African American

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:24 AM Apr 2016

Hillary Clinton has basically won the nomination - and a big reason for that is Black voters [View all]

As a big Hillary supporter, I have to give a big shout out to my Black brothers and sisters. Thank you!

187 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Hillary Clinton has basically won the nomination - and a big reason for that is Black voters [View all] YoungDemCA Apr 2016 OP

Yep! You can't win the Dem nomination without the black vote and votes of other POCs brush Apr 2016 #1

I think you mean "can't" awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #3

You're right. Thanks for catching my typo. brush Apr 2016 #4

Thanks for not thinking awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #37

No, no. I was in the publishing business and always appreciate typo catches. brush Apr 2016 #38

Some people take it badly when corrected awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #40

Yeah because walking with MLK really means nothing at all. fasttense Apr 2016 #6

He never followed up on that. He retreated to Vermont for what 40, some years . . . brush Apr 2016 #9

Yup, you just made my point. fasttense Apr 2016 #12

I see you didn't even bother watching the video brush Apr 2016 #13

Oh brush JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #18

I know right. Sometimes I can help but go back at them though. brush Apr 2016 #23

Seems like that one isn't getting their way awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #43

It comes down to the number of voters JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #44

Oh, I have no doubt she will win... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #45

I was an Edwards supporter too! JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #49

You have the patience of a saint. wildeyed Apr 2016 #50

Most of these people are trolls, I'm convinced steve2470 Apr 2016 #91

You just gotta stay cool JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #92

So if I protested and marched in the early 60's and gwheezie Apr 2016 #55

Do you want some cheese with that whine? Or a cookie for your grand deeds of being a Number23 Apr 2016 #61

We don't have respect for a person who participate in a walk 50 yrs ago and thought he was done. pnwmom Apr 2016 #110

Thank you for this information thucythucy May 2016 #176

Okay ... that was the (about) 4 years ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #29

You don't get your way awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #42

They're steeped in a Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #46

Well said! mcar Apr 2016 #48

+1 I'm going to steal that. n/t fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #60

I said nothing original awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #65

Greatness here! sheshe2 May 2016 #186

"Bernie's people ignore us until it was too late. Too bad, so sad." Perseus Apr 2016 #7

He marched in the 60s then retreated to Vermont. He never followed up on it brush Apr 2016 #10

That is the point I have made too. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #26

Well ... I suspect that he left Chicago (SNCC), shortly after ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #31

What else did he think SNCC was supposed to be fighting? brush Apr 2016 #34

Well ... that is the rest of that "frustration" statement ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #35

Perhaps, we just missed all those Bernie led, Vermont Civil Rights protest marches. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #30

"I find Spike Lee one of the most intelligent black people in the nation, is it coincidence lunamagica Apr 2016 #41

I know, huh? I wonder ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #71

Excellent post that needed to be said. ladjf Apr 2016 #52

You know how I said upthread another post was easily the moronic thing I've seen on DU for a minute? Number23 Apr 2016 #62

I love your posts. Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #66

+1... SidDithers May 2016 #157

Well I'm sure he's met every single black person in America and has administered some kind of gollygee Apr 2016 #68

LOL ... And, so many of them keep telling me that ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #72

You must not pass the "smart black people" test, despite your education and career gollygee Apr 2016 #79

LOL. But I would say ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #80

Good correction! N/t gollygee Apr 2016 #81

roflmao lovemydog Apr 2016 #84

You make me happy! JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #94

His wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, is just as smart.. Oh, I think President Obama is The most intelligent Cha May 2016 #170

"I find Spike Lee one of the most intelligent black people" 72DejaVu Apr 2016 #78

And they ignored POC in spite of the best efforts of POC to let them know the Sanders campaign Squinch May 2016 #130

But mostly ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #133

Yes. Which wasn't what they said it was, and which wasn't substantively different from what Squinch May 2016 #142

I don't doubt his commitment ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #150

I do. It was just what was done at the time. My brother was one of those Squinch May 2016 #152

Sort of like these rallies of Sanders now. brush May 2016 #165

Exactly!!!! Squinch May 2016 #179

I am guilty of admitting I am curious how Bernie will handle this and how will Hillary Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #2

I suspect the National Democratic Platform will adopt some planks ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #32

We disagree bl968 Apr 2016 #5

1/2 you are right and 1/2 I hope you are wrong Perseus Apr 2016 #8

Sadly I am not. bl968 Apr 2016 #14

YOU survived Bush gollygee Apr 2016 #28

Your privilege is showing. By the way, Hillary can win without the Occupy bunch. Obama did. n/t Tarheel_Dem Apr 2016 #88

Nope ain't voting for Hillary, ain't ever going to happen fasttense Apr 2016 #15

Disgusting Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #54

Damn, less than 9 seconds lovemydog Apr 2016 #85

I don't think most of us are stupid awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #39

Excellent diagnosis Dr. bl968. lol italiangirl Apr 2016 #11

Group Host - Blocked User JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #22

That poster could not get anymore insulting or Wrong if she tried.. or maybe she could but I'm Cha May 2016 #172

I don't see the OP Gloating - Group Host JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #19

This very well informed Black voter, disagrees. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #33

You can win the GE without them, actually. wildeyed Apr 2016 #51

We'll see won't we. brush May 2016 #166

Oh yes Hillary will win the GE. Cha May 2016 #171

HRC and DWS Pharaoh Apr 2016 #16

I would think you would know that Black voters are quite liberal and a key part of our party's base YoungDemCA Apr 2016 #17

I've asked him to leave the group JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #21

Thanks, JAG. Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #25

i do Pharaoh Apr 2016 #27

Ironic-- your excuse seems rather indicative of a 'low information voter.' LanternWaste May 2016 #184

Black voters, as a demographic, are more liberal wildeyed Apr 2016 #53

This is the AfAm Group JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #20

I have spent the entire day arguing with what seems to be HUNDREDS of DU posters Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #56

He speaks the language of the Hutu JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #58

thanks for doing that- I just can't anymore. I'll get hidden. bettyellen May 2016 #180

I'm sorry that these people are trying to mess up Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #24

As a melanin-challenged friend wryter2000 Apr 2016 #36

K&R mcar Apr 2016 #47

I didn't help... Stellar Apr 2016 #57

Stellar, we love you no matter WHO you voted for Number23 Apr 2016 #63

awww.... Stellar Apr 2016 #70

Isn't it amazing? ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #73

Amen to that! nt Stellar Apr 2016 #74

This is why many want independents who tend to be white men JI7 Apr 2016 #59

!! That's why I like reading here at AA. Clarity. fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #64

I appreciate our coalition. Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #67

I suspect that's because you don't seem to mind sharing the world with ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #75

The more the merrier! :D Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #95

Holy crap are a lot of people having tantrums gollygee Apr 2016 #69

LOL ... And +1,000 ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #76

+1. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #124

Yes, and lifelong white Democrats over 45. tonyt53 Apr 2016 #77

+100000000 + Hillary's secret weapon.. Cha May 2016 #173

AA's are the most conservative of the D voting block thebeautifulstruggle Apr 2016 #82

Too late for this election JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #83

I do accept it...it is what it is thebeautifulstruggle Apr 2016 #99

Then why the passive aggresive tantrum on this thread and this group JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #101

you are clearly more informed than me on your own personal world view, AA's as a whole... thebeautifulstruggle Apr 2016 #102

Name Removed uses it back here allllll the time JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #107

And their screen name.... wildeyed Apr 2016 #122

Talib didn't come up with that phrase thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #125

He would not approve of what you were saying while using the name. wildeyed May 2016 #137

... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #138

he would not approve that I posted the fact thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #140

Really? wildeyed May 2016 #148

so interesting it's tattoo'd on my body thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #155

You didn't come to argue? wildeyed May 2016 #162

Thanks so much for this post...great examples and illustrations that I hope the reader comprehends. Digital Puppy Apr 2016 #113

Wish our intruder JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #118

Boom. wildeyed Apr 2016 #119

Boom back and drop the Mic! JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #123

Most excellent. Describes my look on issues pretty well too. fleabiscuit May 2016 #178

Question CobaltBlue May 2016 #153

$500 per post at DU JustAnotherGen May 2016 #175

And yet, it has never been black folks that have voted in record numbers to deny the rights Number23 Apr 2016 #87

Or would stay home if they dont get their way. Those saying they will do not deserve Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #90

There you go again . . . JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #93

It's just Part 75 in the blacks aren't liberal/pure/smart enough bullshit that this board is steeped Number23 Apr 2016 #96

you are forgetting AA's helping to deny the rights of gays in California thebeautifulstruggle Apr 2016 #98

You forget Elsa Prince-Broekhuizen and the The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #100

were they Democrats? thebeautifulstruggle Apr 2016 #103

I don't understand the Bernie thing JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #106

O'Malley wasn't bad at all... thebeautifulstruggle Apr 2016 #114

Senator Sanders message simply didn't get through to Black Americans JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #115

AA's don't believe in "revolution" period? thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #126

I realize you are new (or, recently reborn), but ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #132

fair enough, though there are other AA's that have a completeldifferent version of that relationship thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #141

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #149

so that's just the bottom line isn't it thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #154

That is what is being said ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #158

Number 23 below JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #117

Thanks, JAG! And I'd like to add one more link Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #104

Do me a favor JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #105

Done! Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #109

From page 16 of the study "Are Blacks and Latinos Responsible Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #108

As usual, black folks are 20% of the voting population but for some reason... Number23 Apr 2016 #112

thebeautifulstruggle needs to read this post JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #116

im pretty sure it was the OP taking credit. thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #127

I'm talking about your idiotic assertion that black people were responsible for the passage of Prop8 Number23 May 2016 #163

I had no doubt you'd trot out that old line that was debunked with 18 minutes of analysis Number23 Apr 2016 #111

I thought that had been debunked all those years ago.. Mahalo for the reminder, 23.. so that myth Cha May 2016 #169

And you forget that religious AA leader in NC fought Amendment One wildeyed Apr 2016 #120

good for the NAACP thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #128

But individual voters DID go to the voting booth in NC wildeyed May 2016 #139

i am not the one or part of the group that self-identified as more conservative thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #143

Of COURSE I believe that the rights of LGBT wildeyed May 2016 #161

Stop broad brushing African Americans, it's getting extremely obvious CreekDog May 2016 #185

California has a low population of AAs JI7 May 2016 #187

Yup. And we didn't have to attend a yyyuuuugggeee rally to accomplish it either. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2016 #86

It's 100% Bernie's fault he has done so poorly steve2470 Apr 2016 #89

"I could have run his campaign better. For free. From my home." Number23 Apr 2016 #97

He didn't have a SINGLE black OR female adviser in his wildeyed Apr 2016 #121

so you're saying, if he just had a POC explaining his message at first thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #129

LOL ... No. 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #135

I reject the notion that a message should have to be framed specifically to different audiences thebeautifulstruggle May 2016 #145

Of course you do ... Mr. Spoken To. 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #151

"it's either true and righteous or it isn't, regardless of the demographic" Digital Puppy May 2016 #160

I was going to say JustAnotherGen May 2016 #168

It didn't even occur to him that he needed wildeyed May 2016 #136

he needed a POC to inform him that issues he hoped to set aside were indeed very important. bettyellen May 2016 #182

+1 uponit7771 May 2016 #181

Be careful what you wish for Depaysement May 2016 #131

What is that supposed to mean? 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #134

Apparently, you don't need to be careful of what you wish for. Because he lost. Squinch May 2016 #144

What a vapid response Depaysement May 2016 #146

Says the poster who opened with "be careful what you wish for." Squinch May 2016 #147

This message was self-deleted by its author Depaysement May 2016 #159

Group Host - Leave the group JustAnotherGen May 2016 #167

I wonder when it's going to become painfully obvious to Sanders... SaschaHM May 2016 #156

Hillary is the nominee, that process is all but over. Bernie knows it and since the cause Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #177

The larger point to me, even as a Hillary supporter ismnotwasm May 2016 #164

Well said, ism.. so true! Cha May 2016 #174

I've come late to this thread and I'm so glad I didn't miss it because: betsuni May 2016 #183