Unfortunately, Sanders' campaign and Trump's campaign are both fueled by the same impulse - white angst.

Sanders' messages of economic insecurity and income inequality ring hollow to minorities because they've always been insecure and unequal.

He has failed spectacularly in communicating to those communities.

Blaming poor people for not voting and discounting the Southern vote does his legacy no favors.

But keep saying it anyway

Oh, right, that's the exact opposite of what happened.

But that doesn't fit the Clinton marketing and branding narrative, so go ahead and spread that moronic and racist stereotype.

... are white dudes the only people who possess "human concern and aspiration"?

No, it's his economic message that's appealing to them and with some justification.

The problem is that there's a perception that Bernie hasn't really walked the social justice walk up in Vermont. If only the Bernie campaign had really understood what John Lewis meant when he said "I never saw him" instead of getting defensive the way white progressives ALWAYS do.

Whenever you challenge white progressives on race, oftentimes many of them get defensive as FUCK, and you often see the dog-whistles come out because for them black people are just a means of virtue-signaling.

Bernie's commitment to social justice -- including racial justice -- does not need defending. He has not had as high a profile as Clinton overall, within any community.

As for the rest of this post, the grain of truth is "Whenever you challenge white progressives on race, oftentimes many of them get defensive...." Okay mea culpa.

The bull puckey is that we are talking about a primary election, and it is not a race between a civil rights champion and a racist. It is between two white candidates, who have both been committed to those issues.

The difference is that one campaign decided to use race as a marketing tool, rather than compete on the other issues where there really is a difference between them.

if not impossible, for poor people to vote.

Bernie cares a thousand times more about PoC than Hillary. He always has and always will.

You nailed it! But the sad thing is that Bernie-ites have zero comprehension about what you are talking about.

He has bern-'splained that pretty clearly.

unlike most better off POCS?

Nation's oldest black newspaper rejected establishment candidates Hillary & McGinty & endorsed Bernie Sanders & Joe Sestak!

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2016/04/nations-oldest-black-newspaper-comes.html?m=1#sthash.UjFsopME.uxfs

I hadn't known that. It's beautiful.

Plenty of blacks are awake and vetting. Let them vote!

They were saying for a month how 'Black voters in SC don't know him'

But don't let that stop your David Brock talking point.

plan on blaming black people.

It is the fault of those who forced her on us

goes wrong on black people.

Who insisted she be the one? Who was her 'firewall'? Those are the people who will be at fault.

Ironically those who forced her on us will be the ones who suffer the most when she loses

It's that simple. That's how life works.

I will have zero sympathy for those who insisted on forcing her upon us.

Yourself included.

Whose fault will it be when she loses and we have a Republican president? Yours or mine?

Kasich and Cruz are both ganging up on Trump now. It's all over the news today.

No one in that party, which will be in tatters after their convention where they'll try to steal the nomination from Trump, will be able to win an election for dog catcher.

Hillary on the other hand, will get most non-die hard left-leaning and moderate independents, plus the huge Obama coalition of African Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Amerians, women, gays, progressive whites and Native Americans that elected Obama twice.

The repugs, lead by Trump, have alienated all of the above with threats of exportation, wall building and insults on top of insults.

Yeah, one of those guys is going to win. R-i-i-i-i-g-h-t.

the myth that the only people who support Sanders are young, white men? Such talk completely discounts his supporters who are women and/or POC. It's insulting, and we aren't going to forget it when it comes time for you to court our votes in November.

No thanks.

Sorry your reading compression is so bad.

Bernie has fought for PoC his entire life. He does not have a racist bone in his body. He is outraged by the treatment that PoC have received in this country.

Hillary is a corporatist, a friend of the wealthiest interests in America and the world. The Mainstream Media is owned and run by the same wealthy interests. The MSM promoted Hillary and put a blackout on Bernie. So Southern AAs, especially middle-aged and older, never had a chance to get to know who this "old white man from Vermont' really is. You can't vote wisely without full information.

Interestingly, millennial AAs (like all millennials) trend higher toward Bernie because their use of social media bypasses the MSM.

Media truly matters.

It is amazing you are still (you being a collective) posting this nonsense.

This silliness, that if ONLY they knew him.

Do you think people who get all their new from the MSM know much about Bernie Sanders?

Skin color doesn't matter when it comes to information.

Just because you KNOW how bad your candidate is, don't be trying to make her opponents mean things they don't mean.

I am the type of Bernie voter who doesnt think what you are doing is productive.

did you see the other person here who has already decided it is the blacks fault if GOP wins?

"Lecturing" is another Hill fan lie. We're getting sick of them.

here and elsewhere, are they confused again?

they either own the MSM or they're a highly paid employee thereof.

... have made it very clear what their views are and what their priorities are (and aren't). We aren't stupid. How much more do you need? There are many other ways that politicians get across their message without being dumb enough to say the "exact words".

“I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,” she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article “that found how Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.”

Those who do are voting for a person who colluded with the Bush Administration to wage an illegal war of aggression, and then tried her own hand at waging war based on lies when she orchestrated the Libya strikes.

Doesn't matter where you live: you condone those things, I have no respect for your decision.

happens?

Or will you blame it on those who voted for Hillary?

The "if" is if they win the WH, NOT if they will do harm. They will do plenty of harm.

The last one did a lot of harm to all but the richest Americans.

but if you dont participate that way you can take all the credit if something good happens and none of the blame for the bad.

You see as an adult, I cant take that easy way out.

Your talking points are worn out and boring.

I hope they will be happy.

Hill supporters are boasting about those results. Because that's who they are.

gives money to black churches.The preachers in these churches tell their congregation how to vote,the clintons are "our friends".

just like the republican religious leaders tell their people who to vote for.

All the Clintons ever wanted was these peoples votes.All they ever did was hurt AA.

Many blacks did see the good in Bernie,in later voting states that is. the early ones never even

heard of him from the media blackout. Good job debby and her dnc.

who will do what needs to be done in this country. I humbly ask you take as long a look at him as you need to, but then please choose him!

No Democrat is going to win a primary without the black vote and they certainly will not win the general election without the black vote.

“I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,” she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article “that found how Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.”

They don't like Sanders, so he lost. Game over.

yea hilly talking to you.