On August 28, 1963 it looks as though Bernie Sanders stood only a few feet away fromDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" where Dr. King delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In the photo below you can see Dr. King (center) as he leads thousands of civil rights demonstrators out on the last leg of their Selma to Montgomery 50-mile hike. Others identifiable in the front row include John Davis (2nd from left) of SNCC, King's aide Reverend Ralph Abernathy (3rd from left), Dr. Ralph Bunche (5th from left), Mrs. King (next to her husband) and Reverend Hosea Williams carrying a little girl on the right. (Per Corbis Images)
Bernie Sanders appears to be just a few feet behind Coretta King — just to the right of Olde
Glory (click the image to enlarge) — where Bernie would be the one wearing glasses in a white shirt and dark
jacket. At the bottom is a photo of Bernie during that same period of
time.
But today the legendary civil-rights leader John Lewis took a shot at Bernie Sanders: "Never saw him." Of course, there were about 250,000 people who had attended the march, so that's no surprise. On the other hand, does Bernie remember seeing John Lewis there? And where was Hillary Clinton during that time?
In 1964, Hillary nee Rodham/Clinton campaigned for Republican Senator Barry Goldwater who promised to racially re-segregate the nation and overturn the Civil Rights Act.
It should also be noted that it wasn't all the members of the Congressional Black Caucus that just endorsed Hillary Clinton, it was their SuperPAC — approved by a board awash in lobbyists. (Related post: Why Blacks should vote for Bernie Sanders)
Video below: Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight.
28 years ago Bernie Sanders caucused for Jesse Jackson in VT, prompting a Dem caucuser to slap him in the face.
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UPDATE: For all the naysayers and pundits -- PLEASE READ!
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http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/02/bernie-sanders-core-university-chicago
NYC Mayor De Blasio is pimping for Hillary on Chris Matthews (on MSNBC) as I write. Hillary, who says she's not running for Obama's 3rd term, has be embracing Obama and promised to continue with his policies. Because Obama is still very popular with African-American voters, she's hugging him very closely (but yet, she's not running for his 3rd term). Chris Matthews, who felt a tingle up his leg for Obama, also has a tingle for Hillary now — probably because she running for Obama's third (which also includes the TPP trade agreement, among other things.) Hillary is clinging to Obama for the black vote, that much is very obvious. Hillary will make a perfect Panderer-and-Chief. Bernie is not running because of political ambition: Bernie would be a real "Man of the People". THE NATION: Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote:
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Hillary Clinton can't win the hearts and minds of the people on the issues and her message alone, so she had to get an ex-president (Bill) and the establishment politicians to endorse her (super-delegates).
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The White House denied it took a shot at Bernie Sanders when Obama called out people who accuse rivals not being “a real progressive” during his speech calling for civility in politics. Sanders had accused Clinton of being a progressive only on “some days.” Which is true.
Hillary recently admitted she was "moderate". But Obama ran as a "progressive" in 2008, but after elected, he quickly moved to the center to be more "moderate" like Hillary Clinton.
Bernie Sanders is the actual co-founder of the congressional progressive caucus, and progressive groups have overwhelmingly endorsed Bernie Sanders when put to membership votes. And the same goes for labor unions, whose "leadership" endorsed Hillary, but not the actual rank-and-file members.
And the same goes for the Black Caucus.
On CNN yesterday former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said: "I don't think there is any doubt that (the president) wants Hillary to win the nomination and believes that she would be the best candidate in the fall and the most effective as president in carrying forward what he's achieved.”
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Naysayers and pundits...PLEASE READ:
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John Lewis in a statement from the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, which endorsed Clinton:
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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/john-lewis-clarifies-comments-bernie-sanders
* But anybody who watched his earlier news conference could very easily see that Louis meant his earlier comments to be other than flattering towards Bernie Sanders. I suspect he got a lot of backlash, because he said "in the interest of unity" -- meaning Hillary would need Bernie's supporters in a general election in November if she were nominated. Too late. If Bernie's not nominated, I won't vote, because clearly all along the Democratic party machine has been trying to sabotage and hurt Bernie's campaign using lies and dirty tricks. They are going to try to STEAL the nomination with super-delegates.
NO MORE CLINTONS AND NO MORE BUSHES. WE WANT REAL CHANGE!
VIDEO: Bernie Sanders talking with Cornel West, Killer Mike and Nina Turner about the legacy of Dr King
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VIDEO: In 1988, Burlington Mayor Bernie Sanders endorsed the Reverend Jesse Jackson for President of the United States.
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* In 1988 Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton nominated Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.
* In 1988 Vice President George H. W. Bush was elected President.
Mel Sandico, a.k.a. Mel Cavaricci, a.k.a. D.J. Mel, has become the house D.J. of Bernie Sanders’s parties ... and will be at Sanders’s election-night watch party on February 20 in Nevada, where he regularly plays at the Cosmopolitan hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Until recently, Mr. Sandico said he was only slightly aware of Mr. Sanders, whom he had seen on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” and was torn between the senator and Mrs. Clinton. Then, Mr. Liipfert, who had begun putting together events for Mr. Sanders, contacted him and proposed the gig. “I was like ‘Hell, yeah, I’ll do it,’” Mr. Sandico said. Since then, he said, he has read up on Mr. Sanders, adding, “I feel the Bern.”
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