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Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:32 AM Feb 2016

Bernie laughs and jokes to his audience for shouting out 27 dollars! Hillarians say he is racist...

Last edited Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:41 AM - Edit history (1)

Bernie talks about his campaign contributions and says, "Do you know what our average campaign contribution is?" And the audience yells out, "27 dollars."

And Bernie laughs and says back, “There’s no way we are going to lose Minnesota,” Sanders said to the cheering crowd. “I can see that. You are just too smart.”

Check it out at the 26.47 mark.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?405457-1/bernie-sanders-campaign-rally-rochester-minnesota

For context…


http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511360326

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Bernie laughs and jokes to his audience for shouting out 27 dollars! Hillarians say he is racist... (Original Post) Luminous Animal Feb 2016 OP
Odd,they can't hear dog whistles when it comes to Hillary using them- but they can hear all kinds of notadmblnd Feb 2016 #1
It's disgusting how they keep claiming Bernie has a race problemn jfern Feb 2016 #10
Losing by 284% is a problem. nt ucrdem Feb 2016 #15
Go away, sore winner jfern Feb 2016 #19
Best sore ever. ucrdem Feb 2016 #23
I guess you don't need us if your candidate gets the nomination jfern Feb 2016 #32
They better hope they don't. draa Feb 2016 #39
We're putting up a place for Bernie Supporters. trillion Feb 2016 #45
If Alvine Greene haed been on the ticket in SC, Hillary would have lost. Stevepol Feb 2016 #46
Christ dude, it was a JOKE! jmowreader Feb 2016 #2
Christ dude! The OP that I criticize is no joke. But yeah. But totally shut ignore Danny Glover, Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #4
I was referring specifically to Killer Mike, and you know this. jmowreader Feb 2016 #7
Oooh. Killer Mike. Not good enough Bernie! Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #38
better obsure rappers than the filthy PoSs from Wall St, Private Prisons, Fracking, snagglepuss Feb 2016 #6
The only joke here..... desmiller Feb 2016 #8
Insult Bernie all you like, but Killer Mike's an excellent rapper. DemocraticWing Feb 2016 #49
Anyone reading the linked-to thread ... NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #3
Um. Interesting. WE ARE NOT STUPID. Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #5
You said that Hillarians are saying Bernie is a racist. NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #11
Implication. We are not stupid. Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #12
Oh, it's an "implication". NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #13
Why else would it be "interesting". WE ARE NOT STUPID. Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #14
How many times did you post that bogus link before you finally checked it? ucrdem Feb 2016 #17
How many times did you look at the link to support your argument. Zero. Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #22
Just one look, that's all it took. ucrdem Feb 2016 #26
BECAUSE ... NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #18
Yes. It SEEMS. You know. Some people say! Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #24
Please proceed, LA. NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #28
Interesting. Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #29
But it had nothing to do with SC - It's a joke about his campaign contributions. jillan Feb 2016 #33
Not the point of this OP/thread. NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #36
Oh really - then what the hell is this supposed to mean by the author of the OP? jillan Feb 2016 #40
Perhaps you didn't notice that Bernie didn't call anyone stupid. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #48
Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #9
Loved the introduction, then Neil Young playing when Bernie walked in. senz Feb 2016 #16
Here's the video FangedNoumenom Feb 2016 #20
LA - I watched the speech in the link & it's at approx the 27:30 mark. ebayfool Feb 2016 #21
Thanks but the 27 dollars remark is unrelated to the smart remark. nt ucrdem Feb 2016 #25
Wrong. The transcript in my post is directly from Cspan. It's dishonest for you keep insisting ... ebayfool Feb 2016 #30
Right, context. Like what happened in SC two hours earlier. nt ucrdem Feb 2016 #31
Well spit it out. What are you so slying trying to say here? Show us your context. ebayfool Feb 2016 #34
It had nothing to do with SC - it's a joke about his campaign contributions. jillan Feb 2016 #37
This whole thing is literally Hillaryous! It is so funny to me that they are trying to read jillan Feb 2016 #27
Now, now, don't be like a kindergartener, we all must unite in the general election. That Guy 888 Feb 2016 #35
LOL! You're funny! I think I like you. ebayfool Feb 2016 #41
Bookmarking. BainsBane Feb 2016 #42
This is a tasteless call out of a DUer. MADem Feb 2016 #43
Rather than delete or update the post Matt_in_STL Feb 2016 #47
No need to drag that all over the board. MADem Feb 2016 #50
The person in the second link has never been a member of whatever are "Hillarians." betsuni Feb 2016 #44
Hillarians???? Beacool Feb 2016 #51
Oh FFS Politicalboi Feb 2016 #52

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
1. Odd,they can't hear dog whistles when it comes to Hillary using them- but they can hear all kinds of
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:35 AM
Feb 2016

imagined dog whistles when Bernie speaks.

Somebody just needs to give the race card a rest.

jfern

(5,204 posts)
10. It's disgusting how they keep claiming Bernie has a race problemn
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:57 AM
Feb 2016

while ignoring their own candidate's issues there. They always go after Bernie on their candidate's biggest weaknesses. These lying race-baiting attacks are pathetic.

draa

(975 posts)
39. They better hope they don't.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 06:02 AM
Feb 2016

Many people just won't vote for her. Ever.

She won't ever win with lies and swift boating of our candidate. The lies, smears, race baiting, red baiting, and Jew baiting is enough for many people to say fuck it and stay home. And who could blame them.

 

trillion

(1,859 posts)
45. We're putting up a place for Bernie Supporters.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 07:27 AM
Feb 2016

Waiting for the domain name to replicate which may take another 24-48 hours.

Democratsforward.org

It's a place where you can say what you really think and not get banned.
And it's a place where the people the Hillary voters have been threatening to ban for saying they won't vote for Hillary can go to.

If you want the url to post now, email me. When it replicates it will be democratsforward.org.

That said, I expect to still come to DU but many other duers may need a place to go, perhaps until election time when they make their choice. It's against the board rules to not support the DNC.

Stevepol

(4,234 posts)
46. If Alvine Greene haed been on the ticket in SC, Hillary would have lost.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 07:31 AM
Feb 2016

In 2010, Greene pulled in two-thirds of the vote when nobody knew him from Adam, and the same machines were used to count the vote in the Dem primary in SC that were used to count his votes.

Read about it here:

http://bradblog.com/?p=11576

Here's a bit from BradBlog to think a bit about:

"The current polls on both the Republican and Democratic sides (some of which, if accurate, is quite surprising!) All of which offers another swell excuse to remind you about the oft-failed, easily-hackable, 100% unverifiable touch-screen voting systems that will, incredibly enough, once again be in use across South Carolina this year.

"That, despite the infamous 2010 election in SC which resulted in a guy who nobody had ever heard of (Alvin Greene) --- a 32-year old man who did not campaign, had no campaign website, had no job, didn't even own a cell phone --- somehow being named the winner of the state's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate! Somehow, as we covered in great detail at the time, he managed to "defeat" a popular former Circuit Court Judge named Vic Rawl (who did campaign across the entire state!) in the bargain.

"Those same failed machines will once again be in use, not only in SC for this Presidential Election year, but also in many other states as well, including Ohio where some are reportedly failing already. In Lee County, FL, in the meantime, a candidate for Supervisor of Elections and a cybersecurity expert are now being investigated by state officials after the pair released a YouTube video showing how easy it was to hack into the main County Elections website server."

I do not believe the final results in SC are accurate, but of course nobody has any way to prove otherwise.

jmowreader

(50,566 posts)
2. Christ dude, it was a JOKE!
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:38 AM
Feb 2016

It wasn't even a very good joke!

Everyone in the country knows by now Bernie's average campaign contribution is only $27...which means there are a whole lot of $3 donations to balance out the 900 over-$2700 contributions in the most recent reporting quarter the FEC is on Bernie's ass about.

But hey, that's okay...he should be able to find another obscure rapper to tell America how wonderful he is.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
4. Christ dude! The OP that I criticize is no joke. But yeah. But totally shut ignore Danny Glover,
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:45 AM
Feb 2016

Nina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Spike Lee, Symone Sanders…

Apparently, these black people do not exist.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
6. better obsure rappers than the filthy PoSs from Wall St, Private Prisons, Fracking,
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:48 AM
Feb 2016

Pharma, Dirty Oil, Kissinger kissing Hillary's ass for BIG DOLLARS. In my neck of the woods there's a word for that.

desmiller

(747 posts)
8. The only joke here.....
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:51 AM
Feb 2016

is your non-genuine candidate. She has no original stance. She has to copy Bernie, hide behind Obama's name, and flip-flop to be relevant. Bernie's jokes are nowhere near as funny as this.

DemocraticWing

(1,290 posts)
49. Insult Bernie all you like, but Killer Mike's an excellent rapper.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 09:46 AM
Feb 2016

If we're going to have shitty opinions polluting the board, at least let them be about politics.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
3. Anyone reading the linked-to thread ...
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 04:43 AM
Feb 2016

... can see that no one brought up race except BS supporters.

The other replies are about calling SC voters stupid, not calling AAs in SC stupid.

In case you hadn't noticed, not everyone in SC who voted for Hillary today is black.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
11. You said that Hillarians are saying Bernie is a racist.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:10 AM
Feb 2016

No one in that thread is saying that.

Looks pretty straightforward to me.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
13. Oh, it's an "implication".
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:16 AM
Feb 2016

Fine. You just keep telling people that HRCers said something they didn't say based on your sense of "implication".

No matter. Anyone who reads the link you've graciously provided can see for themselves what was actually said and what, according to you, was "implied".

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
17. How many times did you post that bogus link before you finally checked it?
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:26 AM
Feb 2016

The one that's still in your OP?

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
22. How many times did you look at the link to support your argument. Zero.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:34 AM
Feb 2016

At least ONE Hillary supporter took the tie to respond intelligently.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
18. BECAUSE ...
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:28 AM
Feb 2016

... given Bernie's huge loss in SC, it sounded like he was saying smart people vote for him while the stupid people in SC didn't.

It had nothing to do with race - nor did anyone in that thread respond on the basis that they thought it was about race.

Except you.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
28. Please proceed, LA.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:41 AM
Feb 2016

As I said, people can read the thread for themselves. They don't need you to tell them what was allegedly implied, as opposed to what was actually said.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
33. But it had nothing to do with SC - It's a joke about his campaign contributions.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:50 AM
Feb 2016


This has been taken so out of context that it is unreal.

It's lighthearted humor between Bernie and his supporters about his $27 campaign contributions. Nothing whatsoever to do with SC or any other state.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
36. Not the point of this OP/thread.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:56 AM
Feb 2016

The point being made by the OP is that HRCers took BS's statement to be racist.

They didn't - as is obvious from the replies on the linked thread.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
40. Oh really - then what the hell is this supposed to mean by the author of the OP?
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 06:04 AM
Feb 2016
It's tacky to do that on the same day

that you lose by 48 points to your opponent in another state which, yes, has different demographics.


Different demographics? No implication there!

It's a joke about his contributions. And it is hilarious that anybody is trying to read more into this.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
48. Perhaps you didn't notice that Bernie didn't call anyone stupid.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 09:25 AM
Feb 2016

He said some people were smart. He didn't say smarter than others or that others were stupid.

Context is everything and if someone doesn't get it they might just be stupid.

Response to Luminous Animal (Original post)

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
16. Loved the introduction, then Neil Young playing when Bernie walked in.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:25 AM
Feb 2016

Bernie's delivery and style seem to be getting better and better as he goes along.

I'm so proud of this good man and what he's doing.

 

FangedNoumenom

(145 posts)
20. Here's the video
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:32 AM
Feb 2016


1:32:44

What a racist piece of shit!

I hope the OP of that disgraceful thread does the right thing and deletes it.

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
21. LA - I watched the speech in the link & it's at approx the 27:30 mark.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:33 AM
Feb 2016

snip/

SEN. SANDERS: AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION IS? >> $27. [APPLAUSE]

SEN. SANDERS: WITH SUCH A BRILLIANT AUDIENCE HERE THERE IS NO WAY WE ARE GOING TO LOSE MINNESOTA. I CAN SEE THAT.

and right after he says

SEN. SANDERS: YOU ARE JUST TOO SMART, I CAN SEE THAT. IT IS $27. AND TO PARAPHRASE ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG, THIS IS A CAMPAIGN OF THE PEOPLE, BY...


Some people are just being deliberately obtuse by twisting this to mean something else and they don't want to hear the truth. And to be honest, I think you are being baited into a time-out. So don't let 'em get to you!

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
30. Wrong. The transcript in my post is directly from Cspan. It's dishonest for you keep insisting ...
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:43 AM
Feb 2016

otherwise. The sequence is exactly:

SEN. SANDERS: AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION IS? >> $27.

SEN. SANDERS: WITH SUCH A BRILLIANT AUDIENCE HERE THERE IS NO WAY WE ARE GOING TO LOSE MINNESOTA. I CAN SEE THAT.

SEN. SANDERS: YOU ARE JUST TOO SMART, I CAN SEE THAT. IT IS $27. AND TO PARAPHRASE ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG, THIS IS A CAMPAIGN OF THE PEOPLE, BY...


ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
34. Well spit it out. What are you so slying trying to say here? Show us your context.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:52 AM
Feb 2016

I've shown you the transcript, but if you are so bound and determined that it means something else - haves the guts to say it right out instead of dancing around it.

You won't.

You know you won't. I know you won't.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
37. It had nothing to do with SC - it's a joke about his campaign contributions.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:58 AM
Feb 2016

It's a back and forth between Bernie and his supporters at ALL his rallies.

Watch any of his rallies from the last month, it has gotten to be a standard JOKE about his $27 contributions.
He says I am so proud of the 4 million contributions I have gotten from individual donors and do you know what the average contribution is? The audience shouts back $27. He tells them how smart they are and everybody laughs.
It's nothing more than that.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
27. This whole thing is literally Hillaryous! It is so funny to me that they are trying to read
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:40 AM
Feb 2016

something into this $27 joke!

 

That Guy 888

(1,214 posts)
35. Now, now, don't be like a kindergartener, we all must unite in the general election.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:52 AM
Feb 2016

We must accept that everything is fair in an election.1














1Does not apply to inevitable nominees, use of "unfair tactics"2 against inevitable nominees will be labeled sexist, racist and not very nice. The fact that you're still reading this is... highly suspect... That's it you're on the list

2Whether a tactic is unfair will be determined by a committee of supporters of the inevitable nominee

Note: The preceding post is to be considered

MADem

(135,425 posts)
43. This is a tasteless call out of a DUer.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 06:42 AM
Feb 2016

The article the DUer was relying on to write that OP had no video and was stripped of any context.

And you know this.

You resolved that issue by providing the video, and, after I asked you several times, the correct point in the video to find the point you were making, in the other thread--so why start up another thread, a Blame and Shame Thread, in essence, and point at a DUer to get the minions riled?

Do you not see what you are doing?

I'll just leave this here for you to peruse when you have a moment:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/opinion/campaign-stops/stop-bernie-splaining-to-black-voters.html

 

Matt_in_STL

(1,446 posts)
47. Rather than delete or update the post
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 09:17 AM
Feb 2016

OP argued within the thread even after being shown the quote to be out of context and the article to be less than honest. If the OP didn't want a shameless call out perhaps they shouldn't have been shameless in the first place.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
50. No need to drag that all over the board.
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 02:05 PM
Feb 2016

Fight it out IN the thread. This is just pure shit-stirring for the sake of riling people up.

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