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In reply to the discussion: Why Black Voters Are the Most Rational Voters of 2016 [View all]LS_Editor
(893 posts)101. Projection much?
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Most black folks don't even HAVE a damn parachute to save our asses if things go too badly
Number23
May 2016
#5
White people openly supporting Drumpf and other white folks supporting him in a backdoor
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#7
So much of the anger from the white left and right I think is largely because of Obama.
Number23
May 2016
#32
White people don't consciously think of themselves as a community - especially white liberals
YoungDemCA
May 2016
#9
PREACH! It is the very height of white privilege to be able to assert that we'll all let the house
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2016
#83
I think I saw the dude you had that chat with. 15 hides and talks about being a "psychologist"
Number23
May 2016
#57
So what does it tell you that black people have overwhelmingly REJECTED Bernie Sanders?
Number23
May 2016
#28
I have repeatedly said, as some of you know, that I fully believe Bernie Sanders
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#33
We have alot of Sanders supporters in this forum, including black and other minority ones
Number23
May 2016
#35
Or... or Sanders was way to dismissive of PoC votes? His team claimed overtly that he didn't compete
uponit7771
May 2016
#123
In YOUR opinion. Black people will decide for themselves who's best for them.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2016
#84
I could not have written this more beautifully. Sanders' candidacy is over. However...
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2016
#86
That's a fact that he doesn't dispute, Why is this called into question? tia
uponit7771
May 2016
#125
I was open to considering your points until you created my own reply and responded to it yourself.
LS_Editor
May 2016
#88
Try holding yourself to the same high standards you hold others to before you indict them for it.
LanternWaste
May 2016
#93
+1, while BLM was staging sit ins on bridges he was still thinking white votes mattered more
uponit7771
May 2016
#126
LBJ was a racist but he passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act
underthematrix
May 2016
#34
I'm 65. Bernie is 75. Back in the day white folks didn't have to be wealthy to hire help.
underthematrix
May 2016
#91
You make a generalization of Vermont then you erroneously focus your attention there - exclusively.
LS_Editor
May 2016
#85
Sanders camp OPENLY admitted to NOT compete in the "southern states" and the dollar amounts spent
uponit7771
May 2016
#124
+1, Weaver and Divine OPENLY admitted on 2 different calls that they didn't compete in the "Southern
uponit7771
May 2016
#128
Translation, black people who voted for Hillary, i.e. most, are stupid.
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#24
So since Black voters went for Hillary about 70-30, 75-25 you saying most of us are what???
UMTerp01
May 2016
#38
I don't think voting for someone with 37% favorabl rating and who is under investigation is rational
ram2008
May 2016
#19
Thinking someone who has a 10% approval rating in Florida among Latinos can win a national GE
uponit7771
May 2016
#129
The rationale alleged Bernie supporters are coming up with to ABANDON Bernie
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#25
That is who some here will blame, yes, just black people, or mostly black people.
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#40
Oh I know liberals are being challenged, trust me. As an old warrior who
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#42
That is the thought process of someone who has no racial issues or gay/str8t issues
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#46
You didnt get up early enough to deal with me. LIke i said, as a liberal who has
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#50
Thanks, I didn't even address the insult because I know who I am and I can tell who that is.
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#107
You come in here all puffed up and raring for a fight with the few minority members of this board
Number23
May 2016
#102
I know. Why is it clueless, rage-filled people always think everybody else is as angry as they are?
Number23
May 2016
#115
The FBI won't result in criminal charges and her transcripts will look like nothing
pnwmom
May 2016
#51
No, not at all... FBI fairy isn't coming; no one cares about the TPS report cover page missing and
uponit7771
May 2016
#131
The fact they're "feeling" betrayed is from the voices of the whiny racial establishment telling the
uponit7771
May 2016
#130
I wish my white-voting brethren would come to their senses, but it is what it is.
Starry Messenger
May 2016
#64
I will jump in and say I have come to my senses, I also wish more white voters would also
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#132
We've always been the most rationale voters, as many of us have demonstrated over and over again.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2016
#82
the mass swiftboating of Bernie Sanders by especially the AA community
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#133