Bill Clinton said "Barack running for President is the biggest joke he's ever heard, and any other time in history this guy (referring to a Black Man) would be getting us coffee."
This is absolutely false. Bernie didn't move to Vermont to specifically run for higher office, as Hillary did when she bought a house in NY just to claim residence and run for Senator.
By your logic, I would be considered a carpetbagger if in 2 years I ran for office in Florida, since I moved here from NY six years ago.
i agree with primarying Obama and wish somebody would have to get him more to the left and focused on the issues of the people
I don't think any politician should feel so comfortable in their position that they lose focus...
And by your logic if Hillary wins the office you think she should just get the 2nd term free ? Well of course you do because you gave her your votes this year without her addressing one issue affecting black folks.
After settling in Vermont in 1968, Sanders ran unsuccessful third-party campaigns for governor and U.S. senator in the early to mid-1970s. As an independent, he was elected mayor of Burlington—Vermont's most populous city—in 1981
Hillary Clinton moved to New York specifically to run for the senate in 2000...She barely had the residency requirement.
And running for the senate was specific to run for president...NY just happened to have an open seat for her to run for