IndieLeft
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Mon Feb-11-08 02:49 PM
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If Obama was white, he would have sewn this up already. |
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Edited on Mon Feb-11-08 02:57 PM by IndieLeft
Yes, I know how stupid that sounds; that's the point. And if pigs could fly, they would... Right?
Now, think about what you just read. Think about it before you go posting something that doesn't apply here.
I have seen some of the most asinine post on here lately, including that if Hillary were a man she would have won this already.
What good does that do? She's not a man, and I am not about to get into a discussion about how she could become one. I know how that works.
Can we please get back to some substantive debates on here? I mean really, there have been some truly childish threads posted today, meant to do nothing more than divide us. The further along we get the more vile and hateful some of you become.
Remeber something, we are all Democrats here (well, most of us...;-);-)) and the more we tear each other down, the harder it is going to be to build the party back up.
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Mon Feb-11-08 02:51 PM
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1. If Obama was white he never would have run. |
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If Obama was a first term white senator named Joe Smith from Illinois, he never would have any thing to run on.
Star Power Baby!
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Mon Feb-11-08 05:51 PM
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14. Actually, John Edwards ran as a first-time white male senator. |
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Edwards was the VP nominee in 2004, with less experience in politics than Obama. So....
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Mon Feb-11-08 02:52 PM
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2. If Hillary was a man... |
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she couldn't claim her experience as First Lady! If Hillary was a man, she wouldn't be Hillary. Sheesh, people are goofy.
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Mon Feb-11-08 03:23 PM
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7. If she was a man and still married to Bill... |
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We wouldn't have don't ask/don't tell, and Bill wouldn't have signed the Defense of Marriage Act. ;)
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Mon Feb-11-08 05:53 PM
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16. If Hillary was a man and still married to Bill she wouldn't be a candidate for president. |
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Imagine a transsexual candidate for president.
It just shows how pathetic are country's thinking is about people, that we care so much about the appearance of their bodies rather than the workings of their minds.
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Mon Feb-11-08 05:54 PM
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17. that would make Bill gay! |
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Mon Feb-11-08 02:52 PM
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3. I was just going to say, what a stupid post, but I realize that is your point. |
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Hillary would not be Hillary if she weren't a woman.
Obama would not be Obama if he weren't African American.
Identity politics are NOT going to win the day, so why do people keep pushing it?
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IndieLeft
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Mon Feb-11-08 02:56 PM
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5. THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT! |
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That is the point, it's a stupid post about stupid posts.
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Mon Feb-11-08 02:55 PM
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he'd never be getting anything like the share of the black vote against a candidate like Hilary Clinton. He wouldn't stand a chance in this thing without 80% of the black vote. He's Howard Dean/Gary Hart/Jerry Brown redux except that because of tribal loyalties, he's winning 80% of the black vote. ANd there's nothing Clinton can do to stop that.
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Mon Feb-11-08 03:02 PM
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6. Totally agree with you!!! |
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Mon Feb-11-08 03:46 PM
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9. And Hillary getting 60-65% if the women's vote. Is that as "tribal" |
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as Obama getting 80% of the Black vote? Since women are a much bigger voting block than Blacks, you could say that she has benefited more from "identity politics" than he has. Oh, and "there's nothing" Obama "can do to stop that".
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Mon Feb-11-08 03:51 PM
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11. You didn't read past the title either. |
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Wow, amazing. Does anyone actually bother to read the whole post?
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Mon Feb-11-08 04:01 PM
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If Obama was white he'd have dropped out by now because Hillary would have been getting the 80% black votes, because she and Bill have been advocates for Blacks all their adult life. They were working on civil rights when Barrack was just a school boy.
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Mon Feb-11-08 06:00 PM
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19. and Obama is playing the black vote for all it is worth... he is a uniter... for himself! |
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Mon Feb-11-08 03:29 PM
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8. Nonsensical presumption. nt |
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Mon Feb-11-08 03:49 PM
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10. Did you read the whole post? NO; just the title. |
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You need to read the whole post. That is the point.
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Mon Feb-11-08 05:48 PM
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13. You are right. I did read only the title. I admit it. nt |
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Mon Feb-11-08 05:52 PM
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15. Obama is as white as he is black. |
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His mother is white, right?
I thought race didn't matter here?
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Mon Feb-11-08 05:57 PM
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18. if Obama were white, he would have the same delegates Rudy Giuliani has! |
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