Jesse Jackson Endorses Bernie Sanders
- Thread starter Bunchy Carter
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That's like getting endorsed by Tito Jackson.
Bunchy Carter
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IsThatBrothaMouzone?
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The reparations thing is going to hurt Bernie but not Biden. Why? Because Biden has never made himself out to be a revolutionary. Bernie wants to be cutting-edge and bring about all this change but then won't push for reparations. He's a revolutionary for issues that most people (young whites, Latinos etc) are willing to support (especially since the younger folks and Latinos won't have to pay for it) but won't push hard for a specific-black issue.
His mantra is that he's stubborn and won't back down YET he backs down on reparations. That inconsistency is something not lost on many black voters that didn't support him.
His mantra is that he's stubborn and won't back down YET he backs down on reparations. That inconsistency is something not lost on many black voters that didn't support him.
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He elaborate bit on that not that long ago. I made a post about it here:
https://www.thecoli.com/posts/36859760/
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St louis dont fukk with jessie.....fukk jessie.
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I don't believe for a second that Bernie's stance on reparations is why older Black voters are backing Joe fukking Biden.
That's borderline the TLR Trump stan argument, "I prefer an honest White Supremacist to someone who denies it."
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Cool I guess but Jesse Jackson is a lame duck in Democratic circles, they basically blackballed him him after what he said about Obama.
richaveli83
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Even after Chuck Todd pressed him on the question of reparations he still didn't answer him.
He's never been fully accepted for the same reason Bernie isn't fully accepted - his agenda is far to the left of the establishment Democrat agenda.
His 1988 campaign went almost the same way Sanders did. After winning a few states in 1984 he came in to 1988 as a dark horse no one expected to go anywhere, ran on a far-left platform talking about economic equality and racial justice, shocked the world by dominating Michigan and became the frontrunner, but then barely lost to Dukakis in a couple states and ended up falling back. Still did win 11 states though, most ever by far for a Black candidate outside of Obama.
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He spoke about it recently (as well as the other dems)Even after Chuck Todd pressed him on the question of reparations he still didn't answer him.