I have nothing bad to say about WV or KY dems

[cali]

If they go overwhelmingly for Clinton, that does not, de facto, make them racists. I live among poor white, underemployed and undereducated mountain folks, and they voted overwhelmingly for Obama. So I know that being poor, white, underemployed, undereducated and rural doesn't automatically make you a racist. I don't know why Obama has so much trouble connecting with dem voters from Appalachia, but I'm loath to reflexively call it racism.

[anonymous171]

1. I just means that they know Hillary better than Obama.

Familiarity.

[Thrill]

2. It is what it is. Some parts of the country aren't going to accept him

The Good Thing is this thing can be won without those parts of the country.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Why not? (I just like watching people squirm at The Thing Which Cannot Be Said)

:rofl:

[cbayer]

3. Thank you for that. nt.

[bigwillq]

4. Me neither.

Let them vote. And let them vote for whichever nominee they think is best.

I am all for letting everyone vote, regardless of the math.

And let all the pundits and critics figure out why the state may go overwhelmingly for Clinton.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. what Obama is saying is unite, unite, unite

Hillary is saying segregate segregate segregate

[depakid]

10. Well, at least there 5 positive posts before the inevitable (and irrelevant)

crack at Hillary.

My thoughts are that I wish they were able to see that having a Democrat (any Democrat) in the whitehouse is far and away better for their economic interests (not to mention their health) than any Republican.

Hands down.

[LittleBlue]

7. At one point, I lived in a agrarian-based economy

And yes, it is racism. Some shamelessly say, "I don't know about voting for a black guy." <- This was one of my relatives from the area.

No, not all are racist, but they're not ready to give up the fight that ended 50 years ago.

[cali]

12. um, I live in a very agrarian, rural and poor place.

and as I said, people here voted for Obama in the primary. Want to explain that?

[LittleBlue]

13. I said not all were racists

some are. Racism is a verifiable element in all of this. But some are also not ready for a Muslim sounding name.

Let's face it: WV is uneducated, poor, and redneck. They swallow this garbage because the average education includes Sunday Bible school and rejection of science. For people who believe the earth is 5000 years old, it isn't hard to make them swallow Hillary's lies.

[hokies4ever]

8. The MSM is pushing the meme that it's ignorance/racism

they often do embarrassing hit pieces on ordinary citizens. Having them on record saying stuff like, "He's a Muslim. I don't trust one of those." or something like, "His wife is an American-hating atheist." As long as the media pushes that story, other people will assume it's racism.

[anonymous171]

9. Hopefully Obama will say otherwise tommorow night.

The people of WV will be watching.

[hokies4ever]

11. He won't address it directly

because Hillary will accuse him of playing the race-card. He'll obviously wait until he wins Oregon if he wants to specifically address his large contingent of white voters. Otherwise, he normally talks about a theme revolving around unity amound all types of people.