Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumAs an old guy raised in the south, I can't decide if I'm amused or just pleased.
It turns out that a lot of white southerners (like me) were waiting to see how African Americans in South Carolina voted to decide for whom they would vote.
We were waiting to be told by AAs how to vote. The arc of the moral universe sometimes takes interesting bends.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)But yes, the result tonight across the south suggest that a lot of us southerners were waiting to see the AA vote in South Carolina.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)Of course, those of us who were convinced by the AA vote in South Carolina voted for Biden.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kaleva
(36,298 posts)Look at the vote in Massachusetts. Biden comes out of nowhere to win that state. Same in Minnesota.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,243 posts)especially, only makes it sweeter.
Thanks to our moral center in the South.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mister Ed
(5,930 posts)I do the same. I ask myself, well, who really knows the score in this society?
AA sentiment doesn't necessarily dictate my choice, but it strongly influences it.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)all the money spent by other candidates, I'm still surprised at how well he performed here. It worried me that I was seeing nonstop ads for some of the other candidates, and none for Joe. But, over the weekend, the ads kicked in. It was a brilliant strategy. After a while, I was so sick of Steyer & Bloomberg ads that I vowed I would never vote for either of them, unless something awful happened to Joe.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)💙🇺🇸
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
onetexan
(13,040 posts)Our AA fellow countrymen. This country was built in great part on their backs. They've once again carried us on their shoulders. I am so grateful
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,748 posts)As opposed to Republicans. You cant just ignore large segments of society.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Karadeniz
(22,513 posts)Establishment is against him, that means that the AS vote is now the Democratic establishment!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomSlick
(11,098 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Ellen Forradalom
(16,159 posts)Endorsements mean something between office-holders and people with whom they've built trust. Curiously, the politics of trust is the way to get big money out of it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Ellen Forradalom
(16,159 posts)As one of those trivialized white "moms", I pay very careful attention to black voters, as they are astute and tend to WIN ELECTIONS for Democrats.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden