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Cha

(297,378 posts)
Wed May 25, 2016, 04:16 PM May 2016

How Cornel West hurts Bernie Sanders~ This is from Jan 22.. Let's see how much came true..

Many of us said this very thing last year when Cornel West started campaigning with Bernie.. and here we are..

By Jonathan Capehart

My problem with Sen. Bernie Sanders and his outreach to African Americans can be summed up in two words: Cornel West.

Much has been written about the Vermont independent’s appeal to black voters and whether he can pry them away from Hillary Clinton. And all I can say is good luck with that. I and plenty of other African Americans won’t soon forget the deranged ravings of the revered Ivy League professor against President Obama.

I think most of us know the racist rantings of Cornel West slung at the President so I won't repost them from the article.. but, they're @ the link if you need to see them. So, to continue.. I did Not know this about "Killer Mike"..

Okay.. I will post this here..

During a November 2012 interview with Democracy Now, West branded Obama “a Republican, a Rockefeller Republican in blackface.” Then there was that May 2011 interview with Truthdig where West called the nation’s first African American president “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.” In that same sitdown, West talked about his 2010 run-in with the president. “I wanted to slap him on the side of his head,” West said, who took his significant policy disagreements with the president down an ugly path zealously cut by birthers.

Oh, so not only does cornel hurl gratuitously ugly insults @ our President but he wants to "slap him", too.. And, he goes on and ******* on.. @ the link..

Joining West on the Sanders campaign is another African American who has thrown brick bats at Obama, the rapper Killer Mike. In “That’s life II,” the Atlanta-based musician denigrates the president as a “house slave” when he raps, “We know that House got air conditioning and the sweetest lemonade, but don’t forget your color, brother, we still mutha——- slaves.” No doubt his endorsement surely earned Sanders cool points with some.

I have little patience for the “Blacker than thou” crowd under normal circumstances. So you better believe I have zero patience for it on the presidential campaign trail. That’s why I can’t possibly take Sanders’s outreach to African American voters seriously. Adding to that sense was his “when the African American community becomes familiar with my congressional record” response to a question at the Charleston, S.C., debate about his lack of black support.

Ta Nehisi Coates nailed what was and remains wrong with Sanders’s approach. Using the senator’s opposition to reparations as a trampoline, the writer for the Atlantic challenges Sanders’s revolutionary mien. He writes that some of Sanders’s positions “address black people not so much as a class specifically injured by white supremacy, but rather, as a group which magically suffers from disproportionate poverty.” Then he adds this: “Jim Crow and its legacy were not merely problems of disproportionate poverty. Why should black voters support a candidate who does not recognize this?”

The rest of the article's caption. "Which leads me to Hillary"..


President Obama speaks as then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)

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"Because of her loyalty to the president, lasting affection among African Americans for her husband and his presidency, not to mention her own assiduous efforts to earn the black vote with realistic plans, I expect Hillary Clinton to blunt whatever impact Cornel West and Killer Mike might have for Sanders".

Much More~https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/01/22/how-cornel-west-hurts-bernie-sanders/?postshare=1591453489950529&tid=ss_tw

I saw and appreciate that this was posted in the AA Group on the 22nd but I'm still going to post it here in Hill's Group because it is very much about her, too.

UPDATE: I never did post this.. but just ran across it again and decided.. no time like the present.

to Jonathan Capehart who knew exactly what he was talking about.

[font color=blue]Hillary's Group~Mahalo~[/font]

The latest from cornel west.. no surprise from me.

Justin Wolfers Retweeted Cornel West
Something has happened to Cornel West.
Justin Wolfers added,
Cornel West @CornelWest Brother Bernie and Brother Trump are authentic human beings in stark contrast to their donor-driven opponents.
Retweets 33Likes 72

https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers

Alycee ??@jazziz2
Nothing's "happened" 2 @CornelWest. Three bigtime grifters. Game respects game! https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/734916656422477824
4:19 AM - 24 May 2016
6 6 Retweets 4 4 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/05/24/early-bird-chat-vietnan-version/





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How Cornel West hurts Bernie Sanders~ This is from Jan 22.. Let's see how much came true.. (Original Post) Cha May 2016 OP
Kicking it.. Cha May 2016 #1
It would be a good idea for someone to record what West does during the Platform mtgs. LiberalFighter May 2016 #2
Yeah, the guy who thinks BS & DT are more "authentic" than Hillary. Why would anyone Cha May 2016 #6
The only guy that takes West seriously seems to be Tavis Smiley. The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #3
Tavis Smiley & BS. Cha May 2016 #8
"Three bigtime grifters. Game respects game!" TRUTH! nt BobbyDrake May 2016 #4
Exactly, Bobby! Cha May 2016 #5
It shows how tone deaf BS is. sheshe2 May 2016 #7
Beyond tone deaf.. and BS has quite the surrogate there.. still helping him out.. or not.. Cha May 2016 #9
Yah. sheshe2 May 2016 #10
Are you talking about sarae May 2016 #13
"donor-driven opponents"- says the guy safely ensconced in his academic ivory tower. KittyWampus May 2016 #11
Yeah, and BS just happens to be donor driven.. he's not the #pure candidate he sets himself Cha May 2016 #23
Thanks for the interesting read, Cha! sarae May 2016 #12
Yeah, cornel west has dissolved into a hot mess.. and this is who BS wants to put Cha May 2016 #14
I didn't realize that kings and queens were elected by popular vote. Koinos May 2016 #18
BS likes to throw out Orwellian shite.. like down is up, he won but actually lost Cha May 2016 #19
^THIS^ sarae May 2016 #25
I'm so sick of his hypocrisy. sarae May 2016 #24
Actual votes only count when voters vote for him. Koinos May 2016 #28
Just In.. Cha May 2016 #15
"Brother Trump!" NastyRiffraff May 2016 #16
And, what a petty tool he is.. Who the **** does Cha May 2016 #20
That writer was right on the money! Her Sister May 2016 #17
Yes, Jonathan Capehart was right on the money back on Jan 22nd.. he knew Cha May 2016 #26
Kickety. Hekate May 2016 #21
Mahalo, Hekate.. we're still Cha Jun 2016 #30
K'n'R. ucrdem May 2016 #22
If anyone can stand cornel west they probably hate President Obama and that's Cha Jun 2016 #31
West's outspoken radicalism hurts almost all democrats beachbum bob May 2016 #27
west is a hurler of racial epithets @ President Obama.. that's enough to disqualify him Cha Jun 2016 #32
no way I would ever agree with west being involved at any level with our convention beachbum bob Jun 2016 #33
Thank you Cha. KICK fleabiscuit May 2016 #29
Thanks to you flea Cha Jun 2016 #34

LiberalFighter

(50,980 posts)
2. It would be a good idea for someone to record what West does during the Platform mtgs.
Wed May 25, 2016, 04:40 PM
May 2016

To capture any idiocy he pushes as well as any non involvement.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
3. The only guy that takes West seriously seems to be Tavis Smiley.
Wed May 25, 2016, 04:45 PM
May 2016

I think he brings him on there to expand his vocabulary.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
9. Beyond tone deaf.. and BS has quite the surrogate there.. still helping him out.. or not..
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:42 PM
May 2016
Justin Wolfers Retweeted Cornel West
Something has happened to Cornel West.
Justin Wolfers added,
Cornel West @CornelWest Brother Bernie and Brother Trump are authentic human beings in stark contrast to their donor-driven opponents.
Retweets 33Likes 72

https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers

Alycee ??@jazziz2
Nothing's "happened" 2 @CornelWest. Three bigtime grifters. Game respects game! https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/734916656422477824
4:19 AM - 24 May 2016
6 6 Retweets 4 4 likes

Thank you, she~

sarae

(3,284 posts)
13. Are you talking about
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:22 PM
May 2016

Bernie Panders?

Did you ever see that tweet BS sent out, over a month ago, where he said:
"As president, I would formally apologize for our country's deplorable practice of slavery."

Not only is it a really EASY and EMPTY promise for him to make, it also kinda sounds like he's implying, "unlike our CURRENT president". Am I alone in seeing this as a really obnoxious pandering gesture??

BS's tweet: https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/718202901366185985

Cha

(297,378 posts)
23. Yeah, and BS just happens to be donor driven.. he's not the #pure candidate he sets himself
Thu May 26, 2016, 03:39 AM
May 2016

up to be.. as we know.

trump isn't 'cause he's a Billionaire or so he says.

But, to say trump or even burnie are "authentic" is BS fiction.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
12. Thanks for the interesting read, Cha!
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:12 PM
May 2016

Cornel West and Bernie Sanders both seem to be all about themselves. I think it's so disrespectful of BS to name Cornel West to the DNC platform committee, after the crap he's said about the President.

West seems like a child who will never get over the fact that he wasn't invited to the Inauguration. His comment about "Brother Trump and Brother Bernie" being authentic human beings is NAUSEATING. He's so petty. I don't even think he's sincere about calling Trump "authentic" – it just seems like another way for him to be passive aggressive towards Obama and Hillary.

Every week that goes by, BS does something even more annoying than the week before. What's he gonna do next?!

Cha

(297,378 posts)
14. Yeah, cornel west has dissolved into a hot mess.. and this is who BS wants to put
Wed May 25, 2016, 07:12 PM
May 2016

on an important committee for the Dem Platform.. someone who thinks "trump is authentic".. which part? The racist shite?

Obama didn't invite him to the inauguration but BS got him to the DNC on the platform no less. I hear Elijah Cummings is the head of it or something.. I can't imagine he thinks much of cornel.

My wish is for cornel to be humiliated like he tried to do to President Obama.. that would be Karma with Just Desserts.

BS's latest is ..

The Hill
✔ ??@thehill
JUST IN: Sanders: Democratic primary is not a "monarchy" http://hill.cm/BiV8E7O
5:03 AM - 24 May 2016
53 53 Retweets 45 45 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/05/25/president-obamas-wonderful-day-in-ho-chi-minh-city/

Hell right burnie.. that's why you're the hell not going to get coronated.

Mahalo, sarae~

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
18. I didn't realize that kings and queens were elected by popular vote.
Wed May 25, 2016, 08:23 PM
May 2016

I thought that royalty was decided by birth, whereas winners of primaries are decided by popular votes.

Bernie is sounding more and more confused. He is losing because he has fewer votes. What about that does he not understand?

Cha

(297,378 posts)
19. BS likes to throw out Orwellian shite.. like down is up, he won but actually lost
Wed May 25, 2016, 10:31 PM
May 2016

burnie got his talking points mixed up..

He's the one who wants to be anointed even though he didn't get the votes or the delegates.

I can imagine how the Congress People and Dem Senators have had it up to HERE with him.

He can't quite wrap his head around the fact that he lost to a woman and especially "that woman".

to Hillary, Koinos~

sarae

(3,284 posts)
25. ^THIS^
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:57 AM
May 2016

He has a lot of nerve talking about "the anointed one". If BS really cares about the "democratic process", why isn't he talking about how undemocratic caucuses are?

sarae

(3,284 posts)
24. I'm so sick of his hypocrisy.
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:53 AM
May 2016

For him to go on about "billionaires buying the election" when he's the one trying to steal the nomination...there are no words. The man seems to have completely lost it.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
28. Actual votes only count when voters vote for him.
Thu May 26, 2016, 10:10 AM
May 2016

Otherwise, the so-called "voters" are uninformed and unenlightened, and their votes should be overridden by some sort of extraordinary superdelegate decree.

This is despotism he is advocating and has nothing to do with democratic process. He is not a democratic "socialist"; he is an authoritarian "socialist." His dream is that he and his socialist disciples should compel everyone else to believe and act according to his ideology, even if those unwilling others should happen to constitute a majority.

What he is calling for is a socialist aristocracy. He has contempt for the majority who do not accept him. These are the same anti-social tendencies he has displayed all through his life and in his career in the senate. That's why he has few friends among his senate colleagues. They simply do not like the way he talks down to everyone he disagrees with.

Those same relationship problems with fellow senators are the reason they are supporting Hillary Clinton and not Bernie Sanders. They know that Hillary has the social skills required to get along with others, including Congressional Democrats and world leaders. Hillary knows how to work well with others. Bernie never acquired that human skill.

A socialist loner who thinks he is right and everyone who disagrees with him is wrong, is not a suitable candidate for the presidency of the United States.

Even if many of his "positions" happen to be right, his very contempt for democratic methods for achieving those ends or ideals vitiates his approach and contradicts the meaning of being president.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
16. "Brother Trump!"
Wed May 25, 2016, 08:08 PM
May 2016

"Brother Bernie and Brother Trump" Can he get any more obvious in his Hillary hatred?

Cha

(297,378 posts)
20. And, what a petty tool he is.. Who the **** does
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:13 AM
May 2016

he think is going to be okay with him calling trump "authentic" and lumping him with BS?

LOL.. I have to keep going back to the OP to remember what cornel called him.. I just can't remember "authentic" as a description for DT.

"Brother trump" from cornel west.. more proof he lost it irrevocably when President Obama didn't invited him to his Inauguration.

Mahalo, Riff~

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
17. That writer was right on the money!
Wed May 25, 2016, 08:15 PM
May 2016

Those two were more like repellents as surrogates! They just confirmed: " ah, no!"

Cha

(297,378 posts)
26. Yes, Jonathan Capehart was right on the money back on Jan 22nd.. he knew
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:55 AM
May 2016

West's egregious, vicious, racist insults towards our popular, successful President had only made African Americans not think much of cornel west anymore.

And, all because Obama didn't invite him to his Inauguration in 2008.. long time to carry a grudge.. but hey now he's calling trump "authentic" like burnie.. That's actually not such a compliment. lol

Mahalo, HS~

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
22. K'n'R.
Thu May 26, 2016, 03:08 AM
May 2016

Cornie is like those pills they used to give kids to make their cavities show up. If someone finds Brother West's views palatable they are probably not the progressives they advertise themselves as and that goes double for Amy Goodman of Democracy Now who predictably is a Sanders surrogate.





Cha

(297,378 posts)
31. If anyone can stand cornel west they probably hate President Obama and that's
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 01:41 AM
Jun 2016

not acceptable.

Just as the African Americans who decided BS wasn't for them because he got corn as a surrogate.

p.s. glad BS is so tone deaf.



Mahalo, urc~

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
27. West's outspoken radicalism hurts almost all democrats
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:40 AM
May 2016

as far as I'm concerning he is an ultra leftist zealot

Cha

(297,378 posts)
32. west is a hurler of racial epithets @ President Obama.. that's enough to disqualify him
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 06:36 AM
Jun 2016

from sitting on any Democratic committee @ the convention.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
33. no way I would ever agree with west being involved at any level with our convention
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 06:40 AM
Jun 2016

his hate is undeniable....same kind as sanders....frustrated old men striking out from all the rejection they have endurred

unless west is removed....I will not send DNC any funds, they will go down ballot democrats only....thats what I been writing on all the DNC mailers when I return them....

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