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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:39 PM Original message |
Is Michelle Obama playing the race card? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. simple, she is a women, he is Black. the 'cards' are bound to surface and they |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't see anything untrue or mean-spirited in this sample. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. thre is also sometimes doubt in the minds of people of no color :-) nt |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. If Edwards can play the "mill" card and Clinton can play the "woman" card, |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't Obama (and I LOVE him) just as white as he is black? -nt |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You don't understand what it means to play the race card if that's what |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I agree 100% - You misunderstood me. -nt |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Actually |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. You misquoted Clinton, who clearly said the other candidates (not "the boys") |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. How can she play a race card. You can see the lady is black and what's wrong with her saying so. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't like the implication that black voters supporting someone else |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well, that's exactly the kind of thing Obama's camp (with the help of people like Tom Joyner) haveb |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Very well-said |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I don't think she was saying that... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. thanks for making light of a serious topic nt |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. why don't you just elucidate your thoughts |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Racism And Sexism Still Exist |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I agree with you that Obama and HRC are both well entitled |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Politicians Plays All Kinds Of Cards And Exploit What Can Be Exploited |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. For some reason it is expected when Obama does it, |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Appealing to a group of people for votes |
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Grandrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Don't forget the...... |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. the interviewer asked her her opinion |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Ironically, she's being accuse of playing the race card by responding a polls about black voters |
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NOVA_Dem (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. black people don't trust white people to follow up.... |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yes she is. Didn't take long, did it? n/t |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You think responding to a question about Obama's poll numbers in the black community |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes. I think anytime you use race as an excuse it's "playing |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. How did she use race as "an excuse?" |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Excellent point |
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themaguffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. no. |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. You damn skippy she is and like Donna Brazzile |
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