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Originally posted by Benzene
Criticizing Obama over policy is fine, but Cornel was just asshurt that he wasn't included in Obama's inner circle. But regardless of how I or you feel about Obama, he remains incredibly popular among black voters overall and distancing himself from him (even by proxy) is not helpful to Bernie.
Though ultimately, endorsements don't mean much. I also think the influence of BLM is overstated. Clinton will win the black vote because Sanders is a Johnny come lately---can't just pop up on the radar of black folks after 25 whole years in Congress when you need a vote (and nobody gives a **** about marching with MLK in 1800...some Bernsters act like he was ready to take the damn bullet for him just because he was in the general vicinity  ). Clinton is no saint but the Clintons have been around the block, they're the devils black folks know.
Bernie's best hope is that black voters stay home altogether, which is honestly not totally out of the question. |
You're right that Bernie distancing himself from Obama policy wise so forcefully isn't doing him any favors w/the black community.
I think the mic-snatching thing was significant bc it showed him as weak and naive to blacks' problems, not bc BLM is an actual force (it isn't)
I also agree that the Clintons are the 'devil we know' and a safer bet for blacks, even I came around to that (even tho I detest HRC with every bone in my body)
keep it coming!
It's going to be a close race no matter what. And I'm saying that most of us are HRC supporters so of course we're more excited for the votes that'll come in 3-5 weeks because NH has been Bernie's projected win for a while. You can go back dozens of pages and see that we don't care as much about NH. This isn't something new because Bernie has currently won in a two small towns.
