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JustAnotherGen

(31,798 posts)

8. Exactly - I'm not selfish and I care about others

Reply to Number23 (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 07:29 AM

Jul 2015

If I can buy shower cream at L'Occitane - I can help other Americans.

What I'm trying to figure out with the Sanders quote - I think he took a wrong turn with that statement. Had he not said it in the sme interview immediately after the comments about how we are happy racism is over -

The Republicans would be dragging him for picking on poor white people who keep voting Republican. IE He kind of called them stupid in a very sly way.

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"Rick Perry, Republicans, and the African-American Vote" [View all] Jamaal510 Jul 2015 OP

I don't trust him but . . . JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #1

"you should not be basing your politics on skin color - it should be based on Number23 Jul 2015 #6

Exactly - I'm not selfish and I care about others JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #8

What the... is that INSIGHT I see dripping from the mouth of Rick Perry????! Number23 Jul 2015 #2

I'd be interested in hearing/reading their excuses JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #3

And, think about the current DU folks ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #4

"the Federal government protected my from you(r benign neglect)!" Number23 Jul 2015 #7

Perry and you guys are opening up a whole new thing for me here. randys1 Jul 2015 #5

This is what I'm saying randy! JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #9