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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:34 PM Original message |
Poll question: Are Hillary's recent comments about voting demographics racist? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. She's getting as close as she can to saying "Yes, I know you're racist"... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. And for all that non-stop jazz about Wright, it didn't hurt Obama much.(nt) |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. sickeningly yes |
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shomino (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wouldn't say the comments themselves were racist |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. It seems that nobody is "racist" anymore... |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I agree |
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ObamaKerryDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Well said... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. Exactly |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Race baiting with your own race |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. A month ago when she did this the last time, some important distinctions were made: |
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KSinTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Prejudicial - yes/ racist - no. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Is it prejudicial based on race? |
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KSinTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I would say, No ... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "Playing on racist fears isn't the same as being racist" |
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KSinTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. My distinction with Clinton, et. al. |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Good post, I agree completely |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Well-said! |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Didn't many people say the same thing about Bilbo, Eastland, Stennis, Thurmond. |
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KSinTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Those people lived the moment and reinforced it |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Not sure I can agree with that. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. She keeps getting a free pass from the media ... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not really. Just as negative, cynical and wrong as many of her assumptions |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. Cool! A poll measuring the stupidity level in GD:P today. So far, stupidity is winning. {EOM} |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It wins every day. |
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Rubiconski2009 (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hillary wants to run for President of White America. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hillary is setting us back decades. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. She can make her point without all the adjectives in front or "white voters" |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. the best word for it is "invidious"... |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. The word "white" is racist? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. They are |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. You can't talk about this issue, because unfortunately I think the truth is a very non-PC. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. What truth would that be? |
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Bad Thoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. It was a great "white hands" moment |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. Other: Race-baiting. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. +1 |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. She is accurately describing recent polling. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. You need a vote for "gray area". |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. To say "white" voters is NOT racist... |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I agree but |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. To say "hard-working voters, white voters" IS racist.... |
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wrando (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. ridiculous |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
36. I'd say your allegation is sexist |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. It's not OK for ANY politician to have "this discussion" in front of |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. lol |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Give me a break. If a male candidate said the same thing, the reaction would be the same. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
37. PC or NOT, she was a total IDIOT to have said it.... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. Racist? No. Stupid? Yes And they make her less electable in the fall |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. They play to racists. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
43. The New and Improved... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
44. The next question is: Will her race baiting work? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. No. But she desperately wants people to say that. |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. Racism is the belief in the genetic superiority of one race over another |
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CindyKay (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yes! |
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JBShakes (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. They're not racist, they're just STUPID. |
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