2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where was the sympathy for Bush voters [View all]karynnj
(60,088 posts)not as a student at the University of Chicago, where he faced the Chicago police demonstrating for equal rights ... not as Mayor of Burlington, not as a Congressman or Senator.
The simple fact is that Brock used swiftboat tactics against Bernie - trying to preempt his using his very real protesting in the 1960s. It was asinine to argue - he was not the man in the picture, or to argue that it did not count because it was in Chicago, not the South. Here's a hint - Chicago in the 1960s was racist! In fact, the Clinton people started the he has no connections to POC as soon as he announced in Burlington. Several simultaneous - all related to Clinton - people made the point - VT is mostly white, why did he choose such a non diverse place to announce. (Even though from photos, there were not that many more POC at HRC's Roosevelt Island announcement. ) The fact that he represents VT, lives here and was mayor here explain why he announced there!
I disagree with Bernie AND Hillary Clinton on TPP, but I think it is a huge issue. Campaign Finance reform is very important and money is one reason that we are where we are. It is not just Bernie who has spoken of these problems - two people who were most eloquent and had one of the strongest solutions were Senators Wellstone and Kerry back in the 1990s!