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katmondoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:14 PM
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Gergen on CNN thinks there is still a lot of racism
that could mean the Dems may not win even with this tremendous showing in the stadium. I think he is full of it. If we can't win with this ticket I give up.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:15 PM
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1. LOL!!!! Gergen!!!! CNN!!!!! What a joke!!!!
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:16 PM
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2. Gergen is right. As a white male, I can guarantee you it's out there.
But I believe it won't be racism, if we lose. It will be structurally reinforced cheating. Ohio, Florida, and Karl Rove.
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:18 PM
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5. I have come accross more red neck racists than I can count in the last six months.
It is going to be a real battle to overcome racism and a broken election system.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:16 PM
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3. He likes to say that......because there is so much racism on CNN.......
Brought to you by CNN playing the race card 24/7.
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GarbagemanLB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:18 PM
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4. He is right, to a degree. It isn't just the race, though.
The name doesn't help, and his background isn't exactly run of the mill. Throw in bullshit guilt by association that the conservatives will use, and this is going to be a close election.


Of course I believe Obama can win, but I have no illusions it will be a cake-walk. It is all about turnout, turnout, turnout....which is why the enthusiasm gap comforts me.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:21 PM
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6. I think the motivation of the electorate will be far greater than the few
idiots who cling to race as an excuse to hate.
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prapbhu Donating Member (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:23 PM
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7. Gergen is right
Racism is on the wane but still alive
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:28 PM
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10. Welcome to DU, prapbhu!
It took me a year before I posted in GDP!

:party: :toast: :party:
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prapbhu Donating Member (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:27 PM
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15. Thanks Suich
for noticing me! I see you are in nearby Seattle, a lovely city but Portland has
less traffic :toast:
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 11:26 PM
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31. LOL!
I was raised in Portland...no kidding about the traffic!

:hi:
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RollWithIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:25 PM
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8. He is right.... but if we can increase voter turnout by just 10% we will win in a landslide...
So he's wrong about the voting part.
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MarjorieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:38 PM
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21. Election protection..Election protection..Election projection
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:28 PM
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9. Not being able to pay your bills. Will sometimes make even the most racist person
vote for change
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:55 PM
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29. That's what this election comes down to... What's more important to certain people....
Obama being black, or how shitty that person's situation is.
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:29 PM
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11. I'm not sure racists are a big voting block...
what I mean is the stereotypical racist doesn't even bother to vote...
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:30 PM
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12. He's full of it. nt
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indie_voter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:30 PM
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13. He's right, there is a lot of racism
However, if the turnout is large enough, then we'll win. We've got high enthusiasm for our candidate, the thugs can't match that!!
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 07:33 PM
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14. Unfortunately he's right
and if we lose I believe that will be the reason. I remember Bradley here in Los Angeles but I think that if we can get out the vote and register new people we will win this thing.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:29 PM
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16. Racists already vote Republican n/t
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:31 PM
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17. tell that to the people that live in Chicago. nt.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:35 PM
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19. I'm not worried about Chicago
are you?
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:38 PM
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22. I find it funny when white people say that racists only vote Republican.
don't you?
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:53 PM
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27. The racists who are already voting for black Democrats in Chicago
will continue to do so, don't you think? The racists who won't, are, and have been, Republicans.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:55 PM
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30. my point is that it is ludicrous to think that racists and bigots are strictly Republicans. nt.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:31 PM
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18. So do we think Gore or Kerry got the racist vote. I don't think so.
We just need more new young voters and more new African American voters and we'll win.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:37 PM
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20. It is a problem we have to overcome, and we will.
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:40 PM
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23. Gergen also said that tonight's speech wasn't as much a speech as it was a symphony
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:40 PM
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24. He's right and the reality is that many folks who will even tell the pollster
that they will vote for Obama, will not, once they are in the privacy of the voting booth.


This lessens with the younger generation, but it is still a hard reality in this country
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Greg K Donating Member (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:49 PM
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25. This election has..
..turned on the lights and shown all of the racist cockroaches scurrying about. They've been there the whole time but now they're showing themselves for what they are.

Obama still has a fight ahead of him to overcome this slime. Good people, many of them Democrats, have unwittingly bought into the "Obama is a Muslim" thing, and this needs to be fought and fought hard.

He's shown that he has what it takes to do it, though. Boy, has he ever. I think McCain is toast.
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LongDistanceRunner Donating Member (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:53 PM
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26. yeah, and some of it lives in gurgling gergen
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:53 PM
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28. It'll be a very, very close thing.
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