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Hillary Clinton

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1. Just about the only good thing that came out of Sanders' disastrous, homemade campaign was the high

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:20 AM

Jun 2016

profile he gave to Killer Mike and Nina Turner. Despite being a political junkie and hip hop head for 20 years, I'd never heard of either of them. Hopefully both of them will be able to do good things with their new found fame.

It was too bad that most other black folks had never heard of them either and that the one high profile black surrogate Sanders was always putting in front of a camera -- Cornel West -- is one that we know and most of us pretty much despise. I can live to be a hundred and still not understand why Sanders was so gung ho to put West front and center, especially when he had the smart, decent Keith Ellison in his corner too.

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Has anyone seen Killer Mike recently? [View all] jmowreader Jun 2016 OP

Just about the only good thing that came out of Sanders' disastrous, homemade campaign was the high Number23 Jun 2016 #1

Good point. He really should have used Keith Ellison more. SunSeeker Jun 2016 #2