He wasn't going to accept endorsements, so he gave the junior senator from VT cover.

You won't catch Trump disappointing his supporters with that kind of weakness either.

Bernie did not comment on Cenk's misogyny ,he praises him as a "fighter" he shrugs off the retraction as a necessary chore, because grassroot supporters have "concerns." THEY have "concerns" Bernie does not.

that obviously was very swift and needed little interpretation for Sanders to understand.

gross sexists. Not all of them are as gross and blatant as Cenk, but if you read the comments section of the Jezebel post, the readers name one after the other, whether it's supporting anti-choice candidates, refusing to endorse really progressive women, or supporting other men with issues re: women.

their particular interests ahead of his big, "I alone can fix it" plans for everyone. Women's rights, minority rights? Those that don't get it are part of the problem.

I didn't expect Sanders would retract the announcement, in part because I can't imagine that they didn't know about Uygur's past, and I just figured that they endorsed him in spite of it because of his overt support of Sanders.

Maybe Sanders' campaign had no clue when they endorsed him.

Not sure which would be worse.

Link to tweet

He's good on lots of issues and his blithe defense of that surprises and angers me.

So, they did know and endorsed him anyway. Interesting.

They also assumed/asserted that he'd changed, but there doesn't appear to be much evidence of that.

cenk uttered doesn't just go away.. because "sorry! "

"BS endorsed " .. cenk.. a lewd serial misogynist.. who got kicked out of jd for being unfit to serve.

Link to tweet

This is a to OldRed.. Thank you!


Progressive Group Ousts Cenk Uygur Over Past Sexist Writing

The Justice Democrats ousted Cenk Uygur, one of its founding board members and a creator of progressive online network The Young Turks, following the Thursday revelation that Uygur had authored sexist blogposts in the early 2000s.

The left-leaning political organization, which Uygur and others established this year to support progressive primary challenges against Democratic incumbents in Congress, made the announcement Friday. The group also severed ties with David Koller, who co-founded The Young Turks with Uygur and served as Justice Democrats’ treasurer. A 2004 blogpost in which Koller used degrading language about women he and Uygur met on a road-trip surfaced this week as well.

“The words and conduct in Mr. Uygur and Mr. Koller’s posts degrade what it means to be a Justice Democrat,” Justice Democrats executive director Saikat Chakrabarti said in a Friday evening statement announcing the board’s decision to demand Uygur and Koller’s resignations. “We do not feel that Mr. Uygur is fit to lead or participate in an organization that truly believes women’s issues and the issues of black and brown people are all of our issues.”

The Justice Democrats board reached its decision to call for their departures after hearing Uygur’s “side of the story” and consulting with the political candidates the group has endorsed, Chakrabarti said.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/justice-democrats-ousts-cenk-uygur_us_5a3eb4d1e4b025f99e178181

the Harvard men's soccer team that rated women 1-10 based on their fuckability? I'm paraphrasing because I'm too lazy to look it up, but it was something to the effect that rating them wasn't so bad, but the fact that it became public was and that he didn't want to demonize people because of thought crimes.

Ah, be still my progressive heart!

cenk quotes.. so little time

He even made "happy horse" sounds when defending bestiality. In his sickening worldview, bestiality is okay as long as the horse comes and is satisfied, then he wasn't abused. OMG!

HE MAKES ME SICK!!

I don’t discount the severity of some of the things he’s said but this just sounds like he’s kidding around. Few people actually endorse bestiality.

He never said "just kidding" or "just making a point" ... in fact he took it even further AFTER he was called-out on it by the other panelist. This was no joke. At best, it was a look into his brain and his truth and his moral values were revealed while being "couched" as a "joke".

Ha. Ha. What a funny joke. Hysterical.

It's disgusting. He's sick. He needs help.

Is there a clip?

Still waiting for him to disavow ... but he won't.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287380386#post12

Still waiting for Bernie to show that he has the courage to make difficult decisions and to take a stand against anyone who advocates for sexual abuse of animals. It's sickening.

The clip gets cut too early to really get the context.

I guess I’ll go find the whole thing.

It's that nervous, polite laughter that one does when their boss shows what an ass they are... or when one's drunk relative spouts off something inappropriate at a family dinner. There was no "joke" that everyone was "in on". That nervous broken chuckling was "oh good god please let this be a bad joke" (but it wasn't.)

This is the exact language and "logic" that's put forth when justifying rape. ie: "If she enjoyed it, it wasn't rape." or "Might as well lay back and enjoy it"

He is a sick son of a bitch!

Or else he is so stubborn he won't listen to anyone. I think that is more likely.

Of a politician who believes in rewarding fealty to him including, if bot especially, when it involves misogyny.