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2016 Postmortem

sammythecat

(3,568 posts)

5. When John Lewis speaks, people listen

Reply to Orsino (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 16, 2016, 12:43 PM

Feb 2016

He's a much respected icon of the civil rights movement and at a televised event he endorsed Hillary Clinton; but not before making a very deliberate and deceptive slanderous insinuation that Bernie Sanders wasn't heavily involved in the civil rights movement. Hell, maybe he wasn't even involved at all! "I didn't see him", says John Lewis, which means zero but says a whole lot.

It was a very low thing to do and I was very, very disappointed to see him do it.

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John Lewis Softens His Stance on Bernie Sanders - EBONY.com [View all] kenn3d Feb 2016 OP

I'm not bothered by a politician's changing his/her endorsement. Orsino Feb 2016 #1

I agree. They have lost much of their power to influence blocks of voters, due to libdem4life Feb 2016 #2

When John Lewis speaks, people listen sammythecat Feb 2016 #5

I found a good one the other day... Fumesucker Feb 2016 #3

How can people mis-spell the President's name after 8 years in office? It's Barack. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #4