JLHolsinger

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And Bernie does not have one.  Not in 15 years in office and that is a big issue.   As…
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Well amendments to some legislation as only three bills he has sponsored has ever passed and two of those were…
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white progressives, hold Obama to a different standard than they have Democratic president of the past.  They decry him for…
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I was responding to something you posted.  As for Bernie needing progressives, yes he does but the idea that if…
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law Bernie Sanders voted for it.  So yes he holds some responsibility.  If progressives rightfully ding Bill and by association…
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I don't agree with the Washington Post's loaded language and I don't agree with yours.  
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To put people in their place with manhood says all I need to know about your worldview.  Well that and…
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Who has even less of a congressional power base despte the fact he has been in congress for 15+ years?…
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And couching it in legal terms only serves to alienate people.  I happen to agree that the tactics at the…
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The reputation of many of the OWS encampments were that they weren't very welcoming towards people of color.  I know…
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Did try to get involved in OWS and there was plenty of anecdotal evidence that they weren't very welcome.  We…
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his accomplishments at the Democratic party's peril.  For example,  I have already read too many times well why aren't the…
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Because he wanted anti-lynching legislation (and Eleanor really wanted it) and he bargained it away for some New Deal programs.…
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But what I have seen from many a progressive, in particular white progressives, is that Obama doesn't get that same…
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But not to the degree Al think it has.  It is anecdotal but I have a couple of African-American friends…
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It was an event marking the anniversary of social security that Bernie was one of the speakers at.  Now today's…
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changes but that doesn't negate the history that Social Security was designed in a way to exclude people of color.…
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It was an event celebrating the anniversary of the passage of social security that Senator Sanders was asked to speak…
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Contract.  My point is that it isn't the same thing as the automatic rights and responsibilities that are conferred when…
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When two people of the same sex marry the basic form of the state sanctioned marriage contract does not  change…
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