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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Which group of reliable democrats are YOU willing to lose to get White Men to vote Democratic? [View all]TygrBright
(20,917 posts)53. And "All Lives Matter" too.... n/t
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Which group of reliable democrats are YOU willing to lose to get White Men to vote Democratic? [View all]
bravenak
Nov 2016
OP
Can't some liberal billionaires relocate a couple hundred thousand Democratic voters to where they
deurbano
Nov 2016
#44
Embracing Trump supporters is, by definition, an abandonment of minority Democrats
EffieBlack
Dec 2016
#161
Could you provide a link to people recommending that? That would be reprehensible. nt
el_bryanto
Nov 2016
#25
I've now heard of few people who have made bigoted comments and suggestions.
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#109
We need fewer than a hundred thousand more votes in swing states to win next time
bravenak
Dec 2016
#182
I agree with those who say we should find a different term than "identity politics".
Ken Burch
Dec 2016
#202
That's not a strawman. You go after the votes of the troglodites who were willing to
Squinch
Nov 2016
#52
Well considering that multiple requests have been made to verify that people here are
mythology
Nov 2016
#86
What does dealing with race have to do with it? Why do we have to "lose" a group?
jalan48
Nov 2016
#56
Not annoyed-I don't think it's an effective strategy. This election was a good example.
jalan48
Nov 2016
#69
But you don't mind white identity politics, because to you white is just a political status. Got it!
bravenak
Nov 2016
#71
I think our voters were depressed by the non stop positive focus on Donald and the constant
bravenak
Nov 2016
#99
The media handed the election to Trump. Personally, I don't think it was all because of ratings.
jalan48
Nov 2016
#107
tRump won the white male vote by appealing to racism, sexism, xenophobia, anti-semitism ...
etherealtruth
Nov 2016
#24
You totally and completely miss the point. Many voted for Trump who are NOT "racist." Your thinking
RBInMaine
Nov 2016
#30
And yet they were okay with voting for a Man who campaigned on a racist xenophobic platform..
JHan
Dec 2016
#226
So only focus on money, ignore the issues that effect or ability to achieve equality like social
bravenak
Nov 2016
#47
I didn't say where. Just like when I say look up Lysistrata I don't suggest using wikipedia
bravenak
Dec 2016
#200
I know more white men who voted for Clinton than voted for Herr Drumpf.
greatauntoftriplets
Nov 2016
#55
Nope. I am set on the fact that voting for an unabashed racist makes you racist
bravenak
Dec 2016
#124
We are not talking about all white people. We are talking whites that voted for Trump
bravenak
Dec 2016
#134
You seriously do not see the hypocrisy in your posts? You wish for the demise of old white males ..
cliffside
Dec 2016
#138
I hope so, but they are not "swing voters" -- they voted for Romney by a 14 point margin and
progree
Nov 2016
#82
We already do that. Or do you think we only give benefits to certain groups and not offer our
bravenak
Nov 2016
#70
What do you think economic growth is? It is a benefit we recieve living in this nation.
bravenak
Nov 2016
#88
We need to stop ignoring that and get some loud unapologeitc people on the airwaves
bravenak
Nov 2016
#91
Fri Jun 6, 2014 "After you old guys are gone the rest of us will make up the new majority."
cliffside
Dec 2016
#129
Seriously? Do you not see that dividing people by race and age is not something to be championed?
cliffside
Dec 2016
#131
I call them as as I see them, just as others did with your divisive posts in 2014 ...
cliffside
Dec 2016
#145
You just signed up to complain about my post from almost three years ago? How. Normal.
bravenak
Dec 2016
#150
It is not only white men who voted against Mrs. Clinton, a lot of women did too.
akbacchus_BC
Dec 2016
#135
Your election system is flawed, it should be proportional representation. It baffles me that a
akbacchus_BC
Dec 2016
#139
Trump won a greater % of the Hispanic and African-American vote than Romney.
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#171
Ok, so you're saying we should give up on white men, African-Americans, AND Hispanics?
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#179
Which ones did Obama sacrifice? Obama won, so based on your premise he had to
Exilednight
Dec 2016
#157
If I had to choose a particular demographic to abandon, to get some white folk voting, it'd have to
Glassunion
Dec 2016
#186
It would certainly sacrifice my vote if the party starts pandering to Trump voters
bravenak
Dec 2016
#187
Yes you do. To pander to them you'd need to ignore minority concerns and shut us up
bravenak
Dec 2016
#197
Yes it was. The tea party was racist as fuck against the muslim kenyan in the whitehouse
bravenak
Dec 2016
#211
More hyperble....do you know anything about the "Tea Party"..I studied it...wasn't racist based.
Nancyswidower
Dec 2016
#216
And we had GWBush Nazi posters...Here we allowed callin a POSTUS Chimpy...
Nancyswidower
Dec 2016
#220
GWB acted like he was one so we called him one. That was not race based like witchdoctor posters
bravenak
Dec 2016
#221
Broad brush much? Not everyone would refuse to belong to a club that allows white men.
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2016
#193