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2016 Postmortem

one_voice

(20,043 posts) Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:50 PM Jul 2016

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His speech was a message to white america..

be afraid. I will protect you--Eugene Robinson.

^^^truth^^^

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His speech was a message to white america.. (Original Post) one_voice Jul 2016 OP

It's shockingly true. Eugene was hesitant in saying so. nt oasis Jul 2016 #1

. Baitball Blogger Jul 2016 #2

It played to his base... tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #3

Too bad there are not enough racist whites to win a national election anymore. brush Jul 2016 #4

oasis

(49,407 posts)

1. It's shockingly true. Eugene was hesitant in saying so. nt

Reply to one_voice (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:54 PM

Jul 2016

Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts)

2. .

Reply to one_voice (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:13 AM

Jul 2016

On the nose. We need to break the dog whistles down for those who resist the fact that they're prejudiced.

tallahasseedem

(6,716 posts)

3. It played to his base...

Reply to one_voice (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:15 AM

Jul 2016

that's about it.

brush

(53,843 posts)

4. Too bad there are not enough racist whites to win a national election anymore.

Reply to one_voice (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:16 AM

Jul 2016

We outnumber them and we're going to kick their ass.

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