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Bucky

(54,087 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 07:52 PM Jan 2016

Key Clinton Ally (Brock): 'Black Lives Don't Matter' To Bernie Sanders

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/david-brock-sanders-black-lives-matter

[font face="times new roman"]David Brock, a longtime ally of the Clinton family, told the Associated Press on Thursday that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) latest TV ad showed a disregard for Democratic voters of color.
Brock told the AP that he thought Sanders' new "America" ad, which uses Simon and Garfunkel's song of the same name in lieu of spoken words, was focused on white voters. The ad shows Sanders greeting mostly white supporters on the campaign trail, with the crowds' sizes slowly increasing.
Brock characterized the ad as a "significant slight to the Democratic base."
"From this ad it seems black lives don't matter much to Bernie Sanders," Brock told the AP.[/font]


Ugh, yes, David Brock is still circulating. Clinton needs to unload this hack--connections to people like him is exactly the reason she's struggling, again, to gain her party's nomination despite spending 16 years trying to scare everyone else out of the race.

Don't get me wrong. I like Clinton and would enthusiastically support her in the fall. Politically I'm probably much closer to her than I am to Sanders. I'm not that happy that Sen. Sanders is the only real opposition she has for the nomination. I think Sanders goes for overly simplistic answers to pretty complicated problems in our economy. That said, I'm leaning Bernie's direction, because Clinton's organization is, once again, showing signs of desperation and lashing out with bogus rhetoric, as soon as the going gets rough. Sanders's relatively even keel in these tiffs tells me how he'd manage a crisis. Clinton's connections to people like David Brock only serves to remind me why the Founding Fathers believed in the rotation in office. Hillary Clinton, for all her talents and good sense, has been too close to the center of power for too long.
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Key Clinton Ally (Brock): 'Black Lives Don't Matter' To Bernie Sanders (Original Post) Bucky Jan 2016 OP
that is pathetic on Brock's part; this is only hurting Hillary n/t zazen Jan 2016 #1
i can think of one black life that didn't matter to David Brock...Anita Hill. Punkingal Jan 2016 #2
+100000000000 nt restorefreedom Jan 2016 #11
Fuck him. I'm tired of all of this mud-slinging bullshit. cheapdate Jan 2016 #3
Sorry, I forgave Brock years ago, after his book. MeNMyVolt Jan 2016 #4
I'll accept him in the room when he's useful. It's politics, after all. But he's not being useful Bucky Jan 2016 #5
Keep pushing that lie, Brock. senz Jan 2016 #6
This from a man who helped destroy an African American woman in front of the whole world. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #7
+100000 CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #8
+1000 sadoldgirl Jan 2016 #10
And helped stick us with Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court. Punkingal Jan 2016 #9
quite right reddread Jan 2016 #13
nailed it Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #14
No Brief for Brock kennetha Jan 2016 #12
Agreed. American culture means you have to at least hat-tip to diversity. Better still to diversify Bucky Jan 2016 #15
No, the idea is to show IA and NH rising up on behalf of Sanders jeff47 Jan 2016 #16
People say that but it's not true kennetha Jan 2016 #19
Then we get to also count all the POC in Sanders crowds. jeff47 Jan 2016 #21
FUCK David Brock cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #17
Whoa...can I assume that Hillary finally has a plan for #BLM! Stellar Jan 2016 #18
Campaign Zero has been keeping track and the Me Three! candidate is still lagging: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #20
Thanks, I'll check it out. Stellar Jan 2016 #24
This white dude is trying to tell me who I should support, fuck him and Republican candidate. JRLeft Jan 2016 #22
I prefer the more pc term of low information voter. nc4bo Jan 2016 #23
 

MeNMyVolt

(1,095 posts)
4. Sorry, I forgave Brock years ago, after his book.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 07:55 PM
Jan 2016

Not that I'm in any position to "forgive", but Media Matters has been a very positive force the last 8 years.

Bucky

(54,087 posts)
5. I'll accept him in the room when he's useful. It's politics, after all. But he's not being useful
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 07:58 PM
Jan 2016

He's trying to drag the campaign into the mud. His old white ass is actually trying to play the race card. That only works if black voters were gullible. He's hurting his candidate. He's hurting us.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
7. This from a man who helped destroy an African American woman in front of the whole world.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:02 PM
Jan 2016

He called Anita Hill "slutty" and blamed the victim, so Brock is the last person who should be talking about black lives.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
12. No Brief for Brock
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:21 PM
Jan 2016

but the absence of people of color in Sander's ad is pretty glaring. I mean the idea is to show "America" rising up on behalf of Sanders. But it's a pretty white toast vision of America. I understand that that's who shows up at Sander's rallies, but you would have thought they might put him in some places that show some people of color too being moved by his inspirational message.

I know this is probably intended to be aired only in places like Iowa and New Hampshire that are not anything close to microcosms of the country at large, but still.....

Bucky

(54,087 posts)
15. Agreed. American culture means you have to at least hat-tip to diversity. Better still to diversify
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:44 PM
Jan 2016

Shame on Sanders's crew for not knowing that. That said, David Brock is an asswipe.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
16. No, the idea is to show IA and NH rising up on behalf of Sanders
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 12:49 AM
Jan 2016

It's not a national ad.

Also, Clinton's closing ad has the same number of African Americans. I eagerly await your condemnation of her ad.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
19. People say that but it's not true
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:17 AM
Jan 2016

Clinton's ad show her speaking to a roomful of school children near the start back when she was first lady. More than half of those kids are black it seems. Plus in the rallies near the end of the ad, there are many black faces.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
21. Then we get to also count all the POC in Sanders crowds.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:59 PM
Jan 2016

Something the "there's not enough melanin!!!!" crowd has refused to do.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
18. Whoa...can I assume that Hillary finally has a plan for #BLM!
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 01:00 AM
Jan 2016

At last, she was the only one that didn't have a plan so far as I know.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
20. Campaign Zero has been keeping track and the Me Three! candidate is still lagging:
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:36 AM
Jan 2016


It's an improvement but her stance on marijuana is still troubling.

And don't even get me started on the death penalty...

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
22. This white dude is trying to tell me who I should support, fuck him and Republican candidate.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:01 PM
Jan 2016

He must believe us black people are stupid.

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
23. I prefer the more pc term of low information voter.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:09 PM
Jan 2016

Under any other set of circumstances, this is what would we would be labeled.

In darkened rooms with ambiance lighting and out of unfriendly earshot.....stupid or ignorant might slip out.





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