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73. Well, their ancestors probably left Africa for Hawaii by a more

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:58 PM

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circuitous route, via Asia, compared to those whose ancestors came to the U.S. more directly from Africa. Although they probably did so sooner than those whose ancestors left came to the U.S. from Africa via Europe, so...

Um... Yeah... So... Pacific Islanders and people with Japanese ancestry are... 'white', in the way that matters, you see?

Personally, I'm just glad that I don't see the New York Times' coverage of the Democratic primary and caucuses results displaying a map of 'More blacks' and 'Fewer blacks' in its 'how Democrats voted' sections any more.

Including all the absurd crap from the Republican circus this year, that is the most personally offensive thing I've seen relating to politics this year.

They still display it for past contests: (Scroll down a bit on the right).

They didn't do anything like that in 2008, when an African American was a major candidate. Reeks of both racism and 'let's include this to show how Bernie Sanders doesn't have African American support.'

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Sanders leads Clinton in Wisconsin ahead of must-win primary [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2016 OP

Great news! dchill Mar 2016 #1

YES!!! Plucketeer Mar 2016 #2

can't really compare two different polls to determine a trend. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #3

Yeah�New York zentrum Mar 2016 #8

New York is going to be tough for Sanders because Clinton has strong geek tragedy Mar 2016 #11

Popular? Where in NY is Clinton not considered a carpetbagger? RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #38

lol, wut? geek tragedy Mar 2016 #41

HUH? RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #44

I live in Brooklyn (since 1999), and there's no way in hell he's winning here. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #47

Oh? RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #50

Crown Heights/Prospect Heights. And she'll do very well amongst black voters geek tragedy Mar 2016 #55

HRC will take NY and from there take the nomination. SylviaD Mar 2016 #51

Lol EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #87

Which part? SylviaD Mar 2016 #109

Party uniting, but EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #110

Well I personally hope you're wrong... SylviaD Apr 2016 #140

fear fear fear fear fear EdwardBernays Apr 2016 #141

You're seriously arguing that Trump is more appealing to the electorate than HRC? SylviaD Apr 2016 #143

Well EdwardBernays Apr 2016 #144

1999? RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #52

your understanding of how this place works is very stale. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #57

LMAO! RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #77

I have roots in Brooklyn and NY since the 1670's and I still live here. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #76

Not among the establishment! RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #79

With due respect i am on the ground here. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #82

Okay RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #83

Where are you here on the weekends? What part of Brooklyn do you go to? hrmjustin Mar 2016 #84

I am in RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #88

Then you know Hillary will win South Brooklyn. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #89

Okay, believe what you want to. RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #90

I actually live here and I am on the ground every day. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #91

And my relations came over a period of over 250 years. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #85

You're older than I thought. BeanMusical Mar 2016 #98

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Jeez, I did not know that . . FairWinds Mar 2016 #106

I guess the Republicans approved of her Iraq war vote and chose to vote for her reelection upstate. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #45

Second link is to the 2008 primary vote totals where she smoked Barack Obama geek tragedy Mar 2016 #48

Well you sure showed those...those...darn voters!! Good job! JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #49

state law, Republicans are a closed primary too. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #53

You don't mean good luck, so you can have your comments back. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #56

I wish you as much luck in Pennsylvania as I do in having your geek tragedy Mar 2016 #58

I actually hope she didn't break the law. If she did, it would erode a great deal of confidence in JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #59

Actually zentrum Mar 2016 #62

I'm sure he'll pull 40% in Manhattan, which is a lot of voters. nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #63

Do they feel the bern in Washington Heights? Harlem? UES or UWS? beastie boy Mar 2016 #120

You must be joking zentrum Mar 2016 #136

LES ain't what it used to be in the 80's beastie boy Mar 2016 #137

Excuse me�but zentrum Apr 2016 #145

Nothing is a slum dunk for anyone. beastie boy Apr 2016 #146

"What's past is prologue."? saidsimplesimon Mar 2016 #116

Those trapped in delusion are doomed to err. Nitram Mar 2016 #121

good retort, sorry if you were offended saidsimplesimon Mar 2016 #125

A little offended by the suggestion that those who disagree with you live in the past, Nitram Mar 2016 #126

I live in the area around Cornwall and West Point Victor_c3 Mar 2016 #112

She won the primaries in 2006 83% to 17% beastie boy Mar 2016 #119

Hoping he widens that lead fast! And the process and the count are clean and honest. merrily Mar 2016 #4

There are Voter ID requirements which disproportionately hurt college students Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #36

Good point. I was referring more to stuff that was conjured up for this primary. merrily Mar 2016 #54

So Clinton dropped 10 points in the past week! Go Bernie Divernan Mar 2016 #5

^!!!!^ zentrum Mar 2016 #9

Looks like April will be a bad month for Hillary shawn703 Mar 2016 #6

"April is the cruelest month" - no firewalls left for Hills! Divernan Mar 2016 #15

But tactically, it will be a GREAT month, even though she'll lose everything. closeupready Mar 2016 #21

I'm worried about voter fraud. The DNC is for Hillary and they're counting the votes Zira Mar 2016 #138

I wonder why they say "must-win" in their headline. Gregorian Mar 2016 #7

They're all "must win" nxylas Mar 2016 #10

I'm confident Bernie has his towel. Gregorian Mar 2016 #22

Bernie is a frood who really knows where his towel is. longship Mar 2016 #67

Lol for realsies...nt stopwastingmymoney Mar 2016 #95

From here on in... paulthompson Mar 2016 #13

Because it's a decent size state with a low population of African Americans. pnwmom Mar 2016 #14

Ah....the ol' Bernie can't win with minorities card Roland99 Mar 2016 #19

Which states has he won with high populations of African Americans? nt pnwmom Mar 2016 #25

Michigan!...nt freebrew Mar 2016 #33

Right. By 2%. And that's the problem. He would need some huge wins pnwmom Mar 2016 #34

For most of us poor folk... freebrew Mar 2016 #35

Bernie has had higher support in higher income groups. pnwmom Mar 2016 #42

Cynicism runs rampant amongst lower-income people, and for good reason. strategery blunder Mar 2016 #64

How about Hawaii... Buddyblazon Mar 2016 #66

How many African Americans live there? Every minority group is not the same. n/t pnwmom Mar 2016 #68

Oh...so we've moved the goalposts. Buddyblazon Mar 2016 #72

I didn't move the goalposts. Read over this thread and every post of mine pnwmom Mar 2016 #80

Well, their ancestors probably left Africa for Hawaii by a more RiverNoord Mar 2016 #73

That...or perhaps... Buddyblazon Mar 2016 #71

We have already had 8 debates and 10 Town Halls and Bernie has fully participated. pnwmom Mar 2016 #81

And a lot of them vote repub... freebrew Mar 2016 #114

Bernie has been promising free tuition. That's free stuff. n/t pnwmom Mar 2016 #133

Well, OK then... freebrew Mar 2016 #134

You Mean the States that Had Primaries PCPrincess Mar 2016 #96

No. Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, and Illinois were just two weeks ago. pnwmom Mar 2016 #101

Bernie has to run the table in order to win. They are all must win for him. nt hack89 Mar 2016 #46

Not just run the table; but, run it by wide margins. 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #65

Right now he has to win the rest of the states by 56%, on average. It was 57% but last FighttheFuture Mar 2016 #78

Wrong. It's not a "lead" because it's within the 6.3% margin of error. pnwmom Mar 2016 #12

A tie is not good for Sanders, he needs to win by double-digits geek tragedy Mar 2016 #17

You're right. He needs at least 10 more delegates out of this, according to 538. pnwmom Mar 2016 #27

You're partly right and partly wrong thesquanderer Apr 2016 #139

Bernie's lead Bob_Roony Mar 2016 #16

55% of Wisconsin's voting age population is 45 and older. Thor_MN Mar 2016 #111

That is, of course, very good news. Now I hope that those involved in voter suppression have not ... agracie Mar 2016 #18

I hope there is plenty of exit polling so we can see how much funny business occurs. nt GoneFishin Mar 2016 #20

Come on Wisconsin navarth Mar 2016 #23

Come on Wisconsin BBG Mar 2016 #94

On Wisconsin montanacowboy Mar 2016 #24

Please use Twitter or Facebook to spread Voter ID info Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #26

10 pt swing in one week! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #28

Super news. nt Duval Mar 2016 #29

Gonna take mo than winning WI Cryptoad Mar 2016 #30

Well.. he already outpreformed in Alaska, Hawaii AND WA... so... NICE basselope Mar 2016 #39

Yeah mo... RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #40

Sanders is now tied with Clinton in national polls LiberalLovinLug Mar 2016 #31

But Rachael Maddow said he can only win caucuses... fbc Mar 2016 #32

the color of that suit looks good on her greymouse Mar 2016 #37

I thought so, too Aerows Mar 2016 #60

I noticed that as well.. whathehell Mar 2016 #108

This Wisconsinite is excited to vote for Bernie! AllyCat Mar 2016 #43

Nice Tragl1 Mar 2016 #61

People are waking up. Is see more have discovered Google. Zira Mar 2016 #69

Not must win for Hillary. Not by far. nt onehandle Mar 2016 #70

then you can be sure there will be "shenanigans" to try to stop him. 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #74

kick yurbud Mar 2016 #75

He Wants To Save America...She Wants To Be President billhicks76 Mar 2016 #86

No, that's a lie in a nutshell. Nitram Mar 2016 #122

Ha. Because You Say So? billhicks76 Mar 2016 #130

Hillary's only hope is if people stop using that "internet" thing. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #92

OUR DEMOCRATIC VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION MISSING IN PA kadaholo Mar 2016 #93

Please Make This a New Post PCPrincess Mar 2016 #97

Help Needed to Create New Post for this Information! kadaholo Mar 2016 #103

It's Up as a New Thread! :) Waahhooo! kadaholo Mar 2016 #105

Kick and R BeanMusical Mar 2016 #99

he wont win by a LANDSLIDE MFM008 Mar 2016 #102

I think he'll win by around 15%. Pauldg47 Mar 2016 #104

I'm going with 60-40 Bernie yourout Mar 2016 #113

Optimism is a beautiful thing. Nitram Mar 2016 #123

Let's hope it's better than reality. Pauldg47 Mar 2016 #129

Did someone call ? Optimism Mar 2016 #131

I pray your right! Pauldg47 Mar 2016 #128

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #107

"Must win" by 20 Renew Deal Mar 2016 #115

K & R! SoapBox Mar 2016 #117

How is Feingold looking up there? hollowdweller Mar 2016 #118

Now He Was A Real Candidate billhicks76 Mar 2016 #132

He needs a huge blowout to catch up to Hillary in the delegate count. apnu Mar 2016 #124

BUT, Will He Really BE ABLE TO WIN??? That's The Real Question! ChiciB1 Mar 2016 #127

K&R...Thanks for posting, Omaha Steve red dog 1 Mar 2016 #135

I think he will do well, but I keep thinking how wisconsin could never get rid of that asshole Gov. Sunlei Apr 2016 #142

Sanders only attracts young voters between 18 and 54 XemaSab Apr 2016 #147