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lostnfound

(16,191 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:01 AM Oct 2020

Jansing MSNBC interviewed 3 black Atlanta women who are "undecided" about voting for Biden

They are as entitled as anyone else to be stingy or self destructive with their vote.
But I would LOVE to see a followup where Obama gives them a call.

Let them explain to HIM why they want to risk a second term of trump.

Because of Biden’s vote for the crime bill and Kamala prosecutions. Oh, and “they say there are many more like themselves”.

Democracy dies for dumb reasons.

Damn media always gives airtime to the fringe.

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Jansing MSNBC interviewed 3 black Atlanta women who are "undecided" about voting for Biden (Original Post) lostnfound Oct 2020 OP
How many years ago did the search start? spanone Oct 2020 #1
It's Jansing, so probably for months. OnDoutside Oct 2020 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Oct 2020 #2
No surprise, Jansing always seems to go in search of.... Spazito Oct 2020 #3
Probably had to interview at least 36 women to find these idiots. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #8
Yes, at least that many... Spazito Oct 2020 #10
This is what you get when civics is no longer taught in depth and Boogiemack Oct 2020 #4
Where they hoping for a role in Idiocracy II? BSdetect Oct 2020 #5
Uh we are all staring in that movie right now !! RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #22
Wait, aren't we supposed to insist that these voters be focused on, listened to, and understood... RiverbendsJoe Oct 2020 #6
'Undecided' uh huh durablend Oct 2020 #7
All of cable and broadcast news is performance art tormadjax Oct 2020 #9
I have a couple of younger cousins who have NewDayOranges Oct 2020 #11
Black women Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #14
Of the two younger cousins, one is female... NewDayOranges Oct 2020 #16
Yes, that was the line on both of them in the Primary. maxsolomon Oct 2020 #35
We're in bright red Missouri! NewDayOranges Oct 2020 #36
Annoying segment Rice4VP Oct 2020 #12
Get Real Ladies colsohlibgal Oct 2020 #13
I saw that and I didn't see their issue. Nexus2 Oct 2020 #30
Is it not as simple as this? You may not get everything you want... 3catwoman3 Oct 2020 #15
Black women voted 98 percent for Hillary and will again lead the Biden vote. marmar Oct 2020 #17
And white men! yardwork Oct 2020 #20
Well than they can vote for the Proud boy president. I don't give a damn. Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #18
"airtime to the fringe" - yip, how many thousands/millions did they sift through to find *3*?!1 UTUSN Oct 2020 #21
Jansing can go to hell talk about stretching.. Tribetime Oct 2020 #23
She always sounds shit faced to me? pwb Oct 2020 #24
Jansing said on-air Obama was from Kenya Yeehah Oct 2020 #25
I used to listen toDN all the time lostnfound Oct 2020 #31
Democracy Now is actual journalists reporting the news objectively Yeehah Oct 2020 #32
Why can't black voters be stupid? They have that right. albacore Oct 2020 #26
The disinformation campaign is strong this time around qanda Oct 2020 #27
Several points to make. LiberalFighter Oct 2020 #28
"If I say I'm undecided, will that get me on TV?" NurseJackie Oct 2020 #29
Oh, PLEASE!! nt Boogiemack Oct 2020 #33
I turned the station when they started. nt Kahuna Oct 2020 #34

Response to lostnfound (Original post)

Spazito

(50,482 posts)
3. No surprise, Jansing always seems to go in search of....
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:06 AM
Oct 2020

people who don't support the Dems, imo. My question is how many people did she have to 'interview' before she found these three?

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
8. Probably had to interview at least 36 women to find these idiots.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:20 AM
Oct 2020

Based on (rough) 92% African American support for Biden. My guess is, AA women are probably even higher than that number.

Spazito

(50,482 posts)
10. Yes, at least that many...
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:22 AM
Oct 2020

it is interesting the interviewer doesn't say how many they interviewed asking the same question so the public can gauge the bigger picture.

 

Boogiemack

(1,406 posts)
4. This is what you get when civics is no longer taught in depth and
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:08 AM
Oct 2020

when voters do not really understand their own state, local, and national government and governing. If they did, they would be as excited and interested in voting in ALL elections as they are in Presidential elections.

RiverbendsJoe

(81 posts)
6. Wait, aren't we supposed to insist that these voters be focused on, listened to, and understood...
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:18 AM
Oct 2020

the same way they would be if they were ambivalent white voters? I'm so confused.

NewDayOranges

(692 posts)
11. I have a couple of younger cousins who have
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:30 AM
Oct 2020

Shared the same concerns on FB! These cousins aren't suggesting that you vote for Trump but they are intimating that Biden and Harris are just as racist as Trump and therefore you should vote for no one...

This is the 2020 version of the Walk-Away movement...

Harris, as prosecutor, sent hundreds of Black men to prison and Biden voted for the 1994 Crime Act...

I will go back to my FB and post that Harris was doing her job and that every member of the Congressional Black Caucus supported the 1994 Crime Act!

NewDayOranges

(692 posts)
16. Of the two younger cousins, one is female...
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 03:01 PM
Oct 2020

And the other is male!

I am a Black, female vet and I'm voting for Biden-Harris. So are my two daughters...

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)
35. Yes, that was the line on both of them in the Primary.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 07:23 PM
Oct 2020

The idealism of Youth fades.

I hope your Cousins live in a state that won't decide this election.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
13. Get Real Ladies
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:53 AM
Oct 2020

The crime bill was awful and I do believe Joe has said he regretted it.

Kamala had a job to do and did it.

Then there is Chitolini. Racist Sexist, Cheater, Pervert. Wished the Maxwell Woman well...who pimped our underage girls to the likes of Doofus Don.

Biden and Harris are not perfect, nobody is. But they are decent folks while Trump is a serial liar, a tax cheat, an overall cheat who paid someone to do his SAT test for him. He has buddied up with ruthless dictators and alienated our long term allies.

Anyone who votes for this criminal Creep has critical thinking issues.

Nexus2

(1,261 posts)
30. I saw that and I didn't see their issue.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:23 PM
Oct 2020

Its like you going to diner just before close and there's two things left on the menu: tuna melt or bowl of rat poison. You're not big on tuna melts (maybe you find them dull, the same old, not gourmet enough or old fashined) but your other choice is a bowl of rat poison....But you feel torn?

3catwoman3

(24,051 posts)
15. Is it not as simple as this? You may not get everything you want...
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 01:59 PM
Oct 2020

...with Joe and Kamala at the helm, but you will get NOTHING that you want with 4 more years or Trump.

marmar

(77,091 posts)
17. Black women voted 98 percent for Hillary and will again lead the Biden vote.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 03:03 PM
Oct 2020

These anecdotes are pointless. It's white women who were the problem last time.


yardwork

(61,712 posts)
20. And white men!
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 03:26 PM
Oct 2020

The media seeks out extreme outliers while ignoring the big rancid elephant in the room.

UTUSN

(70,744 posts)
21. "airtime to the fringe" - yip, how many thousands/millions did they sift through to find *3*?!1
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 03:30 PM
Oct 2020

That's how outlets are looking for some "unusual" angle, how CNN.com features "non-traditional" voices like Ruben NAVARRETTE who does not represent his supposed home group of Mexican-Americans.







Tribetime

(4,711 posts)
23. Jansing can go to hell talk about stretching..
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 03:35 PM
Oct 2020

Maybe she can find 3 people who thought Charles Manson wasn't so bad.

Yeehah

(4,595 posts)
25. Jansing said on-air Obama was from Kenya
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 03:43 PM
Oct 2020

Claimed it was an accident.

Turn off the mega-corp media. While you still can.

http://www.democracynow.org

lostnfound

(16,191 posts)
31. I used to listen toDN all the time
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:53 PM
Oct 2020

In the bush years. Now it seems too depressing for my mental health. And dominated by some kind of black and white thinking on politics.

Yeehah

(4,595 posts)
32. Democracy Now is actual journalists reporting the news objectively
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 06:47 PM
Oct 2020

Surely not as entertaining as the telescreens!

albacore

(2,406 posts)
26. Why can't black voters be stupid? They have that right.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:09 PM
Oct 2020

And to think that black people...or Hispanics... or Whoever... can't be stupid would be a weird kind of racism.

qanda

(10,422 posts)
27. The disinformation campaign is strong this time around
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:17 PM
Oct 2020

As a Black woman with many Black friends/family, I'm hearing a lot of these stupid talking points about Biden and Harris being rehashed. It's maddening.

LiberalFighter

(51,096 posts)
28. Several points to make.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:19 PM
Oct 2020

1) Jansing should be dropped in quicksand. She always does these interviews with the lowest of the lowest people.

2) In the first segment I think two of the women were wearing a mask and one wasn't. Later on all three were not wearing their mask.

3) I'm guessing they were very young immature women that probably only cared about their hair and makeup. And they were just looking for a way to be on national tv.

4) It sounded like they were using Trump talking points and were not likely to be undecideds.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
29. "If I say I'm undecided, will that get me on TV?"
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 04:22 PM
Oct 2020

Argh. Susan Sarandon's come in all shapes, sizes, colors, backgrounds and income levels.

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