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Related: About this forumCornel West: ‘Sister Hillary Clinton is the Milli Vanilli of American politics’
If you're too young to know who Milli Vanilli is...GOOGLE them!Philosopher and Bernie Sanders surrogate Cornel West told CNNs Chris Cuomo that Hillary Clinton was like the disgraced band Milli Vanilli because she only gave lip service to social justice policies.
During a Monday interview on CNNs New Day, West praised Sanders for supporting Jesse Jacksons 1988 presidential bid, but he wasnt as impressed with Clintons political pedigree.
Sister Hillary Clinton is the Milli Vanilli of American politics, West charged. She lip-syncs, she gives lip service. But when it comes to policy, who supported the crime bill? Who supported, not just the deregulating of banks, but also pulled the rug from under welfare?
West also pointed out that corporate media have not taken Sanders campaign seriously.
We know Donald Trump is a Frankenstein of corporate media, he explained. They cover every Twitter [message], they cover every speech, every word. If Bernie had that kind of coverage, people would know who he is.
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yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)bernbabe
(370 posts)farleftlib
(2,125 posts)eShirl
(18,501 posts)in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)PEACE
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historylovr
(1,557 posts)Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)Bernie voted for the crime bill due to the Violence Against Women Act inclusion, though he railed against the rest of it. Meanwhile, Clinton went around talking about "super predator" black youth and preaching the virtues of three strikes laws and "tough on crime" legislation. My point is that if one is going to critique Clinton over support for the 1994 crime bill, they need to talk about the broader context as it relates to Bernie lest they be accused of passing bad information. Everything else he mentioned is totally fair game, to my knowledge. Welfare reform is something that needs a lot more attention. It destroyed working class America, especially in minority communities and white, single-mother households.
As for Milli Vanilli... that is pretty brutal.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)It was absolutely disgusting. Not only that, but the way that she spoke in general about crime, race, and welfare issues:
Heres Hillary Clinton In 1994 Talking Up Tough-On-Crime Legislation
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/times-change-heres-hillary-clinton-in-1994-talking-up-tough
Hillary Clinton Used To Talk About How The People On Welfare Were No Longer Deadbeats
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christophermassie/hillary-clinton-used-to-talk-about-how-the-people-on-welfare
Nyan
(1,192 posts)Chris Cuomo, a joke of a journalist on Clown Network News trying to bait, redirect, and obfuscate in the presence of Cornel West, one of the greatest contemporary intellectuals in the world.
I wish for a sigh smilies but all I have is a facepalm.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)hall performance. The completely unbiased "journalist moderator."
He will always go after Bernie and his advocates, but softball the Clinton crowd.
Bernie and his Internet warriors will win this election without the corrupt corporate owned MSM.
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