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20. Not to mention opportunists

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 05:12 PM

Jun 2014

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The thinking seems to be that "being different" will bring opportunities not so readily available in the Democratic party that already has many blacks — 95% of blacks, btw, who prefer not to associate with a party that has many openly racist adherents and openly promotes policies damaging to African Americans — even if talk show slots or appearances, book deals, funded candidacies or under-the-table-cash and other gewgaws are dangled in front of them.

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Damn, I guess I'm a racist [View all] NightWatcher Jun 2014 OP

Don't forget Clarence Thomas. muntrv Jun 2014 #1

Are they saying Cain got 100% of all Teabagger votes in the primaries? arcane1 Jun 2014 #2

Six of them are also female. KamaAina Jun 2014 #3

And about half aren't (or never have) running for anything underpants Jun 2014 #7

Not only would I not vote for any black conservatives, I wouldn't vote for them if they were white. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #4

+1 n/t Aerows Jun 2014 #26

No, just wouldn't vote for them based on their RW views. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #5

Bold faced Lie. it was recently reported that Oklahomans would not support CBGLuthier Jun 2014 #6

oh dear La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #8

If we forget about history and context, this is a pretty good argument. ZombieHorde Jun 2014 #9

Every single time I see BS like this- the poster pretends there's no context... bettyellen Jun 2014 #21

Every one is fundamentalist and extremist Old Testament religious nut case, erases all that black. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #10

100% I'd like to see their evidence. n/t Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #11

Jennifer Carroll RockaFowler Jun 2014 #12

about 99% of those people are losers... because they're fucking nuts NightWatcher Jun 2014 #14

Not to mention opportunists brush Jun 2014 #20

First, I'd have to know them & their opinions, then I'd have to know who their opponent was. . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #13

Wow, 20 African Americans! That shows us liberals! No doubt our party only Rex Jun 2014 #15

There's a black chair in the last picture Politicalboi Jun 2014 #22

Dr. Walter Williams, Dr. Sowell are names ChazII Jun 2014 #16

What makes the right wing in America tick is not necesarilly racism; what it definatelly RDANGELO Jun 2014 #17

So they dug up 20 black people who don't hate the tea party, I guess world wide wally Jun 2014 #18

I've been told I'm racist sarisataka Jun 2014 #19

Can someone explain to me what prompted this thread? YoungDemCA Jun 2014 #23

My racist "friend" who posts obviously racist anti-Obama shit, posted this on FB NightWatcher Jun 2014 #24

Bullshit, some have been on ballots and 100% of teabaggers failed to vote for them already. TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #25