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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:12 PM Original message |
Would a black man want to be president anymore? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Not to say that Obama hasn't done a fine job of shooting himself in the foot. " |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why not? The GOP would be doing this to any Dem who was elected |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You're right - they've just used the "bonus" of Obama's race to stir up racist fears. nt |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. But to the OP's main point, the hatred is amped up by racism |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Pssst: |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. So what? Remember Martin L King?! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Are you oblivious to how Carter was and is treated today? |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Does anyone in their right mind? nt |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jackie Robinson |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. nailed it |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "Its not really a contest" |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. A different kind |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. The Jackie Robinson comparison is spot on. |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 03:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Bingo! |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. would any black woman want Shirley Sherrod's job? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Wait, |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hell NO!! n/t |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. I can't imaging anyone regardless of race wanting that job |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. yeas, clearly all black people will shrink away once they see how hard the job is |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. From what I've seen throughout history, blacks aren't wimps, and they |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Seriously, why would anyone want to be President? |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. absolutely, positively yes! |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "Racism was buried in the USA with the election of Obama" |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Very serious...exactly similar to Jackie Robinson |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. So according to you, Racism was buried in 1947 |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Can you comprehend English? I guess not, so let me make it more clear... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Read what you wrote in post 20. Do you know what the word "buried" means? |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Since the thread is about a black man elected as president |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Tell that to Hank Aaron |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 03:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Hank Aaron would never be in major leagues if Robinson |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. "Racism was buried in USA with the election of Obama." |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. More like "the false notion that racism was buried with the election of Obama |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Racism was reborn in USA with the election of Obama nt |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. +100 |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. No, it wasn't..if you've been paying attention..it only brought out more closet racists than |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. 'Racism was buried in USA with the election of Obama.' |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Is that so? How do you explain the tea party then? nt |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. What a ridiculous op. Racism will not hold back someone who wants to be President. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. In more ways than one. nt. |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Amen to that. n/t |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. Even before the repubs got at the President the media tried to make him disavow |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. I disagree with your premise. If a person is fair and wants to fight for |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. "None of this would be happening if Obama was white." You mean JFK & Carter were black? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
30. For the last 40 years or so, I have wondered why anyone would really want to be President... |
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chowder66 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
31. Get your head straight. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. don't forget the backstabbing from your own "side" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
47. The elephant in the room. Of course ALL democrats are treated this way |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
33. No. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
38. Most people that get into politics are not nearly as thin-skinned as some DUers. n/t |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
50. Taking away color from the situation. I honestly think GOD, yes GOD put the right person in office |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
51. The Obama's are courageous people... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. Why would anyone run for the OVAL? we hope its to do us GOOD>!! The Dems have EMPATHY..thats GOOD!! |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. Tell Bill Clinton the right wouldn't be as viscous to a president who is not black. |
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