Cornell West is back at his insults, calling Hillary a "milquetoast neoliberal sister"

[still_one]

"Don’t let corporate media convince you that simply because you’re not crazy about the milquetoast neoliberal sister Hillary that there’s something wrong with you,” said West, who was appointed to the platform drafting committee by the Vermont senator.

“But we know the difference between a neofascist and a neoliberal, so you make your own decision. I’m simply here to say that I love brother Bernie no matter what he decides, but you’re a free man and woman, make your decision based on your love for poor and working people.”

The rally came the same day that President Obama met with Sanders and then quickly endorsed Clinton. Following the meeting, Sanders said he would speak with Clinton about how to fight against Trump but declined to endorse her or drop out of the presidential race."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/282972-cornel-west-calls-clinton-a-milquetoast-neoliberal-sister

Dr. West, Hillary has a lot of support. She received the most votes, won the most primaries, and won the most delegates.

Dr. West, President Obama has been polling with very favorable number. Both President Obama and Hillary have won elections. What have you won?

[Gomez163]

1. And this guy is on the platform committee.

[Her Sister]

29. A non-Dem on one of DEMS most important committees!

Incredible! What use is he going to be. Insult everyone! Yippee!

[eastwestdem]

46. I'm guessing that the platform will end up being ignored more than usual this time around. nt

[justhanginon]

61. The Democratic Party should realize that is probably just a glimpse

of the caliber of people that Sanders would have considered for Cabinet positions. West, Gabbard, throw in the TYT (three young turds) crowd and a few others that would destroy the party. I personally think, and always thought, that it was one of the reasons Sanders ran in the first place given his past well documented diatribes about the Democrats and the party in general.

[tonyt53]

2. I'm just curios about where the briars came from that are clearly up his ass.

West has gone off the deep end. I wonder if just maybe, his already polarizing words from the last few years made the Clinton campaign to stay away from him. That guy is bitter.

[still_one]

8. He was bitter about President Obama, and now he is bitter about Hillary. Sounds a lot

like the person he supported

[tonyt53]

10. Yes, yes he does.

[sarae]

31. I bet he would turn on Bernie in a second

if he perceived some kind of social slight. He seems like one of those people who keeps a tally card in his head with a bunch of petty social rules. Once you (unknowingly) break a rule he badmouths you for the rest of your life.

[Cha]

37. Well, he definitely won't be inviting him to his Inauguration.

[sarae]

64. Haha...yeah, that would be pretty difficult for BS to do...

[Cha]

67. You know he wanted to and thinks he's entitled.

[bluestateguy]

3. And he's an overrated faux scholar

who doesn't belong at an Ivy League school, but maybe at a community college.

[still_one]

9. He earned his PHD, you can't take that from him, but it still doesn't mean he isn't

a blow hard who likes to hear himself pontificate

[Quayblue]

32. He has admitted he does no self-reflection

And that is some scary ass shit.

[still_one]

35. That isn't good

[WhiteTara]

4. Just out of curiosity

is he even a Democrat?

[redstateblues]

5. Anyone who used the n word when referring to our President

Has no relevance. He's a bomb thrower.

[still_one]

24. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Cha]

38. And, a loose cannon.

[Florencenj2point0]

6. He is unhinged

and I am amazed that Bernie doesn't realize that West is doing him more harm than good.

[FloridaBlues]

33. Thanks Bernie for demanding this guy helps to make the platform

I feel bad for the rest of the committee

[Cha]

39. I'm not amazed. Not anymore.. not with all the decisions he's made during his campaign.. almost

like he wanted to lose.

[UMTerp01]

7. Lost a lot of respect for Cornel

It has nothing to do with his support of Bernie Sanders or his critiques of President Obama. But you don't get to call my President "niggerized" (completely untrue anyway) and get any sort of respect from me. Again, I respect his choice to support Senator Sanders, but it was the losing side of the primary.

[Rose Siding]

15. Totally sexist for him to call her, basically, a weak woman.

Milquetoast means weak, frightened, timid, meek and other unfavorable variables of a stereotype used to mis-characterize women.

[Cha]

40. Which is the opposite of true.. so he attacked her strength.. just like rwingers do.

[riversedge]

55. During my college years--I read most of his books in classes--He

was always on the far left but has done some good work for education and black studies. But his critiques of Obama really went to too far--WAY TO FAR!! (as you and many others have said).

[Rose Siding]

11. What is it he thinks Hillary wants to privatize?

That's neolib, right? Privatization of the public sector?

Don't know how he dares to call her milquetoast, a name that means timid and weak. She's the freaking Democratic party nominee for POTUS.

She is a sister, so 1 out of 3....insults? Neolib and milquetoast are both insults. I wonder if their proximity to "sister" in his insult series tells us something about his bias.

Hmm, he calls her a timid and/or weak (milquetoast) woman (sister). It's not uncommon to see those insults associated with the negative stereotype for women.

Sounds super bad when you break it down!

[still_one]

12. Dr. West mixes metaphors all the time, and likes to use big words to impress people

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

13. And yet . . .

. . . he fails at it.

[leftofcool]

14. He is irrelevant.

[still_one]

18. perhaps, but I suspect he is going to try and garner a lot of attention at the convention

[leftofcool]

20. Everyone will politely listen then snicker behind his back

He is so totally irrelevant and certainly not welcomed within Democratic circles.

[still_one]

26. you're right

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. If BS gets to cram West down our throats, we should get DL Hughley in as a counterbalance. nt

[Rose Siding]

21. Or maybe this guy?

[still_one]

25. YES!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cha]

41. YES!

[Tarheel_Dem]

47. I don't think a sitting POTUS can be on the platform committee, but he'd be a good one.

[Stellar]

53. Cornel West has been all over Obama's mentions...

before he was even in the WhiteHouse. He and Tavis Smiley were doing a job on Obama. They were a tag team against Obama, even on Fox 'news'. And you know Fox loved it.

[still_one]

23. Eric Dysan, Melissa Harris-Perry, Al Sharpton would be quite good counter balances

[Tarheel_Dem]

48. Any of the above, except MHP. She "felt the Bern" also & is not a fan of HRC.

[still_one]

63. I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info. However, she is no fan of Cornell West

[realmirage]

17. I've heard this guy talk on Bill Maher quite a bit

and a lot of the time he made arguments during discussions that weren't all that well thought out. He got corrected a lot. But he definitely likes hearing himself speak, and has convinced himself he's some kind of righteous truth teller. The ego does things like that.

[still_one]

19. I agree. What bothered me about Dr. West on Bill Maher was he wouldn't give others

a chance to get a word in edge wise

Only his opinion counted. At least that was my impression

[realmirage]

22. I remember Bill correcting him a lot

and me thinking that Bill was right. Which surprised me because before I knew much about West I thought he was supposed to be some great orator. He's like John Wayne.. you think he's going to be some cowboy expert and then you see him driving a mercedes and living in hollywood. You ask him about horses and he says "I think they like to eat hay"

West is more celebrity than intellect

[underthematrix]

27. I can't stand Cornel West. I let him know on twitter I consider him to be a piece of shit

[Cha]

43. Good.

[oasis]

28. Cornel boarded a bullet train to obscurity when he first displayed his

unwarranted disrespect for President Obama. He's fast approaching the end of the line.

[Cha]

44. cornel wanted revenge on President Obama for not inviting him to his Inauguration

and he never got over it.. it devolved from there.

It became an obsession by all accounts.. turned him into a mean-spirited, bitter man.

[oasis]

45. Petty and small minded for a "celebrated" professor. How can he

look at himself in the mirror?

[Walk away]

30. Cornel won the jackpot! He finally manage to latch on to someone who....

gave him some power. Now he will proceed to misuse it glorifying himself and dragging everyone else through the mud. Bernie's mistake is now he will never be able to detach West without incurring his loud and endless wrath!

I am guessing that pretty soon, he won't be calling Obama and Hillary names anymore, It will be Bernie that he smears and slanders.

[NastyRiffraff]

34. He is a mean, bitter little man

seeking the respect he won't otherwise get. I can't stand him. And I think it's true that he'll eventually turn on Bernie, too. He is a hateful person.

[Cha]

36. cornel west has won the bitter jealous mouth award.. certainly there's a

prize waiting for him somewhere?

Here's some Tweets on it from the O Diary.. nobody is impressed with him who isn't an Obama hater.

Meta ‎@metaquest
So tonight, Bernie Sanders' way of bringing things to productive closure is to put Cornel West front & center to bash Democrats again.
3:49 PM - 9 Jun 2016
28 28 Retweets 29 29 likes

Alice Ollstein
✔ ‎@AliceOllstein
Damn, @CornelWest called @HillaryClinton a "milquetoast neoliberal" and the crowd went nuts
12:57 PM - 9 Jun 2016
18 18 Retweets 5 5 likes

Eric Boehlert ‎@EricBoehlert
ha. Poor Cornel's probably not getting Hillary inauguration tix either https://twitter.com/aliceollstein/status/741041647945977858 …
1:25 PM - 9 Jun 2016

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/09/president-obama-hosts-a-reception-in-recognition-of-lgbt-pride-month/

[Bryan]

42. "Corporate media"?

Jesus, is this clown out to lunch. Corporate media like Maureen Dowd? Corporate media like Andrea Mitchell? Corporate media like Bill O'Reilly? "Corporate media" hates HRC with a passion.

[Surya Gayatri]

49. This graphic IS Cornel "the mouth" West.

[Cha]

50. Perfect!

MOTORMOUTH that says NOTHING.

Surya~

[Surya Gayatri]

51. Salut ! Comment va ?

[Cha]

54. Maikaʻi nō, mahalo nui loa. Pahea oe?

Good ol Google!

[Stellar]

52. Cornel West...giving Hillary his infamous Obama treatment.

He's back at it again, and he was on Obama's back even before he was in the White House. pfftt!

[BobbyDrake]

56. I saw a funny tweet about this after it was reported, although I can't find the tweet now.

Basically, it went, "I don't think Cornel West is going to get tickets to the next inauguration either."

One of the theories about why West went so ridiculously crazy against Obama was because he didn't get tickets to the inauguration. Talking like this, clearly he also doesn't want to participate in the next one.

[Cha]

57. Yes, everyone knows cornel hates President Obama because he didn't get invited to his Inauguration..

Here's some Tweets on it from the O Diary.. nobody is impressed with him who isn't an Obama hater.

Meta ‎@metaquest
So tonight, Bernie Sanders' way of bringing things to productive closure is to put Cornel West front & center to bash Democrats again.
3:49 PM - 9 Jun 2016
28 28 Retweets 29 29 likes

Alice Ollstein
✔ ‎@AliceOllstein
Damn, @CornelWest called @HillaryClinton a "milquetoast neoliberal" and the crowd went nuts
12:57 PM - 9 Jun 2016
18 18 Retweets 5 5 likes

Eric Boehlert ‎@EricBoehlert
ha. Poor Cornel's probably not getting Hillary inauguration tix either https://twitter.com/aliceollstein/status/741041647945977858 …
1:25 PM - 9 Jun 2016

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/09/president-obama-hosts-a-reception-in-recognition-of-lgbt-pride-month/

[BobbyDrake]

58. That's it! Thanks, Cha!

I've been loving the tweets you've been sharing during the primary so far.

[Cha]

60. You're Welcome, Bobby~ I know what you mean you about

the Tweets.. I really like mining them from the Obama Diary.. they have been providing a wealth of information over the years.

Gotta love those Tweeters!

[Princess Turandot]

59. The honorable gentleman from Maryland, Representative Cummings, has my sympathy...

First, he has to sit next to that little weirdo creep Trey Gowdy on his OMG OMG maybe we'll finally get them to believe these lies about herBenghazi committee. Then, they saddle him with this egotistical bore.

The man deserves battle pay!

[Cha]

62. Elijah certainly does! A picture is worth a thousand words.

[Lucinda]

68. :)

[Princess Turandot]

69. : ) nt

[mcar]

65. He loves the attention

[still_one]

66. yes he does

[Mr Maru]

70. He clearly must not want to be on platform committee. Why would he

want to be on the committee of a candidate he says he doesn't like, and more importantly, why should Democrats let him?

Nope. Better for everyone just to kick him off. Problem solved.

[wysi]

71. Soon he will fade back into obscurity

Where he belongs.