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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:46 AM Original message |
a lesson for Obama supporters |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's called a dog whistle |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
54. And OP knows it. It's just support of dogwhistle racism. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
84. and the GOP are loving it |
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DerekJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. If you've a problem supporting the "Black" candidate, get off the DP. |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. are you someone I should listen to? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. There Are No Racists In Canada |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. are you? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. DING DING DING We have a winner!!! That's right. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. i have no problem supporting *a* black candidate; i do have a problem supporting *the* black candida |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. he is the *american* candidate |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. What are the interests of AA's? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #72 |
85. I suspected as much, you're afraid Obama might actually give blacks equal rights |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Many statements of fact can still be racially motivated or race baiting. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. But Jesse Jackson won it twice |
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nell2323 (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Jesse Jackson was born in SC |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. BOOYAH! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. bzzzt. wrong. Jackson was born there |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Wrong. Jackson was born in SC... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
91. You're absolutely right |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. LOL monkeyfunk |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #42 |
92. No, I'm not embarrassed |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Wow. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. only in small-minded brains infected with hate. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Plenty of those around. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. that's very true. you have to look at context and history, and i think it's disgraceful how quickly |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. Actually, it's not the first time the Clintons have done this |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. bill, I spent all of my life trying to do right by my fellows of all colors. |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. respectfully |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. How many times has the media stated.... |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. context |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
82. Since when is "hard working" a demographic? |
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dcindian (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hillary pokes America in the eye America blinks and you blame them for blinking. |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. hard road |
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dcindian (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. LOL ya now its under every rock. |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. her motives for speaking the truth? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. What is that truth? That Whites work hard while the rest of us sit on our porches |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. It should be about all people and I know that is hard for some to accept |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. what ever floats your boat |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. pluck it .....OUT! |
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Doug.Goodall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. Obama will be the Democratic nominee, accept it, get over it |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Hillary has probably lost |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
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ampad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
50. Naw that is not it |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well the world is watching, seen Hillary go racial and wondering is america with her or |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. maybe your world |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. Not in my world. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. I love the smell of spam troll roasting in the air |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Posting a Link to the Daily Howler Is a Spam Troll? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. No, it is when you're one of the middle-of-the-night contingent |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. Heil Wrando! |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I'll have to report you |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. Distancing oneself from dividing people into categories and stressing |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yesterday it was blame the media. Today it's "it ain't racist if it's true." |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. truth doesn't matter? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. What's NOT true is the assumption that white, working-class Hillary voters... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Don't waste your time |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I know, I know... |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. What is wrong with referring to exit polling information that is broadcast all over the country? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. context |
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dcindian (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. It is all about intent. |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. you speak rationally |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
75. No exit polling uses the words "hard working" for a demographic |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. black vote not in the equation |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
89. But if Hillary said those remaining from 'the Greatest Generation' support me over Obama |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. But she didn't talk about the age of voters |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I agree |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Yes, the fence-sitters don't like to be pigeonholed... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. "They said it first!" My children learned that isn't a legitimate excuse when they were 4 years old |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
29. i can make up my own mind about what i hear and read |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. ignorance is bliss |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Then you must be in heaven |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. ignorance is bliss? |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
47. Ummmmm, I have the power to hear and think for myself.... |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. please explain |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. The MSM is absolutely powerful and does influence the masses.... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Cite one quote from Hillary or Bill Clinton that is "racist" and not merely demographic. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I've tried to be nice to Hillary supporters.... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. So whenever Hillary responds to a question about demographics you think she's |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Excuse, me, please.... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Here's what you said in your first post I responded to: |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. I agree mostly |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Though I don't agree that Matthews started it.... |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. we agree on much of important points |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. Not going to disagree with both of them using race.... |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. good back and forth |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Will check it out....I agree, it's nice to have a civil disagreement! n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. Which is why it was indeed in the Clinton's interests to race-bait all the way since SC. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Even before that but most of us tried to excuse it |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
71. yep; and that shit's not gonna fly in the GE. it's gonna be a rude awakening. |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
81. this is a story about real racism |
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