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qwlauren35

(6,145 posts)
9. Did you ever doubt it?
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 09:02 PM
Nov 2017

Somewhere I read that Trump won the primaries because he had the biggest penis and the prettiest wife.

Once you're able to say what people want to hear, what you do doesn't matter. In fact, when you're rich and white, it has never mattered. (OK, Weinstein, but the exception - not the rule.)

There are a lot of Americans who hate Democrats. Not sure how or why, I guess we'd have to ask them. But it's very real. You can call these people racists, sexists, homophobes, xenophobes, whatever you want. But if they are THE MAJORITY, then that's what really matters.

There are white people who feel that they are under attack. Who feel they have to parade around with signs saying that "White Lives Matter". I would not be surprised if 80-90% of them hate Democrats. We are the diversity party. And it's not popular.

So, what disqualifies a candidate in the eyes of a lot of folks in Alabama is being a Democrat. Doug Jones is not only a Democrat, he's shown himself to be a champion of justice for African-Americans. I'm convinced that unless the African-American community in Alabama is pulled out of the woodwork to the voting booth, Roy Moore with be the next Alabama Senator.

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