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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:43 PM
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Everyone ready for another night of MSM squawking about Obama's "white working class problem"?
We get the message, kay? Obama has a weakness and it needs to be worked on. Really, we got it. No, really, we do.

There are millions of us other voters out there who would like some attention too.

Some of us worked hard to get a college or postgraduate degree.

Some of us are not white.

Some of us aren't those salt of the earth people who live in small towns.

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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:45 PM
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1. Aye. Some of us be the salt of the sea...arrrh.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:47 PM
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2. They never mention why all the white, working class people
of Vermont and Iowa voted for him. In Vermont you're hard pressed to find someone who isn't an Obama supporter and it's about the whitest, middle class, state in the nation.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:53 PM
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6. And Kansas, and Idaho, and, and, and.
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:47 PM
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3. They're hoping to make it so
The MSM thrives on creating strife and drama, don't they?
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:52 PM
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4. Hey, lots of salt of the earth people in small towns are voting for Obama. Don't kid yourself, and
don't buy into the the hype.



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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:53 PM
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5. Just mute the TV when Pat Buchanan starts talking.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:54 PM
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7. Squawking? How terribly sexist
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Bensthename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:54 PM
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8. MSM goal is to tear down Obama. They are paid to do so..
Sad but true.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:54 PM
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9. It's a manufactured problem
Basically, it boils down to white males who, historically, vote in the majority for republicans. This is a demographic that won't be voting Democratic in the fall regardless of the candidate.
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Bensthename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:57 PM
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11. You are exactly right.. MSM harping on this is a joke..
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Bensthename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 04:57 PM
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10. MSM the day after Obama wins the Gen Election: He may have won but McCain got the white vote..
MSM will not be happy until Obama is long gone.
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Danieljay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 05:01 PM
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12. As progressive as Oregon is, it's pretty darn white here.... and overwhelmingly supportive of Obama!
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Qutzupalotl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 05:05 PM
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13. Unfortunately, our results won't be announced until
most of the East coast has gone to bed. :-)
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 05:18 PM
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15. Pretty darn white?
It's the whitest state I have ever lived in.

Yet, this state is going strong for Obama. Since we vote by mail (or drop off), I believe we will hear soon after 8:00 PDT, that Obama has won our state in a landslide.
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Danieljay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 01:22 PM
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16. I lived in Kansas prior to moving here. Kansas is is like flour! Bleached. The wheat state for
a reason.
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 02:59 PM
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17. I din't know the racist history of Oregon
until recently. No one living here could tell me why so few black people live here.

In the seven states I have lived in, Oregon is the whitest. It is not a good feeling.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 05:17 PM
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14. I think I've got laundry to do
or toenails to be clipped or
a lawn to be mowed
(oh wait, I have no lawn).
whatever.
pundits will pundnasticate or whatever it is pundits do.
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noel711 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 04:08 PM
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18. That's all they got on Obama... and its' a lie...
That's all they got... 'white working class....' Can't touch him otherwise.

But do they say: "Hillary has a problem with white professionals, and AFrican Americans"?

Truth is: it's not all white working class.... just appalachian states..
and Jim Webb has lots of comments about that...

They love to dwell on the terminally stupid:
"Obama's got a problem with white working class.."
What about Clinton's problems?

"Obama can't close the deal.."
Can Clinton close the deal?

When this contest began, Clinton was the one with all the cash, all the big name endorsements,
the huge name brand recognition, and a huge lead on polling percentagewise.

It was not a level playing field, but Obama's closed her lead.

I want him out in the field, down in Puero Rico, and soaking up every single
delegate...
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