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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:18 AM
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When the exit polls show 90% of white people in KY voted for Hillary, will they say the same thing?
They did about black people in Mississippi? Will they IMPLY that it was a RACIAL vote? Or will the racism of some white people be excused in the media ONCE AGAIN?

I look forward to the punditry on that day.
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:32 AM
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1. They'll probably say the same thing...
that Obama supporters say when 90% of blacks vote for Obama. Anyone who thinks that race has nothing to do with voters' (black or white) choices is not living in the real world.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:44 AM
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3. Black voters have been voting for white candidates for decades
ergo it's a mistake to say that they aren't voting for Clinton out of racism. White voters in Ohio who said race was a factor in their vote overwhelmingly voted for Clinton. It is reasonable to assume racism is a factor.
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 02:18 PM
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6. So are all whites who don't vote for Obama racists...
or is it possible they just don't like him? I voted for Richardson in Oklahoma (yes, I know he had already dropped out by then) because I couldn't stand either of the two candidates left standing. Am I a racist because I voted for the hispanic candidate instead of the black candidate? What about all the people who voted for Edwards or Kucinich? Are they racists because they won't vote for Obama? Isn't it possible that they just thought the others were better candidates?
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:36 AM
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2. Do you think
We'll get to KY?
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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:46 AM
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5. KY will have to VOTE
whether or not anyone will pay attention to it is another thing. The race could be over by then, but they will still have a vote anyway.
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slick8790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 02:24 PM
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8. Unfortunately.
Unless Obama can deliver a convincing knockout blow with a clear win in IN (not too likely, I'm beginning to think), this goes on. I don't see this ending until June, honestly, because no one has recently won in a state where they were not expected to. An Obama win in say, Kentucky or West Virgina, could be a death blow. Similarly, a Clinton win in NC would send Obama reeling.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 11:45 AM
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4. Not our precious "working class" , 'blue collar", "reagan democrat", "values"
voters? :rofl:

any thinking person KNOWS that underneath the spin, those people are the RACIST voters at the worst and selfish voters at the best...spin-wise..

I would have more respect for them if they would just come out and say it..

"I won't vote for a black guy..or I don't want to share what's MINE"
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barack the house Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 02:20 PM
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7. We know what to expect. Barely worth asking as long as Obama has most states can gain others after
Edited on Wed Apr-30-08 02:23 PM by barack the house
the nomination transition. The blatantly use race we know this it is how they kept america divided. wiser to just listen to novamradio.com and headonradionetwork.com (itunes radio)which is smear free.
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