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nachosgrande

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49. The answer is no.

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 01:16 PM

Mar 2012

First of all, I don't think the Democratic Party is "obsessed with race" at all; at least not any more than any Republicans or any other Americans. So, your premise is faulty to begin with. Also, can you provide recent specific examples of Democrats' obsession with race issues? Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc may be Democrats, but they are not the Democratic Party, or representatives of the party in any way, if that's the angle you're approaching this from.

Having said that, you do make a point about the top of the party selling us out to a certain extent with regards to the following:

"- wages
- support for middle and working classes
- anti-war (although LBJ needed a little work on that one) "

But if anything, I feel like Democratic leadership has gone more in the direction of downplaying race inequality issues in an attempt to follow the Republicans' bootstrapesque, meritocracy, personal accountability/responsibility worldview.

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Has the Democratic party become too obcessed with race? [View all] bart95 Mar 2012 OP

Conservatives get the red out Mar 2012 #1

or are both parties splitting working people by race? bart95 Mar 2012 #3

No get the red out Mar 2012 #46

deal with, or exploit, the fallout? nt bart95 Mar 2012 #55

The only people being exploited get the red out Mar 2012 #58

both parties push the same free-trade kool-aid bart95 Mar 2012 #63

I agree on free trade get the red out Mar 2012 #77

both parties used flag burning as a diversion bart95 Mar 2012 #82

The party I belong to get the red out Mar 2012 #85

Your OP and continued replies are straight from Pigboys commentary today snooper2 Mar 2012 #103

i wrote it off the top of my head bart95 Mar 2012 #105

Pigboy was "teaching" how Democrats identify everybody by Race/Orientation/Gender snooper2 Mar 2012 #106

well ecuuuuuse, me for not keeping up with what limbaugh says bart95 Mar 2012 #107

It's okay this time...you don't have to go sit in the naughty chair... snooper2 Mar 2012 #108

Thank you for your "concern". Odin2005 Mar 2012 #2

Hope it's not left in the oven too long.... daleanime Mar 2012 #4

I dislike it especially when... ellisonz Mar 2012 #23

? bart95 Mar 2012 #5

. NoGOPZone Mar 2012 #21

your spelling of "obsession" is pretty freeperific scheming daemons Mar 2012 #6

a 'republican typo'?!? bart95 Mar 2012 #11

Examples of the Democratic Party's obsession with race? FSogol Mar 2012 #7

+1 Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #9

this is a winner bigtree Mar 2012 #8

No zipplewrath Mar 2012 #10

thank you for at least addressing the question seriously bart95 Mar 2012 #15

I disagree that we've gotten rid of institutionalized racism. nt redqueen Mar 2012 #17

There are no absolutes in life zipplewrath Mar 2012 #30

well put nt bart95 Mar 2012 #40

The difference, I believe, is merely in degrees. LanternWaste Mar 2012 #57

Practicality zipplewrath Mar 2012 #62

correct 1968: Wallace (3rd party) 2008: Obama, main party, winner bart95 Mar 2012 #66

I do not see its absence... LanternWaste Mar 2012 #69

This issue is the institutionalization zipplewrath Mar 2012 #112

Fox News? Sanford Police Department? CreekDog Mar 2012 #92

Not institutionalized zipplewrath Mar 2012 #110

Based on your definition of institutionalized racism...but not based on its actual definition CreekDog Mar 2012 #115

Thank you! noamnety Mar 2012 #67

Home loans, car loans, loans for relief affer Katrina... redqueen Mar 2012 #78

If they exist zipplewrath Mar 2012 #113

I also disagree that we've gotten rid of institutionalized racism CreekDog Mar 2012 #90

Not unless you don't consider the Sanford Police Department or Fox News CreekDog Mar 2012 #91

take this shit elsewhere. You will find no support here. MjolnirTime Mar 2012 #12

Well he did find support, and from someone who's been here for nearly 10 years. The lone REC. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #126

DEMOCRATS???? gateley Mar 2012 #13

yes, both parties bart95 Mar 2012 #18

both parties are the same? CreekDog Mar 2012 #94

That would be a big NO Teddy bear. Lint Head Mar 2012 #14

WE, kemosabe? RACIAL SLURS HAVE BEEN ERADICATED?? WHAT PLANET DO YOU LIVE ON? Ecumenist Mar 2012 #16

people correctly lose careers over a public slur bart95 Mar 2012 #22

First of all, that's not a threat. it's a promise if you keep trying to start flame wars Ecumenist Mar 2012 #27

No, I fdon;'t think the Democratic party is focused on Race notadmblnd Mar 2012 #19

yes, those you listed are, no question about it bart95 Mar 2012 #24

You're right...Trayvon Martin has shown us racism doesn't exist anymore.... joeybee12 Mar 2012 #20

exactly get the red out Mar 2012 #53

shirley, you joke spanone Mar 2012 #25

and stop calling me shirley, over bart95 Mar 2012 #26

Really? You can focus too much on civil rights? Rex Mar 2012 #28

"even now that racial slurs have all but been eradicated" BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #29

i should have used the word 'public' bart95 Mar 2012 #36

If I lived in an isolated location or kept isolated from others BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #75

The jury is back: ellisonz Mar 2012 #31

'you can send one too if you like' bart95 Mar 2012 #37

what? librechik Mar 2012 #32

Shouldn't that be "abcessed?" MineralMan Mar 2012 #33

You speak the tooth! Bruce Wayne Mar 2012 #127

No, not at all- Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #34

Racial slurs have been eradicated? KamaAina Mar 2012 #35

Nope. NOLALady Mar 2012 #38

Welcome to DU. Sheesh. Not even worth commenting on. n/t K Gardner Mar 2012 #39

So ProSense Mar 2012 #41

This ^ geardaddy Mar 2012 #43

bingo! Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #47

answers bart95 Mar 2012 #50

Seriously, ProSense Mar 2012 #54

Exactly. great white snark Mar 2012 #72

Thank You! Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #128

No,that is the republiCONS butterfly77 Mar 2012 #42

i agreed with another poster that the question should have been BOTH parties nt bart95 Mar 2012 #45

WTF??? retread Mar 2012 #44

Consider reading this blog entry... EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #48

Awesome read. geardaddy Mar 2012 #56

Anytime Geardaddy. EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #68

The answer is no. nachosgrande Mar 2012 #49

No, but thanks for asking! Iggo Mar 2012 #51

I think Democrats are also too obsessed with contraception. Quantess Mar 2012 #52

It's because we like schtupping too much. ellisonz Mar 2012 #76

What specific and relevant constants exist which leads you to believe... LanternWaste Mar 2012 #59

Don't expect an answer, I am still waiting for one. Rex Mar 2012 #64

You're seriously asking this question today? Have you been following the Trayvon Martin case? yardwork Mar 2012 #60

yes, how could one not notice the dozens of threads in general discussion about it bart95 Mar 2012 #133

The Democratic Party can walk and chew gum at the same time Blaukraut Mar 2012 #61

Is the Republican Party abscessed about most things? Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #65

We don't talk about it enough loyalsister Mar 2012 #70

We get it, you don't like diversity and civil rights efforts or immigrants stevenleser Mar 2012 #71

straw man attempt noted nt bart95 Mar 2012 #73

You prefer I provide links? Here are links to previous posts of yours... stevenleser Mar 2012 #74

nice try on the dirt digging bart95 Mar 2012 #80

Yet is still begs the question... LanternWaste Mar 2012 #83

it's not even so much that they are DOING too much about it bart95 Mar 2012 #84

You appear, via your statement, to conflate both the public and the private arenas LanternWaste Mar 2012 #95

hey, I went to college too bart95 Mar 2012 #97

And his main response to you was to complain about words with too many syllables stevenleser Mar 2012 #102

I am sure you think you have reasons for being stridently anti-immigrant and anti-diversity efforts stevenleser Mar 2012 #86

perhaps you're getting a little obsessed with other posters? nt bart95 Mar 2012 #88

Nope, every DUers troll-radar goes off with low post count people who post right wing stuff nt stevenleser Mar 2012 #99

Sometimes I guess DU is prepared to tolerate an abcess or two. n/t ellisonz Mar 2012 #104

LMAO! stevenleser Mar 2012 #111

I see this has one rec--so I want to counter it with my strident UNREC! pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #79

Yes, two wtf's. One is that this OP was posted and two that anyone on DU rec'ced it. stevenleser Mar 2012 #118

How do you say WTF in French? pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #123

The leader of the Democratic party, President Barack Obama, has barely mentioned race during his lib_wit_it Mar 2012 #81

Obcessed or abcessed. WilliamPitt Mar 2012 #87

Because the lesson of the ongoing Trayvon Martin case is that racism is less of a problem CreekDog Mar 2012 #89

But, republicans are obsessed with creating jobs! Quantess Mar 2012 #93

no, they're obsessed with outsourcing them bart95 Mar 2012 #96

Well, that much is true. Quantess Mar 2012 #98

'Nobody is on poor people's side or the middle class's side'->BINGO bart95 Mar 2012 #100

I STRONGLY suggest sticking to that if it is your point, getting into the weeds TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #125

did you see the video linked? did you like it? bart95 Mar 2012 #131

No. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #101

We'll stop obsessing over race when racism is no longer an issue Hugabear Mar 2012 #109

I don't understand your argument fishwax Mar 2012 #114

A fair and reasoned response to a disjointed fail of an OP stevenleser Mar 2012 #116

I'm pretty sure Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #121

Agreed. I hope admins are warming up the pizza as we speak/type. stevenleser Mar 2012 #122

oh, c'mon zappaman Mar 2012 #124

Yes, i am sure it has to be a coincidence poster is in sync with Rush stevenleser Mar 2012 #129

as a diversion, like flag burning bart95 Mar 2012 #117

Had you said "social issues" instead of "race" this thread would look drastically different. ieoeja Mar 2012 #119

maybe i focussed on the smoke screen rather than what's behind it bart95 Mar 2012 #120

lol.... are conservatives dishonest assholes? fascisthunter Mar 2012 #130

it's a different question bart95 Mar 2012 #132

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