There is something wrong when Democrats are happy that another Democrat (Obama) may be unpopular...

wndycty

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:34 AM
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There is something wrong when Democrats are happy that another Democrat (Obama) may be unpopular...

. . .with certain ethnic groups. I love how folks accuse Obama of playing the race card then turn around and gloat about reports and studies showing Obama might not be popular with Jewish and Hispanic voters. This may very well be true (I have some doubts) but is it something to celebrate? Some of us definitely are not acting like Democrats.

I love the fact that Obama gets slammed for acknowledging Reagan, yet it is the Clinton camp and their supporters who are embracing the tactic of using race to divide us and THEN TURNING AROUND AND ACCUSING OBAMA OF PLAYING THE RACE CARD.

Shameful, just f'ing shameful.

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sunonmars

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:37 AM
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1. No its not something to celebrate

but you must look at all aspects of the voting, to ignore it is to bury your head in the sand.

Why shouldnt we be adult enough to discuss, racial divides, it happening now. Its a big problem, just ignoring it, wont make it go away.

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hedgehog

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:37 AM
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2. k&r

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robbedvoter

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:38 AM
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3. I hate those posts as well. All racial references - from all sides.

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cobalt1999

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:39 AM
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4. Or when some folks are happy Hillary is unpopular with SC AA.

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Hello_Kitty

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:59 AM
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10. Who's "happy" about that?

Certainly not me. Since there's a very good chance she's going to be our nominee, having the black community pissed off at her is not good at all. We are talking the most reliably Democratic voting bloc we have and the Clintons have very stupidly alienated them with their scorched-earth brand of campaigning. Using a Southern Strategy in a primary against an opponent in your own party is about the dumbest political move I've ever seen.

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Little Star

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:43 AM
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5. There is something wrong when Democrats are happy that another Democrat (Hillary) may be

unpopular...Shameful, just f'ing shameful. This is a two way street or have you not been reading the smut about HRC on this board? Obama's people are not innocent in your analogy of the tactic of using race to divide us. PLEEZE!!!! He actually thinks that all blacks should line up behind him because he is black.

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IsItJustMe

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:50 AM
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7. I don't know if BO really believes that, but our msm sure likes to tell you that he believes that.

I know that our candidates do their fair share of stirring up the pot, but from what I have seen, the media accounts for most it. People need to keep that in mind when they speak.

And if our media tells us that it is true, then of course it must be true, right?

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Nedsdag

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:13 AM
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12. What smut are you talking about?

You Hillary fans are so delusional especially when people such as yourself and journalist3072 personally go out of your way to trash him because he had the, yes I'm saying it, "audacity" to challenge Her Royal Highness Queen Hillary.

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ursi

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:44 AM
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6. The Clintons have seeped their toxic politics into the Dem Party ...it's sad

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Little Star

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Wed Jan-23-08 11:07 AM
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11. Obama proudly has brought Chicago politics with him in this

race and Chicago politics ain't pretty.

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sunonmars

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:52 AM
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8. Ok but look at it this way

We are all democrats.

I want to know why certain parts of society are lining up behind certain individuals. Its a fair assessment, we need to know this.

If we look at the las primaries and polls, there are very distinct patterns emerging and ignoring them wont make them go away.

We have to address them now because if we don't we have a big problem come the General Election whoever the nominee is.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:54 AM
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9. How about the idea that it might just be the case?

It seems to me that the minute Obama got into this campaign it was all about the historic
race for the first black president, and how he was going to get all the black vote. Oprah, MLK, Colin Powell, Condi Rice & all the other hoopla. The minute any of this is brought into question or comment it's a Clinton racist conspiracy.

Obama is unpopular not because of his skin, but because he's revealed himself as a sleazy opportunist who can't seem to vote yea or nay & gleefully promotes the reagan legacy.

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