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In reply to the discussion: Clinton used race as a campaign tactic in 2008 - she's doing worse now [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,998 posts)225. Except for the Clinton supporters that *are* African American
Fully aware of the influence and power they hold in this election. Thank God, no undue white influences bring them to the polls. AA's state unequivocally what the issues they care about are and while they are certainly not monolithic, the trend right now is to support Hillary. Perhaps Sanders will be able to change that, but not while Sanders supporters seriously think they are owed by African Americans.
They made up their own minds, and certainly aren't backstabbing, dismissing or belittling themselves.
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Clinton used race as a campaign tactic in 2008 - she's doing worse now [View all]
berni_mccoy
Nov 2015
OP
"I look forward to fighting for her the way she’s fighting for all of us."-John Lewis
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#1
I take my lead on civil rights from John Lewis, not anonymous internet posters.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#8
You're entitled to your opinion and to believe whatever you like in the face of facts.
berni_mccoy
Nov 2015
#11
Taking the lead from a black guy who still bears a lump on his head at the hands of white racists...
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#165
I have a request out to Lewis to explain why he supports her DOMA revisionism when he was one of
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2015
#231
The DOMA vote was awful, a political cave of Biblical proportions There is no defending it...
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#232
She has it. Only somebody in a dreamworld thinks Bernie is winning with Blacks.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#15
"She has it. Only somebody in a dreamworld thinks Bernie is winning with Blacks"
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#31
I wish I could like this post a million times. Black people owe NOTHING to the Clintons! ZERO!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#241
I wish Bernie could win, but I grow increasingly unconvinced with each passing day.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2015
#266
So, I guess President Obama is a better person than others who post here?
Starry Messenger
Nov 2015
#24
I'm sure he's feeling pretty great about Secretary Clinton's awesome numbers
Starry Messenger
Nov 2015
#47
Never try to convince somebody something isn't true when their whole world view depends on it...
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#66
"Friendships involve a sense of trust and being in the foxhole together."
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#117
Same. How do you think the BLM members thrown out of Clinton's speech feel?
berni_mccoy
Nov 2015
#13
As a white person I am confident black persons can make informed decisions, you?
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#193
Gee whiz...Imagine if African Americans were running around telling white people what to think...
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#197
What this about is this white person not wanting to infantalize black persons ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#215
A lot of folks don't seem to be into the independent senator from Vermont.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#221
A lot of this point is over the top, but I don't have time to go through it all.
brooklynite
Nov 2015
#2
Well black peope are used to it and most forgive her. Nuff said. We still remember.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#32
I don't forgive anybody ever. I'm mean. But the Queen's enemies are mine own so, meh.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#120
It is unrealistic to expect a candidate with tens of millions of supporters to rein all of them in.
JonLeibowitz
Nov 2015
#200
It ain't me that I worry about. The hundreds of reported cases of others piss me off.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#201
I agree with you, but again, black voters are acting STRATEGICALLY and RATIONALLY.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#244
Hi bravenak. All due respect, I remember and will NEVER forgive or forget. The Clintons showed me
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#162
Except you've also decided to 'go to war' with a lot of us who are her enemies but not yours.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2015
#180
I don't think anything you're writing is directed at me. But it IS directed at trying to burn down
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2015
#187
I agree 100%! The problem with Bernie's campaign is not necessarily his supporters, which
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#243
Like hounding them on the internet, peering into their religious affiliations...
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#63
Nothing done by Bernie's campaign will ever approach this disturbing crap
whatchamacallit
Nov 2015
#68
yes ,when you say things like you ate voting for sanders because it's best fro black people
JI7
Nov 2015
#110
Easier to vote bother us. Some think they need to educate us on what is best for us constantly.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#135
Former Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman, Marcia Fudge, Endorses Hillary Clinton
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#19
I know it's hard to stomach, and I probably should have put "GRAPHIC" in the title...
berni_mccoy
Nov 2015
#41
Then he should have put that last, I guess, because everything else in there is more damning, and
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2015
#150
Well, if you want the return 'fair point', or the Devil's Advocate one or whatever
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2015
#209
Interesting. I guess the death penalty the way its being done now is racist.
PatrickforO
Nov 2015
#259
It's not like Queen Latifah and Sister Souljah look remotely alike.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#122
I didn't read the whole thing... The error was so glaring it jumped off the page.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#96
Since the POC is heavily supporting Hillary Clinton and post by some supporting another candidate
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#102
It wasn't this op, there were many after NN and Seattle, even to the point US mail sent,
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#127
Didn't you post the same thing in this same forum about a week ago and it was hidden?
George II
Nov 2015
#125
Over the years, I've posted this and many other things that happened in 2008. But people act as
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#245
Well I AM calling the Clintons racists because THEY ARE! The 2008 campaign was absolutely despicable
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#161
Thank you, brave.. they can dwell on 2008.. I was pissed too. But, so much good has happened
Cha
Nov 2015
#214
Sadly, some folks are willing to give excuses for supporting racism as long as they feel it 'hurts'
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2015
#186
See, that's where you're wrong. It's not illogical if we're talking ONLY of politics...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#246
Well, I respect your opinion. But many people believe that Bernie is unelectable.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#250
I got it now, if the same subjects is brought up often enough and the issues will not discussed and
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#181
"Race memo" was released by the Obama campaign on eve of South Carolina.
McCamy Taylor
Nov 2015
#203
NO they're friends.. just because you want to think the worst.. for bernie. Doesn't make it so.
Cha
Nov 2015
#212
Or, the real issue, Obama was trying to repair the damage Clinton did to the party... You remember
berni_mccoy
Nov 2015
#228
I have come to realize that mo matter what Clinton.... all will be excused or ignored..
Bread and Circus
Nov 2015
#255
OMFG not only did she darken his skin, but also made his head less oval too.
jack_krass
Nov 2015
#262