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Herman Munster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:08 PM Original message |
Obama's charm lost on America's black activists |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. I see this as all good. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Don't know what he's about??? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You lost me. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It isn't racial dynamics |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. If |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Rupert Murdoch's Paper |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Here... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. “We don’t know what he’s truly about.” |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Wrong... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Rupert Murdoch's Paper |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 06:06 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I seem to recall that Hillary has done a significant amount of |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 05:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
45. What an utter load of crap. |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I don't think Rev. Al cares for the Clintons |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Power is about power |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. What exactly does Obama stand for? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Real change |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Ok I'll bite |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. He pegged Iraq |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Not to mention that he penned a 350 page long book |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. That is true and important |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. Ok thats a good quote |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Uh, he's got a book out describing his views. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. If thats how he plans to get his ideas out to everyone |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. Have you seen his confirmation votes? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. So did Feingold and Boxer |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. No I don't. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. So who you gonna' vote for? |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I will vote for the nominee. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. In the primary n/t |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. No in the general election. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
69. How much does he support the drug war? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. My thoughts exactly,... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Everybody's afraid of the Clintons |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama is Peaking way too soon!! |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why should every black person in America choose the same candidate |
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BayCityProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I am just so disgusted |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Why should they let Hillary intimidate them? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Because white people say so. Duh. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. He is black without the history of American blacks. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. That is part of it but what exactly does |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Egg zact lee |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 05:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. It bothers me that white friends assume he has the black vote locked up. |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. Considering how much Senator Obama connected with the Deval Patrick |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Speaking at a rally doesn't compensate for the arguments of Jackson, Sharpton, and others... |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Who is referring to speaking at a rally? |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. A lot of people are excited for his future. It doesn't mean... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Obama is so smoooooth, he's slick. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. i agree- i dont dig him at all |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
52. Agreed |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
58. Well put Dover. And brave to admit to gut feelings. Obama comes off a A Player |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
60. I wish Americans would start to elect people on their voting records |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
71. I agree |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. You mean he isn't automatically going to get "black" support? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. Black activists are just like the white activists who think he's to corporate. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. And Hillary isn't? |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Wrong. At this point, Sharpton likes Edwards over the rest. (Quote/Link) |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That's one black person. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. WTF does Hillary have to do with this fuckin post? I didn't even mention her. |
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candidate (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. Seeing as how Jackson, Sharpton, and Belafonte are fools... |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 07:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. What an odious, hateful little thing to say. n/t |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. I think Sharpton & Jackson's activist collective shelf life has expired |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. Amazing how Obama frightens Hillary's supporters if |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Interesting... |
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carpe diem (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-13-07 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. just my two cents but... |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. The Bigdog grew up poor and southern |
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carpe diem (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
68. i like to think that the range of the African-American experience... |
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La Coliniere (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
51. Can't say for sure |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
54. It is a mistake to think that ANY group will vote "as directed." |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
59. to the extent that story is true, they are being smart and not giving knee jerk support to anyone |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
61. like media shock that blacks weren't in love with Colin Powell like they were supposed to be |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. Proud of these black activists. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
64. The key here is not color, but economics and the quote in #36 |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-14-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. Good. His charm is lost on me, too. (nt) |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Same here |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
74. how many anti-Obama threads does this make for you now? |
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