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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:29 AM Original message |
Maybe I can help explain why some African Americans are upset about the Clintons |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Clinton's need to get smart and stop digging the hole. |
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Chloroplast (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think it's just Black Americans that are feeling left out. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #110 |
118. Gotta call bullshit. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #110 |
120. I...I almost don't know where to begin. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. "Here, you can use this" |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #122 |
126. Some people believe that knowledge and respect costs them something. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #120 |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Think what you will, |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #123 |
130. "should just get the fuck out" |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #123 |
131. How the fuck did you get such a high post count here? |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #123 |
132. Where is the pizza delivery boy when we need him?? |
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LowerManhattanite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #123 |
133. The laundry called... |
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LowerManhattanite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #123 |
134. “Racist, xenophobic and calling out DU's mods... |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #120 |
151. What is a "sundown town?" |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. Sundown town |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #110 |
121. ""white Americans" have rolled over too much already" |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. No one is stomping on this very special time |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. It's already been stomped on |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. Deleted sub-thread |
dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
85. She's already turned what should have been his big moment into a Clinton circus. |
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True_Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
119. This is a historic event and it makes me proud as a Democrat |
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CatBO (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. You are absolutely right |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Best post I have read today so far. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Well said! n/t |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. But women are not a minority |
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CatBO (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Politically, women are a minority |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #34 |
95. And African Americans are even more of a minority |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
74. Militarism, oursourcing, and war advances equal rights for anyone? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
104. In positions of power women are a minority. No Woman has had their hand on the nuclear button. |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. great post!! n/t |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Well said. I think we should just bask in a history making moment; a mixed race amn and a woman |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
68. Yes. THIS. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
136. I do find this aspect rather humiliating. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
75. This white woman agrees with you. Good post. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
79. One day there will be a female nominee and THAT will be the "historic" moment. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
91. Very well said. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
112. Bravo! I am a woman and I am Black |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
135. Right after Obama got enough votes to win the nomination |
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eshfemme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. I agree. As a woman, I'm embarassed at a time when I shouldn't be. |
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VeraAgnes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. is this a personal opinion? |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. Effie, I'm sorry, but I can't agree. If the situation had been reversed and Clinton were the |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Are you just making this up.... |
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REACTIVATED IN CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The fact that Clinton DID offer Obama the Veep position |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I hope you're aware of the hilarity of what you just posted. |
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cyndensco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. That was rather generous of her. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Offering someone the Vice Presidency when said person is LOSING |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Yeah, she hoped that making that offer would reverse her losing streak, since Obama had more support |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #56 |
106. No, he had more intense support, not 'more' support. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
138. Yeah, that was pretty damned offensive. |
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iconicgnom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. very inventive |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well, that's one way to describe it. n/t |
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Chloroplast (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Surprise, surprise... |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
77. I will never ever forgive HRC for the "hard working Americans, white Americans" comment |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #77 |
87. OK, then I won't forgive Obama for claiming that a comment about his Iraq War voting record |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 06:14 AM Response to Reply #87 |
93. except he never claimed such a thing |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #87 |
96. he didn't say that |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #87 |
101. Exact quote please, not a paraphrase of what you claim he meant |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #87 |
105. I STILL don't understand that one, Steve. And that started the 'Bubba as racist' ride. |
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sourmilk (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #77 |
114. Hasn't this been debunked a few times, already? |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #114 |
142. That article may have not have credited Clinton with the direct quote |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. It would be easy for Clinton to ask Obama to be veep |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Exactly what I thought when I read that post. |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. All stories I read was that Wes Clark was to be VP. We won't go there about the offer of VP whilst> |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
83. cant agree witn any of these 3 |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
90. Conjecture and supposition are the poor substitutes for facts and logic used by those with biases. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
116. Heh, wow |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. I'm just deeply disappointed that I was told that because I was Black |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
62. exactly how i felt. I actually had some women say this to me. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
92. That was unforgivable and absolute bigotry, imho, besides being contrary to facts. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
94. If Hillary was a man, this nonsense would not be tolerated at all whatsoever. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #94 |
103. It was a VERY tight race in '92 and Carter's image was "WEAK LOSER". nt |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
97. i was mad that when they talked about white voters i was always excluded |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. The first black Secretary of State? |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I caught that too. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. My bad - too late to edit. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. I agree completely |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. We Tend To Judge Others, Using Our Own Behavior As the Yard Stick |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. So you think black voters are being "manipulated by a bunch of idiots?" |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I Think People of All Colors Who View A Clinton Roll Call As Something Awful Are |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I see - anyone who disagrees with you on this doesn't have a valid opinion-they're being manipulated |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Well, I Suppose They Might Be Behaving Like Assholes By Choice |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. So they're either stupid sheep or assholes. Uh-huh. Got it. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Sounds About Right |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Effie, why hold back?? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Because he's just not worth the time |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Good on you, Effie. Don't be baited. |
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LowerManhattanite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
137. Caught that bit of baiting, too. |
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Eyes_wide_ open (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
129. Cuz' she's obviously not the stupid asshole in this sub-thread n/t |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #129 |
148. Word |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. That was about as helpful as a hole in the head |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. You know |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #46 |
113. Be Annoyed ... That's Your Choice |
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DemocracyInaction (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. Sometimes when you fire you're gun, you blow your own ass off |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
65. Dole did not not do as well as Clinton. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
128. "Dole did not not do as well as Clinton" |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Great OP. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. My admiration and respect for Obama only gets |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
102. Obama is clearly as cool as a cucumber with the instincts of a boxer |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. I respect you a lot Effie, but I cannot agree with the premise |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I hear you, but I don't agree |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. "grovel" is a loaded word |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. thanks so much, Effie. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. Everybody understands perfectly well why. Some just like to pretend not to.... |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R! |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. Hillary is entitled to a roll call under party rules, it was not up to Obama to decide. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Delegates |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I'm not counting the superdelegates. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. That's your choice |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
81. The operative word in that sentence would be BEHIND. Would it not? |
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Top Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. Excellent post |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Agreed. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Obama and his black supporters"-you underestimate his base. There are many whites that feel |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Present! |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
54. Effie |
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Independent_Voice (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. There's a double standard for the Clintons and everyone else |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Say WHAT? Are you seriously saying the MSM has an affinity for the Clintons?!? Where have YOU been |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
64. Not once but twice |
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Diamonique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Very well said. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. I wish I could say it that her supporters can't see it |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
70. I could not disagree more. Standing against sexism is just as important as standing against racism |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
71. Continually bashing the Clintons will not win over Hillary supporters and may also turn off her |
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Diamonique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Leave us alone. We're having a catharsis. n/t |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. It's funny how Obama supporters keep telling Clinton supporters to "get over it" when it's |
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Diamonique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I never said get over it, so I don't know why you're responding to me in that way. |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Yep, exactly. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. hard working white Americans |
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angee_is_mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
82. WOW, DANG |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
146. And yet after reading they STILL don't get it. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
84. As an Asian American let me say I agree 100%. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #84 |
99. That Bill Clinton couldn't simply say, "An Obama victory is what Democrats and Americans need" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #84 |
107. Wow! The 'strident' word has come out again! nt |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #84 |
124. What I find enraging . . . |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
88. Read "Women, Race and Class" by Angela Davis and then ask yourself why Blacks and women have to |
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angee_is_mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Give me a break |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #88 |
100. Thank You. This is also the message Obama has been promoted..there is no "Black America" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #88 |
108. In a lot of ways, I'd prefer to vote for Michelle over Barack or Hillary. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #108 |
111. Oh, man, me too! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
109. I think you are ignoring history somewhat. This is not the first time the candidate who |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
115. May I humbly suggest something? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
117. Your first part is demonstrably untrue |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #117 |
144. I said nothing about putting anyone's name in nomination. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
127. The double-standard has more to do with Clinton Machiavellian-ism than any other 'ism.' |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #127 |
140. Everyone needs to suck it up and get over themselves |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #140 |
147. I think the OP's point is valid |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
139. Maybe some people's preening sense of entitlement is wearing some other people's nerves raw? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
141. There was nothing in your post which explains your thread title |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. You apparently don't know that Hillary Clinton and her supporters insisted that the Democratic |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
143. Just want to say |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
149. Thank you for posting this |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Thanks! |
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