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In reply to the discussion: The fatally compromised Progressive Caucus. [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)74. I, too, ...
as a Black man "liked being a part of the history for electing the first Black president", but that was not why I voted for him. I voted for him because I favored his policies and temperment over those of McCain (and I damned sure didn't want $i$ter $arah, the bible-spice, one heart beat away from the presidency).
But don't even try to equate that with those NOT voting for President Obama because he identifies Black.
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You know, I have become convinced that Obama will be remembered as the 1st black Presidet
1-Old-Man
Jan 2013
#1
Your post was idiotic and racist. To argue that the most popular Democratic President
geek tragedy
Jan 2013
#24
You're the only person thinking of him in strictly racial terms, and you're
geek tragedy
Jan 2013
#75
2nd or 3rd president in US history to get RE-ELECTED by over 51% of US majority but he's black...
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#37
That poster has gone bye-bye but really, that argument means they'd have voted for Cain
tpsbmam
Jan 2013
#77
Are we talking about 3rd-Wayish Kucinich here, lover of Ron/Rand Paul & their anti-UN Gun Control
patrice
Jan 2013
#54
What a load of crap, smearing the only people in Congress really working for us...
Scuba
Jan 2013
#7
Did you read the whole article? I'm just wondering if that response is from...
Poll_Blind
Jan 2013
#14
The Caucus in the House won that battle. It's the Senate that destroyed the Public Option.
Selatius
Jan 2013
#68
The Progressive Caucus has been "triangulated" into supporting the 3rd Way policies.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#11
Well, he's not my Rep and I support him and wish he was. He's one of the few honest
sabrina 1
Jan 2013
#69
In other words, they should act like Louie Gohmert and the crazy-ass Teahadists
geek tragedy
Jan 2013
#22
So there is no area between rubberstamp and Gohmert and the caucus should just
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#32
The Progressive Caucus has 75 members, so it can't be too much different from the Democratic Party
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#28
I bet that you would have been shit-less if you had lived during FDR's day.
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#64