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R B Garr

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240. Bernie WAS given an opportunity to respond; he did respond.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 08:54 PM
Aug 2015

His response was to continue with his canned speech. He could have easily spent that time addressing the protestors instead of his stubborn focus on his applause lines.

ALL of your *reasons* make Bernie a victim. He was NOT a victim, and the conspiracy theories are NOT reasoning, lol. They are just bizarre . Now I have an *agenda* to *undermine* Bernie? NO, I just watched the man act with hostility at NetRoots when he could have easily have taken another route. That's called an observation, not an agenda...

I have no obligation to protect Bernie for any reason, and neither does anyone else. He's a grown man. It's ridiculous to claim that anyone is undermining Bernie simply because he put himself in the public eye for evaluation as a candidate on a national ticket. Nice sympathy ploy, though. Poor Bernie might be criticized.

BLM Representative on MSNBC [View all] Skwmom Aug 2015 OP
Or, maybe the BLM rep mcar Aug 2015 #1
What did Hillary say? RobertEarl Aug 2015 #4
What did Hillary say? On which day? 840high Aug 2015 #15
I do remember her 2008 campaign flops RobertEarl Aug 2015 #20
Careful with that petard... it can hoist in unexpected directions. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #250
If you support Hillary ... JoePhilly Aug 2015 #8
Exactly right Joe mcar Aug 2015 #43
The Tebow candidate fbc Aug 2015 #121
IT's called 'cognitive dissonance' AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #232
"If you support Hillary ... you are suspect. Period." ? Petrushka Aug 2015 #234
I saw it also billymayshere Aug 2015 #2
As they say, follow the money. Skwmom Aug 2015 #5
Which show was it? Sharpton or Matthews? And the BLM Rep. was__Thanks. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #162
Oh, that's clever...MSNBC...I get it! PatrickforO Aug 2015 #91
what you call disparaging may be a fact for other Supersedeas Aug 2015 #254
they do seem to be coming in pretty handy, for Hillary nt HFRN Aug 2015 #3
Reality is coming in handy for Hillary. nt SunSeeker Aug 2015 #163
I thought BLM was sincere. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #6
Did you really focus on the words? Skwmom Aug 2015 #12
Members of the BLM? ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #21
It reminds of the old yarn that southern blacks in the Jim Crow south... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #24
Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #32
I heard the same thing JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #51
Heard??? Hell ... HEARING! 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #75
Yes, we gotta throw BLM under the bus now. murielm99 Aug 2015 #93
I took a look ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #156
Me too Nance! SunSeeker Aug 2015 #164
BLM needs to show up at a Hillary event Scootaloo Aug 2015 #54
No dang kidding. Price is high enough to keep out the riff-raff and all the messiness involved nc4bo Aug 2015 #120
Oh yea and vote for memememe. nc4bo Aug 2015 #132
"Riff-raff"? oasis Aug 2015 #133
Yes, riff-raff. People like me and my husband! nc4bo Aug 2015 #144
Crystal clear. And oasis Aug 2015 #161
We're good oasis. Keyboard discussions nc4bo Aug 2015 #214
I can't tell you how much it saddens me about what you and your husband experienced. Stardust Aug 2015 #166
Stardust, no they are not hollow, you get it. Thank you! nc4bo Aug 2015 #217
I've been trying to think of ways we can eradicate racism, and here are some of my ideas... Stardust Aug 2015 #236
Really scary! Chemisse Aug 2015 #252
My money says that NEVER happens during this campaign. n/t cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #151
Why? Apparently, BLM approves of her message. 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #153
if I recall, it was stated they would be "going after" all the candidates Scootaloo Aug 2015 #158
Apparently, from BLM's view ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #160
Ah. So, she CAN take black voters for granted. Scootaloo Aug 2015 #165
No. But okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #170
Yup. "#BLM" has backed off its prior position. Just for Clinton. Scootaloo Aug 2015 #181
And O'Malley ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #182
oh, #BLM decided to give O'Malley a pass, too? Scootaloo Aug 2015 #194
They don't appear to have confronted him since NRN ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #212
Well, they haven't confronted Sanders since NRN, either Scootaloo Aug 2015 #226
So you're going with the conspiracy theory, huh? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #227
Patrisse Cullors vowed that the organization would be going after all the candidates Scootaloo Aug 2015 #228
So conspiracy theory it is! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #230
Holding someone to their own words is not conspiracy theory, 1StrongBlackMan Scootaloo Aug 2015 #231
Hillary as a former FLOTUS is under Secret Service protection azurnoir Aug 2015 #203
Will never happen AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #233
BLM is losing credibility in my view. Maedhros Aug 2015 #7
Well ain't that peculiar? Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #9
This is classic Clinton politics ram2008 Aug 2015 #10
Bernie was marching for civil rights when Hillary was a Goldwater Girl HFRN Aug 2015 #16
So did Joe Lieberman. And? Nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #38
So did Joe Lieberman and Charlton Heston And? Nt DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2015 #102
And she was trying to get assualt weapons banned when Bernie was trying to protect them. William769 Aug 2015 #53
And yet the Brady Campaign gives him a 100% positive lifetime score. progressoid Aug 2015 #119
"Weird" indeed, since Sanders voted against the Brady Bill. SunSeeker Aug 2015 #167
Dang.That's a great score for a "gun nut" like Bernie. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #206
"Sanders Votes for Background Checks, Assault Weapons Ban" beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #204
bart... SidDithers Aug 2015 #74
... HFRN Aug 2015 #187
Dang!! What a cute kid!!!nt bravenak Aug 2015 #202
I'm glad I didn't see it 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #11
It is sad. n/t Skwmom Aug 2015 #14
Just because BLM supports a cause in which I believe strongly, Maedhros Aug 2015 #37
I didn't want to say that, because I can't prove it, not yet. 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #49
These are the possibilities: Maedhros Aug 2015 #69
I wish you, or someone, writes an article soon to shed more light on this stuff 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #76
gobear10's post is the gold standard. Maedhros Aug 2015 #198
You forgot to queue the conspiracy sound track. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #78
So...no possibility AT ALL that Bernie was at fault for his own actions R B Garr Aug 2015 #219
I was discussing the incident itself, not Bernie's reactions. Maedhros Aug 2015 #229
Bernie WAS given an opportunity to respond; he did respond. R B Garr Aug 2015 #240
If they really called Bernie a phony sadoldgirl Aug 2015 #13
They didn't talk about O'Malley. But the host of netroots Skwmom Aug 2015 #17
Esp. interesting given O'Malley's abysmal record w/ Blacks in Baltimore 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #31
Except ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #68
You make an awful lot of statements speaking for "Black folks." When did this monolith Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #85
Did you not read my "anecdotal experience" part? That's called a "qualifer." ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #96
When did you understand how black people feel? kwassa Aug 2015 #159
I can tell you this. I don't know what white males think Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #168
+1 840high Aug 2015 #19
Black Lives Matter is a large movement with no actual leaders Report1212 Aug 2015 #18
Three black feminists founded BLM. Skwmom Aug 2015 #23
Notice that they seem to be more concerned with building their brand recognition, Maedhros Aug 2015 #60
Big difference between founders and leaders Report1212 Aug 2015 #66
In June 2015 she says, 'All Lives Matter' in black Ferguson Church udbcrzy2 Aug 2015 #94
Clinton mouths some words and voilà whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #22
Clinton will do the same that Obama has done while in office to curtail racism.. frylock Aug 2015 #101
Exactly whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #110
Obama did NOTHING?! No communication, no pushing of laws.. "brothers keepers"!? NOTHING?! uponit7771 Aug 2015 #199
Because it must be a conspiracy when someone disagrees with you (or your candidate) ... Right? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #25
My candidate is Bernie, sadoldgirl Aug 2015 #26
I don't know that BLM is ignoring O'Malley ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #34
Pssst I heard Clinton JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #56
LOL. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #84
Only a "nickle"?! Come on Hillary! Cha Aug 2015 #112
'Well, I can't be bought, but I can be had.' You just lost 5¢! I'm telling the Gio! n/t freshwest Aug 2015 #116
It's really not hard to see why one sector of the left in this country never gets anywhere. stevenleser Aug 2015 #27
Well ... He said what he was supposed to say ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #36
Tone deaf mcar Aug 2015 #47
And the Clintons earned it... how, exactly? villager Aug 2015 #64
Bainsbane and 1strongblackman explain it down thread. She listens and seems to get it stevenleser Aug 2015 #129
Since it was your assertion, I'd love to know what was behind it -- i.e., the "earning," or not villager Aug 2015 #136
It wasn't my assertion. stevenleser Aug 2015 #140
Ok. You did say "You earn it when you earn it and that can take time and a lot of effort" villager Aug 2015 #145
There are a lot of POC still angry about the comments in 2008. Some percentage will never forgive stevenleser Aug 2015 #218
Maybe you should give them the benefit of your genius Armstead Aug 2015 #72
Ha. This group wouldn't listen. They think they know everything better than everyone else stevenleser Aug 2015 #131
Of course....he marched with MLK in 1965! As you say, what more do you want? George II Aug 2015 #109
Yes, and look at the priorities BainsBane Aug 2015 #195
AMEN!! Kerry tried to the same thing, I've been saying it for months that Kerry dropped 2% with... uponit7771 Aug 2015 #200
This is the kind of rhetoric people used when the LGBT community rejected "civil unions" DemocraticWing Aug 2015 #241
No it's the opposite. The group demanding rights and to be heard is the one that needs defending stevenleser Aug 2015 #242
You were suggesting it wasn't just people supporting Bernie, beyond a campaign. DemocraticWing Aug 2015 #244
I guess Bernie is just going to have to win without that guy's vote. SolutionisSolidarity Aug 2015 #28
Apparently, his record on civil rights sucks whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #35
No ... His record on civil rights is good ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #42
Um... whatchamacallit Aug 2015 #46
Meals come from economic justice, not social justice. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2015 #77
When you are allowed a seat in the restaurant. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #86
Let's call the restaurant 1SBM's Moving Goalpost. I like it. nt DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2015 #105
Bernie is not a member of the Democratic Party ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #39
So, as a candidate without a Democratic pedigree, SolutionisSolidarity Aug 2015 #55
Your belief is correct ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #73
Ok, I misunderstood your point. SolutionisSolidarity Aug 2015 #197
Yep. Cleita Aug 2015 #29
#BlackLivesMatter could be the downfall of Bernie's campaign Cali_Democrat Aug 2015 #30
Don't you read DU?!? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #44
#BlackLivesMatter represents all black people like Anonymous represents all computer users. fbc Aug 2015 #124
More BLM bashing. Because this worked out so great for team Sanders the first time around... DanTex Aug 2015 #33
Yep. It is absolutely adorable watching these people in action. Number23 Aug 2015 #40
Any minute now ... I expect someone to just say ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #50
I have no doubt that's part of the plan. And the truth of the matter is is that the majority Number23 Aug 2015 #57
Barack Obama and his campaign figured it out...twice (2008 & 2012) Cali_Democrat Aug 2015 #67
Posted without comment ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #82
This interview has bothered me from when it was first published. Raine1967 Aug 2015 #178
I posted a comment, comparing ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #185
You make a good point. Raine1967 Aug 2015 #192
For Webb and Sanders, cringe-worthy on two different levels ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #211
You know it's coming! Cali_Democrat Aug 2015 #63
No problemo! There's a ready-made group who shares his vision, strangely enough. Or most of it: freshwest Aug 2015 #114
one poster practically told me that lunamagica Aug 2015 #128
I'm not surprised ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #142
I've read something of those tone also, Bernie can win the "disaffected" vote and bring in uponit7771 Aug 2015 #201
That was said about 6 weeks ago nt. BainsBane Aug 2015 #149
I co-sign this post JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #58
Girl... this place. Number23 Aug 2015 #61
They crack me up sometimes JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #65
Now you got some "person of color" shitting all over them in another OP Number23 Aug 2015 #71
But if only you black people would understand when we whitesplain to ya. AllFieldsRequired Aug 2015 #80
I like to think JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #83
Me too! 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #87
All one can hope for is that this sadoldgirl Aug 2015 #88
Yes, my post IN RESPONSE to the "person of color" who called out #BLM is the one that's causing Number23 Aug 2015 #98
What are you using quote marks for? romanic Aug 2015 #207
Didn't I tell you to buzz off? Or was the time out you got recently not quite enough of a hint? Number23 Aug 2015 #208
+1000 ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #70
"So what's your tactic? Accuse a group of black activists drawing attention to the slaughter of Cha Aug 2015 #122
I'm just going to silently watch them ignore my advice and lose.nt bravenak Aug 2015 #172
In fairness Bernie and O'Malley were not given time at the town hall still_one Aug 2015 #41
+10 n/t whathehell Aug 2015 #52
I'm a strong O'Malley supporter JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #97
you assessment is correct. I am not sure how many are aware of the meetings he had still_one Aug 2015 #113
Very true. He also released a comprehensive plan detailing criminal justice reform FSogol Aug 2015 #216
They are reading from the same script. It's called human decency! William769 Aug 2015 #45
Please elaborate on how Bernie Sanders is not a decent human being. SolutionisSolidarity Aug 2015 #62
Your strawman will not help your candidate. Nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #134
Human decency, something Sanders never "tried"? arcane1 Aug 2015 #79
See my #134 above nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #135
In other words, nothing. arcane1 Aug 2015 #154
I agree, your strawman amounts to nothing. Nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #174
Hear, hear! George II Aug 2015 #92
Absolutely Bill.. that's some "script" they have there.. Compassion! It's all a "conspiracy"! Cha Aug 2015 #100
Who was the representative and what show was it? nt sufrommich Aug 2015 #48
This OP makes me sick. nt artislife Aug 2015 #59
You know why? Clinton LISTENS BainsBane Aug 2015 #81
Sadly ... I'm starting to believe Bernie can't get to where he needs to be with BLM/AAs ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #90
Please elaborate. frylock Aug 2015 #106
Read the thread ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #111
I've read the thread.. frylock Aug 2015 #126
Why are you so angry? ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #141
I thinks it's rather JackInGreen Aug 2015 #147
What questions??? ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #150
Why are you so angry? ... bahrbearian Aug 2015 #169
LOL ... I'm not. Notice the absence of profanity, personal attacks and the like. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #179
Yes, please answer those questions bobbobbins01 Aug 2015 #196
Exactly Bobbie Jo Aug 2015 #210
That is the problem BainsBane Aug 2015 #143
Clinton LISTENS for a mere $2700 a head. frylock Aug 2015 #104
We need to have a DU gofundme type thing, pick a representative and crash a HRC nc4bo Aug 2015 #123
Sanders has been doing everything BLM asked him to do, and then some. arcane1 Aug 2015 #107
Your tactic is not working. Nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #130
Well, you certainly burned me! arcane1 Aug 2015 #152
And you are still not helping Bernie. Nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #173
But you are! arcane1 Aug 2015 #175
Oddly enough, more than you are in this thread. Nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #177
You can keep repeating the same nonsense every day BainsBane Aug 2015 #247
I never said "Clinton alone is responsible for the nature of campaign finance in America" arcane1 Aug 2015 #248
Clinton listens to MONEY ibegurpard Aug 2015 #115
Because BLM is a all about big money? BainsBane Aug 2015 #245
Yes, Hillary has been doing that and she's winning over more people.. these tweets are from Cha Aug 2015 #118
Humility BainsBane Aug 2015 #146
Humility and Empathy. Cha Aug 2015 #189
I think Sanders listens too. DemocraticWing Aug 2015 #243
The ONLY ones characterizing Bernie as an enemy of BLM BainsBane Aug 2015 #246
They often are. Nt NCTraveler Aug 2015 #89
The minute Clinton sews up the nomination, Black Lives won't Matter so much anymore tularetom Aug 2015 #95
History suggests otherwise. Bill Clinton was called the first black President somewhat tongue in stevenleser Aug 2015 #148
We'll see, won't we? tularetom Aug 2015 #171
Yes, except my opinion has history with the Clintons in its favor stevenleser Aug 2015 #176
Clinton really included minorities in the mass incarceration boom, that's for sure. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #183
And I am sure minorities factor that in in their evaluation of him. Nt stevenleser Aug 2015 #184
And having it screamed at us like we did it to ourselves is very helpful to Bernie.nt bravenak Aug 2015 #193
Our prison system thanks you for your support. GeorgeGist Aug 2015 #235
I thought the same thing moobu2 Aug 2015 #99
gosh, i'm shocked to read this. frylock Aug 2015 #108
I've been hidden while talking about this, but the BIAS is unfounded and unprecedented. orpupilofnature57 Aug 2015 #103
If a group feels their support hasn't been earned, it hasn't been earned. It's up to a candidate stevenleser Aug 2015 #138
This message was self-deleted by its author orpupilofnature57 Aug 2015 #239
You talking BIAS?? You called us black folks 'usurpers'.nt bravenak Aug 2015 #180
Seriously? Wow. On a more general note B, I can't believe we're here again stevenleser Aug 2015 #186
I cannot BELIEVE this muthafuckingshit. bravenak Aug 2015 #188
It's like a moronic, racially condescending f-----g Groundhogs Day. stevenleser Aug 2015 #190
After all the good work I did for them? I'm LIVID. I fucking asked those muthafuckas to stop this bravenak Aug 2015 #191
Post removed Post removed Aug 2015 #223
Yes. God complex. bravenak Aug 2015 #224
I'm not talking about your feelings ibegurpard Aug 2015 #225
I have charisma. bravenak Aug 2015 #238
there seems to be this ridiculous notion ibegurpard Aug 2015 #117
In his favor nc4bo Aug 2015 #125
that's why the new slam is "it does't matter if he marched with MLK" MisterP Aug 2015 #251
Yes. Bernie Sanders never pandered before and he isn't doing so now. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #205
The claim of "Phony rhetoric" in the face of NorthCarolina Aug 2015 #127
They support Hillary. They are campaigning for her. The rest is subterfuge. GoneFishin Aug 2015 #137
What was the show? JackInGreen Aug 2015 #139
I really want to watch the segment and see what everyone is talking about. Cheese Sandwich Aug 2015 #155
Agreed JackInGreen Aug 2015 #157
this is an amazing admission that Bernie's campaign takes precedence over the movement bigtree Aug 2015 #209
Oh spare me ibegurpard Aug 2015 #220
I won't 'spare you' an inch bigtree Aug 2015 #221
you're welcome to regard things any way you wish ibegurpard Aug 2015 #222
I suppose any black American can claim to be a BLM leader, and our bought-and-paid-for ... Scuba Aug 2015 #213
For pity's sake, that person is only one member of BLM. Vattel Aug 2015 #215
The center-rightist coopted the antiwar movement to serve their cause even though betterdemsonly Aug 2015 #237
And if I didn't know better, I'd would really think you're exploiting a schism that doesn't exist... LanternWaste Aug 2015 #249
MSM is pro HRC and anti Bernie PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #253
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