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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-13-08 01:32 AM
Response to Reply #35
43. Iowa, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, Utah,
Nebraska, Washington, Maine, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Vermont, Democrats Abroad, Wyoming


How's that black vote looking now?
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  -Why would Hillary play the race card when it has cost her so dearly? Zynx  Mar-12-08 11:12 PM   #0 
  - The Clintons will win no matter how dirty the victory.  Rick Myers   Mar-12-08 11:16 PM   #1 
  - You did not address a single point I made.  Zynx   Mar-12-08 11:16 PM   #2 
  - Why the hell wouldn't they go for the race card now? All the Deep South states  wienerdoggie   Mar-12-08 11:18 PM   #3 
  - In Indiana I could see the merits, but playing it in PA is not advisable.  Zynx   Mar-13-08 12:38 AM   #16 
  - Good point--which is why it makes no sense that they would do it before SC  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 01:57 AM   #50 
  - exactly.  annie1   Mar-12-08 11:19 PM   #4 
  - Put a red elephant in a small room with the rule that you can't discuss  The_Casual_Observer   Mar-12-08 11:20 PM   #5 
  - It is a manufactured issue alright.  AX10   Mar-12-08 11:20 PM   #6 
  - Hillary may not be a racist ...  NanceGreggs   Mar-12-08 11:20 PM   #7 
  - thank you.  CitizenLeft   Mar-12-08 11:25 PM   #11 
  - That doesn't address my point which is that if this is a strategy, it has hurt far more than  Zynx   Mar-13-08 12:39 AM   #17 
  - Concisely to the point and unfortunately  truedelphi   Mar-13-08 01:45 AM   #48 
  - Because she's trying to kill the Obama campaign to open up 2012 to her...  scheming daemons   Mar-12-08 11:21 PM   #8 
  - Yep.  Diane R   Mar-13-08 02:02 AM   #52 
  - I think they decided they had already lost the black vote, and the race  pdxmom   Mar-12-08 11:21 PM   #9 
  - it has not hurt her, and will not hurt her since it was aimed at...  CitizenLeft   Mar-12-08 11:24 PM   #10 
  - My point is that she has been accused of race baiting since New Hampshire and it hasn't helped her  Zynx   Mar-13-08 12:43 AM   #23 
  - Maybe she or those who advised her underestimated the backlash  FlyingSquirrel   Mar-12-08 11:26 PM   #12 
  - It has not been manufactured...the Clinton's aren't stupid  Bullet1987   Mar-12-08 11:27 PM   #13 
  - When you're already winning the white vote, what's the point?  Zynx   Mar-13-08 12:41 AM   #20 
     - The point is Obama and how he was rising and didn't appear to  Bullet1987   Mar-13-08 12:49 AM   #29 
     - But Hillary is not winning the White Vote....which is why she is behind Obama.....  FrenchieCat   Mar-13-08 02:06 AM   #53 
  - No one has ever accused the clinton campaign  zidzi   Mar-12-08 11:28 PM   #14 
  - exactly....it really isn't that hard to logic out....sigh  ElsewheresDaughter   Mar-13-08 12:11 AM   #15 
  - I predict PA will the be the most racist campaign we have seen in modern times.  anonymous171   Mar-13-08 12:39 AM   #18 
  - You know, huge numbers of northern whites are reprelled by racism.  Zynx   Mar-13-08 12:41 AM   #22 
     - I don't mean super-explicit racism.  anonymous171   Mar-13-08 12:48 AM   #28 
  - Didn't you get the memo?  woolldog   Mar-13-08 12:40 AM   #19 
  - She figured out after WI that she had lost, Now she wants to run against McCain in '12 so Obama must  Johnny__Motown   Mar-13-08 12:41 AM   #21 
  - kick  AX10   Mar-13-08 12:44 AM   #24 
  - The white racists are responding perfectly  sandnsea   Mar-13-08 12:44 AM   #25 
  - I pointed to a huge series of states this "strategy" cost her if it was a strategy.  Zynx   Mar-13-08 12:47 AM   #27 
     - Nah  sandnsea   Mar-13-08 01:08 AM   #36 
  - She forced herself into this approach by a poor pre-campaign strategy  theboss   Mar-13-08 12:45 AM   #26 
  - She's been accused of race baiting since before New Hampshire.  Zynx   Mar-13-08 12:49 AM   #30 
     - You don't see the concerted effort to turn him into a fringe candidate like Jackson  theboss   Mar-13-08 12:57 AM   #34 
  - Your thread title answers the question. Playing the race card benefits only Obama...  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 12:51 AM   #31 
  - What about states with low AA populations and high rural uneducated white populations?  anonymous171   Mar-13-08 12:52 AM   #32 
     - Which states are you referring to? Hillary winning whites 60-40 isn't racial voting  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 01:06 AM   #35 
        - Hey easy on the labels! You said that "playing the race card only benefits Obama"  anonymous171   Mar-13-08 01:09 AM   #37 
        - Swiftboating the Clintons on race is playing the race card  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 01:12 AM   #38 
           - Is there any evidence that Obama ran a coordinated campaign to discredit the Clintons' on race?  anonymous171   Mar-13-08 01:15 AM   #39 
              - Campaign memos and the campaign spokesman doesn't count?  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 01:26 AM   #41 
                 - I still require links. I want evidence of a coordinated effort.  anonymous171   Mar-13-08 01:28 AM   #42 
                    - Here. Where are the similar ones for the alleged Clinton race baiting?  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 01:36 AM   #44 
                       - Calling out attempts to racially marginalize Obama is swiftboating?  anonymous171   Mar-13-08 01:39 AM   #45 
                       - The intent was to portray them as racist. Too bad the Clintons haven't done the same to Obama  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 01:42 AM   #46 
                       - Geraldine Ferraro, Bob Kerrey, Ed Rendell, Bill "Jesse won in 84/88" Clinton...  chascarrillo   Mar-13-08 02:08 AM   #55 
        - Iowa, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, Utah,  jgraz   Mar-13-08 01:32 AM   #43 
        - Good points. The racial flap did no damage to Obama. It hurt only Clinton  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 01:55 AM   #49 
        - Do you get whiplash from these sudden u-turns?  jgraz   Mar-13-08 02:01 AM   #51 
        - My Washington St. caucus had 2 blacks out of 72 people. Obama got 70% of our votes.  Diane R   Mar-13-08 02:06 AM   #54 
           - I bet a lot of those voters were closet blacks  jgraz   Mar-13-08 02:09 AM   #56 
           - Yup, the initial racial flap didn't hurt Obama at all  jackson_dem   Mar-13-08 02:10 AM   #57 
              - Isn't VT the whitest state in the union?  anonymous171   Mar-13-08 03:20 AM   #58 
              - News flash:  XemaSab   Mar-13-08 05:31 AM   #66 
        - The blacks in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and North Dakota  XemaSab   Mar-13-08 05:29 AM   #65 
  - Clintons WERE NEVER FOR ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES  DogPoundPup   Mar-13-08 12:56 AM   #33 
  - I think Bill Clinton honestly believed he was the first "black" President.  writes3000   Mar-13-08 01:24 AM   #40 
  - Bullshit!  stolidus   Mar-13-08 04:46 AM   #64 
  - Poor political instincts  anigbrowl   Mar-13-08 01:44 AM   #47 
  - because  johnnydrama   Mar-13-08 03:59 AM   #59 
  - Here's your answer: They knew they were going to lose SC  cali   Mar-13-08 04:09 AM   #60 
  - Rove is using a CREEP 1972 dirty trick, smear one Dem, blame another,  McCamy Taylor   Mar-13-08 04:23 AM   #61 
  - So you're saying Ferraro made no such comments?  XemaSab   Mar-13-08 05:33 AM   #67 
  - It was desperation.  bowens43   Mar-13-08 04:29 AM   #62 
  - Seriously.  stolidus   Mar-13-08 04:41 AM   #63 
  - You're naive if you think liberals aren't racist too  XemaSab   Mar-13-08 05:37 AM   #68 
  - She wouldn't. The accusation makes no sense whatsoever.  Perry Logan   Mar-13-08 05:43 AM   #69 
  - Before SC, she had decent sized numbers, but AFTER BC popped off  SoCalDem   Mar-13-08 05:43 AM   #70 
 

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