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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:47 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is "Because White Folks Won't Vote Him" A Good Enough Reason To Not Support Obama For POTUS? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, according to some of these miserable pr*cks, yes. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I know a lot of "white folks" who will. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I'm a white folk who will. But what do I know, I'm just bitter. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I would say ditto but.... |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Count me in. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Won't be close. Most people here support Obama and many who don't have left. nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Hm. Possibly I was misled by the "squeaky wheel" phenomenon then. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Just because the Clintons want to put people of colour in "their place" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. White folks voted for him in 28 states |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. I know plenty of whiteys who won't vote for Hill or Grampa either. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe in theory, if the racism was so pervasive that he had no realistic chance of winning. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 05:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. It's too early to say... Democratic primary voters are a very different |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. Most of his votes have come from white people. Tweety keeps saying 2/3rds but I don't know |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. It was in PA |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. ok QUAKERboy! |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Seriously dissapointed in the Quaker state today. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yah - gone straight to hell, I hear. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Well, at the very least its a lot louder there now. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm a white 40 year old woman for Obama. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm a poor white folk... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's neither a good reason nor a legitimate premise. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I think the OP is just bitter at the unconscious, unexamined racism displayed even by progressives. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Right, encouraging people to take it personally... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Heh. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. We were once told people would not vote for a Catholic for President. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. As a white person, I think that notion is insulting. |
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my3boyz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. I was just watching Hardball. Chris had a guest on there that made me think |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. "electability" is a fools errand |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. If we want to win we don't choose candidates that a large% of voters dislike or see as dishonest |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
27. No, because white folks DO vote for him, HAVE voted for him |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
28. This old white folk will, but I'm sorta clingy. nt |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
30. If it were true, I'd say "yes". So I'm voting yes. But it's simply not true. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. Hello?!? Both Bush and Clinton are stuck in a time warp. This is 2008 NOT 1968. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
33. Hi, I live in Nebraska... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. this is a media lie. more fake news. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
35. this is an unfair and overblown assertion. |
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