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In reply to the discussion: So, let me get this straight, DU [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)we have a recount in Florida with a black candidate running against Trump's hand-picked stooge.
Look folks, I like Biden as much as anyone. The fact that he was Obama's VP is something that can be driven right into the face of the racists who hate the fact that he proudly and loyally called obama his BOSS. BUT, the idea of a white ticket being put up just to avoid ticking off the always ticked off racists is nothing more than a dog trying to submit in the hope it's master won't beat it anymore (and he will.)
Furthermore, even though Bernie Sanders did have some good ideas, the way he supported racism, and the stubborn unwillingness to learn from it he showed this week, shows that in typical white fashion he does not feel he has to learn anything or make amends. Bernie, how dare you say that people who feel uncomfortable voting fora black person are NOT racist? In true trumpian fashion you went to NPR to "clarify things"
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/665809570/bernie-sanders-clarifies-comments-about-racism-hurting-black-candidates?ref=hvper.com&utm_source=hvper.com&utm_medium=website
and I say Trumpian fashion because frankly, this was sugar poured over the verbal turd. If you did not know better by now, then you need to et out of politics till you learn better. This was right up there with Trump's "there are good people on both sides."
I have news for all those good "moderate Centrists" and "old school working class" types. The fact that you did not crush the racists early is the reason why the GOP has all that ammo they use. As long as white america knows that black people can always be put under them, they will NOT support any of these dreams of unionized labor, or more jobs, or anything like that, why? let me get a real political expert to tell you:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-convince-the-lowest-white-man/
OH yes...the GOP saw white people abandon all dem unions that Mochael Moore and bernie sing about, as well as many of FDR's hard won, bloodstained Standards and turf, because white people felt they did not have to walk hand in hand with blacks and browns. You will not get this ward won turf back until you promise to work with others, even if that means being side by side with the same people the GOP tells you should be under you!