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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:21 AM
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1. That IS very interesting
David Gergan said that this is what she has to do. Her timing and choice of venue is interesting.
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  -Hillary says if you are voting against Obama because he's black she doesn't want your vote. dkf  May-22-08 08:19 AM   #0 
  - That IS very interesting  ellacott   May-22-08 08:21 AM   #1 
  - Well she's going to Puerto Rico next. She doesn't need people  dkf   May-22-08 08:24 AM   #6 
  - Especially since most Puerto Ricans are of mixed African, Hispanic  JenniferZ   May-22-08 08:48 AM   #35 
     - Um...most Puerto Ricans are not mixed with African.....  Lady-Damai   May-22-08 09:22 AM   #51 
  - To be fair there is racism in the Latino community where people who  mucifer   May-22-08 08:22 AM   #2 
  - It exists in the black & Mexican community..would Obama be as acceptable if he were darker?  Doityourself   May-22-08 10:14 AM   #58 
  - There are 2 concepts: "mejorar la raza" / "atrasar la raza"  panAmerican   May-22-08 10:38 AM   #68 
     - Those are good points  texshelters   May-22-08 11:53 AM   #80 
  - Is there a link or video?  FredScuttle   May-22-08 08:22 AM   #3 
  - me too  NatBurner   May-22-08 08:23 AM   #5 
  - Hopefully the video won't show her winking at the camera  virtualobserver   May-22-08 08:24 AM   #7 
  - I DVR'd it on MSNBC and have no idea how to do a video...sorry!  dkf   May-22-08 08:25 AM   #10 
  - Point well taken  FredScuttle   May-22-08 08:34 AM   #21 
  - Sadly,  mamalone   May-22-08 09:10 AM   #46 
  - And Obama should say the same thing: regarding both race and gender  Evergreen Emerald   May-22-08 08:23 AM   #4 
  - Did Hillary say it in regard to gender?  Rose Siding   May-22-08 08:24 AM   #9 
  - Ohhhh no, how can you say that??  Beacool   May-22-08 09:05 AM   #43 
  - She was asked during an interview.  bunnies   May-22-08 10:26 AM   #63 
  - Hillary is great and loves people of all races.  ccharles000   May-22-08 08:24 AM   #8 
  - but, working class whites are more important than working class blacks.  mucifer   May-22-08 08:27 AM   #12 
  - No such thing was implied in her statements. That is the BO 'bash  yadayadayada   May-22-08 08:30 AM   #16 
     - Then why didn't Obama say Hillary has a problem with the black vote.  mucifer   May-22-08 08:32 AM   #19 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   May-22-08 08:34 AM   #23 
  - That's why she would give just "a nudge" to remind Puerto Ricans that Obama is BLACK.  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 08:31 AM   #18 
  - and from what i have seen that will not be to hard to do.....  madrchsod   May-22-08 09:02 AM   #41 
  - hillary loves hillary  bowens43   May-22-08 08:34 AM   #22 
  - Yes , she does.  Beacool   May-22-08 09:08 AM   #45 
     - Yea well I believe they are racist  ampad   May-22-08 12:09 PM   #83 
        - Excuse me, but aren't you the same people who called the folks in WV & KY  Beacool   May-22-08 01:33 PM   #85 
  - But if you're a Repuke voting for her because Rush said to  undeterred   May-22-08 08:26 AM   #11 
  - This will come as a shock to all of those....  TwoSparkles   May-22-08 08:27 AM   #13 
  - "racist and massively stupid"  FredScuttle   May-22-08 08:31 AM   #17 
  - Is that TRUE?!? If so, that's so fucking divisive ... racist!  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 08:28 AM   #14 
  - Not strange O. did not reject sexist votes,...  Deep13   May-22-08 08:28 AM   #15 
  - No, say it!?! It's RACIALLY DIVISIVE ... it's a dog whistle to those who are already predjudice to  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 08:33 AM   #20 
  - i agree with everything professor robinson said  madrchsod   May-22-08 08:54 AM   #39 
  - Obama does not need to reject sexist voters because he never went after them in the first place  FredScuttle   May-22-08 08:41 AM   #31 
     - Bingo.  Starbucks Anarchist   May-22-08 08:42 AM   #33 
  - After KY, WV, IN, PA, OH, TX, now she says this.  GoesTo11   May-22-08 08:35 AM   #24 
  - If you "play the race card" repeatedly, you are A RACIST.  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 08:36 AM   #26 
  - If you're trying to benefit from racism, I think that qualifies you as a racist.  InAbLuEsTaTe   May-22-08 09:22 AM   #52 
     - It's worse  GoesTo11   May-22-08 09:31 AM   #54 
        - You've got a point. Why hasn't Hillary been forced out of the party a la Lieberman?!  InAbLuEsTaTe   May-22-08 09:39 AM   #56 
  - I hope someone can find this video and send it to KO?!?  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 08:35 AM   #25 
  - They played it on Morning Joe so I'm sure he will get a copy.  dkf   May-22-08 08:40 AM   #29 
     - Thank you. We all know that this recent "statement" is a DOG WHISTLE to racists  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 08:52 AM   #38 
  - I applaud her courage. It takes real guts to say that after every Appalachian and Rust Belt primary  Occam Bandage   May-22-08 08:38 AM   #27 
  - Her "popular vote" is stained with multitudes of racists supporting her  FredScuttle   May-22-08 08:46 AM   #34 
  - So now she's throwing her base under the bus. Interesting the timing that she decided to say this nt  Yotun   May-22-08 08:40 AM   #28 
  - Z- z - z - z - z - zzzzzz  graywarrior   May-22-08 08:41 AM   #30 
  - Weird coming the DAY after David Gergen tells her, on national TV  AchtungToddler   May-22-08 08:41 AM   #32 
  - It's deplorable, someone should hunt down the video and FORWARD IT to KO?  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 08:50 AM   #36 
  - Everything the Clintons do is calculated...  snooper2   May-22-08 10:15 AM   #59 
  - More calculation from the Clinton camp. I'm not surprised.  IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge   May-22-08 08:51 AM   #37 
  - She Was Coerced Into Saying This Because Of David Gergen's Comments........  global1   May-22-08 08:56 AM   #40 
  - If the Kentucky primary were upcoming  WesDem   May-22-08 09:06 AM   #44 
     - Democratic Politicians who truly VALUE the AA vote do NOT play "The Southern Strategy."  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 10:28 AM   #65 
        - The "average AA" has well and truly reacted already nt  WesDem   May-22-08 11:42 AM   #76 
  - TOO LITTLE TOO LATE & PLAGIARIZED FROM DAVID GERGEN  Truth Hurts A Lot   May-22-08 09:05 AM   #42 
  - good point - she did plagiarize that  AtomicKitten   May-22-08 11:46 AM   #78 
  - After the bigots have already voted for her, not she says it? NOT.  BlooInBloo   May-22-08 09:11 AM   #47 
  - Too late for me...  mamalone   May-22-08 09:12 AM   #48 
  - You do realize though  Tom Rinaldo   May-22-08 09:19 AM   #49 
  - Hillary is a walking SNL skit. The crap that comes out of her mouth NEVER ceases to amaze.  InAbLuEsTaTe   May-22-08 09:21 AM   #50 
  - A little fucking late for that, Hill.  lojasmo   May-22-08 09:31 AM   #53 
  - Very generous of her to say that after the primary is over.  billyoc   May-22-08 09:35 AM   #55 
  - If she believed this  DeschutesRiver   May-22-08 09:54 AM   #57 
  - WV and KY are over, right? It's just like when she didn't mind her campaign smearing Richardson...  JVS   May-22-08 10:22 AM   #60 
  - Ths is false. This was Gergen's advice to Hillary, not what she said herself.  SoonerPride   May-22-08 10:24 AM   #61 
  - She said it during a telemundo interview.  bunnies   May-22-08 10:27 AM   #64 
  - I stand corrected. I have not seen the TV today.  SoonerPride   May-22-08 10:45 AM   #69 
     - Yeah. No kidding, right?  bunnies   May-22-08 10:51 AM   #70 
  - No it was "a coded message" - a "dog whistle" if you will to those in Puerto Rico who are racially  ShortnFiery   May-22-08 10:31 AM   #67 
  - impeccable timing  Stop Cornyn   May-22-08 10:25 AM   #62 
  - Dollar Short. Day Late. Now it's just pandering and looking better than she is.  berni_mccoy   May-22-08 10:28 AM   #66 
  - Still no link to this rumor? No proof? Just outrage?  MethuenProgressive   May-22-08 11:18 AM   #71 
  - HERE'S YOUR LINK  SoonerPride   May-22-08 11:31 AM   #75 
     - Those are still photos, with no text. You still have no proof of today's bogus rumor.  MethuenProgressive   May-22-08 11:42 AM   #77 
        - If you bother to read the site, it says there is an exclusive interview  SoonerPride   May-22-08 11:47 AM   #79 
           - No link, no proof, just rumor, and still the Followers hit their knees...  MethuenProgressive   May-22-08 11:59 AM   #81 
              - Or your inability to know what you're talking about  SoonerPride   May-22-08 12:03 PM   #82 
  - Here comes Sybil's "nice girl" personality... n/t  backscatter712   May-22-08 11:21 AM   #72 
  - so sad that we won't see this make the DU front page K&R  ElsewheresDaughter   May-22-08 11:23 AM   #73 
  - there goes a LOT of the Kentucky vote, then n/t  Cheap_Trick   May-22-08 11:24 AM   #74 
  - so she is telling the brown folks  ampad   May-22-08 12:17 PM   #84 
     - It's okay to scold Latinos. It's not okay to scold "hard-working Americans -- white Americans".  NorthernSpy   May-22-08 01:53 PM   #86 
 

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