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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:43 PM Original message |
Please explain to me how not electing Obama will throw African Americans |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good question... I to would be interested in knowing the answer. |
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mckeown1128 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Well... it isn't JUST african americans who will thrown under the bus... |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. unnecessary thread, Obama will be President |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Thank you, Thread Decider. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
72. ROFL! |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent question. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good luck finding a reasoned answer. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. seriously. it's really odd. like she's not allowed to run against the first viable black candidate.. |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I don't think people have a problem with her running |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. They may BE voting for him because he's the first viable Black candidate who GOT THE MOST DELEGATES. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. You fail to understand the Nomination process. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. So you are saying there is no reason to have elections in the first place. Your logic is flawed. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. No, my logic is not flawed. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
83. No I don't. Having the most pledged delegates means a LOT. It represents the will of the people. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
54. Chicken, egg? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #54 |
84. Cow, milk? |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Sock, mouth? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know if I can answer your question, but I'll say this. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well explained. And then some! |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I agree. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Perfectly stated. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. so....there is an African American vote? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It's not one or the other. They co-exist peacefully. nt |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. African Americans are a voting bloc whose vote is generally the most unified |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
76. Are you being disgusting like this on purpose? I stupidly thought you wanted some serious |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Especially if the primary reason they overturn the pledged vote is because they fear Rev. Wright. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 04:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. "the African American vote" |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. duh. yes. AA's voted 88% for JK and 90% for Gore |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
55. Pretty obviously, yes |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. BINGO! |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
64. Thats exactly it. The OP is framing the question wrong. |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
74. This is exactly what I'm hearing from my friends here in NC, especially an older lady who has been |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Simply put, they are not voting for Hillary Clinton.. end of story. n/t |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. we are going to all be "under the bus" if a Democrat isn't elected president |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. on may 20th Obama will have won the election ie a majority of the pledged delegates. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Let me tell you a story |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I remember that post, it made me cry. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Nah -- they are looking for the echo chamber |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. you are insulting. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You know you are on The List, right? |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. What is The List? n/t |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
71. It is my personal amusement list |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. I don't believe you about the list. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I read your response |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
77. You opened a thread to suggest that the only reason AA are voting for Obama is because he is black |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
70. Yael, I know these neighborhoods you speak of. I'm ashamed to say |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. It is really neat to see people from all walks of life excited about leadership |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
81. This (if you haven't already done so) needs to be its own post, it was my instincts from the |
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clevbot (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. I am an Obama supporter... |
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carpetbagger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. A few reasons. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because he is the nominee, and only the superdelegates can change that. |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. If she's ahead no one complains if he's ahead and they give it to her. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
47. I am white also, and your damn straight, they better go with those pledged delegates. I am tired of |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. He is not the nominee, he's just the frontrunner right now. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
30. It's the way she's gone about things.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
31. Deleted message |
Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. Quite simple really |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Long Long ago the rules created SD who |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
78. You wanted an answer |
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ecdab (834 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. It would not, but the super D's taking it away from him if he has the |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
35. Not electing Obama will validate the pro-Rethug horseshit Clinton has been throwing around |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Plus The Clintons are DESTROYING their standing with The Entire Base of the Party |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
39. Wow... You Must Be Really, Really Young... |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
41. Because, since he is ahead in every realistic measure |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
42. Women will not be thrown under the bus, but the woman who |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. people keep saying that in vague terms with no specifcs |
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Changenow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
43. At some level African Americans always |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
46. There is no problem in Hillary beating Obama; there is a big problem in Hillary stealing from Obama |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
52. It's a phony argument. If HRC becomes the nominee, AAs are not |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Are you guys really this out of touch? Obama has won the most primaries, |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. He is NOT the nominee, he is the frontrunner at this point in time |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Dean never had the most pledged delegates |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
57. Many of them recognize the game being played and will stay at home. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
59. Your post has a kind of surreal quality to it. The subject line starts out |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I call it Salvador Folly. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I am just quoting the posts on DU...explain with specifics what is wrong with the question |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Got the process but still concerned with content. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. you are off your game counselor. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I'm laughing and crying at the same time. Dean was a white male, so far |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
65. Your question is based on a false premise |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
66. Obama will have won the most votes, the most pledged delegates |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
68. Taking AA vote for granted |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
73. very very good question.... |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
75. K&R |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
79. Silly post |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
82. The argument isn't that not electing him would throw them under the bus. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
85. Nice try |
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