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14. What buttons was Obama pushing when he said America is Greater Than It's Ever Been?

Reply to brush (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 06:06 PM

Dec 2016

He said that to a country where half the population cannot meet an unexpected $400 expense, where half the people are poor or near poor. Where young people are choking on student loan debt. Where millions of families lost their homes to foreclosure fraud by the big banks.

Many of them white, who don't feel they are rolling in white privilege.

It's not really working for Democrats to feel comfortable wholesale insulting white people. For prominent surrogates of Hillary to laugh about white men going extinct.

If I'm a tad sensitive, so be it. I'm not going to be quiet any longer.

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White People Are A Little Too Damn Happy About Trevor Noah vs. Tomi Lahren [View all] DonCoquixote Dec 2016 OP

This woman wants so desperately to be promoted LittleBlue Dec 2016 #1

That is an mercuryblues Dec 2016 #2

I watched the video and she was obtuse, intentionally or otherwise, to what Noah was saying. Solly Mack Dec 2016 #3

Exactly loyalsister Dec 2016 #5

That's because, if they were honest, they'd say black people shouldn't protest Solly Mack Dec 2016 #9

It's not in her own best interest to be open to any of his points Quixote1818 Dec 2016 #16

I don't know Tomi Lahren, she's not my responsibility Dems to Win Dec 2016 #4

As someone who's not white. romanic Dec 2016 #6

Is she that blonde self-proclaimed conservative pundit? Retrograde Dec 2016 #7

did you watch the interview DonCoquixote Dec 2016 #8

You may be a tad sensitive. DUers know that progressive whites are not the problem brush Dec 2016 #11

The article references whites cheering the Noah takedown JonLP24 Dec 2016 #13

What buttons was Obama pushing when he said America is Greater Than It's Ever Been? Dems to Win Dec 2016 #14

That's fine. Keep on trying to get racists in the party who have not voted Dem for years brush Dec 2016 #15

Well, I'm not. Igel Dec 2016 #10

Lahren's presentation is really good when she's solo, scripted, and rehearsed, but she's not nimble aikoaiko Dec 2016 #12