2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black Leaders who support Hillary Slam Bernie Sanders on race issues [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)Perhaps we don't share a common concept of semantics, but he was walking with Sanders the way the term "walking" is commonly defined.
Now, did I imply that Lewis was manipulated? I was implying that MANY congress people, of all colors, have been manipulated by money these days. It's hard to be an elected official and not be affected by the nuances of Citizen's United campaign spending. I also noted that many decent people are also affected by that. I think of Elizabeth Warren as a decent person who stands for my issues as my sig indicates here. I completely understand her not endorsing Bernie or anyone yet, as the money game dictates a lot how she has to act here too, to ensure that she still has maximal power in affecting change she's working hard for in the Senate.
The same for John Lewis. I believe both he and Bernie's family get along fine, but there are probably a number of reasons why he has endorsed Clinton at this point that doesn't necessarily mean that he doesn't respect or like Bernie. If he didn't, he wouldn't have been in that photo.
You say that we aren't talking about Clinton. If we aren't, then why was this thread started. If Sanders wasn't running against Clinton, you know this thread wouldn't have been started. She IS the context, and when someone tries to minimize the context to criticize Bernie for things that comparatively, Hillary should have more to explain than he does on those topics, then it is completely relevant to bring up her experience as a point of comparison. That is the whole point of an election. To pick who is best to lead us. Not to just selectively beat up one of the candidates and conveniently ignore the other.