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Black people simply voting for the Black candidate is NOT a victory

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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-26-08 08:50 PM
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Black people simply voting for the Black candidate is NOT a victory
And I say this as a Black female.

Engaging in blind loyalty and simply voting for the Black candidate is NOT a victory.

The Obama camp made this a campaign about race, with Michelle Obama's "Black America will wake up and get it" and Barack Obama's "There's no doubt if we consolidate the Black vote, there would be a pround shift..."

I frankly am disappointed in my community...especially the ones who just eviscerated and slammed Tavis Smiley a few weeks ago, when he suggested that after falling in love with Obama, we need to hold him accountable. And Tavis took a lot of heat for suggesting we need to remember to hold Obama accountable.

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   so... you know nothing about this process.  mb7588a   Jan-27-08 12:02 AM   #1 
 
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1. so... you know nothing about this process.
It's all about delegates at this point - victories are not anywhere near as meaningful (Although on the republican side they seem to be more so.)

A delegate is a delegate is a delegate. Get the most and THAT is a victory.
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