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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 10:31 AM Original message |
Politics of doubt gnaw at black voters in S.C.; Obama: "I don't believe that I can't." |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I understand that fear perfectly |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'd support Hillary if she was nominated... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Thanks for your post, CitizenLeft. nt |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Me too. It wasn't until Oprah endorsed him that I |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. While I understand your fears |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. A great post, jaysunb -- thank you! nt |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. I didn't say I wasn't proud of Obama... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Word up ! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. My Arkansas sister supports Obama |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. It was only a matter of time before this came up on DU..... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I post articles both pro and con about all candidates (and am the proposer of the DU Obama Group). |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. This is "discouraging"? Not by my lights. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. His race isn't a problem |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. SC had a constitutional prohibition on "miscegenation" until 1998 |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I actually meant his race wasn't an issue to me |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. All whites don't vote the same, why should blacks? |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Because whites don't have a long history of being discriminated against |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. So they should vote as a block? |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It depends |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Useful to distinguish a primary and a general election |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes, it does depend on the circumstances |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Voting on issues as a block is smart politics, voting as a block because someone has |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. That's why I said "It depends" |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. African-Americans are as entitled to weigh their perceptions of electability as anyone else. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. And to think some DUers believe that race is still not an obstacle in America. |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Audacity of Hope. This is what it means. GoBama! nt |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I never thought that through, cal -- nicely said. nt |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. I have read that black voters are AFRAID to vote for him |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I've posted articles also that confirm the other fear you note. Thanks for posting -- |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. another favorite photo |
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