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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 01:52 AM Original message |
Why are black lawmakers already jumping on Clinton bandwagon? |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Personally, I believe Obama to be the better candidate. However, |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I agree with you wholeheartedly, and have posted comments |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Money..... |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. .... and lots of it |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. And promises of positions when their candidate |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nah, that mean you gotta work.... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Blacks should not vote for Obama just because he is black |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I agree with you but did you read the whole article? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is informative as well |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Thanks, I meant to include that but |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. Mr Obama will be the vice president. That should give him the red carpet |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Do you have someone that you project to be the |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. The Whitehouse has been stripped of all it's dignity. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. If Bill's warning these black leaders Obama will be a political drag on the ticket |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Please stop "swiftboating" BC with that unsubstantiated, unsourced piece of malarky.(eom) |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That wasn't unsubstantiated - it was part of the article about their support for Hillary. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Do you believe that Bill Clinton would approach two accomplished black legislators |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Yes. And he would say it in an earnest way. I doubt he'd say it to more prominent |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. "He would say it in an earnest way". Please, if you would, recreate how |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Please, imagine what Bill said to himself when he decided to protect Poppy Bush over |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. "drugrunning"? "CIA"?. Please quit dodging and stalling and conjure up |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Why bother pretending what was said when the men already stated what they |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Don't want to get into the argument but |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Clinton would never run the risk of such an insult to blacks backfiring. These |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I'm not a farm hand and I got it pulled on me all the time. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Please read post #45. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Look, I never said BC did anything. Just said that it could be done. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. It didn't bother Bill to insult them in CIA drugrunning story when he chose Poppy Bush's |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Headline:"Clinton Says 'Blacks Can't Win'". What if BC's entreaty to |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Yeah - it takes genius to advise supporting antigay measures on state ballots |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. "genius" and "logic". I refer you to your post #43. It is in direct contradiction |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Where's the logic in Clinton choosing Poppy Bush's secrecy and privilege over black communities |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Poppy Bush, CIA, cocaine? quasi-hijack of thread in progress. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It's an apt reply to the implication that Clinton wouldn't act against the black community |
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DonkeyInChinaShop (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. "Every Democrat running on that ticket next year would lose because he's black and at the top" |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Actually, I see it more as a self hate/defeatism way of thinking. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 06:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You have excellent insight for someone who is not black. I'm black and I |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Thank you. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. The same people who wouldn't vote for a black man wouldn't vote for a white woman, either. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. This is the logic in what the two men said. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. And I join you in that. And if Bill's the one giving them that cue, then shame on him. |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. Money and Power=endorsements....see link |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Because all blacks don't think alike... |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I am not a republican and as I stated to other posts. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. I did not call you a republicon... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. thank you!!! omg this is so ridiculous |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Please read all the posts. |
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Meat Stew (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
22. I think |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You THINK you heard? |
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Meat Stew (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Yes.. |
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Meat Stew (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. ............... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. The price was right? |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Okay, but what about Ford? |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. probably 'cuz clinton's clean up after bushes |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. I told y'all that black folk like her but you didn't want to listen to me. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Actually this is not about people liking Hilary, |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. "If he runs they may lose their jobs as state senators"? |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. I don't know but this is what THEY are saying. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. STEPHANIE TUBS-JONES 'I said last year.. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. That sounds right and I am fine with it. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
59. Could be loyalty from 1992 |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-16-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. There is no problem with them supporting Hilary! |
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