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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:44 PM
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32. I didn't see that thread before I posted mine but I stand with Kristi1696.
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  -How can anyone say Hillary is more electable when she only earns 10% of the African-American vote? jefferson_dem  Apr-23-08 10:07 PM   #0 
  - You're being generous she only got 8%  ej510   Apr-23-08 10:08 PM   #1 
  - Maybe a bit generous. Early exits reported 8%.  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:10 PM   #3 
     - The 10% who say they voted for her...  woolldog   Apr-23-08 11:14 PM   #56 
     - That's because CNN ALWAYS "adjusts" their exit polls...  dchill   Apr-24-08 11:28 AM   #71 
  - She can't win the youth vote either.  anonymous171   Apr-23-08 10:08 PM   #2 
  - The way she and her campaign / supporters have dismissed young voters is reprehensible.  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:13 PM   #6 
  - That really gets me angry as well.  anonymous171   Apr-23-08 10:15 PM   #11 
  - Young voters undervalue "experience"...  dchill   Apr-24-08 11:33 AM   #73 
  - nor the party activist vote. They no longer matter.  ZinZen   Apr-23-08 11:12 PM   #54 
  - And if she is perceived to have stolen the nomination from a black candidate,  Liberal Gramma   Apr-23-08 10:12 PM   #4 
  - Clearly.....  FrenchieCat   Apr-23-08 10:13 PM   #5 
  - "Clearly..."  dchill   Apr-24-08 11:38 AM   #75 
  - You're insane.  Starbucks Anarchist   Apr-23-08 10:14 PM   #7 
  - You have a point  MadMaddie   Apr-23-08 10:14 PM   #8 
  - a very experienced political insider type told me..  jbm   Apr-23-08 10:15 PM   #9 
  - That party insider deserves to be a cast outsider.  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:22 PM   #15 
  - And that kind of thinking just got us eight years of Bush. n/t  sfexpat2000   Apr-23-08 10:24 PM   #17 
  - The Clintons assumed that was their vote, They're bitter  Tribetime   Apr-23-08 10:15 PM   #10 
  - The presidency was Hillary's reparations  SoCalDem   Apr-23-08 11:20 PM   #58 
  - This is the elephant in the room no one will talk about.  Tatiana   Apr-23-08 10:16 PM   #12 
  - I'm seeing a lot of this from my friends also....  Kaylee   Apr-24-08 11:30 AM   #72 
  - Shhh. Mant of the people you're talking to are mathematically challenged  Catherina   Apr-23-08 10:17 PM   #13 
  - Are many african americans voting for Obama because he is black?  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 10:18 PM   #14 
  - It was only a matter of time before a Hillary supporter went there.  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:23 PM   #16 
  - Go where?  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 10:26 PM   #19 
     - FerraroLand.  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:29 PM   #20 
        - come on. how dare you. We cannot have a legitimate conversation without you  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 10:32 PM   #24 
           - Are you calling Ferraro a racist?  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:40 PM   #29 
              - What does this mean?  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 10:42 PM   #30 
                 - I didn't see that thread before I posted mine but I stand with Kristi1696.  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:44 PM   #32 
                    - what does it mean? It sounds like race may be involved in this vote somehow  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 10:48 PM   #34 
  - Are many european americans voting for Clinton because she is white?  Ashy Larry   Apr-23-08 10:25 PM   #18 
  - I don't know. I do wonder what accounts for the significant number of  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 10:30 PM   #21 
  - Most black people are anti-war.  Ashy Larry   Apr-23-08 10:36 PM   #25 
     - So is Clinton. She has been a strong fighter for civil rights her career  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 10:38 PM   #27 
        - No, she isn't. She voted for the Iraq war for example. Maybe you didn't hear about that one.  Ashy Larry   Apr-23-08 10:45 PM   #33 
           - So did Obama, again and again. So, that can't be it.  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 10:53 PM   #37 
              - So, what you're trying to say is that you are only supporting Hillary because she is a white woman.  Ashy Larry   Apr-23-08 10:58 PM   #43 
                 - That is not what I am saying at all. But, I admit that her gender is a part of why  Evergreen Emerald   Apr-23-08 11:00 PM   #45 
                    - So you're no different than someone that's vote for Obama because he's black..partly anyway,.lol  ScarletSniper   Apr-24-08 11:08 AM   #69 
  - She's Just Not Black  otohara   Apr-24-08 12:11 PM   #81 
  - You are once again wrong  Raineyb   Apr-23-08 11:08 PM   #51 
  - well said.  CitizenLeft   Apr-24-08 11:05 AM   #67 
  - Nope. B lame Bill and Billy Sheehan, for their tactics..sorry  ScarletSniper   Apr-24-08 11:07 AM   #68 
  - Didnt Bush even do better then 8% of that vote in 2004?  Thepricebreaker   Apr-23-08 10:31 PM   #22 
  - She had the vast majority of that vote until very recently.  onehandle   Apr-23-08 10:32 PM   #23 
  - Bill in South Carolina.  mystieus   Apr-23-08 10:43 PM   #31 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-23-08 11:24 PM   #59 
     - She had nearly twice the support even late last year over Obama.  onehandle   Apr-24-08 12:04 AM   #63 
  - You hit on the main reason why the supers will support the candidate with more pledged delegates.  totodeinhere   Apr-23-08 10:38 PM   #26 
  - Might set back the Democratic party a generation?  NJSecularist   Apr-23-08 10:49 PM   #35 
     - Now that's just stupid.  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:55 PM   #40 
  - The irony of her kitchen sink strategy is that she has rendered herself unelectable.  AtomicKitten   Apr-23-08 10:39 PM   #28 
  - What percentage of the total US population are African-Americans? Got any idea? nt  suston96   Apr-23-08 10:49 PM   #36 
  - 13-14(ish)%  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:54 PM   #38 
     - What about the Hispanic vote?  True_Blue   Apr-23-08 11:33 PM   #61 
        - Latinos are 15%, blacks 12% of the population (4.4% is Asian, 1% Native Am., 2% multiracial)  jackson_dem   Apr-24-08 12:02 PM   #77 
           - Latinos don't vote in the same numbers as Blacks and the Latino vote is split with Repubs.  kwenu   Apr-24-08 12:08 PM   #80 
              - With Obama it will be split. In 2006 Latinos voted 70-29 for Democrats  jackson_dem   Apr-24-08 12:26 PM   #82 
                 - Why do you keep going back to the they won't vote for a Black man chatter.  kwenu   Apr-24-08 07:59 PM   #83 
  - huh  TPILOL   Apr-23-08 10:55 PM   #39 
  - Make this argument to Hillary and her supporters  jefferson_dem   Apr-23-08 10:58 PM   #42 
  - Kinda funny george bush was elected twice with 10% or less of  BenDavid   Apr-23-08 10:57 PM   #41 
  - Yes, but that's not Bush's base.  Cali_Democrat   Apr-23-08 11:02 PM   #47 
  - This is one of the main reasons why the supers won't overturn the pledged delegate leader  Cali_Democrat   Apr-23-08 10:59 PM   #44 
  - Where are all these new young voters that Obama has brought into the fold?  NJSecularist   Apr-23-08 11:00 PM   #46 
     - PA is the oldest state in the union after Florida, so obviously it's skewed towards older voters  Cali_Democrat   Apr-23-08 11:03 PM   #48 
        - Is that what the excuse is going to be in the general election?  NJSecularist   Apr-23-08 11:05 PM   #50 
           - Did I say anything about "writing off PA?"  Cali_Democrat   Apr-23-08 11:09 PM   #52 
              - Well, what's the excuse going to be when only 12% of the electorate are young voters in the GE?  NJSecularist   Apr-23-08 11:11 PM   #53 
                 - Again your saying Dems are just gonna write off PA and Flordia  Cali_Democrat   Apr-23-08 11:14 PM   #55 
                    - Why can't Obama's magical ability to court young voters working in the primaries?  NJSecularist   Apr-23-08 11:18 PM   #57 
  - Remarkably the only talking head on TV that made this same point was  grantcart   Apr-23-08 11:05 PM   #49 
  - How is Obama electable when he earns only  OzarkDem   Apr-23-08 11:25 PM   #60 
  - I guess they're both screwed, aren't they...  malik flavors   Apr-23-08 11:40 PM   #62 
  - All those latte liberals and party activists along with the netroots will propel him to victory!  NJSecularist   Apr-24-08 12:06 AM   # 
  - Primaries and General Elections are different  expada   Apr-24-08 12:06 AM   #64 
  - kick for discussion. nt  onehandle   Apr-24-08 08:40 AM   #65 
  - she won't lose the black vote in a general  terrell9584   Apr-24-08 09:51 AM   #66 
  - If You Think Her Pulling In Only 1 Of 10 Has ANYTHING To Do With Her, You're Certifiably Insane.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Apr-24-08 11:24 AM   #70 
  - I thought this was the primary still  hill_win_2008   Apr-24-08 11:37 AM   #74 
  - She won't be running a black person in the GE  jackson_dem   Apr-24-08 12:00 PM   #76 
  - As I posted earlier: The notion was that blacks are loyal to the Clintons. That's why they decided  ProSense   Apr-24-08 12:03 PM   #78 
  - They haven't come to reality to realize that black votes count if a Dem is to win.  kwenu   Apr-24-08 12:03 PM   #79 
 

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