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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:27 PM Original message |
So who said electing the first African-American president was going to be easy? Anyone here? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. faygokid you nailed it... I was trying to figure out why people are |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Then don't you remember Rev. Jackson's primary campaign? I do, having voted for him. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Why did it take dozens of Montgomery transit boycotts dating back to the 1800s? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have noticed that the ONLY black icons that are allowed are MLK and maybe Jackie Robinson |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You, my friend, are exactly right. And that's what this is about. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. You are right. The only reason this is such an "issue," |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Six months ago, the video would be in General Discussion with a demand that Wright run for President |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I've had the impression some people here are FROM the rw thug machine |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is so sad that we as a nation |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep...and don't forget the genocide that created this country. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. leave it to the older "traditional" dems to be the most scared. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. As an older, "traditional" dem who is not at all scared, |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. Obama is better than Wright |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Maybe we need more people like Wright |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. maybe that's what Wright really represents |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. His 40-year-career was just a big scam to get a moment to trash Hillary |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Aaaaymen |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The ghosts of Mississippi. And millions of others. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. So honored to send this to the Greatest Page. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. And no one said it would be easy to elect a woman in this country either. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The problem with this argument about black suffrage vs. white female suffrage is that |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Point taken. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thank You! |
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