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Jitter65

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March 5, 2016

I know this is Hill's group but there is one Dem ad out there that I hope her campaign

pays attention to. Candidate Trone in MD has one dynamite ad on gun control. trying to find the link. will update.
Very moving.

Found it!

http://davidtrone.com/issue/gun-control/

March 4, 2016

What Rubio misses about his FL numbers.

It's still all about race. FL is a haven for retired, white, well-off people who believe they had escaped to a safe haven away from the "big city" and all those "liberal" moochers up north. Even the influx of hispanics doesn't counter their numbers. They are hugely anti-immigrant, anti-black, and anti-Obama and mad as hell about their Republicans in DC who just didn't enough to thwart that Muslim in the WH. You may be a favorite son but not everyone has adopted you in FL. They love Trump, who is their new hero for saying all the things they have always wanted to say. FL will likely not give you the win you are looking for..but keep trying.

March 4, 2016

If you don't believe we live in a global economy and that all trade agreements are bad...

you are drastically uninformed and subject to all kinds of manipulation against your own good.

March 4, 2016

I urge both HRC and BS supporters to read this latest HP post about the economy.

The numbers are most positive but maybe not good enough for sum. The gap between white and black employment and hence income is still wide and moving down. This is a critical point to understand why "income gap" doesn't have the same meaning to blacks as it does to whites. Bernie is correct to say the income gap is a huge problem. But Hillary is correct when she says that the causes of income gap are not merely just Wall Street generated. She is also correct in pointing out that the problems of discrimination are a big contributing factor. Black voters hear this and they understand the issue from that perspective. They identify more with HRC than BS for that reason. They hear what BS is saying and know in their gut he is speaking largely for the middle and upper middle class of whites. Closing the income gap is great...if you have income. Student debt hits everyone but when you can't even get one of those loans to go to school it rings hollow.

It's not about "old blacks out of touch" or "pandering" or "smarter than that" whites. It is more complicated.
There are not only differences in message and messenger there are differences in receivers of the messages and what is received. If you miss this...you miss a lot.

March 4, 2016

So, Sanders says "Look, Democrats can say what they want..."

So, he really does not want to identify with Democrats. It becomes more clear everyday. He is the third party his supporters are looking for so he should be running as that and not as a Dem. His words, not mine.

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