb 2016 #5
Sorry, arely Cha Feb 2016 #7
Hey, Cha!!! nt arely staircase Feb 2016 #9
So funny that the only way to deal with criticism of BS is to hide it treestar Feb 2016 #21
^^^^THIS^^^^ Hekate Feb 2016 #22
Yes, hold everyone's feet to the fire but the one who needs it the most. Cha Feb 2016 #10
You'd think such a major player as Bernie would be remembered treestar Feb 2016 #17
Sounds like John Lewis was pissed.. I don't blame him. Cha Feb 2016 #18
It's not ony GDP. William769 Feb 2016 #19
I got 3 locks in riversedge Feb 2016 #20
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
1. They are trashing John Lewis in GD: primaries right now!
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:04 PM
Feb 2016

No fu**** way a progressive liberal could say one bad word about that man after all he did in the civil rights era.

And some punk is throwing dirt on him there even as we type!!!

Cha

(295,899 posts)
6. He slammed bernie! Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Slams Bernie Sanders
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:19 PM
Feb 2016


Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the progressive icon who led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the civil rights movement, on Thursday dismissed Sen. Bernie Sanders' participation in that movement.

When a reporter asked Lewis to comment on Sanders' involvement in the movement—Sanders as a college student at the University of Chicago was active in civil rights work—the congressman brusquely interrupted him. "Well, to be very frank, I'm going to cut you off, but I never saw him, I never met him," Lewis said. "I'm a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved in the sit-ins, the freedom rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery, and directed their voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President Clinton."

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/02/john-lewis-bernie-sanders-civil-rights


Cha

(295,899 posts)
13. John Lewis sounds ticked off and I don't blame him.. I don't get that about
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:34 PM
Feb 2016

Keith Ellison, though.. why he's "accusatory"?

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
15. Ellison is a Bernie supporter. He's always marched to the beat of his own drum - much like Bernie.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:55 PM
Feb 2016

I don't understand why he's come out swinging against civil rights icon, John Lewis, instead of doing the sensible thing and keeping quiet like Jim Clayburn, but I guess he feels he needs to "defend" his candidate. To be honest, I don't take Ellison seriously, and never really had, Cha.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
16. Thanks, yeah I knew he was a BS fan.. I just didn't understand what he was saying about
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:58 PM
Feb 2016

John Lewis or the CBC.. it didn't make sense so I thought you could translate!?

kjones

(1,053 posts)
14. Then to turn around and fluff Bernie's civil rights credentials.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:53 PM
Feb 2016

It's beyond ridiculous.

Lewis is the real deal.

The attitude is repulsive, and if Lewis were of a different
opinion and Hillary folks were trashing him, I'd find it
just as repulsive.

Lewis paid his dues, paid a lot of other peoples' dues,
then he went down to the local bar, paid everyone's
tabs and bought a round for everyone in the room.
...
He doesn't deserve even a fraction of criticism.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
4. Remember how we SHOULD criticize
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:10 PM
Feb 2016

Politicians and hold their feet to the fire? How they sneered at the mere existence of the BOG?

Cha

(295,899 posts)
10. Yes, hold everyone's feet to the fire but the one who needs it the most.
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:24 PM
Feb 2016
Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Slams Bernie Sanders



Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the progressive icon who led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the civil rights movement, on Thursday dismissed Sen. Bernie Sanders' participation in that movement.

When a reporter asked Lewis to comment on Sanders' involvement in the movement—Sanders as a college student at the University of Chicago was active in civil rights work—the congressman brusquely interrupted him. "Well, to be very frank, I'm going to cut you off, but I never saw him, I never met him," Lewis said. "I'm a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved in the sit-ins, the freedom rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery, and directed their voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President Clinton."

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/02/john-lewis-bernie-sanders-civil-rights

treestar

treestar

(82,383 posts)
17. You'd think such a major player as Bernie would be remembered
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 04:00 PM
Feb 2016

by the leader of the SNCC! Good info!

cha

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