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JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
113. Don't forget Harvard
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 05:38 AM
Jan 2016

The Summers dispute and the rough estimate is that the year prior to coming to Princeton his $12k per engagement speaking fee was well utilized.

This message was self-deleted by its author 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #1
And your concern about anything Black is duly noted. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #38
I trust the AA community to sort things out, come crunch time. 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #39
Trust , we will ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #61
AA voters are very smart, but tend to exercise strategic voting more than anything. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2016 #93
THIS! Empowerer Jan 2016 #102
Why are people who AREN'T black coming into the AA forum in an OP created by a black DUer Number23 Jan 2016 #42
Actually it was my bad. I didn't see which forum I was in until after I'd posted 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #54
An adorable attempt to excuse your behavior. You could have stopped at "I'm sorry I was Number23 Jan 2016 #55
I'm not going to continue this. I apologized, and it's not accepted. Got it. 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #56
If the only posts you find worthwhile in this forum are ones that discuss your pres candidate in Number23 Jan 2016 #57
And, if your "I didn't know" was sincere ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #98
LOL Empowerer Jan 2016 #103
Shows how little you know about this forum. I'm not black, and I've felt very welcomed here. lunamagica Jan 2016 #76
I'm white. wildeyed Jan 2016 #84
I'm white and feel very comfortable in this forum. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2016 #92
West is trash. Dawson Leery Jan 2016 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author draa Jan 2016 #3
If he wins - he will indeed need that JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #7
Excellent points and BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #10
WhiteHouse.gov is not a political blog. draa Jan 2016 #22
I understand plenty JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author draa Jan 2016 #37
This web site is full of places where this kind of belligerance will get you plenty of fans Number23 Jan 2016 #40
Go ahead and try to stop me. draa Jan 2016 #41
You can post your bewildering and needless rage at nothing everywhere else on DU Number23 Jan 2016 #44
That's fine. And for what it's worth I do apologize. draa Jan 2016 #46
Whoa - don't know what happened JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #65
And the money they spend to make sure we stay that way is immense. wildeyed Jan 2016 #26
Moral Mondays! JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #64
I believe it is worse than that. wildeyed Jan 2016 #68
See, this is why I love this group. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #71
Glad you liked it! wildeyed Jan 2016 #72
Well, I read all of it! SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #74
I will read it JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #78
An AMAZING post!! Darn you, I'm supposed to be cooking breakfast! Number23 Jan 2016 #82
BREAKFAST? wildeyed Jan 2016 #85
The grits are burned half to death and my 9-year old is glaring at me Number23 Jan 2016 #86
So many books, so little time. wildeyed Jan 2016 #88
Fabulous post! I've read every word of it twice. scarletwoman Jan 2016 #87
PREACH!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2016 #95
I'm afraid Mr. Capehart may be right. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #4
Thanks for the thoughtful response Susan Empowerer Jan 2016 #5
+1 eom BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #12
I wish you posted back here JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #66
Awwww, thanks! SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #70
Cornel West is no longer what he may have been a decade ago for many in the Black community FrenchieCat Jan 2016 #6
Am I seeing this right??!! Are you really here???! Number23 Jan 2016 #45
ha ha! FrenchieCat Jan 2016 #62
You are a DU veteran but if I can give you some advice Number23 Jan 2016 #81
EXACTLY!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2016 #96
+1,000 and then some. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #101
YAY!!! FrenchieCat ***bowing down**** Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2016 #97
Hya! FrenchieCat Jan 2016 #111
Cornel West is no longer relevant JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #8
Cornel is an important voice, sometimes I dont like what he says or the way randys1 Jan 2016 #23
My point is that the fact that you like West is irrelevant. You are already on the team Empowerer Jan 2016 #24
My points have nothing to do with politics, and I should have made that clear. randys1 Jan 2016 #28
He doesn't rub shoulders randy JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #35
Booker or West? randys1 Jan 2016 #43
West JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #63
What is the deal with Cornell West these days? wildeyed Jan 2016 #27
It's not lost on me. I've been told by Black colleagues the same for months now. highprincipleswork Jan 2016 #9
I agree with you about the need to earn support Empowerer Jan 2016 #19
This ... BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #11
My take exactly. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #13
Thanks for your comments, Susan. BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #15
some of my fellow Sanders supporters are totally tone deaf when it comes to the AA community steve2470 Jan 2016 #18
Despite being a Sanders supporter, I think he's blown it overall with his outreach strategy steve2470 Jan 2016 #14
Thanks for the link, steve. eom BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #16
my pleasure, BlueMTexpat! nt steve2470 Jan 2016 #17
Thanks Empowerer Jan 2016 #20
yes I wasn't aware of the huge importance of the print edition but it makes perfect sense! steve2470 Jan 2016 #21
Shhhh JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #36
People keep -- RIGHTFULLY -- talking about how much Clinton sucks as a campaigner Number23 Jan 2016 #47
Yes that ad of his was so tone deaf, so WHITE..... steve2470 Jan 2016 #50
After seeing the denizens of GDP moaning about how they "cried like babies" over that ad, I realized Number23 Jan 2016 #53
That ad does not look like America. wildeyed Jan 2016 #69
It looks like some people's fantasy of America Empowerer Jan 2016 #75
There were more POC in an ad I saw for NASCAR wildeyed Jan 2016 #105
We'll be blamed if he's not the dem candidate... uponit7771 Jan 2016 #89
They started blaming us the second our response to being told for the thousandth time that he Number23 Jan 2016 #107
I thought that commercial should have been called Vermont. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2016 #94
Ka-pow!! Number23 Jan 2016 #106
Steve, have you seen the 2nd version of his ad? He's responded to the LOUD criticism that the first Number23 Jan 2016 #114
it's much much better than the old one steve2470 Jan 2016 #115
I agree. Wonder if the denizens of GDP will "bawl like babies" over this one? Number23 Jan 2016 #116
yea how surprising NOT steve2470 Jan 2016 #117
I love that ad (the new one), that is the Bernie I want to feel good about, if certain people would randys1 Jan 2016 #118
The ad is consistent with the point I keep making about the focus of the Sanders campaign Empowerer Jan 2016 #58
I watched that ad twice and it didn't move me in the least. Number23 Jan 2016 #59
LOL! Empowerer Jan 2016 #60
This white woman cringed at the whiteness of the ad. femmedem Jan 2016 #79
Thanks! Empowerer Jan 2016 #80
I went and looked for it and watched it twice JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #67
Yep. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #73
Like I said in the thread on it, it's a good ad in that it is unabashedly pro-Sanders and not anti- Number23 Jan 2016 #83
thank you heaven05 Jan 2016 #25
heaven!!!! Number23 Jan 2016 #48
Nailed it. wildeyed Jan 2016 #29
Exactly - you explained this beautifully Empowerer Jan 2016 #30
Yes. wildeyed Jan 2016 #32
I saw Dr. West on several TV shows... The Polack MSgt Jan 2016 #31
Your post made me laugh, smile AND think! :-) Empowerer Jan 2016 #33
Before 2007, Cornel West was seldom on mainstream talk shows. For that matter, neither was Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2016 #100
+1 Empowerer Jan 2016 #104
+ a freaking billion to every single word of this post Number23 Jan 2016 #108
Thank you for the reply The Polack MSgt Jan 2016 #110
Black folks have said this time and again ever since Sanders made the bewildering -- and stupid Number23 Jan 2016 #49
Bitter white folks love their Cornel West who has spent seven years spewing his underthematrix Jan 2016 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author Still In Wisconsin Jan 2016 #51
New Poll Shows ‘Surging’ Sanders Losing Ground With the Voter Group He Needs Most Gothmog Jan 2016 #77
Now that was an interesting read. It certainly goes counter to comradebillyboy Jan 2016 #109
This right here... Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2016 #90
Simply perfect explanation Empowerer Jan 2016 #91
I have always had heaven05 Jan 2016 #99
Cornel West used to come to my Church in Oakland often enough to speak prior to President Obama.... FrenchieCat Jan 2016 #112
Don't forget Harvard JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #113
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