Bernie Sanders

SPEEDY MCCREADY

In 2015 in regards to Baltimore

"Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you are in a wealthy nation" "You would think that you are in a 3rd world country"

I don't give a fuck what that racist piece of shit says.

Im buying a summer cottage in Baltimore and inviting all my friends.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Bernie

"Residents of Baltimore's poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living in North Korea"

Again, I am not wasting my time listening to this obvious racist.

Im buying my summer cottage in Baltimore.

Hi!

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

cincybearcat

And sometimes it’s about who says it

SPEEDY MCCREADY

  Hi! said:

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

Lets hope its rallies people.

I doubt it though.

Hi!

Sometimes-great song.

Spiritual_Chaos

My god this is an embarrassing thread to start.

Hi!

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

  Hi! said:

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

Lets hope its rallies people.

I doubt it though.

Word

hedonist

Spiritual_Chaos said:

My god this is an embarrassing thread to start.

YOU'RE an embarrassing thread.

I'd love a cottage, by the way.

Agreed on Sometimes!

Ledbetterman10

Here's the Baltimore Sun's article on this at the time. I had just posted it over in the Trump thread.....

https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-sanders-baltimore-20151207-story.html

brianlux

Hi! said:

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

Exactly!  I've been to Baltimore.  It is a rat infested shit hole. But a president with some class (ours has zero) would have said something along the lines of, "It's a shame that in this country, the good people of Baltimore must endure the conditions of your city, Representative Cummings.  Let's work to find ways to improve it."  But Trump doesn't care.  He has his towers. 

Spiritual_Chaos

What is the "infestation"  that makes Baltimore "infested". Trump didn't mention rats or seagulls or anything.

brianlux

This might be the fasted derailed thread in AMT history.  Started off with the thread title "Bernie Sanders" and stopped being about Sanders in about 2 and a half minutes.  This place...  

hedonist

brianlux said:

This might be the fasted derailed thread in AMT history.  Started off with the thread title "Bernie Sanders" and stopped being about Sanders in about 2 and a half minutes.  This place...  

I thought it was going alright, though.  Until....

Spiritual_Chaos

hedonist said:

brianlux said:

This might be the fasted derailed thread in AMT history.  Started off with the thread title "Bernie Sanders" and stopped being about Sanders in about 2 and a half minutes.  This place...  

I thought it was going alright, though.  Until....

...it sleeps?

https://youtu.be/eRV9uPr4Dz4

brianlux

hedonist said:

brianlux said:

This might be the fasted derailed thread in AMT history.  Started off with the thread title "Bernie Sanders" and stopped being about Sanders in about 2 and a half minutes.  This place...  

I thought it was going alright, though.  Until....

No worries.  I only thought it was headed for disaster.

lindamarie73

brianlux said:

Hi! said:

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

Exactly!  I've been to Baltimore.  It is a rat infested shit hole. But a president with some class (ours has zero) would have said something along the lines of, "It's a shame that in this country, the good people of Baltimore must endure the conditions of your city, Representative Cummings.  Let's work to find ways to improve it."  But Trump doesn't care.  He has his towers. 

See, thats the problem...people don't like hearing the TRUTH and need to have things desrcribed to them in a delicate way so  people's feeling's don't get hurt .  This whole Racist angle that Cummings, and the rest of the Demorats are trying to play with this known Truth I think is insulting to anyone with a brain.  But when has that ever stopped them in their search for VOTES???

Ledbetterman10

lindamarie73 said:

brianlux said:

Hi! said:

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

Exactly!  I've been to Baltimore.  It is a rat infested shit hole. But a president with some class (ours has zero) would have said something along the lines of, "It's a shame that in this country, the good people of Baltimore must endure the conditions of your city, Representative Cummings.  Let's work to find ways to improve it."  But Trump doesn't care.  He has his towers. 

See, thats the problem...people don't like hearing the TRUTH and need to have things desrcribed to them in a delicate way so your typical snowflake's feeling's don't get hurt.  This whole Racist angle that Cummings, and the rest of the Demorats are trying to play with this known Truth I think is insulting to anyone with a brain.  But when has that ever stopped them in their search for VOTES???

Yeah I don't care for the racist angle either. Even if he is racist, which he probably is, save the cries of racism when he does something racist (which he often does). Is it tacky and unpresidential to attack an political opponent like Trump did to Cummings? Sure. But he's attacked Nancy Pelosi for how crappy San Francisco has become in the exact same manner. Does he care about Baltimore or San Francisco? Of course not. But these are the districts represented by his political opponents and he's a dick that attacks people, so he's going to be a dick and attack them on it. 

So it's not racist to attack Pelosi but it is racist to attack Cummings. Now, Trump used the word "infested" when talking about the rats and rodents in Baltimore and, as some guy on CNN explained, that's racist to use "infested." Whatever. As I see it, they're calling him racist because he's attacking a black man. Surprised he wasn't called sexist for attacking Pelosi. 

Not that I condone these petty, stupid attacks from Trump. Especially in these cases where the city governments deserve more blame than Cummings or Pelosi. But I don't think it was racist to attack Cummings. Immature and unwarranted. Sure. But not racist.

Lastly, I've never been to San Fran so I can't speak to that, but I've been through Baltimore a few times over the past few years and he's right, it's horrible there. Chris Rock once had a joke about the war in Iraq that sums it up.....

"We had to take down Iraq because it's the most dangerous place on Earth. If it's so dangerous, how did we take over the entire country in two weeks. You couldn't take over Baltimore in two weeks!"

The joke (or sad truth) there is that there are areas of Baltimore that are like a demilitarized zone. And that joke was from like 15 years ago. According to my friend that lives in Baltimore, and from what I've seen myself, it's only gotten worse. 

jeffbr

lindamarie73 said:

brianlux said:

Hi! said:

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

Exactly!  I've been to Baltimore.  It is a rat infested shit hole. But a president with some class (ours has zero) would have said something along the lines of, "It's a shame that in this country, the good people of Baltimore must endure the conditions of your city, Representative Cummings.  Let's work to find ways to improve it."  But Trump doesn't care.  He has his towers. 

See, thats the problem...people don't like hearing the TRUTH and need to have things desrcribed to them in a delicate way so  people's feeling's don't get hurt .  This whole Racist angle that Cummings, and the rest of the Demorats are trying to play with this known Truth I think is insulting to anyone with a brain.  But when has that ever stopped them in their search for VOTES???

Welcome to the boards. Just for context, so I understand where you're coming from, have any of Trump's tweets come across as racist to you? Some of his targets have been black athletes, black community leaders, Congresswomen of color, African countries, Muslim bans, Mexicans being gang bangers and rapists, invasions from the southern border, etc... Anything there that is interesting, or just cases of misunderstanding?

The Juggler

lindamarie73 said:

brianlux said:

Hi! said:

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

Exactly!  I've been to Baltimore.  It is a rat infested shit hole. But a president with some class (ours has zero) would have said something along the lines of, "It's a shame that in this country, the good people of Baltimore must endure the conditions of your city, Representative Cummings.  Let's work to find ways to improve it."  But Trump doesn't care.  He has his towers. 

See, thats the problem...people don't like hearing the TRUTH and need to have things desrcribed to them in a delicate way so  people's feeling's don't get hurt .  This whole Racist angle that Cummings, and the rest of the Demorats are trying to play with this known Truth I think is insulting to anyone with a brain.  But when has that ever stopped them in their search for VOTES???

Oh, dearest Linda.

When put in context of the man's 40+ year public history of expressing racist behavior it shouldn't insult you... because you have a brain. Right?

tempo_n_groove

brianlux said:

Hi! said:

Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. I expect more from POTUS. I’m not outraged at what Trump said or even disagree, but “Come on Man!”
Who knows? Maybe this could rally people to improve their lives and communities, that would be cool.

Exactly!  I've been to Baltimore.  It is a rat infested shit hole. But a president with some class (ours has zero) would have said something along the lines of, "It's a shame that in this country, the good people of Baltimore must endure the conditions of your city, Representative Cummings.  Let's work to find ways to improve it."  But Trump doesn't care.  He has his towers. 

Asked about her recent trip to Savannah, GA First Lady Elanor Roosevelt replied "it's a beautiful lady with a dirty face".

Well this pissed off the locals something fierce and they changed the look of the neighborhood.