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Why do you keep acting like poor people don't matter? Kalidurga Mar 2016 #1
Who said that "poor people don't mater?" I certainly didn't EffieBlack Mar 2016 #6
yeah, you are saying poor people don't matter -- it's identity vs economics nashville_brook Mar 2016 #23
And Hillary said she is opposed to institutional racism yet supports the drug war and dogman Mar 2016 #2
Bulllshit! TM99 Mar 2016 #3
Cool...what specific actionable issues would you add? Emphasis on specific and actionable. Bread and Circus Mar 2016 #4
There are many: For example, affirmative action, the wealth gap between blacks and whites EffieBlack Mar 2016 #11
So instead of economics, he needs to talk about economics Scootaloo Mar 2016 #18
Not sure you got that from my post, but . . . EffieBlack Mar 2016 #22
I did, in fact Scootaloo Mar 2016 #36
There is strange tendency among Sanders supporters to completely misread/distort EffieBlack Mar 2016 #44
"just like he does when talking about white people" Wilms Mar 2016 #47
I'm just trying to fix up all those split hairs you've got going. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #48
Well they aren't saying that Bernie needs to talk about the specific issues of urban areas.... Kalidurga Mar 2016 #52
Thank you, so here are my response and further questions to you point Bread and Circus Mar 2016 #19
Thanks for the questions. I will think them through and write a thoughtful response. EffieBlack Mar 2016 #45
I would have thought those were good answers. Wilms Mar 2016 #5
Alright, so question Scootaloo Mar 2016 #7
Bernie is just answering the questions with phrases from his stump speeches itsrobert Mar 2016 #8
It beats a weathervaner though. Wilms Mar 2016 #10
You're right he is no Hillary whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #9
Great picture and great for Bernie that he was arrested 50 years ago EffieBlack Mar 2016 #13
Obviously Hillary's frame (whatever the fuck it is) is vastly superior to that of whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #16
Nice attempt at deflection, but this has nothing to do with my post or my point EffieBlack Mar 2016 #25
I knew you'd skate away from my question whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #34
First he was quoting a member of Black Lives Matter nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #12
I don't care who he was quoting - my OP stands EffieBlack Mar 2016 #14
BLM under the buss nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #15
For fuck' sake, get a grip. This isn't about the Holocaust and NOBODY here denies it. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #24
you also throwing BLM under the bus? COOL nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #27
Nope. And if that's what you got out of my reply, go buy a clue. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #29
I don't have to nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #30
No, I have not thrown BLM under the bus - but nice try. EffieBlack Mar 2016 #28
Sorry you did, after all I did post the transcript nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #56
Who from BLM was he quoting? tammywammy Mar 2016 #21
BUT HE DID DO This!!!!!!!!!! he introduced just such a bill: amborin Mar 2016 #17
Is introducing a bill an "accomplishment"? Recursion Mar 2016 #20
what would make you happy? Clinton championed Bill's draconian drug laws that led to massive incarce amborin Mar 2016 #26
And your answer helps to prove my very point EffieBlack Mar 2016 #35
I "No we can't" a winning slogan? dogman Mar 2016 #31
Why? Recursion Mar 2016 #40
What does this bill have to do with "race relations?" EffieBlack Mar 2016 #32
You heard "poverty, criminal justice and welfare" -- I heard 'discrimination in employment, GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #33
I heard what he actually said. You seem to have heard what you wanted to hear, not what he said EffieBlack Mar 2016 #38
What are HRC's positions in these regards? n/t Wilms Mar 2016 #41
he pissed off all kinds of folks with that nonsense about ghettos bigtree Mar 2016 #37
And his supporters' insistence on telling everyone that he didn't really say what he said EffieBlack Mar 2016 #39
Don't vote for him. whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #42
The cult thing... TTUBatfan2008 Mar 2016 #55
I am glad he focuses on the most important issues in the few seconds he has to answer a question. Vattel Mar 2016 #43
Let me get this straight EffieBlack Mar 2016 #46
A smart consumer evaluates the meritS of the product or service. ZX86 Mar 2016 #49
Who knows what would "work"? I think he should say what he thinks, Vattel Mar 2016 #50
I think his answers effectively addresses issues that affect the African American community AgadorSparticus Mar 2016 #51
I am more concerned with the fact that his heart is in the right place than, the fact Hiraeth Mar 2016 #53
Nonsense AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #54
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