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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 02:35 PM Original message |
Condi Rice, General Powell, two African Americans who happen |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Republicans like black Republicans. Powell could have been president. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yup, that's what I thought. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My firm did polling about Powell in the '90s. |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Not to knock on Powell, or African Americans in general but... |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Sorry, but I don't agree. My gut tells me they would never nominate a black for the top job. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. When the alternative is someone like Bill Clinton, damn straight they would. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. eeerrrrr..... there was a party in Germany like that once. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. You're half right. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. My firm did polling about Powell with potential R primary voters. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Powell is not African American. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. He's a New York/Caribbean United Statesian. nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Why not? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Why not be more specific? Why go back 100s of years? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. If we go back 100 years, I'm American-American. If we go back 10,000 I'm Asian-American |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Most people value recent history more than ancient. nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. So an African American must have parents born in Africa, then? |
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