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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton has big edge over me with black voters [View all]AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)11. I don't recall Sanders supporters
Calling Hillary supporters, "White supremacists" or anything even remotely close to that.
The lack of self awareness in some Hillary supporters is puzzling.
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Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton has big edge over me with black voters [View all]
George II
Sep 2015
OP
It's an article published in the Des Moines Register about 2 hours ago based on an interview with...
George II
Sep 2015
#3
I think it's pretty big news that Sanders acknowledges he has a problem with minority support.
MADem
Sep 2015
#64
Totally agree, also he seems to realize the Clintons have worked hard in the AA group.
Thinkingabout
Sep 2015
#65
It should be Huge News to BS supporters that he has a problem with support in the AA community..
Cha
Sep 2015
#89
It's odd that it's big news to his supporters. Poll after poll shows that Hillary Clinton
BlueCaliDem
Sep 2015
#103
It's called "denial" .. they live in it. They've denied it but now that BS has come out and
Cha
Sep 2015
#153
These Dems in the Senate and House know how Important it is to win.. and they want someone
Cha
Sep 2015
#160
The NEWS is that Sanders recognizes it as an issue...unlike some of his supporters
brooklynite
Sep 2015
#47
If only Bernie supporters, many of them, would act even remotely similar to Bernie himself.
randys1
Sep 2015
#2
Just about, problem is many are new to the party because this party is a way to bash
randys1
Sep 2015
#29
but if it is Hillary vs any con , do you vote Hillary or vote 3rd party thus avoid
randys1
Sep 2015
#42
So there is a chance if Hillary is the nominee you might vote 3rd party? Correct me if i am wrong
randys1
Sep 2015
#45
I've not yet heard a Sanders supporter say they won't vote for the dem nominee.
Elmer S. E. Dump
Sep 2015
#108
AS I told someone else, since my pocketbook isnt all that matters to me, if Hillary is the nom
randys1
Sep 2015
#121
Yes, but you do see the circle we are in that cant be broken, right? By having THESE
randys1
Sep 2015
#134
This Des Moines Register interview is another example of Bernie's incredibly realistic.view of
JDPriestly
Sep 2015
#117
What the supporters were reacting to was the false claim that Bernie was weak on black issues.
Ken Burch
Sep 2015
#10
I know all that...but the lie was reposted over and over and over again. n/t.
Ken Burch
Sep 2015
#38
And yet, civil rights icon, Rep. John Lewis, endorses Hillary Clinton, not Bernie Sanders.
BlueCaliDem
Sep 2015
#107
DUers called Bernie supporters white supremacists? Link please or acknowledge the lie. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#62
Those links don't prove what you claim they are proving--that's a cheap trick, to send people to
MADem
Sep 2015
#69
I took the time to review each of those threads ... every single comment ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#82
Very interesting slight of hand you got there. What you just tried to pull off is beneath you & DU.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#115
Where in that statement does she call Sanders supporters white supremacists?
George II
Sep 2015
#142
You going to dole out "quotes" one by one and move along as they're discredited?
George II
Sep 2015
#145
it is hard to find an thread that does not include a criticism of Bernie "supporters"
virtualobserver
Sep 2015
#32
Just certain types, groups, on DU etc. I dont know one in real life who bashes Hillary all day long
randys1
Sep 2015
#33
Endless stories, links about email, the non issue email. Playing right into gop hands.
randys1
Sep 2015
#41
Holy cow, this board is full of rightwing nonsense about HIllary, someone sure is attacking her
randys1
Sep 2015
#113
No, stop. The bashing of Hillary is UNPRECEDENTED other than that of Obama, it is rightwing memes
randys1
Sep 2015
#120
True enough but then again Hillary's been politicking on the national stage for nearly 24 years
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#8
Actually, with Bernie's time in Congress, he has been on the national stage
Thinkingabout
Sep 2015
#68
ah ya being a Congressman from Vermont puts one on the national stage like being the FLOTUS or SoS
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#75
This is something Bernie could have made himself known, Ted Kennedy was known,
Thinkingabout
Sep 2015
#79
for those that have paying attention Bernie was known too , he's been doing a good job of becoming
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#81
BS must understand that his standing is not going to change significantly. He's peaked in much of...
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#9
9% support from people of color is not "gaining", it's a death rattle. Debates won't change that.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#20
Dream on! Much like Ben Carson can't help the GOP with POC, BS can't help himself.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#25
The problem he recognizes is that Hillary has a head start with African Americans
HomerRamone
Sep 2015
#30
Too many of you confuse Democrats with liberals. Liberals can be Greens, Socialists, etc. who have
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#35
Are you a Kim Davis Democrat? She's the jailed clerk in Kentucky who is in fact a Democrat
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#80
White folks itching to get another white man back in the Oval Office. I think that sums it up.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#133
Real quick, is there a non-white candidate running for Democratic nomination?
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#148
Nope, but there's someone running who isn't "another white man". We've had 43 of them. Get it?
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#152
i am a black Sanders supporter, and i have none of this so-called mistrust
noiretextatique
Sep 2015
#54
He has "black support". There just aren't enough of you. Oh, and he's got this guy.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#56
Yeah, BS has Dr West.. but, I say Go for it Bernie.. see how far his racist diatribes against
Cha
Sep 2015
#84
After the umpteenth debate, and BS is still hovering in the single digits, what will be the....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#86
Dunno, but BS needs to make up his mind.. he says Hill has more support bc of "her husband".. and
Cha
Sep 2015
#93
1SBM, you old soothsayer, you. That's sound exactly right. The CT's surrounding BS would make Alex
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#114
She's worked with POC for a long, long time. Thanks for posting this. A little more:
freshwest
Sep 2015
#90
BS himself said Hillary has reached out to AA for years.. his supporters need to trust him.
Cha
Sep 2015
#91
Bernie continues to be the honest, respectful Statesman that he is, we all should follow suit.
phleshdef
Sep 2015
#94
Doubtless because nothing says that black lives matter like supporting the death penalty n/t
eridani
Sep 2015
#96
Sanders: "Hillary Clinton has big edge over me with black voters" that's right.. a big edge bc
Cha
Sep 2015
#97
Sanders needs to go into largely african american areas and tell them his platform
Marrah_G
Sep 2015
#110
I don't know that we'll ever see a sincere effort to do that in any of those communitie.
George II
Sep 2015
#143