Cornel West endorses 'brother' Bernie Sanders

CNN Politics ^ | August 25, 2015 | Jeremy Diamond

[2ndDivisionVet]

Civil rights activist and philosopher Cornel West on Monday endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president.

"I endorse Brother @BernieSanders because he is a long-distance runner with integrity in the struggle for justice for over 50 years," West tweeted late Monday night.

West went on to say that it's time for Sanders' "prophetic voice to be heard across our crisis-ridden country."

While West has been a long time supporter of Sanders (and "not a Hillary Clinton fan at all"), the endorsement comes weeks after Black Lives Matter activists disrupted a Sanders event in Seattle, taking the podium from the self proclaimed socialist who is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. West has frequently linked arms with Black Lives Matter activists and has been arrested with them during various protests.

"We will push him with integrity toward a more comprehensive vision of freedom for all," West tweeted....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Now on to Gnome Chomsky, Ward Churchill, Cindy Sheehan and Michael Moore

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

West and Sanders members of the Anti American coalition conquering America.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

“Brother” as in Brother Socialists. That’s always what its all about.

[DPMD]

Geriatric throwbacks protecting their own. Stuck in the 60’s, they nonetheless consider themselves “progressive.”

[thorvaldr]

“Brother”, fellow traveler,comrade ...

So, looks like he’s getting the devout Marxist vote, how surprising.

[Regulator]

Yes, Russian Communism certainly worked out well in Eastern Europe.

Even better in Africa under tribal chieftain Communists!

Cornel West: the new Economic Genius.

Maybe he could invite Maduro and Castro up for some lessons in how to create a truly Just Economy.

[beethovenfan]

Cornhole West is the guy Larry Summers kicked out of HAHvahd.

[Kid Shelleen]

Nothing says diversity like a communist at an elite Ivy League school sending a valentine to another communist from a virtually all white New England state.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“Civil rights activist and philosopher..”

Opportunist and angry racist..

[yoe]

[yoe]

Socialist/communist good 'ol days of no heat, bread lines, no meat or eggs, designated hours for electricity...Russia, China, Cuba and Bernie Sanders and Cornel West are selling that to foolish Americans.....it's called equal poverty for all except West, Sanders, and other top Socialists and Communists

[Enlightened1]

LOL!

Exactly!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. This will be a help in the primaries and a hindrance if Sanders gets the nomination -- the PBS/NPR Demwit voters prefer BBC reruns because they're mighty long on white people. It's called microaggression.

[AZLiberty]

"Black" = socialist. It has nothing to do with skin color.

Who knew?

[semimojo]

Imagine my double take when I read your headline as “Colonel West”.

[Molon Labbie]

To West, whites are allies. Expendable when they are no longer useful.

[GOPJ]

I’m not worried about Bernie...

We’re going to need a War President and Bernie has backbone... If he got in (God forbid) he would be too busy dealing with war to worry about messing up the economy...

Oh, and PBS/NPR ARE a microaggression...

[massgopguy]

Cornhole has been on FOX alot lately. He looks like a Dr. Seuss character. He has flies around his toothless mouth as well.

[SunkenCiv]

Well put.

[relictele]