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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:39 AM Original message |
Blacks support Obama="Racial Identity Politics." White women support Palin="Cuz she's like them." |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sure its a myth |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. These aren't necessarily Hillary supporters |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Significant? Show me. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Here you go: |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. OK. Thanks |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I agree |
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jerryster (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. We better believe it's significant. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I know why |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. No, and your post is proof why |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. I still call bullshit. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Delete - dupe |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I don't have a link right now but will look for one because |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. That's exactly my point |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Tribal poitics will be the death of this country. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Most black women have been "working mothers" for centuries |
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knowledgeispwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I guess it's like how all those working class perople of color... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. And poor women have always worked |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
63. Right on |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Mika Brezhinski is a paid mouthpiece |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. Racist bullshit. I'm so sick of it. |
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jcla (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Ayeah! |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. I think we are seeing the Bradley |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Which is good. Better to have it out now so we can plan for it. n/t |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. There is a distinct bias in how this is being reported. And I'm also |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I know that is just too stupid for words! |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. No kidding! It is driving me INSANE that this has not even been mentioned... |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Palin is like them?? |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. I heard a RWer use a similar argument to rationalize his pastor vs Rev. Wright |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm trying to imagine the woman stupid enough to vote for McBush |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Yeah, where's Phyllis Schlafly when we need her? n/t |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. 90% of blacks support Obama. Women are more evenly divided between parties. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. yep......... |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. You cannot look at one election and use it to claim |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Since the late 60s, African Americans have voted Democratic, a reliable block vote |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. What you're describing is not "identity politics" but "party politics" |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You claimed that AAs never voted in a bloc. My statement was to refute that. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #35 |
57. Black Republicans? |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. Exactly. |
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Obamarulz11 (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. "The Media keeps racism alive and well"-Bernie Mac |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Where is this talking point coming from? |
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protect our future (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. deleted due to it was a stupid post. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Not blaming - just pointing out that white women have gone from 50-42% support for Obama to 53-41% |
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protect our future (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Oops! You're right, Effie. I deleted my post before I read yours. nt |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Effie is worried because the Democrats rely on white women to win elections: white women have the |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I am so sick of us having to chase around stupid, bigoted white people begging for their votes |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. How do you know that your potential white voters are bigoted? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I didn't say potential white voters are bigoted |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. And how can you tell which potential white voters are bigoted and which ones are not? |
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protect our future (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Yep. That's why the media must address Palin's rape issue. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I think that is a fantastic place to start. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Democrats do not need the majority of white women |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Hello Cali. Dems DO need the majority of white women (at least more white women than the GOP) |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Wrong, Nikki. Kerry won 11% less of the white female vote than bushy |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. And so he lost. (Which proves my point) |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. 11% is a huge gap- it's not "only 11%" |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. You don't get sarcasm, eh? :) |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
42. it's so transparent |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. What is transparent? |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
47. Throughout the history of this great republic when black voters |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
54. Not THIS white woman!!! |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. What this says about the women who switched when Palin came along ... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Or, it may have been that a female on the ticket attracted a certain segment of female voters |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Then we need a hard hitting ad now, and surrogates repeating this. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I didn't say assume Bradley or anything about Bradley |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I agree. I mistyped my original message. I meant to say "not assume Bradley". |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Ok, I get it. Most women are caught up in the enthusiasm of Palin and they don't |
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Claire Beth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
62. I'm a white female who proudly supports OBAMA! n/t |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
68. You need to be careful tossing the term racism around |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Yes, I'd better be careful tossing around "racism." It's not a real problem like "sexism" is . . . |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I don't think it's white women that are being sensitive |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
69. any woman that discards Women's Rights so easily doesn't deserve to be a woman. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
70. That's BS about Obama. If it were true then why isn't Al Sharpton or Alan Keyes president??? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
73. "Identity politics" more shit made up by white folks to cover their racism. |
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