Found on Greg Palast's FB page today --

[Hell Hath No Fury]

"When the Congressional Black Caucus asked me to present my discovery of the illegal purge of Black voters in Florida, only one white guy showed: Bernie Sanders. Hillary: MIA. I'm tired of hearing that Sanders doesn't reach out to Black folk. He's been on the front lines since Selma. I don't endorse candidates — but I also don't tolerate bullshit over facts." - Greg Palast

https://www.facebook.com/GregPalastInvestigates/photos/a.430516172127.205520.87777747127/10153622374042128/?type=1&theater

I think voter suppression/purging is an issue Sanders should amplify during his campaign. If the GOPers have a weak candidate there will be even more reason for a more widespread attack on voters.

[Skwmom]

1. The Clinton Machine has little use for facts, unless it is to distort them. n/t

[billhicks76]

108. Hillary Campaign Manipulated BLM

[arcane1]

2. Another new thing about Sanders that impresses me.

The more I learn, the more I like!

[Enthusiast]

26. That is a rare quality. It's a first for me.

[99th_Monkey]

32. And that's precisely why The Bern may well win this thing. -nt-

[merrily]

110. I was sold, but it would be nice if more people did learn about him, wouldn't it?

Especially before they start slamming him.

[thereismore]

3. I wish this would get out there. Very instructive. nt

[Hollingsworth]

4. Thank you.

[marym625]

5. K&R!

I LOVE Greg Palast!


By the way, he wonthe Sidney Hillman award for that report

Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) tweeted at 9:33 AM on Wed, Dec 10, 2014:
Honored to announce we've won the @SidneyHillman Award for our stories on Crosscheck http://t.co/3OdXusXDuY http://t.co/ADKp6heC2j
(https://twitter.com/Greg_Palast/status/542733833158656000?s=03)

[Hell Hath No Fury]

7. I love Palast, too. :)

He really does incredibly work. We need a million Palasts muckraking DC.

[roguevalley]

13. I dropped him an email in the midst of the Iraq invasion as I was considering

which way to kill myself -gun or poison- no joke ... and he wrote back. He's a gent along with being a good reporter.

(War and loss of family members is a bad combo but its all good now. In the end, there's only love)

[Hell Hath No Fury]

15. Big hugs.

I spiraled into a major depression once the invasion happened -- if you were aware of the lies and how the American public had been manipulated how could a thinking/feeling person NOT be deeply, emotionally effected by all that death???

Nice to here Palast is a mensch. Glad you decided to stick around.

[merrily]

23. Glad someone or something stopped you and that it's all good now.

[marym625]

33. .

[sabrina 1]

102. I am glad he wrote back and glad all is well with you now!

[Aerows]

123. Unless you have ever experienced that sort

of damnation of spirit, it's really tough to imagine why someone would be sitting there, dispassionately making that choice.

I know what it is like, and I'm glad both of us chose a third option - reaching out.

[hifiguy]

50. Palast, Nomi Prins, Naomi Klein and Matt Taibbi.

Now there's an all-star journalistic lineup.

Love 'em all!

[Ed Suspicious]

53. My personal favorites.

[merrily]

111. Well, kiss 'em good-bye. Taibbi is already under the bus and I suspect this puts Palast under it.

[staggerleem]

119. Greg Palast LIVES under the bus.

He's no longer welcome at any US media outlet, because he does his job too well and is too willing to tell too much truth. That's why he's living & working in the UK now.

[merrily]

120. LOL! I don't think I'd mind living and working in the UK very much, if I made enough for reasonably

frequent visits to family in the US.

Especially if I had been blackballed here.

As the great old* saying goes, "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke."


*I read that troops were saying it in the 1940s and 1950s, but could not determine if it went back even further.

[bvf]

6. I hope he's gotten a higher profile over the years.

First heard of him in the aftermath of the Bush theft. Media was all crickets.

I don't Facebook, but I'm glad it's out there and that he's active on it.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

9. I think he's never catapulted into the mainstream --

because the issues he focuses on aren't "sexy" enough -- which is a shame, because he does stellar work on important stuff. Been a big fan since the election theft.

Within the (real) liberal media he's pretty golden.

[bvf]

17. His stuff (what I've read)

is bulletproof. Good point on his material--it goes so much in-depth with paper trails and figures that it's the opposite of sexy.

Whenever I see a link to him, I do take a look!

ETA:

Funny to see the "get to know Hillary" response on his page at the link (as if he read it, rubbed his chin, and went "hmmm...&quot .

[arcane1]

40. He did a talk/book signing years ago and I felt like a groupie getting my book signed

[Midnight Writer]

104. He is a true American hero who can't get published in America

He has basically been "blacklisted" from mainstream American media, so he works for London's Guardian. An old-school journalist who does on the ground reporting and digs beyond the soundbites.

[think]

8. K&R

[jalan48]

10. The Black Caucus knows where the money is after they leave office.

It's not with Bernie.

[Gregorian]

11. A vote for anyone but Bernie is a vote to keep things just as they are.

I'm voting for principles not personality. And this is exactly the kind of example that supports why I'm voting for Bernie.

[Enthusiast]

30. Huge +1!

[in_cog_ni_to]

39. "A vote for anyone but Bernie is a vote to keep things just as they are."

And that is just a fact.

There's no excuse for not voting for him...unless you're part of the 1%.

[jfern]

99. Quite a few candidates would make things worse

[WillyT]

12. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[HooptieWagon]

14. Shout it from the rooftops.

[navarth]

16. Once again Bernie rings true

thank you Greg Palast, for reminding me of this.

[mountain grammy]

18. K & R

for only one white guy showed up! guess who?

[AtomicKitten]

19. K&R

[merrily]

24. Nice visual. Is there a counterpart where the needle goes the other way?

In case, I, you know, feel like posting outside the Bernie and Populist Groups for some reason.

[AtomicKitten]

35. here ya go

[merrily]

37. Thanks. I think I just guffawed. I've never been totally sure what a guffaw is. If it's a sudden,

loud laugh, I just did it.

[AtomicKitten]

45. !!!

[merrily]

47. .

[wendylaroux]

51. !!!!!!!!!!!!shit....

I am laughing so hard,I have peed myself.Thanks.

[840high]

100. hahahaaa!!!!! Bruhahaha

[hifiguy]

56. There's also this one

[merrily]

112. I wonder if using that would get a hide.

I've posted "Bullshit" and not gotten a hide, but you never know.

[Eleanors38]

64. Known in the days of analog as "pegging the needle."

[SoapBox]

20. K & R!

For those that Like, Tweet and Share...spread it around!

[appalachiablue]

21. K & R. Good post. Always enjoy Greg Palast's work and attitude. Bernie is bringing up

voter suppression more in his rallies like last night in Manassas, Va. On August 6, the 50th anniversary of the 1965 VRA passed under LBJ, Bernie was a guest at the commemoration held at the MLK Jr. Memorial on DC's National Mall. Major black leaders including Martin Luther King III and Sanders spoke about the 2013 SCOTUS gutting of the VRA and the need to fight new restrictions on voting in the US.



President and Mrs. Obama, family and guests.

[passiveporcupine]

22. K&R for the bouncing booger, or whatever that is

Don't remember who wrote that, but I giggle every time I think of it.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. "I dont tolerate bullshit over facts"

I think thats gonna be my new mantra for this primary season.

[Enthusiast]

27. Kicked and recommended!

Thank you, Greg! We don't like bullshit either.

[Duval]

28. Ahhh, I need to join Palast's FB!

I think he's great and I appreciate your putting this up, Hell Hath No Fury!!

[merrily]

41. At least "like" that post.

[pnwmom]

29. Greg Palast should take Cornel West's place in the campaign.

He'd do a better job reaching out to AA voters because he hasn't already alienated most of them.

[upaloopa]

38. He did good in 2000 but since he has been trying

to beat that story and hasn't yet.

[noiretextatique]

48. are you an AA voter?

if not, how the hell would YOU know who should reach out to AA voters? the group is doing you a disservice. if they were remotely genuine, they would find your comment are offensive as i do. let me spell it out: complaining about sanders supporters' "telling black people what to think" while allowing and encouraging you and other clinton supporters to do the same thing, is hypocritical bullshit. i don't need YOU or anyone else telling me who i should like or listen to, thank you very much.

[pnwmom]

52. As you know, I've been talking to many of them in their forum.

I also have several members of my extended family who are AA. You are right that AA people don't all think the same way. But why would you want to alienate any of them by linking West to the campaign?

Surely there are others who haven't been going out of their way to sling personal insults at the President.

http://www.ibtimes.com/cornel-west-endorsement-bernie-sanders-could-get-second-look-black-voters-2067836

“What America needs to understand about black voters is that we’re not a monolithic [block] and that we all don’t listen to or follow under [the] lockstep of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson,” said Stacey Hopkins, an African-American who backs Sanders and volunteers for a Women For Bernie support group in Atlanta. Still, Hopkins said it will benefit Sanders that West has credentials among “the generation that arose in the Occupy movement and speaks to the liberation movement that is the platform of Black Lives Matter."

But a figure like West, who has been known to lock arms with activists from the Black Lives Matter movement, also poses risks for Sander’s campaign among black voters. Andra Gillespie, a professor of political science at Emory University in Atlanta, said West angered some in the black community when he very publicly blasted President Barack Obama as out of touch on issues of poverty and criminal justice during the 2012 election cycle. Obama has enjoyed a high approval rating among blacks and garnered more than 90 percent of the black vote in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, something that West’s criticisms have not changed.

[artislife]

58. I think the poster is telling you

That you are alienating members of the community you are speaking on behalf of. And I believe it is the fact you are speaking for them is also alienating.

Even if your intent is good.

[pnwmom]

63. Maybe I am. But any negative effect I might have, as a DUer, is small compared to the effect

West in a high-profile campaign position could have among pro-Obama voters.

[rhett o rick]

67. But, but, the pro-Obama voters have assured us over and over and over that they will support

the nominee.

[pnwmom]

69. DUers have. But what about all the other Democrats who voted for President Obama

in 2008 and 2012 but didn't go to the polls in 2010 or 2012, when the President wasn't at the top of the ticket?

Are they going to rush to the polls to vote for a candidate who's attached himself to a very vocal Obama-slammer?

[reddread]

79. nobody cares.

he's yesterdays laundry. lame duck a l'orange

its what is on the menu that matters, and you may have burnt this dish completely up.

[pnwmom]

82. President Obama is "yesterday's laundry"? Not to millions of people who will be voting --

or staying home.

[reddread]

84. over some obscure sleight?

please continue.

[pnwmom]

86. Calling him a "n***ized" President is an obscure slight? n/t

[reddread]

87. in the context of his statement it applies to us all

and you might give that a little more shrift.

even dead horses deserve a break.

[Chitown Kev]

98. lol, mmmm-hmmmm, go door-to-door in a black neighborhood

and make that claim, lol.

Tell me how that works for you.

[AlbertCat]

117. President Obama is "yesterday's laundry"? Not to millions of people...

He is an AMAZING Lame Duck President, redefining what a Lame Duck President can accomplish at the end of their last term.

But that is the point... it is his LAST term.

He cannot be reelected.

So why would anyone worry so much about Obama and what was said in the past when he will not be a big part of the election of the next president.

Obama is tangental to choosing a current candidate. Worrying about him while deciding who to vote for in the upcoming election is ridiculous.

I saw this at the midterms here in NC when ads attacking Kay Hagan were all about Obama. You'd've thought she WAS Obama or doing the real governing from a secret undisclosed location. And Obama wasn't going anywhere for a time. Obama would be there whether Hagan won or not. I thought only Conservatives who went nuts over a black man in the White House would fall for such absurdities like voting because of something that wasn't gonna affect anything.

[rhett o rick]

95. A lot of those people that believed that Obama was a progressive are looking forward to voting

for a true progressive. Getting our millions of children out of poverty should really be a high priority and not Trade agreements that help big pharma and send our jobs overseas.

[noiretextatique]

71. so, you just EXEMfPT yourself from doing the same thing

some in the AA forum excuse Sanders' supporters of doing? so, your "concern" is for pro-obama voters who might vote for Sanders, and i assume this concern is for the Sanders campaign? why don't folks just admit that you are Clinton supporters? this Sanders' "black problem" meme you all keep pushing...then the claim that you are trying to be helpful...to Sanders, i assume, is completely disingenuous.

[Catherina]

72. Actually you're having a terrific effect. I encourage u 2 continue this bizarre White Ambassadorship

to Black people everywhere who are apparently too stupid, too ill-informed, too uneducated to think for ourselves unless you whitesplain our thoughts to us over and over again in lame repetitive threads. You think people don't notice what's going on? You think people don't see the ugliness of using White surrogates to attack a brother?

The comical servitude and the pure hypocrisy behind these attacks on someone many of us L-O-V-E, are doing the Sanders campaign a great service.

I thank you. #FEELTHEBERN

[artislife]

78. What I believe to be the real issue

* this has been written and rewritten and what I really wanted to post is stuck in my One Note, probably never to see the light on this site.

Suffice to say. Having NonPoC lecture others of the effects of whatever to other people feels like a hijack. If there are no PoCs here willing or wanting to argue this point, then so be it.

I would hate to read this kind of thing in regards to Latinos. The way I would find it less ----patronizing, would be to ask for agreement from someone of the offended party.

There are PoC posters here who agree that West is "vile". Link to those posts and add on. If you feel he is "vile" say that, but don't start to speak for the group. The group, like most minorities have gut reaction to having someone from the majority explain their reactions or emotions. We are all perfectly capable of explaining our own experience, there is no need for a third party to interpret it for the masses.


And I like the poster, I just don't think this has crossed her mind.

[pnwmom]

85. Sadly, a lot of them have either been suspended or have expressed the fear

that they are being stalked. Some don't feel they can openly post anymore. And they've posted about that, as I think you know.

Aren't you upset that they should feel that way? Or do you think they're overly sensitive?

[artislife]

90. But they are posting their displeasure

I have read it. Just link to the post or write in reply in agreement. It is the ownership factor, that is rubbing other members of the AA community wrong.I am actually trying to mediate for you because you are a good person but you are losing any effect you wish to make. It isn't about how you feel about West, or how some Blacks feel about West, it is about you speaking authoritatively that we all should feel the same way or shamed and to denounce it. And to stop him from being with Sanders.

Personally, I had a hard time responding to minorities and listening to their thoughts on BLM only to find out they were not minorities. It felt ---disingenuous. Dishonest. Speak from your own narrative.

Do this:
I don't like West. I don't like how hurt many members of the Black community were sucker punched when West went off on President...PRESIDENT Obama and created a new talking point. I have a mixed family and the effects of racism on my family members is constant, unrelenting and those who do it, don't need someone to help them do it more. I would love to see Sanders with someone else. Am I speaking out of turn or are their members of the community that agree with me? How does this impact you?

Instead of :
What you are doing.


Because when people speak their Truth and not what they think is someone else's Truth, it cannot be wrong. But when you start to be the spokesperson for a group and the entire group hasn't elected you, expect push back. From everyone.


TO CLARIFY: I am on the fence about West. I didn't think President Obama needed a kick in the ass so soon and so harshly. But I respect that my opinion is not the ONLY opinion. I can love some of the richness West has brought into our collective consciousness. I can be less than pleased about other...things.

[pnwmom]

91. Thanks, artislife, for another very thoughtful post.

[artislife]

92. I can see your heart. nt

[pnwmom]

94. ...

I can see yours, too, and a very wise brain.

[Juicy_Bellows]

106. Awesome - cheers to you both.

Cheers!

Edit - it's not my business but it warms me when we come together.

[Juicy_Bellows]

105. Awesome - cheers to you both.

Cheers!

Edit - it's not my business but it warms me when we come together.

[Catherina]

114. You totally understood. Thanks for your great posts throughout DU n/t

[noiretextatique]

68. did it ever occur to you that some black people agree with West?

i know plenty who do. unlike the myth that many have been pushing here, some black people do not like everything Obama has done, and don't consider him a hero or a beloved family member or the second coming, and are not hurt or devestated that some people don't like him, even if they are black. and i understand that many found West's comments offensive but i am not going to condemn him to appease the "sanders black problem" AGENDA. you all can carry on, but as i said before, if this was coming from a sanders supporters, all hell would be breaking loose in the AA forum. so i have no problem calling out this rank hypocrisy.

[pnwmom]

70. Of course some do. But why alienate ANY by associating with an Obama-slammer?

Surely there are other prominent AA progressives who would be happy to vouch for Bernie without tossing slurs at Obama.

[noiretextatique]

73. are YOU a Sanders supporter? yes or no?

if you are, i might see your point. if you are not...your point is just bullshit. sanders gained 8 points in three months...among AA voters. so...it seems all these concerns you and others have are unwarranted. if he continues to gain at that rate, will the "black problem" concerns go away? i doubt it, even though it is not proving to be an effective strategy for Clinton.

[pnwmom]

76. I will be if he's the nominee. At this point I'm undecided and I don't want any of our nominees

to be handicapped by either false charges brought by others; or by their own mistakes, that could haunt them down the road.

Bravenak IS a Bernie supporter, and before she got suspended, she was strongly speaking out about the pain this issue has caused her. She wants Bernie to win but she doesn't want him to do it by associating with a man who's spent the last 7 years tossing insults at Obama.

[840high]

103. You seem obsessed.

[Autumn]

116. People are always going to be alienated by someone. Obama alienated some people,

people of all races with many of his choices and actions. That's life. You don't get to say Dr. West should shut up and go sit in a coroner instead of getting out there and supporting someone he likes just because he said something about someone you like that alienated you.

[sabrina 1]

122. How do you feel about Hillary's association with the man who helped

with his sleazy, Rove-like tactics, Bill Clinton's presidency? David Brock, now using his well known rovian tactics on her behalf, against Bernie Sanders, who NEVER ran a negative ad in his life, and who has DEFENDED Hillary against attempts to smear her from the Corp media?

I can tell you this, people even her supporters, are pretty disgusted to see this incredible alliance.

We'll worry about Bernie, his supporters I mean and personally I am thrilled to see the reaction of AAs as they learn for themselves who he is, and for how long he has fought for Civil Rights. Rather than being influenced by this faux 'concern' no doubt a talking point bought and paid for by Corporate Money.

I worry about MY candidate, don't get the 'concern' for MY candidate by those who don't support him.

Or maybe I do.

[Uncle Joe]

31. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Hell Hath No Fury.

[appalachiablue]

34. Since elected to Congress in 1990 Bernie has worked with many leaders including members

of the CPC, Congressional Progressive Caucus he co-founded in 1991, and the CBC, the Congressional Black Caucus established in 1971.

Bernie speaking at a US Capitol rally with Representatives Keith Ellison (MN), Barbara Lee (CA), John Conyers (MI), Jan Shakowsky (IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX) and other members of Congress.

[upaloopa]

36. What the hell does that prove.

Hillary isn't somewhere where Bernie is. Happens every day. The other way around too. Bernie wasn't in China when Hillary made her speech. I guess he doesn't care about women's rights.

[Armstead]

42. The point is he was there....undercuttting the lie that he doesn't give a shit

[JI7]

46. the lie is black people supporting clinton because they dont know Any better

Or doing it for money as comment up thread says.

[JI7]

44. exactly this says something more about some of his supporters

than him.

We can show her own meetings through the years.

But the bigger problem is the attack on minorities who support her and questioning their motives.

[upaloopa]

49. As Gandhi said, "I like your Christ,

I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

[JI7]

62. check out post 54

[99th_Monkey]

43. I'd like to think we're going to start seeing more of this, cuz it's so refreshing.

When the air clears like that, until the next incoming stink-bomb gets lobed.

[MADem]

54. Found on Greg Palast's web page.....

http://www.gregpalast.com/palast-to-testify-at-us-civil-rights-commission-thursday-july-15th/

The Democratic Caucus of Congress has also asked Palast to appear Thursday morning before the hearings to explain the latest from his investigations of vote fixes and the Bush-bin Laden family connection. Palast will also be a panelist on a joint Minority Outreach Forum sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and Senator Hillary Clinton. "I'm happy to speak to Republicans, too," said journalist Palast, "but I haven't received a request to drop by Dick Cheney's bunker."

[JI7]

61. So Hillary Sponsored this with the black caucus ?

Or is it a different event.

Even if it's different this alone shows that Hillary still had involvement in these issues.

[riversedge]

65. says sponsered by the Cong. Black Caucus and Sen Hillary Clinton. 2004 Why does OP say MIA

regarding Hillary. No dates that I can find in OP. But it is clear Hillary has been involved in this issue.
I do not like bullshit wither.


Palast to testify at US Civil Rights Commission Thursday July 15th

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

The US Civil Rights Commission has asked Greg Palast to testify before a special commission hearing Thursday, July 15th at 11am, to discuss his continuing investigative reports for BBC Television on Florida and other states' cleansing of Black voters from voter rolls. Palast's reports provide the basis for the story on the vote fix in Florida featured in Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11.'

The Commission requested that the Florida Secretary of State testify jointly with Palast before the Commission.

The hearings are open to the public and to the media.

Palast's latest investigation has uncovered new attempts by the State of Florida to take away the votes of African-Americans - this includes a fix in registries and in ballot counting methods and racial bias in the computerization of the ballot box. "Florida put Jim Crow in cyberspace in 2000 ... and it's looking worse in 2004."

The Democratic Caucus of Congress has also asked Palast to appear Thursday morning before the hearings to explain the latest from his investigations of vote fixes and the Bush-bin Laden family connection. Palast will also be a panelist on a joint Minority Outreach Forum sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and Senator Hillary Clinton. "I'm happy to speak to Republicans, too," said journalist Palast, "but I haven't received a request to drop by Dick Cheney's bunker."...

http://www.gregpalast.com/palast-to-testify-at-us-civil-rights-commission-thursday-july-15th/

[questionseverything]

83. write palast and ask him why he said ,hillary mia

maybe she lent her name to a outreach forum but didnt show for the full report congress black leaders had requested

[Chitown Kev]

97. Hillary was at an all-day African American Leadership Conference on that day

and probably asked Bernie to go in her place.

I have pictures of where Hillary was on that day and according to Michael Capuano (a much better politician than Martha Coakley, BTW) it was an all-day conference).

Palast did not get this story correct.

[Gloria]

125. Was that the one in Missouri?

That was with community leaders,,, with lots of ideas and things that worked and which HRC then talked about how they could be scaled nationally...real world stuff, not huge proposals that are hard to get into action. I wound up watching the whole thing and posted about it...it was that interesting.

[MADem]

126. Some people have short memories, and don't apparently remember what they put on their OWN web pages.

It doesn't reflect very well on him that he'd take this path, frankly.

There is a reason the CBC overwhelmingly supports her--she's been there when they called on her for backing. She's been there, with her rolodex, with her donor lists, with her pro-bono strategists, with her HILLPAC, with her votes. She's campaigned for and with them, and so has her husband.

People go with the ones that help them. This is not surprising. Sanders will never get traction with the CBC. Show me one picture where he showed up to campaign with one of them in a reelection battle. One picture. One grip and grin at a rubber chicken dinner. One "Donate to my good friend (fill in the name of a CBC rep). One lousy little LETTER "Hi, I'm Bernie Sanders and I am writing to ask you to send a few bucks to the reelection campaign of (fill in name of CBC rep)." Naaah--he's too good for that stuff. He's "above" that. Pffft.

He doesn't HELP. People who don't help should not be surprised when they don't get any help in return.

[riversedge]

66. The OP does not talk about dates or what event it is. Confusing.

[ChiciB1]

55. Love Greg Palast... Remembering What HE Wrote In

The London Times, almost sure I read it there because I recall thinking it's something I would read in The Guardian. AND, it was written before there 2000 Presidential election. He wrote n article about what G. W. Bush intended to do when he got elected. What caught my eye was the fact that he said "when" and not "if." Wasn't sure if it was just how he worded it or if he was saying that Bush WAS going to be elected. After reading the article it became clear he did mean "when" and he explained that Bush or those around him had always intended to invade Iraq. I didn't know as much about Palast back then so as I learned more I was shocked.

There were many who knew that Bush was going to get elected and what he was going to do. I did everything I could back then to get verification of his article but never did. I even tried contacting The London Times so I could get a copy. Maybe there's copy out there now, but I was new to PC and had limited knowledge. But I told everyone I knew, but don't recall anyone even believing me.

So when Bush was elected (not) and under the cloud of suspicion from the get-go, I began to follow Palast and came to know how much investigation he put into what he wrote. I think I can count on two or maybe only one hand journalists that really got the facts and almost always told it like it was.

Now this, WOW! Spread the word.

[Catherina]

57. Aw Hell, you rock! Selma back then, & today on the NAACP march

He's the only Presidential candidate marching with the NAACP today.

A few hours ago Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton tweeted a photo of her holding a NAACP banner with Sanders and North Carolina Rep. G. K. Butterfield at the rally

GO BERNIE!


https://twitter.com/EleanorNorton/status/643846256398364672

[Babel_17]

59. Sounds like he has a strong opinion about Sanders

And it's a favorable one.

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

60. TRUTH!

[retrowire]

74. voter suppression was definitely one of the points

he pressed on in the Greensboro, NC rally.

[Gloria]

75. Yeah, but don't ignore how she addressed the issue of voting early

and spent a great deal of time with black community leaders and discussing how a lot of what they have done can be expanded at a national level.

She's been there form the start of her run discussing substantive approaches to address concerns of the black community.

[emsimon33]

77. Frankly, 95% of her campaign is bullcaca

[Gloria]

88. Well, since she and Sanders share many common ideas, I

Guess your comment applies to him, too.

Blanket condemation of factual information doesn't serve your cause very well...

[emsimon33]

121. She adopted many of his policies

She is a "moderate"; he is not.

She takes money from Wall Street, corporations, etc.; he does not.

She is a hawk; he is not.

The differences are too many to cite.

In campaigns, politicians can say whatever they think people want to hear, a la Hillary. Her record speaks for itself. Claiming that as president she will change her stripes is disingenuous. She is simply more of the same corporate, Wall Street, big money puppet: A shill for the .001%. That's why I didn't support her in 2008 and why I am supporting the candidate who has a long and unwavering record reflecting the bedrock values of the Democratic Party: Bernie Sanders!

[Gloria]

124. ok.....but

But...Sanders sold out his own Fed bill and if he ever were in the WH he would have to become more hawkish due to what the world does. Not being in vacuum changes a lot....not to mention the financial conditions that will not support his plans, as nice as they are.

Be prepared for disappointment

[Lorien]

80. Palast was the only journalist who would interview me

after I witnessed the black voter purge firsthand in Florida. You can read all about it in his book "The best democracy money can buy."

[reddread]

81. two thumbs up!

[jfern]

89. I was hoping we'd have time machines by now

It's now after all of those time traveling bandits committed their crimes.

[Chitown Kev]

93. Greg Palast did not tell the entire truth in this Facebook post

Hillary Clinton had an engagement at an all-day African American leadership conference on the day in question, July 15, 2004.

Hillary Clinton was ALSO a co-sponsor of this CBC conference that Palast is referring to.

All the necessary links are in this thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=27025

[MrMickeysMom]

96. Big Ole K&R!!!

[Major Hogwash]

113. Especially in states like South Carolina, where they passed voter restriction laws.

Very important issue.

[avaistheone1]

115. k&r

[GoneOffShore]

118. Damn - Now we have to throw Palast under the bus along with Cornel West?

I can't keep up.