2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders voices concerns about police brutality in Dallas campaign stop
(Link should work now..what a confused mess)
Music used with the permission of Neil Young.
Sounds like quite an appearance. And just like he said in
June of this year, Bernie spoke of police brutality and walking while black. Just like he has been doing.
From Dallas Morning News Trailblazer blog:
Bernie Sanders voices concerns about police brutality in Dallas campaign stop
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders sought Sunday during a Dallas visit to calm complaints about his response, at a progressive activists gathering this weekend, to concerns about police brutality.
We want a nation where a young black man or woman can walk down the street without worrying about being falsely arrested, beaten or killed, Sanders told more than 8,000 people who packed a Sheraton Hotel ballroom to hear him.
....But on Saturday, Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley, got a less-than-friendly reception at Netroots Nation. Attendees chanting black lives matter interrupted the pair, and Sanders at one point threatened to leave. By Sunday afternoon, #berniesoblack was trending on Twitter, as users both mocked Sanders response and hailed his progressive agenda.
Sanders appearance in Dallas, though, drew no protests. The crowd hailed his standard lines on topics from abortion and civil rights to Social Security and corporations.
....Supporters were greeted with revolution-themed song like Uprising by Muse, and attendees could be heard laughing as the music changed to Rocking in the Free World by Neil Younga jab at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
(Okay, I checked the link to the Dallas Morning News article, and the text has changed. I gather it's only a freebie one time read only. If anyone has paid they can check the full article. I am leaving as is for now. )
This is crazy stuff. Don't know whether to delete it or leave it.
(Someone just posted correct link. Thanks.)
antigop
(12,778 posts)Maybe I'm mistaken.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)antigop
(12,778 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)Somebody goofed.
antigop
(12,778 posts)Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)kath
(10,565 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)Don't have a clue what happened to the article I read.
Must have been read only once without paid membership?
kenn3d
(486 posts)Hi mad,
The Dallas Morning News seems to have very reluctantly reported Bernie's visit... see my earlier post here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=450842
The comment section below their sarcastic initial article belies their apparent doubt that the Sanders message can resonate in Texas.
Kenn
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)I am totally confused by now. It was a long article, some good, some snide. Said there were 8000 there, which of course couldn't fit in hotel.
I am going to leave the part I posted for now. Just for curiosity's sake.
artislife
(9,497 posts)kenn3d
(486 posts)lots of photos and video from Dallas here:
http://ban.jo/News/US-Canada/20150719/Bernie-Sanders-Speaks-In-Dallas-TX-Dallas/
Full youtube stream here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1251&thread=458088&pid=460118
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)Guess I'm not crazy. They changed the article or took it down.
artislife
(9,497 posts)I saw a crowd that wasn't all old, academic, New England, lobster loving, snow shoveling, Pats defending, maple syrup lovering, nasal talkers, ll bean wearing, ear muff heads.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)What a strange experience.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)This is 7wo7rees wife and i worked as volunteer. There were at least 6000, that is count from people we signed in. Many more arrived as it started, we stopped gathering and registering at 1pm.
It was super!!!
7wo7rees was in main ballroom, capacity 3500 to 3800. Overflow had another couple of thousand, per security for hotel that we talked with when it was over.
FloriTexan
(838 posts)It is good to see!