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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:29 AM Original message |
How Hillary Lost This Black Vote (And Maybe Many Others) |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. HRC lost the AA vote solely because obama is AA. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You forgot the sarcasm tag |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Sarcasm could have been the posters friend |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Black people vote for white candidates over other blacks all the time. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. It has little to do with thinking as one. It has EVERYTHING to do with solidarity. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. So black voters shouldn't vote for the black candidate? |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Sure. And they are voting for BO. Don't try to make it ANYTHING ELSE. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Do you have a problem with black voters voting for black candidates? |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. NO. NO. NO. There are THOSE that are ATTEMPTING to play the race card....... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. That's not addressing my point at all. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. White folks can have it ALL ways - what are ya - new to America? lol! |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Who's complaining? Majority is not necessarily 'overwhelming margins'. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. You wanted ALL women to support her. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
74. I'm not going to vote for a woman who acts in the way Clinton has. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
83. From the earliest days of Second Wave feminism-- |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
87. So what are AA women supposed to do? Vote twice? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. So why did Al Sharpton only get 20% of the A/A vote? nt |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Not to this white folk. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. You, me, and a couple of others excepted. :) Speaking in overall-terms. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. yeah, right... 90%+ of the black vote has nothing to do with race... nothing at all. |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It's novelty. White men have had the presidency for 219 years. And every |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. We are voting for Obama because he is the best candidate |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. 2 things... 1. I am voting for the best candidate, and 2. Clark is too (nice screen name) |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Talk to her and let her know what I believe |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Who have all those black people voted for over the years? White men. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
82. If two black candidates were running against Hillary |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 05:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
84. So, why didn't Sharpton ever get more than 20% of the AA vote? n/t |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. John Edwards was born in South Carolina and had a 97% approval rating from the NAACP |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's much more than that: |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. With ALL do respect , that article is a bunch of fabricated baloney. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You really need to lose those blinders and pull your head out of the sand. nt |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I shed denial long ago. It is clear to me that the Clinton's have been attacked by the MSM......... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. It's very clear to me that Obama has been attacked by the mainstream media, too. |
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writes3000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That is the height of ignorance speaking right there. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Some isn't the question, VAST MAJORITY certainly is. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. I thought we were talking about Democrats NOT rethugs; who the HELL.... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yes, that explains President Sharpton. |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. and president keyes too... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Welcome to DU, NatBurner! |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. racist statement |
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Mezzo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. you're exactly right. |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. no no no... I call BULLSHIT! |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. What bullshit! |
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TragedyandHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hillary started out with 80% of the Black vote |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. That's an Inconvenient Truth. Many Hill-Shills ignore the fact that SHE lost the support. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. Bout time someone addressed this, along with her Repub campaign... |
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pompano (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. I am... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I'm a white obama voter too. Just to clarify... |
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pompano (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
70. Cool. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
22. Hillary lost the African American vote because Obama is black. Period. n/t |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. based on many of the comments by intervierees, that is true. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Correct! |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Then why did Al Sharpton only get 20% of the A/A vote? |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
86. and how come Shirley Chisholm didn't win the primary in '72? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. And why was she getting a huge percentage of our vote |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It is a myth that Hillary got a majority of the black vote at the start. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. What ever she got is more than she will ever get in the future |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Then why did she have the black vote up until SC? |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. There was a very small black population in Iowa and New Hampshire. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Pff |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. From November 2007? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Yup. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I'm racist? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. But you're not telling the truth. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
75. Well, I guess that means that AA's are too stupid to do anything but |
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Brundle_Fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
24. and a good chunk of the |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
35. After 300 years of oppression AA's have developed a pretty good nose for racebaiting. |
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sktmax (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
45. Bill and Hillary"s |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. What a bunch of crap....Hillary Clinton "lost" the black vote because .... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. So you're saying the way the Clintons have treated African |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. "So you're saying..". Where did I say anything like that? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. You called the article in the OP a bunch of crap; |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. The Clintons did not piss off the black voters. Black voters went to their own candidate..... |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
79. The Clintons did nothing wrong. They have a long record of seeking equal justice for all |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. Wow, there are some very |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. So Obama is winning 90% of the black vote because he is white? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Unsubstantiated. Bill Clinton got close to 90% of the black vote. Bill's white. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Where's your proof? |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
85. I believe that |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. I agree. When I first noticed this months ago, |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. Blah Blah Blah Blah "African Americans Prefer Obama" Blah Blah Blah Blah "Race-baiting Clintons" |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
72. The fact that Obama is black had NOTHING to do it with it???? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. That's crap. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. You're really telling me that 91% of AA are voting for Obama solely based on the issues??? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. No. But I am saying that if they didn't like him, didn't like what he stood |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. That's not what I'm assuming. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Insulting post. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
89. Bill Clinton made that Jesse Jackson comment that went over badly |
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