I am proud of Obama, but WAYYYYY more proud of white America (Dems only), rejected Billary' spin

[Nimrod2005]

over the past week!!!

I feel so reassured, it was the white vote who gave Senator Obama his wide margin of victory!

If you love this country and you love the Democratic Party, you should celebrate tonight!

[Pirate Smile]

1. So true. It has been so depressing to see some of the polls especially that

idiotic 10% McClatchy poll.

[Barack_America]

2. Nimrod, this time you have posted in opposition to your handle. I AGREE! lol.

[Nimrod2005]

I try :)

[K Gardner]

3. Ditto ! Most "Amurkans" are seeing through this bulls*** !

[Lerkfish]

4. restores a little faith that I lost in the american population

[creeksneakers2]

5. Great

The media keeps trying to make this election about race. I'm glad the public isn't going along.

[EffieBlack]

17. That's one of the best things about tonight

The press has been out of control trying to turn this into a race contest. They've been proven wrong.

A great moment this evening - on CNN, Bill Schneider and Soledad O'Brien began analyzing the exit polls to determine whether there was a "racial divide" in what voters saw as the most important issue in the campaign. They first looked at black voters' priorities: Economy 53%, Health Care 24%, Iraq 20%. Whoops, they said. That was the white voters' priorities. And then they put up the black voters' numbers - which were virtually identical! Glory be - white people and black people have the same priorities!

So much for the racial divide. :-)

However, I don't believe this is a rejection of "Billary" - not only would I never use that term to describe either or both of the Clintons, I don't think this was a repudiation of the Clintons at all, but a repudiation of the media spin.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

6. 75% of white America in SC rejected Obama. That's good?

[Inuca]

8. If at all possible....

don't be an ass!

[mistertrickster]

13. MSNBC reported that Obama and Hillary split the white vote. So what are you talking about? nt

[EffieBlack]

18. "white America in South Carolina?"

:rofl:

But since you want to go there, 75% of Americans in South Carolina rejected Hillary Clinton. That's good?

Your continuing efforts to racialize this election, to trivialize black voters and to marginalize Obama are so pervasive and predictable, that you're becoming little more than a joke.

I can understand that tonight's results must have you pretty upset, given your predilictions, but you really should learn to deal with it. The world is changing and it's possible that people may actually sometimes come to power without a majority of white people agreeing to it. You'd better get used to it.

[Nimrod2005]

25. Nice!

[Inuca]

7. YES

The exactly same reaction. A HUGE sigh of relief.

[CatWoman]

9. you sound just like the Freepers

you know that?

The rabid right wing is the only "people" who likes to make up these stupid names, aka "Clintoon" and "Billary".

[chieftain]

10. I was thinking the same thing.

It is possible that our country is on the way to becoming what I have always thought it could be.

[mistertrickster]

11. Damn right. This is a repudiation of Hill and Bill and their politics as usual.

Anybody got the raw exit poll data?

Seems like they're holding that data pretty close to their vests this time around.

[Laurab]

20. Not sure if this is it, but it might be - 5 pages of it:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#SCDEM

[EffieBlack]

12. Interesting post

I'll bet that's a good feeling, isn't it?

I've always said that Barack Obama gives white people an opportunity to feel good about themselves and the country - and that's a good thing - he appeals to the best in people and makes them want to show that we all can do better.

Sort of like the bumper sticker I recently saw: "Dear Lord, please make me the kind of person that my dog thinks I am!" I've seen lots of people - especially white folk - who are happy to have the opportunity to show that they are the kind of people they want thin they are.

At the same time, many black voters feel really good, not only about having the chance to vote for a black man, but that enough white people are also voting for him that he actually has a chance. The fact that so many black and white people are on the same page, on common ground, about this is a very nice thing to see - and can bring people even closer together.

{To the Obama Bashers: the foregoing is not the same as saying that people should vote for Obama just because he's black or that there's no substantive reason to vote for him. I'm just making an observation, so there's no need to work yourselves up into attac mode}

[Medusa]

14. We know them.

That's the problem.

[MonkeyFunk]

15. "Billary"

is a sexist, childish, right-wing term.

[CatWoman]

16. thank you MF

I made the same observation above.

[MonkeyFunk]

21. They oughtta dump all the rules here

and replace them with one:

Act like a grownup.

[Roxy66]

19. Your buying into the Crap the media has set!!

[loveangelc]

22. hopefully we can move beyond the racial bullshit now

it totally backfired on Billary and hopefully we can move forward.

[krkaufman]

23. I'm not sure I'm proud of my fellow whites ....

... just relieved that I don't have to, again, be ashamed.

[readmoreoften]

24. Why, so they can vote away their white guilt? Is that really progress?

Who gives a fuck? So are whites also not racist when they say Will Smith is their favorite actor?

Or do they still lock the doors of their car in working-class black neighborhoods. I'd put money on the latter.

[Nimrod2005]

26. Please don't be an ass, only tonight PLEASE....nt

[progdog]

27. It's a good idea to lock your car

regardless of where you live.

[populistdriven]

28. K&R! nt