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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:31 AM Original message |
(PA Gov) Rendell: Some whites 'not ready' for Obama |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. you know what |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. IMO this is just another dumb comment by a smart guy... |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. exactly |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Bubba didn't vote for Rendell (Jewish) either. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. why was it a dumb statements? he spoke the truth. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. because it was a loose cannon statement |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. what do you mean 'loose canon' how can the truth be a loose canon? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. jeez louise |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. There sure were a whole lot of white men that didn't get the |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Sen. Obama is winning the educated white male vote. n/t |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Smart White Men |
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RaRa (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Doesn't matter, it's still a shitty thing to say |
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tyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. This comment |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. DING DING DING! Tyne, you're our grand prize winner! |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. It may be shitty but it's true. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. It isn't just the Bible belt. I'm in Southern California and |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Exactly. Seems to be getting just as bad for Hispanics. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. true |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
62. Yikes. What a creepy friend you have. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. I don't think she's that atypical for a middle aged |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I agree LeftyLady |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. You know, you can get over it. Even if it is really ingrained. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. What a naive comment. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. Yep, I sometimes point out to people that when I was a child |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
44. I doubt that friend would be voting Democratic anyway |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
59. Because a percentage of whites are racist is no basis determine who to vote for,..nt |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. Yeah we invented racism here in the bible belt |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
77. Does your good friend know that Sen. Obama's mom was white? |
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ReformedChris (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:36 AM Original message |
Self Delete |
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ReformedChris (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think it was a BAD idea for Rendell to bring this up, right or wrong.. |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. I assume he's talking about the upcoming primary |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
39. you don't want him to speak the truth? |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Hey, I'm an Obama guy... |
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Sin (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Its because he knows.. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Are you from the York or Harrisburg area? |
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Sin (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. harrisburg ish |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. "blink ya miss it town!" LOL!!! |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, my reaction to Rendell's words is kind of two-sided. |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. is that the good Doctor |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Damn straight, SFJ! |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I just watched |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. yeah, it's stating the obvious |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
48. There are also white people who will not vote for a woman to be |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's reinforcing racism |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. But it IS this way in Central PA. You can't ignore it and wish it away. |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Thats true, that was my first reaction |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is a desperation card they're playing now |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. insert foot in mouth, what a moron... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. They better get used to it, he isn't going away. nt |
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tyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. What would happen |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Lynn Swann lost due to being an idiot, not a black person |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. Maybe he was thinking he could take a pass instead. |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. Fortunately, Barack isn't seen by many as "black" |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. you jest! he IS seen as black. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. um - isn't that a weak statement in one's endorsement for a candidate? |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Big Ed doesn't always think things through fully. |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. and he is So 2000 |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. PA has a huge collection of white supremacist groups |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. *heh*, clearly. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. We'll have to make them "ready"... |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
31. I applaud his candor, liberals have lost too many elections thinking their the mainstream. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
41. of course it's true-but more will vote for him than clinton |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
45. sickening, when will people just grow up. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
46. Not the voting ones, it seems. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
47. Holy gee willikers Mr. Rendell, this is 2008 and you're still talking |
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eastwood2008 (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
49. Time to wake up |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
51. Lynn Swann is a bad example. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. To deny the fact that there IS still racism in this country will not make it go away... it |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. There's plenty of racism. Sad, but true. I am well aquainted with |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
54. Some whites aren't ready for a black president. Some men not for a woman. Some evangelicals not for |
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jimnasium (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I think it all balances out... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. Know what? He's right |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. Stick a fork in Billary...there well done. |
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9119495 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
60. Would a racist (in this day and age) vote for a woman? |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
66. Yes, there are narrow-minded people who won't vote for an African-American |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
72. Racist whites don't generally vote for Dems anyway. nt |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
73. What an idiotic statement. n/t |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
74. Those peple aren't voting for a Democrat anyway--so bit deal. nt |
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