On Point! Cornel West about Hillary Clinton...

[Playinghardball]

Moral Conviction always triumphs Political Calculations...



Cornel said it best!!

[Faux pas]

1. Kickin'

[TIME TO PANIC]

2. K & R !

[Enthusiast]

3. Kicked and recommended to the Max!

[SmittynMo]

4. Yet people still don't get it

I'm guessing many people need to buy a vowel. Even if all the vowels are picked, there's still a chance they may not get it.

[floriduck]

13. They just choose NOT to get it.

K&R big time!

Bern on!

[MissDeeds]

5. Ouch!!!

Spot on!

K&R!!!

[billhicks76]

6. Hillary Is A Phoney

I don't expect people who financially benefit directly from her campaign or Nomination but they are far and few between.

[YOHABLO]

7. She has been molded, shaped, groomed if you will, to be the ultimate politician.

Which leaves me to question whether or not she is sincere. She's very charismatic, someone who smiles, and has a beer with the commoner. But I still do not know if she's reliable and willing to kick the establishment (which has to be done) in the butt. The establishment being of course Wall Street and the major corporations that actually are running economic and foreign policy. I feel as if I am being hood-winked. But then of course I will cast my vote for her if she is nominated. My vote of course will not count because I live in the State of Georgia and it's saturated with Republicans. All of the electoral college votes will be in her court. First I will support Bernie Sanders; symbolically of course. It's horrible that our votes go to the candidate that we did not vote for. I say get rid of the electoral system altogether. Rant over.

[NJCher]

16. It will take someone with a lifelong record

of going against Wall Street and the major corporations who are the behind-the-scenes manipulators of our politicians.

There are only a few people in the world who have such a record. One of them died in a small plane crash after he was able to get campaign finance reform passed. After his death, it was posthumously rescinded by none other than our illustrious Supreme Court. Paul Wellstone.

But we have Bernie, and I do not share your belief that he can't win. I firmly believe he will be the winner. He has a lifetime record of speaking out against these powers. In fact, if you Google biographical articles on Bernie, you will run across an account of how he woke up one day and announced to his colleagues that "it doesn't have to be this way. It doesn't have to be this way!!"

No, it doesn't have to be this way. We can elect Bernie.



Cher

[tex-wyo-dem]

39. +1000!

[pangaia]

8. Cornell West? Who's he? Never heard of him.

[RoccoR5955]

26. Here you go:

From Wikipedia:
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, academic, activist, author, public intellectual,[1] and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. The son of a Baptist minister, West received his undergraduate education at Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1973, and received a Ph.D at Princeton University in 1980, becoming the first African American to graduate from Princeton with a Ph.D in philosophy.[2] He taught at Harvard in 2001 before leaving the school after a highly publicized dispute with then-president Lawrence Summers. He was Professor of African American Studies at Princeton[3][4] before leaving the school in 2011 to become Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at the Union Theological Seminary[5] in New York City. He has also spent time teaching at the University of Paris.

more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West

His website can be found here: http://www.cornelwest.com/

Do yourself a favor, and get to know him.

[Paka]

9. K&R

[navarth]

10. Yeah but Cornel West is bad and stuff.

I saw it here on DU.

[Duval]

11. K&R!

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. Exactly, Dr. West - no one with an ounce of brains believes she won't be beholden to those who

BOUGHT HER. It goes without saying. She's bought and paid for, lock, stock and barrel.

It's so refreshing to be supporting a candidate whose ETHICS are unimpeachable. No one can question Bernie's unquestionable honesty either. He's one of, if not the only, politician to run for President that can't be attacked for scandals, lies, flip-flops, extra-marital affairs, starting wars, supporting wars, million dollar donations in exchange for a State Dept. Favor, etc...

Dr. West speaks the TRUTH!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[paleotn]

14. That cuts through the BS, right to the heart of the matter....

...Dr. West is spot on.

[840high]

15. Spot on - K/R

[Dont call me Shirley]

17. K & R

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Are we suppose to believe that Wall Street is throwing good money

at Hillary without expectations of great returns....


If so, how benevolent of them.

[olddots]

19. I have a problem with people that have a problem

with Dr. West ,he speaks truth .

[demosincebirth]

32. He is a blowhard for things that will never happen. Never liked Obama and still doesn't even though

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unemployment is 5%, best in 20 or more years. What he wants will never happen in a thousand years. And still we think it will if Sanders wins. Lets get real!

[Bubzer]

40. Being an activist rarely means getting what you want.

It's usually more about pushing society closer to where you want them than getting everything you want. At lease, if an activist is honest with themselves, that's what its about... because it's incredibly rare for anyone to get their ideas realized.

[demosincebirth]

47. His kind of activism, if you want to call it activism, turns me off completely and I've been

a "vote the straight demo" ticket my whole life.

[Kentonio]

48. Black youth unemployment is at 51%. Why would he be happy?

[AzDar]

20. Ayup.

[Oldtimeralso]

21. My Old Irish Grandmother Said...

"He who pays the piper will name the tune that everyone must dance to"

[Divernan]

22. It's nobody's 1st rodeo with the Clintons

Her corporate donors know damn well that whenever she's been elected or appointed, she delivers for them.

[bvar22]

23. ...because the OP can not be improved:

[NorthCarolina]

24. 100th Rec

and Kick!

[jalan48]

25. LOL!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

27. K&R n/t

[cantbeserious]

28. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

eom

[gordyfl]

29. Clean Money...

...Means Clean Elections.

Go Bernie!

[Jack Rabbit]

30. K/R

If Hillary isn't owned by Legs Dimon and Pretty Boy Lloyd, then I'm a retired kamikaze pilot.

[SusanaMontana41]

33. Can't top that,

so I'll just enjoy it.

[bvf]

31. You got to dance with them what brung ya

as Molly used to say.

[Scuba]

34. What bull. Everyone knows there's no quid pro quo. Read it right here on DU.

[raouldukelives]

35. K&R Same mindset that gives Wall St money and say it doesn't effect anyting.

Only the direction of our democracy, our military endeavors, the health and well being of others and the assured destruction of the future for everything that ever was and anything that will ever be.

Other than that, it can barely be felt.

[asuhornets]

37. I am sorry to be the one to tell you this...

but he and Tavis Smiley has no credibility after how they attacked Obama in 2008 and 2012.

[Rebkeh]

38. The things they said were despicable but

that doesn't make the OP any less true.

In terms of the current election, it shouldn't matter at all what they said about Obama then. This is high school mentality, it's juvenile.

Ftr, I was sickened by the things they said, I still am but they won't affect my vote. I'm glad for any support of my candidate.

[Bubzer]

41. Wait, so, they were wrong once, and so they're wrong forevermore? Wow.

If you can judge someone entirely by a single misstep, you're a better person than I.

Hope you personally never make any mistakes... ever.

[Fawke Em]

42. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this:

A. West still gets the support of a great many PoC and
B. This is the Bernie Sanders group. Take your Hillarian talking points to GD-P.

[bigdarryl]

43. Most African Americans don't agree with this idiot so Bernie can have his sorry ass as a supporter

And I'm pretty sure Mrs.Clinton isn't losing any sleep over him either

[giftedgirl77]

44. Lolololololol, Cornel West

[SoapBox]

45. Love it!

[Jester Messiah]

46. Hah, well said Mr. West. [nt]