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Hillary Clinton

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4. Black women are about the most reliable

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Original post)

Fri May 27, 2016, 05:08 PM

May 2016

voters and they have excellent bs detectors. As long as blacks have been lied to, given broken promises, and taken for granted they are not casual or uninformed voters...they can't afford to be. Politicians ignore or enrage them at their peril.

But you are certainly correct that they make handy scapegoats when the blame is being handed out.

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Why only single out blacks when women, Hispanics and other groups ALSO support HRC? [View all] Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 OP

Massive K & R. So spot on. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #1

K&R! Haveadream May 2016 #2

It's a kind of "dog whistle", ain't it? Her Sister May 2016 #3

Black women are about the most reliable brer cat May 2016 #4

Said many times JustAnotherGen May 2016 #5

Good read here: savalez May 2016 #6

This is the first I've seen this JustAnotherGen May 2016 #9

I'll say. savalez May 2016 #11

That article is well done JustAnotherGen May 2016 #12

+1 fleabiscuit May 2016 #20

+2 savalez May 2016 #22

Holy crap... fleabiscuit May 2016 #19

They are no different from teabaggers. n/t savalez May 2016 #21

I love you guys! You're are one of the super major reasons we are WINNING! Cha May 2016 #7

It's also intended to create a false belief that her appeal is very limited. TwilightZone May 2016 #8

""It's just the south; it shouldn't count" couldn't be much more elitist." ...or RACIST! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #17

Because they don't recognize their own racism. nini May 2016 #10

Is it individual racism? JustAnotherGen May 2016 #13

both.... I think many people don't even realize they have racist tendencies nini May 2016 #14

With white progressives forjusticethunders May 2016 #23

'as opposed to something that we're entitled to as human beings.' nini May 2016 #24

PREACH!!! +1,000,000,000!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #27

Ermahgerd fleabiscuit May 2016 #15

I'm an ideologue for sure forjusticethunders May 2016 #25

This is something that I have always admired about the conservatives. They know how to prepare for Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #28

^^^^^^^this this this forjusticethunders May 2016 #29

K&R!!!! ismnotwasm May 2016 #16

Yes, that was all very worth reading. K&R fleabiscuit May 2016 #18

Hey, some make smarer decisions. Thinkingabout May 2016 #26