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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:27 AM
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OF COURSE there was racism and sexism in this Primary!
Edited on Wed May-21-08 10:28 AM by rucky
so quit pretending there wasn't - or only one but not the other. The candidates themselves were actually pretty low-key, but boy has there been some outrageous shit seen and heard and attached to these campaigns.

And yes, Hillary benefited from some of the racist attacks. And it solidified Obama's base.

And yes, Obama benefited from some of the sexist attacks. And it solidified Hillary's base.

Neither candidate did much to stop them when they were directed at the opponent.

But the alternative would be to do what the MSM was baiting ALL dems to do in this primary. The bait that many of us have swallowed at one time or another - and this is to make this primary about race and/or gender. Doing that will just turn off voters, turn our candidates into tokens, and benefit neither of us.

So Obama supporters should chill about Hillary benefitting from racism, and Hillary supporters should chill about benefitting from sexism - and we should all direct our anger towards the Corporate Media who is eating this shit up.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:45 AM
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 12:27 PM
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3. your OP must be too reasonable to generate any replies
what is the sound of two hands virtually clapping :applause:

But I am afraid there will never be peace between us and the Judean People's Front.

Splitters!!
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Growler Donating Member (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 12:22 PM
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2. Yup. K&R
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 01:15 PM
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4. Quite right.
And you're wrong baseball card guy, this wasn't "the worst post ever", not by a long shot.
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