Bernie Sanders REVIVES STORY about marching with MLK.

[JaneyVee]

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Any proof?

Edit to add: Revived again at Maddow Dem forum.

[newfie11]

1. I've seen pictures in the past

Maybe someone out there can find them.

[JaneyVee]

2. Would love to see them. Were they together in photos?

[Bluenorthwest]

12. Bernie was a 22 year old student at a very huge event. His first trip to Washington DC

A kid in a sea of people.
The previous year, in Chicago as part of Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) , he was arrested for protesting segregation in public schools in Chicago. There are photos from that time, if you have a sincere interest in such activist history.

Now, tell us when you got arrested standing up for others. No photos needed, just share you truth!

[JaneyVee]

17. Hillary was a 16 year old desegregating southern church.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251703663

[artislife]

18. We did see the Kosovo landing on video, however.

[cascadiance]

34. And as a high school student campaigned for Goldwater who worked AGAINST the Civil Rights bill then!

... as a Republican then! If you want to bring up the past for these instances, you need to ground it in reality with the other things in those years too!

[Hepburn]

37. Hope this helps

?fb

[MohRokTah]

47. Your meme is FALSE!!!!!!!

It is a lie to say Hillary Clinton voted for Barry Goldwater in 1964. She was 17 at the time and thus ineligible to vote.

[earthside]

76. Understanding the anger.

It dawned on me this morning why the Hillary partisans are so angry all the time.

Here you are a lifelong committed feminist and advocate for women's rights and equality and you have to support the most conservative candidate in the Democratic nomination contest because of gender.

Cognitive dissonance ... it would make anyone grumpy.

[JaneyVee]

49. Um, Hillary wasn't even old enough to vote.

Oops.

[AgingAmerican]

65. She worked on his campaign

Oops.

[riversedge]

56. another RW slur.

[Hepburn]

39. This is interesting IMO

[JaneyVee]

48. Cool. I don't see Dr.King in that pic anywhere.

[ibegurpard]

51. cause he's not there

And that might not even be Bernie.

[BlueCaliDem]

77. It's questionable that that's Bernie Sanders. Many who are in that photograph say it wasn't.

In fact, a handful of alums who were Sanders' contemporaries in college have spoken out to claim that the man in the picture probably isn't Sanders at all, but instead another classmate, Bruce Rappaport, who died in 2006.
http://time.com/4108379/bernie-sanders-photo-civil-rights/

Do you have a link whether or not they've discovered if the guy pictured is Bruce or Bernie? The link I've provided is for an article dated November 12, 2015, so they could've concluded their investigation in the meantime.

[SunSeeker]

4. If there were pictures, I'm sure they'd be splashed all over DU. nt

[Hepburn]

46. There were thousands upon thousands in various marches in the 1960s

I know, I was there marching against the VN war. Picking out one person from the throngs demonstrating for various reasons is near impossible.

[BlueCaliDem]

78. There are plenty of them with MLK and Rep. John Lewis.

[font color="red"]*Edited to add that Rep. John Lews is to the right. MLK is in the center.[/font]



More here: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Lewis+picture+in+MLK+march&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoA2oVChMIof_A6ZSYyQIVRi2ICh0nhQ5g&biw=1360&bih=670#imgrc=_

John Lewis has endorsed Hillary Clinton, by the way.

[Armstead]

5. No he made it all up

[pinebox]

58. Next up 9/11 was an inside job, wait for it.

[pinebox]

6. Tell Northern Ireland we said hello.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. No, actually you have not offerred any proof. When did he 'revive' this story?

Link me to it.

[JaneyVee]

15. He mentioned it again at Maddow Dem forum.

[Hepburn]

41. Proof?

[el_bryanto]

8. I didn't realize this was in question - are Hillary Clinton supporters calling him a liar for saying

this? I must admit I haven't been around that much lately, but I thought the argument was more about what it means that he did walk with MLK, not whether he did it or not.

Bryant

[artislife]

20. This is a new one. nt

[KoKo]

28. Desperation sometimes overcomes memory loss

in dire times.

[JaneyVee]

50. Nope. Just pointing out the double standard.

[el_bryanto]

53. So are you saying he didn't walk with Martin Luther King? Or what?

That didn't really answer anything.

Bryant

[jeff47]

55. Clinton's story, as she tells it, contains a lie.

She turned 28 in 1975. She says she told the recruiter she was 26, turning 27 in 1975.

Even ignoring the mountain of "this story makes absolutely no sense", she is lying in her telling of this story.

[jeff47]

54. No, she just has no answer for Clinton reviving her "tried to join the Marines" story

So she's attacking.

[ibegurpard]

9. Is he?

Link?

[Rogue Democrat]

10. Context?

Link?

[beam me up scottie]

11. Were you a birther too?

[SwampG8r]

33. I wouldn't be surprised

Her 08 campaign may or may not have given birth to birtherism
They did however give it legs
Or maybe my memory has joined my ears and eyes as Hillary supporters have called both my eyes and ears liars

[beam me up scottie]

62. The op also posted a link to Stormfront to "prove" they support Bernie.

Associating Bernie with a white supremacist hate group, implying he lied about marching with MLK, is there nothing she won't do to smear him?

Surely there must be better ways to promote Hillary.

[UglyGreed]

32. Don't get mad at me

but are you sure that is Bernie? That man looks pretty old there. Here's a pic of Bernie and his son from 1971 below. I don't question Bernie's support for the Civil Rights movement or protesting Vietnam, I just don't want people using this photo to slander Bernie or his supporters if it is not him.




http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/04/us/politics/bernie-sanderss-revolutionary-roots-were-nurtured-in-60s-vermont.html?_r=0

[Armstead]

35. I'm assuming that was posted humorously -- I think it's Dr. Spock

I think that may be Dr. Spock with King. I may be wrong but it looks like him...And the kids is too young to be him (though he has that Bernie scowl down pretty good)

[UglyGreed]

42. OK I misunderstood

these days anything will be taken out of context and used to slander Bernie or his supporters. Guess I'm suffering a bit of paranoia. Maybe I need a Xanax

[Bluenorthwest]

14. Many people have questoins for you JaneyVee. Why are you not responding?

nt

[JaneyVee]

16. Hi, I'm at work. See post 15.

I'll keep checking back periodically for any proof.

[Autumn]

19. You overlooked this post, I'll copy and paste the link for you. Just in case you use the ignore

feature I noticed you responded to another poster at 08:55 AM

Thu Nov 12, 2015, 08:50 AM
Star Member global1 (13,182 posts)
13. Proof....

http://www.trbimg.com/img-54b7dd4d/turbine/ct-prj-0118-mlk-vietnam-jpg-20150115/650/650x366

Thu Nov 12, 2015, 09:26 AM
JaneyVee
16. Hi, I'm at work. See post 15.
View profile
I'll keep checking back periodically for any proof.

[artislife]

22. *chortle nt

[Autumn]

23. Many people use the ignore feature and sometimes they may ask a question

but if a person on their ignore list gives the answer to their question they can't see it.

[JaneyVee]

52. What is it?

Context?

[R B Garr]

64. That man can't be Bernie. Forty years ago, BS was

Late 20s or early 30s. That man looks about his age now. MLK died 47 years ago.

[R B Garr]

66. Bernie must have been 27 yo or younger to have

marched with MLK. That man is not 27 yo or younger. MLK died 47 years ago.

[Cali_Democrat]

67. Ummmm.....where's Bernie Sanders in that photo? nt

[el_bryanto]

24. I'll just toss this grenade of dishonesty in here and then I'll be back later to check and see if it

goes off.

Great.

Bryant

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. Lots of folks were at the March including Charlton Heston

Good on everyone of them but if you weren't a person of some note at the time I doubt you got close to Dr. King

[Autumn]

26. Did you see this picture? I would love to know who the little boy holding the sign is

http://www.trbimg.com/img-54b7dd4d/turbine/ct-prj-0118-mlk-vietnam-jpg-20150115/650/650x366

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. That would be awesome to know

ttps://www.google.com/search?q=charlton+heston+martin+luther+king+jr&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBsQsARqFQoTCManteKei8kCFVHEYwod19UJtQ


Off the top of my head I believe Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Charlton Heston, and Harry Belafonte were at the March.

[Autumn]

29. I wonder if anyone knows who the woman and the boy is. Someone says he may be a Kennedy

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It's a wonderful picture.

[cascadiance]

36. Basketball coach George Raveling was security for MLK and has MLK's speech notes today...

As an ex Iowa coach who did a lot to help them get a team that coach Tom Davis subsequently took that almost made the final four right after he left there, that has me liking Raveling more than just about anything else.

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/01/19/George-Raveling

[Armstead]

40. Maybe a Kennedy kid?

The woman looks like she mioght be his mother, and kind of looks like a member of the Kennedy clan....Just a wild guess though.

In any event, Bernie was more college age at the time. (Though the kid does have that Bernie Scowl down pretty good.)

[rbrnmw]

57. The woman resembles Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

[BlueCaliDem]

79. That was my first thought, too!

[MohRokTah]

25. "Berniesoblack MLK marched with HIM"

Taken directly from the #Berniesoblack hashtag.

[Comrade Grumpy]

30. OPs like this make DU suck. n/t

[restorefreedom]

31. he "revived "nothing and has always maintained the truth

this is the kind of vile lie mongering that will help lead to hillary's second spectacular presidential implosion.

please do yourself and your candidate a favor and self delete

[berni_mccoy]

38. Fucking desperate bullshit OP

[rhett o rick]

63. A distraction from issues. nm

[TM99]

43. This is truly sick.

No one, literally, no one has serious doubts or skepticism about the fact that Sanders participated in the historic March on Washington in 1963. John Lewis never questioned it. No one. News sites and Wikipedia all agree that he did.

Sorry there was not the iPhone then for capturing selfies of him in the back of the crowd of tens of thousands so we can give you photographic proof.

This thread is nothing about Sanders but rather an attempt to deflect from Hillary Clintons abhorrent lies about Bosnia sniper fire and being turned down for the Marines in 1975, the same year she fucking married Bill.

Grow the fuck up!

[Cali_Democrat]

68. Are there any photos available? nt

[TM99]

69. You just keep doubling down on that

truther bullshit.

Real classy!

[Cali_Democrat]

70. I'll take that as a no. nt

[TM99]

71. How about you put your money where you mouth is?

Why don't you write John Lewis, Barbara Lee, and Jesse Jackson. Tell them you don't believe Sanders was a part of the March on Washington. Ask their opinion on photo proof needed and the like.

Given that they have been colleagues and strong supporters of each other, I trust their opinion on this non-issue a hell of lot more than I do yours.

[Cali_Democrat]

72. There are plenty of photos of John Lewis and Jesse Jackson marching with MLK. nt

[TM99]

73. You missed the point.

If they have not questioned Sanders civil rights history and they know and work with him intimately, why the fuck should any of us trust your questioning now.

So write them and find out why they believe him and trust him.

Otherwise you are just posting flamebaiting bullshit and are getting off on the attention you are receiving.

[Cali_Democrat]

74. So....back to my original question....are there any photos available? nt

[TM99]

75. Obviously just enjoying

yourself and not really serious.

Goodbye.

[Cali_Democrat]

80. So I'll take that as a no. nt

[TM99]

81. Well I give you points for stubborn persistence of your meme.

Of course you are doing your candidate and you no favors.

[ibegurpard]

44. Hillary was there

[Smarmie Doofus]

45. Any proof he DIDN'T?

Or plausible reasons to think he made it up?

[pinebox]

59. Bernie MLK truthers? LOL Give it up.

[JaneyVee]

60. Hillary Marine truthers.

[pinebox]

61. So you want to look just as marginalized? Yup, I'm lost.