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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:11 PM
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Rallying for Clark in the South
The ghosts of Democrats past haunted the east side of Charleston, S.C., Saturday afternoon. Rep. William Jefferson, the first African-American since Reconstruction elected to Congress from Louisiana, rallied volunteers for ret. Gen. Wesley Clark by retracing some of his party's presidential missteps.

"We need to have a candidate with Southern roots to get this job done. We went through Mike Dukakis in '88. People down here didn't understand what he was saying,'' Jefferson told a dozen Clark canvassers ready to leaflet a public housing complex on Charleston's east side.

"When Al Gore ran last time, he didn't pay enough attention to the South, and we wound up losing everything,'' Jefferson added before underscoring the importance of South Carolina's Feb. 3 primary. "This is the gateway to Arizona and Oklahoma and the rest of it. Give us a chance to fight for his nomination."

Jefferson was joined by Thomas Blanton, one of the Clark campaign's self-described "Buffalo Soldiers.'' Named for the nation's unsung black warriors of the 19th century, Clark's version is a group of political consultants and others who are trying to rally South Carolina's substantial black vote to his side.

A Texas native, Blanton looked at home in his black cowboy hat as he and Jefferson stumped for Clark on Saturday. Quoting a fellow Buffalo Soldier, Blanton quipped: "If you're going to be a soldier, you have to work for a general."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-040124dispatch,1,6068006.story?coll=chi-homepagenews2-utl

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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:24 PM
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1. nice article, thanks for posting :)
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:26 PM
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2. Oh, this is a damned GOOD day
:bounce:
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:36 PM
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3. Thanks for sharing n/t
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:40 PM
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4. pretty scary to me blatant regionalism
Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 04:41 PM by mitchtv
We need to have a candidate with Southern roots to get this job done. We went through Mike Dukakis in '88. People down here didn't understand what he was saying > thanks but no thanks I' guess i'll hold out for a Yankee or westerner only , just like they're doing
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:45 PM
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6. there are no westerners, or midwesterners in the race
at least not in serious contention.

Right now you have a choice between 2 working class-hero-type southerners, one of whom is a war hero, or 2 eastern establishment elite northeastern Yalies, ONLY one of whom is a war hero.

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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 03:13 PM
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11. I chose the one with the closest politics to me
the North easterner
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CrazyRP Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:43 PM
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5. That endorsement is great...
Wes desperately NEEDS the South.
Does anybody have poll numbers for South Carolina or any of the Feb 3 primaries?
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Loren645 Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:51 PM
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7. So what do you guys think? Is the South hopelessly Republican?
Or can Clark and/or Edwards win some or all?
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:56 PM
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9. "The South" is not a monolith.
Some states are winnable and some are not. And even many of those states that Bush carried still have 40%+ Democratic voter registrations, Democrats in Congress, and state legislatures controlled by Democrats.

A lot of states are hopeless in presidential terms, but with the right candidate we can probably pick up Arkansas, Louisiana, and maybe even Florida if they can somehow manage to hold a clean election.
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 04:55 PM
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8. Those Buffalo Soldiers are going to stomp
the hell out of Bush and and everyone else with dem boots. Clark will win!
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Ivote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 05:14 PM
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10. I hate to
say this but I think that the South does tend to love Generals first
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