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In reply to the discussion: Hypothetical Question: Would Obama and the Clintons be as successful if they were actually Liberal? [View all]Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)O.K., on the Democratic Party side:
During the 2007 primaries, there were a host of polls from industrial and manufacturing-centered states (West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky) where people were surveyed and TOLD pollsters flat out that they would not vote for Obama because he is black. There were all kinds of surveys where Democrats admitted that race played a major role in why they support Hillary Clinton.
In my own personal experiences while I was canvassing in PA and some parts of VA, I was called the N-Word, spat on (BY DEMOCRATS) for supporting Obama.
The ugliness didn't stop there. On DU, there were racially insensitive comments made about Obama. Now, I didn't keep a running tally of those insults (why would I?) but they were here. They were all over social media.
If you don't believe it, then you don't believe it. That's your problem.
But telling me to go home? Well, this isn't 1963. I can stay where I want and say what I want when I want. You don't get to tell me to go anywhere or do anything.