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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:11 PM Original message |
VP Talk: Webb's Rebel Roots: An Affinity for the Confederacy |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Go get that Southern vote!!! |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah, but it would alienate the African American voting bloc... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. no AA I know would toss Obama cause of his veep choice |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. It's not just percentages, but numbers and enthusiasm. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. America gets what America deserves |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I still want to keep EVERY Dem in the Senate. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's a good point. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have an affinity with the confederacy too |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I always wondered about that too |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. AAs voted overwhelmingly for Webb in Virginia. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I just wonder how this would go over nationally |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. the more I learn about Webb, the more I don't like him. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. His resume is great. But no tingles up my leg. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. There's that too |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. the two of those together will not go over well at all. forget Webb. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. And he's a sitting US Senator. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. What's this "gallantry" bullshit anyway |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I heard those statements and he was talking about how Obama can relate to the Scott - Irish, again I |
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arewenotdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Excellent points. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. As an AA I don't find anything offensive in Webbs confederacy views & see it as an oppurtinity |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. He apparently wouldn't argue "nothing to do with race", |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm an African-American and I greatly admire the temerity |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. What is he sayin about the solidiers who fought for the south that is offensive to you as an AA? Thx |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Anyone that can openly admire a society or government |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. The problem with this is whose opinions are validated |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't think Webb will be VP |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. Cross him off the list. If we're going after VA. Its going to be Warner or Kaine |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. That's troubling. Keep in mind, we have to deal with this VP in 8 years |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. One more thing-we can't let Politico be in control of our vetting process |
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