2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCornel West endorses 'brother' Bernie Sanders
*(I searched and didn't see this posted yet)*
Washington (CNN)Civil rights activist and philosopher Cornel West on Monday endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president.
"I endorse Brother @BernieSanders because he is a long-distance runner with integrity in the struggle for justice for over 50 years," West tweeted late Monday night.
West went on to say that it's time for Sanders' "prophetic voice to be heard across our crisis-ridden country."
While West has been a long time supporter of Sanders (and "not a Hillary Clinton fan at all" , the endorsement comes weeks after Black Lives Matter activists disrupted a Sanders event in Seattle, taking the podium from the self proclaimed socialist who is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. West has frequently linked arms with Black Lives Matter activists and has been arrested with them during various protests.
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more at link: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/politics/cornel-west-endorses-bernie-sanders/index.html
ecstatic
(32,731 posts)And the only people who are excited to hear this are generally in the anti-Obama camp.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)1. I searched for this. I read the entire first page of Google results. I see no mention whatsoever of this particular article or even this particular news item.
2. Funny about your anti-Obama remark, I'm firmly pro-Obama and firmly pro-Sanders. Not even sure what to make of this.
Peace.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251543921
Went up yesterday which is why you probably didn't see it. No matter, good news is always worth a repeat.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Some of the things he's said about Obama:
brown-faced Clinton.
"Kenny G in brown skin.
"a niggerized black person."
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)I really don't think so.... ??
Catherina
(35,568 posts)bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Most African Americans don't support West because he's always bashing Obama.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)I had no idea West was a pariah. Now I know. I guess that counts Bernie out. Guilt by association or something.