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joeglow3

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17. Frankly, I don't blame them

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 10:39 AM

Oct 2014

Politics is politics and large voting blocs are taken for granted. Democrats typically focus little energy on the minority community, because they have consistently provided them with 90+% support. Instead, they focus their efforts on the more wishy-washy groups that will go either way. And, practically speaking, that was the smart choice for them.

I think blacks want to be a part of that group that is not taken for granted and politicians are interested in serving. I don't like what they are doing and hope it doesn't bite them in the ass. That said, I cannot think of a better way for them to command the attention from a group that has taken for them for granted.

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Black voters in St. Louis County direct their anger at the Democratic Party [View all] cali Oct 2014 OP

so they are supporting a republican who is already in office ? JI7 Oct 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author still_one Oct 2014 #2

I understand the frustration AtomicKitten Oct 2014 #3

the person they endorsed voted in support of funding social programs JI7 Oct 2014 #4

This bit resonated with me. AtomicKitten Oct 2014 #5

Black leaders also negotiated with with Stream before endorsing him pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #6

this is actually how to move the country more left JI7 Oct 2014 #7

Stenger's connection to McCulloch does reek. AtomicKitten Oct 2014 #8

Frankly, I don't blame them joeglow3 Oct 2014 #17

Maybe someone should listen to them rock Oct 2014 #18

If the GOP is the first to appreciably listen then the votes may well be lost for generations. nt Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #19

if it takes a mutilated face to wake-up democratic leadership...then let it be done Supersedeas Oct 2014 #14

There is some of that going on in Chicago, too. mucifer Oct 2014 #9

Now perhaps some folks will understand how this happened in Appalachia theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #10

throw the bums and the baby out with the bathwater Supersedeas Oct 2014 #16

then they will get the government they deserve belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #11

For some reason the current one yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #12

Good strawberries Oct 2014 #13

I've said the same thing for years about the labor vote Lee-Lee Oct 2014 #15