bigdarryl
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Sat May-17-08 10:25 AM
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Why is the media pundits so focused on Kentucky then they are Oregon |
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they keep talking about Hillary's possible blowout in that state without talking about Obama's possible blowout win in the mostly white state of Oregon.
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TexasObserver
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Sat May-17-08 10:26 AM
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1. because drooling over racial implications is what they DO!! |
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Edited on Sat May-17-08 10:27 AM by TexasObserver
OMG! White people not voting for a black guy!
Versus ... latte liberals fawn over the new IT guy!!
I'm just laying out their thinking, not agreeing with it.
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Bullet1987
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Sat May-17-08 10:54 AM
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2. I'll love watching their reaction when Obama wins the White vote in Oregon |
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If I were White, I'd be mad that the MSM is trying to paint us all as racists who don't want to vote for a Black person. It's clearly a class thing being reinforced by race...but not determined by it. I think there's a direct correlation between poor states and Obama struggling.
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joeybee12
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Sat May-17-08 11:02 AM
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3. Um, I'm not seeing that from reading the papers...I'm seeing |
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neither raelly being paid attention to. Not sure where you got this notion.
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dorktv
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Sat May-17-08 11:04 AM
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4. Because sadly, the media does not get the 50 state strategy. |
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That is one reason I have been so stoked about this campaign going on so long. ALL the states get a say!!!
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featherman
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Sat May-17-08 11:09 AM
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5. Kentucky has "hardworking people, white people" but Oregon only has |
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westerners who don't count as "real" white people.
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