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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 05:57 PM Original message |
More race-baiting from one of Hillary's surrogates: Ed Rendell |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have been spitting nails about this all day |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Ed Rendell is channeling Frank Rizzo |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. So wait a minute |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. He is playing the race card. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. he's blowing the silent doggies whistle for white racists |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. oh and he endorsed Hillary n/t |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. He endorsed Hillary in 1999 when he injected himself into the Peter Paul funding scandal |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I don't think so |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. Yeah -- because PA is just a bunch of racist assholes and we are the first |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Spin is right. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. You keep promoting/shilling the use of the race card |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. So you're another person who believes that racism ceases to exist? |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. No -- I believe that there are people who make an entire living |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. So how does one go about eradicating it by pretending it does not exist? |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. See post #70 just below |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Maybe he's using one of those decks where the cards are all the same. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. From your lips, friend |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Stating that racism exists is promoting racism? |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. You don't get it. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I think the black and white(scuse the pun) nature of the thinking is the problem. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. That is the difference between you and I -- approach |
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angie_love (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
48. What if Obamas camp had said some men would never vote for her b/c shes a woman? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Why? It would be true. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
77. probably - but the same faux outrage. Not from me for sure |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
78. exploiting stereotypes for political gain |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rendell also tried to get Gore to not contest. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. And whose votes didn't count in 2000? The votes of black people. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good citizens check for duplicates. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Thanks. I will go kick and rec that one as well. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. One other thing on here that isn't noted -- Ed was KNEE DEEP |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes wasn't it a great day when racism ceased to exist! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well I was never under any delusion it didn't exist. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. lets hope the Democratic party isn't as full of racists as Rendell seems to think |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
56. This white woman is ready to work to prove him wrong |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. So speaking the truth is race baiting? Why isn't it race baiting when they say 80% of blacks |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:24 PM Original message |
Because 80% of black did in SC, more than that do vote for Dems in the GE, and Rendell is talking |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. None of which changes the fact there are racists that will not vote for a black man. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. "Rendell even notes that Obama has drawn from a pool of new voters to overcome that obstacle" |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The pool of new voters for Obama is young voters, less likely to be racist than older generations |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. The only people grasping at "straws" are race-baiters! n/t |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I'll take that as the official ProSense concession to losing an argument. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Take it any way you want to, Rendell was race-baiting! n/t |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. Some people apparently approve of this tactic |
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Mags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. anything negative about BO is race bating to BO people. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't see it as race baiting |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's nonsense: |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yeah the "Are you a racist?" poll question |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. No, electing a Dem is not going to be impacted by racists, who probably vote Republican anyway! n/t |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Then your exit poll evidence from the Democratic primaries is meaningless |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Huh? n/t |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Well... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. And if they're all republicans that would reflect Swans's 5% less performance accord to Rendell |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. It's nonsense, the exit polls show white men and women voting for Obama. It's race baiting. Period! |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. The exit polls from the Democratic Primaries |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Except Rendell didn't say whites wouldn't vote for Obama. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. are there alot of RACIST DEMS in PA? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I think he was talking about the general election |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Lynn Swann? The idiotic, hypocritical Republican candidate? n/t |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. So racism is no longer a factor with any voters? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. No, but you're trying to excuse race-bating by suggesting there are more racists than exists! n |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. How does one know how many racists actually exists? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Even if you believe half the country is racist, |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
76. Sorry I don't see how stating the truth is race baiting. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. How so? This country is full of racists. |
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cd3dem (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. for me it is playing the race card that is a factor |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Swann lost because he's a fucking moron, not because he's black. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. He didn't say he lost because he was black |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Are you kidding? I lived for 15 years in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia and more than |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. "He said he lost by a few percentage points more because he was black." Is Hillary going to lose a |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Yeah I'm sure she is |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. Well, Pennsylvania's Democrats nominated him and Pennsylvania's voters did too |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. He had a huge base in Philly -- which he has been alienating faster |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. Anybody going to look into Rendell's ties to Rezko? n/t |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Or Peter Paul? |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
58. Rendell was a lousy DNC chair |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. That I can certainly agree with. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #58 |
79. Rendell and McAuliffe didn't care about ANY Dem election. Hillary2008 was in focus |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. Rendell is an embarassment and should come out and appologize for saying such a thing |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Thank you for recognizing that this is less about HRC's campaign |
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