Black Voters in NH Unconvinced by Sanders

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

258. Thank you so much for this. This is what we've all been trying to get through to these Sanders

supporters.

I'm a case in point:

The insult from many Sanders supporters is that black people don't know who he is and don't know his record, so they're going to lecture us about it, and we had better fall in line when we see what he's done for us Negroes...

Well, I've lived in D.C. now for over 20 years. I'm a political scientist by training. I'm obsessed with politics, and I know Sanders very well. I've even met him several times, and he's a very nice guy and great fellow all around.

I was leaning towards Bernie Sanders heavily. He was my candidate. Until...

It came to his views on race vs. class, which I think are 100% wrong.

Then, it was how he handled the BLM matter, which I think was wrong.

Now his supporters are not helping him at all with their derision of black voters--their insane arrogance and condescending attitude towards black voters.

And to the candidate himself: He bashed the president through and through, and that is painful for many black people to see, especially because we witnessed the obstruction and obvious racism that this president has faced. But Bernie Sanders and his supporters believe that despite unprecedented levels of obstruction, despite the racism, President Obama should have been able to wave a magic wand and get everything we wanted done, e.g., single payer--again, even despite opposition from moderate and conservative Democrats. Are black Americans somewhat disappointed in President Obama? Sure. However, we understand nuance. We understand that he didn't have ultimate power to get things done, i.e., he couldn't do much without Congress. This nuanced view fell on deaf ears when it came to Sanders and his supporters, who even wanted the president primaried in 2012.

Now they're asking us to accept that--after all--we realize that Sanders, too, won't be able to accomplish everything, especially not in his first term.

Oh, but wait...

Where was this nuanced view of the way the government ACTUALLY works when they were bashing this president?

Sanders has promised a REVOLUTION on nearly every area of social and economic life (except for when it comes to us blacks, of course), but now he realizes after a few days that he needs to temper his revolutionary talk--understanding that he, too, may not be able to deliver the revolution today. But again, I ask: Where was this compassion, understanding and nuanced view when he and his supporters were damning the president?

So now I'm a woman without a country. I absolutely loathe the Clintons. And I'm almost completely turned off by Sanders.

The OP is right: Sanders has a long way to go before convincing black voters like me, and I think I'm very well informed.