HILLARY GROUP...Oh No..Bernie steps deeper into his "ghetto" statement. NBC

[misterhighwasted]

Teddy Goff– ?@teddygoff
"Stop this man before he damages himself any further. "

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272072-sanders-responds-to-questions-on-ghetto-comment


March 07, 2016 - 03:15 PM EST
Sanders responds to questions on 'ghetto' comment
The Vermont senator tried to explain on Monday.

"What I meant to say," Sanders said, according to an NBC News reporter, "is when you talk about ghettos, traditionally what you're talking about is African-American communities."

(Umm, All AA communities or just the poor ones Bernie?)

And then he grandiosly stated :
" no other presidential candidate has talked about poverty more than he has, nor proposed as specific ideas as his to address the issue of poverty."

Strrrreeeetching just a bit there, bernie

(edit title for clarity)

[Avalux]

1. Egads!! I gotta hand it to Hillary Inc., their smears are reaching epic proportions. n/t

[MrWendel]

3. Egads!!!

Gotta hand it to Bernie Supporters, reading (Hillary Clinton Group) can sure be confusing.

[CherokeeDem]

4. Seriously???

How can reporting the man's own words be a smear????

[GusBob]

5. His smeared himself!

More importantly he smeared black people

[William769]

7. ...

[misterhighwasted]

11. thank you William769

[William769]

13. My pleasure.

[yardwork]

50. Thank you, Bill!

[72DejaVu]

16. Wait until you see what we'll do to Trump

[jmowreader]

19. I gotta hand it to Bernie Inc., they still can't read

See that "Hillary Clinton (Group)" up there? That means YOU DON'T COME HERE.

[johnp3907]

20. Go home.

[MrWendel]

2. Jesus...

Bernie, stop talking about it.

[Thinkingabout]

15. Maybe, just maybe if

We get to know him.......

[jmowreader]

21. And that's the real problem

The more we know him, the less we like him. I thought this was the guy running on his stellar civil rights record.

[Thinkingabout]

37. If his record is stellar it is a surprise to me.

[jmowreader]

39. Well, it's all that stuff he did 55 years ago

Which leads to the next question: if Bernie was so heavily into the plight of the Black Man (instead of just joining the Civil Rights Struggle because that was the cool thing for white socialists to do in the 1960s) why the hell did he move to the whitest place in America?

[fleabiscuit]

38. LOL

How can someone wanting to be president not know the first rule of holes?

[SunSeeker]

6. He reminds me of Bob Dole the way he refers to himself in the third person.

SNL used to brutalize Bob Dole over that in hilarious sketches.

But I can see why Bernie wants to detach himself from the person saying that "ghetto" stuff.

[DemonGoddess]

8. wth???

seriously???

[Lucinda]

9. Jeez...

[pat_k]

10. Comment is true, but traditional usage problemtic -- and he should have said that.

His clarification, based on the traditional use of the term, is actually correct. But, the traditional use is a problematic generalization, which I wish he had pointed out. Indicator of traditional usage found on Wikipedia:

A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.

I don't think there is much argument that his statements are not a problem. Clearly, the way he expressed himself was offensive to at least some of his potential supporters, intended or not. And that's a problem.

I'm not trying to smear. I'm a Bernie supporter. As such, I wish he hadn't expressed himself so unfortunately.

[FrenchieCat]

18. Comment is NOT true....

There are plenty of African-American communities that are NOT Ghettos...
I should know, I grew up in one, and it wasn't the only one

In fact, I would say that of the African-American communities in the US,
perhaps 20% if not less are considered Ghettos....and most of those are
the Government Projects.

What he did was to repeat a stereotype that Black folks live in ghettos.
If you don't understand the damage done with his statement,
there's not much more I can say.

[bravenak]

12. Stresses me out

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/7/1497565/-Does-The-Tone-Deafness-Never-End-Bernie-Sanders-Talks-Ghettos?_=2016-03-07T12:50:58-08:00

[jmowreader]

22. Good to see ya again, Bravenak!

[bravenak]

26. Hey!!

[misterhighwasted]

23. Great DKOS Op brave.

His careless spoken words somehow grabs back into the past & makes the heartbreak raw.
I wonder if he's even aware.
I am sorry bravenak

[bravenak]

24. I think he has no idea or he would say it better

Honestly. No way that is on purpose. Starting to suspect his advisors do not have his best interest at heart

[misterhighwasted]

28. I think you are correct. Maybe he doesn't listen to them either

How about just offer a sincere apology, bernie.
Just stop explaining & defending.
Apologize.
Acknowledge it was a hurtful description.
Such a bummer.

[bravenak]

31. Yep

[Rose Siding]

49. I think it's more likely that his advisers need advisers

To commemorate Bloody Sunday, Sanders' account tweeted a picture from the movie...



They had to delete it.

[bravenak]

56. Oh my god.

Yes. His advisers are not helping

[Cha]

40. Thanks for that, bravenak~ Answer: No, because he doesn't listen.

".. former NAACP chairman Ben Jealous — who told NBC News: “Sen. Sanders is from Burlington, he grew up in old Brooklyn, he knows white folks live in ghettos.."

Then why couldn't he spit it out, Ben?

smh

[fleabiscuit]

42. Good article.

I'm not sure about BS's ability to feel empathy. I find that very troubling.

[Starry Messenger]

44. Rec'd and TJ'd

[displacedtexan]

14. Wow! He really is his own worst enemy.

I'm sure he makes perfect sense to the people he surrounds himself with...

Truly heavy sigh.

[Stuckinthebush]

17. Berniesplaining over at GD-P

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511436844

You see, it's a dirty Clinton trick and "ghetto" really has multiple definitions.

[misterhighwasted]

25. pathetic, shameful & no way for a US Presidential contenderr to speak.

He yet narrows his base to a select demographic.
Maybe that's his intent.

Sad.

[Stuckinthebush]

27. I think it shows his cluelessness

He's out of his league in this race.

[misterhighwasted]

29. Yes. And they haven't even addressed global affairs.

I wonder what his fellow Senators are thinking of this today.
Makes one weep for the damage done.

[bluestateguy]

30. "If you're explaining, you're losing"---Ed Rollins

T'sall.

[Agnosticsherbet]

32. When you find yourself in a hole of your own making...

Do not grab a shovel and keep digging.
Unless your getting you tush kicked in a political campaign,
then keep digging...and digging...and digging
And hope your big lie is accepted.

[ismnotwasm]

33. Oh he didn't--Holy shit

He's never been to East LA or Appalachia, or a Native American reservation?

[MSMITH33156]

34. We're lucky

he won't be the nominee.

This is exactly the type of thing that would run in a loop in a general election campaign to say that Sanders/Democrats don't care about white people.

[sheshe2]

35. He sure did, mister.

[dlwickham]

36. I'm almost starting to feel sorry for him

But not quite

[Cha]

41. Thank you for this, mister!

[misterhighwasted]

48. You are very welcome Cha

[DesertRat]

43. Geez!

[JoeOtterbein]

45. This bothers you?

Hillary gets millions from the Wall Street Ghetto and that does not bother you?

[misterhighwasted]

46. Awe c'mon, you're not really a Hillary Supporter in the Hillary Group..

Buh Bye

[Cha]

55. A noun A verb & WALL STREET. lol

[johnp3907]

58. Berniebots invading our group bother me.

[Koinos]

47. As senator, he could and should have gotten out more and met with residents of Washington DC.

He would have experienced more diversity than he did in Burlington, Vermont. He might have learned something about the richness and depth of "African-American communities."

[NastyRiffraff]

51. He put his OTHER foot into it

It's getting crowded in his mouth. He would have done better to say nothing at all.

[Tarheel_Dem]

52. If he ever knew, he's obviously forgotten "The Law of Holes".

[NEDem]

54. +1 LOL

[johnp3907]

59. "Dig UP, stupid!"

https://m.

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[Trust Buster]

53. I think all this ghetto talk is taking away from his even more offensive comment.

He claimed that white people don't know what it's like to be poor. What a pandering fool.

[UtahLib]

57. He's his own worst enemy.