Many Prominent Black Americans Support Howard Dean for President

[mzmolly]

I've noted a few here.

Christopher Edley, Jr. ~ Senior Advisor to Dean Campaign, Law Professor, Co-Director of Harvard Civil Rights Project

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. ~ Congressman, House Appropriations Committee

Major Owens U.S. ~ Congressman

Marianne Spraggins ~ DNC Member

Whoopi Goldberg ~ Entertainer

More information below.

http://www.blacksfordean.com/endorsements.htm

With all the talk of Dean having an 'anti-black' agenda, I thought this information noteworthy.

[Cha]

1. I've had a picture of Whoopi Goldberg up on my

foyer wall for over a year! And I can't tell how thrilled I am that she among all these other fine Afro-Americans who are supporting Dean!

[Padraig18]

2. Kick

[E_Zapata]

3. Yeah, we will see what Whoopi has to say about the flag thing,

don't move so fast.

[benddem]

4. This whole thing about the flag has been totally misunderstood

What he is saying is that these jerks riding around in their trucks with their guns and flags don't have jobs or health insurance and they'd be better off supporting Democrats. I don't see how people have gotten this so screwed up.:spank:

[Padraig18]

5. They misrepresent it deliberately.

It's nothing more than feigned outrage attempting to disguuise their cheap, crass political opportunism. Pure GOP-like tactics... :eyes:

[Cha]

14. Doesn't "feigned outrage" come back to bite

ya in the ass? "Feigned"...good word!

[Upfront]

17. A-men

You got it right.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

6. Simple politics

Dean is the frontrunner and they smelled an opportunity to go after him.

Won't be the last time. But seems to just make Dean stronger, every time.

[mzmolly]

9. Indeed. They just gave him strengtht in the South, were he was lagging.

It's ironic really.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

10. Yes, I made that point yesterday

Guarantee that Dean is going to be asked about this issue in upcoming interviews, and he will have the opportunity to explain how this segment of Southern voters has been screwed by Bush.

[Cha]

15. ANd as I and others have said...

I'm so glad this is out in the OPEN!

[LuminousX]

8. They intentionally don't understand

It is a psychological version of denial... a desperate desire to believe the worst about someone.

If any African-American representative comes out and tries to clarify Dean's statement, these same people will suddenly claim these African-American representatives are being 'Uncle Tom' or are/have been as bad as Colin Powell in the past.

Dean = Bad

It is the only formula they know.

[mzmolly]

7. Well look at what Jesse Jackson Jr. said about it?

In addition, most Dean supporters know what he said, because WE heard him say it.

"I intend to talk about race during this election in the South because the Republicans have been talking about it since 1968 in order to divide us. And I'm going to bring us together. Because you know what? You know what? White folks in the South who drive pickup trucks with Confederate flag decals in the back ought to be voting with us and not them, because their kids don't have health insurance either and their kids need better schools too." (APPLAUSE) ~ Howard Dean - February 21, 2003

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/dean_022103.html

Funny, the other Democrats in attendence must have missed this back in February.

[Padraig18]

11. Their campaigns weren't floundering in February. n/t

[loyalsister]

12. He's being inclusive

As opposed to Gephardt who said "I don't want to represent people who have Confederate flag bumber stockers."
I said in another thread that it's every bit as bad to use people's feelings about racism as a political tool against a candidate as it has been for the Republicans to use racism itself as a political for the past 30 years.
Dean wants to bring that to a stop and bring us together. This is why he relates to people better than the other candidates.

[Kahuna]

13. Now that they know how he really is...

I hope they will admit they were wrong and change their support.

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[mzmolly]

18. Are you suggesting these people didn't "know" who Dean was?

Are you suggesting they missed his many speeches where he made the comments now being questioned by our failing candidates?

I find it interesting that 7 of the Candidates appeared at the same a DNC event in February where the 'remarks' in question were made, and said nary a word about it until now.

I'll give YOU an idea of what you can expect (going forward) from intelligent people of all backgrounds regarding this matter.

"Democrats were not competitive in the South in 2000, and we have struggled to thrive, and in some instances survive, since Richard Nixon and the Republican Party began using their race-based 'southern strategy' in 1968. The use of race, cultural and social issues have served to distract voters by keeping the focus off of economic issues has been the basic strategy of Bush and the Republicans in the South. That's why they make wedge issues out of prayer in school, the Ten Commandments on public buildings, civil unions, the false allegation that Democrats will take away hunter's gun rights, choice for women, the controversy of having the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Confederate Flag. Lest we forget, the Confederate Flag is the Democratic Party's historic contribution to the South, and current Democratic candidates have not been able to figure out how to come to grips with their own historic symbol.

"Normally, rather than directly confronting poor and working class white southerners with a strong economic agenda, Democrats have tried to imitate Republicans on many of these social issues. It is good that we have a candidate offering hope to the South with an economic agenda. It is Dr. Dean who is reminding us that the combination of poor and working class blacks and whites, north and south, united in coalition around a common economic agenda of jobs, health care, education and housing will constitute a winning strategy in 2004,"

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. November 1, 2003


http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=10232&news_iv_ctrl=1301

[Cha]

22. And when are people going to find

out who clark "really is"?

[DrFunkenstein]

19. Wow! Dean Has Some Tokens With Him!

Did he order them in the mail like his roommates?

What about Condi Rice, Clarence Thomas, Colin and Michael Powell? They're Black too! James Brown was a Nixon man!

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[Cha]

20. That's your spin on everything Dean!

Nothing new here.

[mzmolly]

DUP

[mzmolly]

21. Who are you calling a 'token'?

:shrug: