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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]Gothmog
(145,965 posts)89. Agreed
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that 61% wasn't enough to swing the state to Dems in either 'o8 or 12 in the GE
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#41
It's a fact getting what you want in the small picture means nada in the big picture
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#48
Funny how a Dem only primary in a majority AA state with large #s of delegates is to be "ignored"
Number23
Feb 2016
#202
So let me get this straight, Hillary winning in GA, Texas and other massive Southern states
Number23
Mar 2016
#359
That was my point, Einstein. You don't know what you're arguing at all, do you?
Number23
Mar 2016
#366
I know this is hard for some to comprehend, but when a person becomes president, that person
still_one
Feb 2016
#52
Tell me which states Hillary's campaign abandoned or in which she has no office, operation or
LuvLoogie
Feb 2016
#272
It's ridiculous that you think they shouldn't be engaged in the process in a meaningful way.
PeaceNikki
Feb 2016
#53
Right, those black voters who voted for Hillary tonight are Confederate flag waving bigots
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#219
Since you're not suggesting that Democrats (the majority of whom are AA) in SC are
onenote
Feb 2016
#312
Someone says to ignore SC results, but it's "silly time in the Clinton Group" Got it.
themaguffin
Feb 2016
#200
And two 90+% white states like Iowa and New Hampshire are representative of the party?
Gothmog
Feb 2016
#87
The African American turnout was 61% today. Are you saying they were forced by
sufrommich
Feb 2016
#26
They're confederate flag waving bigots according to a post upthread, haven't you heard?
stevenleser
Feb 2016
#220
"South Carolina. Too small to be a republic, too large to be an insane asylum"
hobbit709
Feb 2016
#14
Tell me why DUers talk shit about Texas, Texans, and The South in general.
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2016
#35
It's a recognized primary. It counts. Whatever happens it gets put with other results
HereSince1628
Feb 2016
#30
LOL!! Yeah, put your head in the sand. Ignore SC results. Will you ignore Super
beaglelover
Feb 2016
#38
I spent several hours calling voters in SC today and most were very pleasant and I disagree ...
slipslidingaway
Feb 2016
#49
Wow. And using master/servant when majority of Dem voters in SC are black?!?
Metric System
Feb 2016
#54
I will just add that Senator Sanders would say the poor and oppressed are in more need ...
slipslidingaway
Feb 2016
#60
It truly seems as if the OP doesn't understand that. And as a Bernie supporter I apologize for his
onenote
Feb 2016
#318
I'm not taking the advice of South Carolina Democrats. They haven't won a single statewide election.
w4rma
Feb 2016
#68
Still. The Democrats in South Carolina clearly haven't been able to articulate a counter-message. nt
w4rma
Feb 2016
#79
I did forget about that. Have Democrats in South Carolina tried to do *anything* to change that?
w4rma
Feb 2016
#88
True, but there are conservatives in South Carolina who distrust the things, too.
w4rma
Feb 2016
#97
It has nothing to do with ethnicity. The exit polls say that conservatives and "moderates" dominate
w4rma
Feb 2016
#100
As a Sanders supporter, I have to ask have you taken complete leave of your senses?
The Traveler
Feb 2016
#96
Three cheers for the Clinton campaign, the corporate media and the DNC who all did
mhatrw
Feb 2016
#115
bookmarked - further evidence of hte racism that exists in one group of supporters
DrDan
Feb 2016
#119
I alerted but a previous alert allowed it to remain on a 2-5 vote! Am just stunned.
JimDandy
Feb 2016
#153
just shared your post with Bernie's campaign hq - I am sure they would like to hear
DrDan
Feb 2016
#134
Sometimes people rec an awful post so that everyone sees it...but they usually
Lucinda
Feb 2016
#290
But white people are learned, noble and valiant!1 Whenever they vote, it's because they have
Number23
Feb 2016
#208
But he won the coveted white MEN vote which is really the only vote that counts.
PeaceNikki
Feb 2016
#254
To win in the General Election you need enthusiasm...Hillary doesn't have much.
andrewv1
Feb 2016
#157
like those who vote for Bachmann in Minn, or Christie in NJ, or Walker in Wisc, or Brown in Mass
DrDan
Feb 2016
#217
There's no reason to ignore it-- but there's no reason to worry about it, either.
Marr
Feb 2016
#177
First, please don't mistake my Lincoln avatar with that of the individual who authored the OP.
Trust Buster
Feb 2016
#182
A very good explanation of the dynamics of SC...Curious though of the MSM's sudden "elevation"
andrewv1
Feb 2016
#210
So? The Progressives think they are the base & the Latino's think they are the base & etc & etc...
andrewv1
Feb 2016
#221
This Bernie supporter says no we shouldn't ignore it. Hillary kicked our ass tonite.
jillan
Feb 2016
#204
yeah, RobertEarl, Bernie should just keep on ignoring African-American voters
book_worm
Feb 2016
#258
Right, cuz of there's anyone who we should try to repress, it's the Dems there, most of whom are AA.
PeaceNikki
Feb 2016
#273
I see you want to hold the Civil War against the black voters of South Carolina
CreekDog
Feb 2016
#324
Up 8% in a poll by Suffolk which overestimated Hillary's NH support by 13%. We'll see in 2 days
Vote2016
Feb 2016
#297
"Master/servant style of population"? That's kind of a racist assumption, you know. Just wow.
Hekate
Feb 2016
#299
We can't ignore the facts. The youth did not turn out. Nobody did really. It's like that state is in
thereismore
Feb 2016
#301
I hope you only meant by ignore them, for the Sander's team to ingore the loss
passiveporcupine
Feb 2016
#302
considerably more than voted for your candidate . . . perhaps something wrong there?
DrDan
Feb 2016
#338
I guess the Dean 50 state strategy is dead and buried. Didn't expect a fellow Bernie supporter to be
onenote
Feb 2016
#319
Bernie has no one to blame but himself for not winning even one SC county
misterhighwasted
Feb 2016
#343
Mister-I'm a Bernie supporter, I've met him 3 times over the years,and he wouldn't want your support
RiverNoord
Mar 2016
#367