Are they saying that black people are just too stupid to understand which candidate will serve the citizens of our country, and which one will serve his own?

See, in 21st-century journalism, including that question mark makes it All OK. Because, y'know, they're only asking. And if we can't ask, then the terrorists have won, natch?

That's right, rsweets. Most black folk aren't stupid and they know what party harbors the racist GOPteaparty types. And I'm guessing they like to be able to look in the mirror in the morning and know they aren't aligning themselves with people who have time and again shown disdain and hatred for blacks. And another MINOR DETAIL regarding the post, black folks have supported other presidential candidates until now, all of them white by the way. And many of those candidates have gotten a very high percentage of the black vote. Were blacks racists then for supporting all white candidates? A ridiculous question, right? But I say no more ridiculous than the question posed by the original post.

after all that is a positive headline
the other a debbie downer sad sam cutten runner to use the demoralization of the troops, political tool

a glass half empty is also half full

and why not make a positive out of a negative

but I will say this... it could be because people of color don't feel as though a white person "gets" them, therefore, voting for a white candidate is voting against their own best interests. For me, the immediate comparison is the Log Cabin Republicans. As a lesbian, I could never vote Republican (and often have a hard time voting for Democrats) because it's voting against my own best interests. As a woman, I could never see myself voting Republican because of the way they see and legislate for (against) women.

I supported Hillary over Barack because she was a woman and I felt she had more political experience than President Obama and would understand and support the best interests of women. Does that make me sexist? Maybe but I don't think so, it makes me human.

as said above, this thread title should be

republicantealibertarianparty offers all Minorities, Women, Gays and Jews NOTHING

and a vote not for the democrats or in rare cases where people are running (Like Angus King or Charlie Crist in 2010)who is independent)who will caucus with the democrats is 100% a vote for the republicans.(which is how Rubio in Florida was elected.)

Whether they're black or white. AP can kiss my black ass.

Notice that we never see any polls asking whether white conservatives vote they way they do because of the color of their skin.

How quickly I had forgotten about him.

Black voters there overwhelmingly voted for his white male Democratic opponent in that race, who won largely on the basis of that support. Republicans figured Steele would have been a shoo-in with overwhelming black support. They were wrong, since most voters will ultimately support a candidate who reflects their values and best interests, regardless of what their ethnicity or racial demographic might happen to be.

it just REEKS of Rove.

and personally I think that is fine. It is a factor in my support for the president.

But I have yet to see a "Put the black back in the whitehouse" t-shirt, or any other racist declarations/dog whistles/code euphemisms at one of his campaign events.

Just a few links to posts or articles about racist events and/or statements from republican campaigns and convention. They occur with regularity.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1233632
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981594849
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021366904
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/28/rnc-attendee-tossed-for-harassing-black-cnn-camerawoman/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=218237
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1134072
http://thecentristword.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/here-come-the-racist-cartoons/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021135155
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021210971

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white folks vote for the white candidate:, it's because of the issues; when Black folks vote for the Black candidate, it's because of tribalism? In order to begin to believe that one would have to:

1. Ignore nearly 50 years of voting history, i.e., The African-American electorate has supported the Democratic candidate, without regarding for the race of that candidate;

2. Ignore more recent election recents ... the African-American electorate did not largely support the presidential runs of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or Herman Cain;

3. Completely ignore the gop platform.

I added a fourth point in my post in the Daily Star comment section ...

He and his dad started Black America onto, in 1959-'60.

That's when they promised JFK that they would deliver him the Black Vote, in exchange for intrepid Legislation;

Civil Rights Act of 1964, was borne

They've been spouting this for a couple years now on their blogs.

The fact that white folks have been voting for white guys for a couple hundred years now seems to escape them.

by the bigots?

I find it funny that the President is criticized in ways no "white" president ever was. Why don't they ask that question

Which is a lot more than you can say for middle- and lower-class white people voting Republican.

What an embarrassing article.

During this timeframe, in every presidential election prior to 2008, black citizens voted for a white male candidate at the top of the ticket by margins of 9-1 or better. If Hillary had been the nominee they almost certainly would have provided her with the same lopsided margin that Obama received. Is AP suggesting that they should have bucked a historical trend and backed McCain-Palin simply to prove they weren't "prejudiced" against white people? Most citizens vote for the party and/or candidate that reflects their values and best interests. As a case in point, Michael Steele lost a Senate race in Maryland some years ago largely because a large majority of blacks voted for a white male candidate on the Democratic ticket, and NOT for a candidate on the basis of race. There is absolutely nothing to suggest that things have changed in recent years with black voters, given the most recent Democratic presidential nominee, who coincidentally is of mixed black-white heritage.

Are they racist and/or bigoted against non Mormons?

SOLELY because of "Affirmative Action"?

Because that's how they describe Obama ... but they conveniently forget that Condascending Rice and Colin Powell admit they received help BECAUSE of Affirmative Action.

took every opportunity to climb the affirmative action ladder available to him, although he has consistently attempted to pull it up from behind him since being confirmed to the SCOTUS, lest others be afforded the same opportunity.

so the ap runs an opinion piece by an unknown writer....

is`t it amazing just how far journalism has fallen in this country...

n/t

clearly that blacks are not as racists as the whites who are trying to find any excuse (he's not American, he was born in Kenya, he's a muslim) to vote against Obama.

there have probably been many, many elections across the country where a black person was running and white folks voted against them because of their race.

And not the racist white party, who counts a number of "slavery was good" politicians, who's at fault?

Just like when all the white people complain about why all those Blacks/Latinos/Asians self-segregate, when they should really look at themselves and ask why all of the people in their own social circle are white.