Barak should make it perfectly clear that racist, "hard working

styersc

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Fri May-09-08 08:39 AM
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Barak should make it perfectly clear that racist, "hard working

whites" are not welcome to vote for him in the primary or in the fall. He was slow to cut ties with the racist Rev. Wright but he doesn't have to hesitate when it comes to Hillary and her bigotted supporters.

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TwilightGardener

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Fri May-09-08 08:41 AM
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1. ??--I think he'd rather convince them to disregard race and vote for him.

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AnarchoFreeThinker

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Fri May-09-08 08:42 AM
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3. yep. much better.

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styersc

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Fri May-09-08 08:48 AM
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6. And Hillary would probably want the same out of Black voters

but that does not seem to be working out.

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BayouBengal07

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Fri May-09-08 08:42 AM
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2. Or

He could welcome them in, instead of implying that working-class whites are too inherently racist to vote for him.

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Fri May-09-08 08:44 AM
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4. What an idiotic thing to say. nt

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OzarkDem

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Fri May-09-08 08:45 AM
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5. parsing again?

Edited on Fri May-09-08 08:46 AM by OzarkDem

Good luck with that.

If Obama wins the primary, does he plan to also use this lame tactic against McCain? It will work as well in the GE as it has in the primary - not at all.

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doc03

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Fri May-09-08 08:49 AM
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7. Sometimes I wonder if you dip-shits

Edited on Fri May-09-08 08:54 AM by doc03

that keep pumping the race issue for Obama are not just GOP trolls trying to stir the pot?:puke:

On edit: His supporters can't all be so f-----g stupid that they don't realize they are doing him more harm than good every time they accuse everyone of being racist. His supporters have given me a negative opinion of him just from their actions.

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northzax

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Fri May-09-08 09:06 AM
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10. see, I don't think they are

they just think that anyone who doesn't love Obama (like say the 16 million people who voted for Hillary) have to be racist. the only reason you couldn't like him is if you were racist, see?

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theboss

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Fri May-09-08 08:52 AM
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8. Um...that would be a bad thing to say

That would pretty much secure him the spot of President of Black America, but that's not the office he is running for.

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doc03

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Fri May-09-08 09:06 AM
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11. Exactly, you hit the nail on the head. Speaking

for myself being a white, blue collar, hard working, Union member and a Democrat. Posts like that one are what turns us off to Obama, it's not Obama himself or his race it's that his supporters give us the impression he is running for President of Black America. I was very impressed with him at first until his supporters on this site started calling us all racists if we didn't support him. Nothing pisses me off more that being accused of something I didn't do accusing me of being something I am not.

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TomClash

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Fri May-09-08 09:02 AM
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9. A funny comment for a NY Senator to make

Considering most people on the subway at 6 a.m. are people of color going to work.

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Enrique

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Fri May-09-08 09:07 AM
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12. Obama didn't call Wright racist

and he would never call Hillary supporters racist.

He knows how serious the race issue is, and would never toss around accusations recklessly.

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TheDebbieDee

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Fri May-09-08 09:40 AM
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13. But his surrogates are capable of doing just that!

Certainly some of the posters claimimg to be Obama supporters on this forum have done just that several times each day.

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styersc

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Fri May-09-08 11:51 AM
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14. I agree that Obama has never said or done anything that I feel

is racially motivated or divisive. His supporters, on this forum and some of the punditry have sgtaked out the position that a vote against Obama is a vote for the Klan. Ridiculous.

It is poisoning many in the Democratic Party agaisnt him and may prove fatal in the General Election.

I believe Obama has the potential to unite the nation but not if his "in your face" supporters turn independents to McCain.

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EffieBlack

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Fri May-09-08 12:03 PM
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15. Or he could treat them with respect and dignity

and show them that he doesn't think they are blind, stupid, ignorant bigots.

If he reaches out to them and appeals to the best in them, they may just rise to the occasion.

And those who don't can just go on their merry way.

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