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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:28 AM Original message |
Clinton calls Obama an "elitist"- does she really mean "uppity"? |
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fjc (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. She's following the William Kristol line of attack, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Wow... |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Here she is celebrating her day of putting Obama in "his place" with her new friends |
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connecticut yankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Whiskey with a beer chaser |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. There you go again. |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. K&R along with a |
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thepurpose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think thats a fair charge, full disclosure I support Obama, however, I think she is just |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. well. let's just call "elite" a code word... |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I don't think she's racist |
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thepurpose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yes. I agree she is willing to use anything to win even campaigning as a republican and I think that |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. How can you not be racist but willing to use racism and fear? |
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Asgaya Dihi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah, it is |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. It's possible |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. If a person is using someone else's prejudices to their advantage |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. No, she means "pointy-headed intellectual" a la.... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. NO. It has nothing to do with that. |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. well, since she has shown an enthusisam for taking the low road |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Unfortunately her campaign has no shame |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I think she's hoping to win over... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. Hillary is using a racist code word to drive white voters. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yep. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Then Obama is using 'code' to drive black voters. You can't just drop your racism at Hillary's feet |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. What racial code word is Obama using? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. supporters here who've raised this crock against Clinton, not Obama |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. You said: "Obama is using 'code' to drive black voters." |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. so, you're either intellectually tone deaf, or you have a cute agenda here |
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BlueStateGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Elite is a racist code word? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. All criticism of Obama is racist. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. It translates as 'Uppity', which is racist in her context. |
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BlueStateGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Why does it translate us uppity? If she criticized a white politician |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. "there really is no criticizing him because suddenly everything is a racist code word" |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. Somebody somewhere pored over word of that bootleg tape |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. no, that's a lie being spread by folks |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You mean the Clinton campaign? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. no I mean Obama defenders here. They think their little race-baiting is righteous |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yes, but you inadvertently described the Clinton camp. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Oh, that's sooo cute. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
32. It's truly amazing a Democratic candidate would use right wing |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. But, there are Democrats here who use RW TP's against other Dems.... |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
58. what? Obama uses right wing talking points all the time: healthcare |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
33. Hillary, champion of the common man |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
35. These comments about "fly over country" have always been elitist and offensive. |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
36. Apparently the uppity black man don't know his place. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
37. In a word, "yes!" n/t |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. It is what they all mean.. and we need to start calling it exactly what it is. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
42. I remember when she said "SLUMLORD" during one of the early debates. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Slumlords are typically thought of as being white people with money |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. When it happened, I wrote a thread entitled |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Not all that suprisingly I see it differently |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. All true, but you consistently fail to see the pattern that has emerged from her campaign. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. You are really pushing it here Bonobo, lol |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Gotcha. We'll meet again, pahdnuh. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
44. Once agian, "if you are against Obama, you're a racist". |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
71. At least they are consistent. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
46. Attempts to link a controversy over whether Obama's comments were elitist in tone |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
47. What a pathetic attempt to play the race card...again. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
49. Uh, no |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
50. She is not into the Obama game of WORT (What Obama Really Meant) |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
51. No, she doesn't |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
52. Alienating Black folks |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. Code word my ass! Elitist does not mean uppity. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Limpballs like to call minority Democrats 'elitist', and we all know what it means......... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. He frequently called Gore and Kerry elitists, too. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
54. No |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. Umm, no. |
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LowerManhattanite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
61. Yep. n/t |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
63. Barack's allied with gaybashing preachers:does he really mean |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. He's also allied with gay-embracing preachers. |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. nobody was talking about "the garlic-nose guy" |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
67. Yeah. She's been blowing the dog whistle repeatedly in this campaign. |
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