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Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts) Fri Oct 16, 2015, 09:36 AM Oct 2015

It boggles my mind that we black folk forgot about how racist the Clinton camp was in 2008! [View all]

I just came back to say this.

Stockholm Syndrome? No.

Bad memory and too quick to forgive? Yes.

Reminders:

In reference to MLK, Jr. - paraphrasing from Hillary: "It look LBJ to get it done, not pretty speeches"

YouTube of her own words:

Regarding "hard working white people" from Hillary:

The above includes Bill Clinton's disgusting remarks about Jesse Jackson's run for president. So disgusting that Jim Clyburn had to call him and tell him to STOP:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/25/clinton.clyburn/

More disgusting racist Hillary digs at Obama (invoking Bobby Kennedy's assassination) after she knew he had been receiving unprecedented death threats:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/politics/24clinton.html

(This incident led to the Kennedy family's endorsement of Obama!)

And don't forget the racist dog whistles from the Clinton camp: Geraldine Ferraro's assertion that Obama's race is the only deciding factor for why he is doing well--not his merit, not his talent, not his intelligence:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2008/03/playing_the_racist_card.html

Ed Rendell was also despicable:

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/2008/02/14/Rendell-offers-his-defense-on-Obama-race-remark/stories/200802140484

And Paul Begala and James Carville's behavior was absolutely HORRID!

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Why don't the majority of blacks remember this racist crap from the Clinton camp? And more important, why are they forgiving them for their horrible behavior?

Note: I don't support ANY Democratic Party nominee at this point--not Bernie, not Hillary, not O'Malley, and certainly not Webb. None of them have shown me that they give a shit about black folks; they only want the black vote.

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It boggles my mind that we black folk forgot about how racist the Clinton camp was in 2008! [View all] Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 OP

"We black folks"?? Did you really type that! And expect....belief? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1

Clinton's policies were absolutely horrible for black people! HORRIBLE!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #6

To what then, do "we black folks" attribute the current overwhelming support for the Clintons?? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #10

While I (largely) agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #23

Welcome back! stevenleser Oct 2015 #15

Not to fight; but, none of those were done by HRC. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #22

I gave you a rec JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #2

with the Clintons one thing i know is that KNOW they need the black community JI7 Oct 2015 #9

That's a really good point n/t JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #11

Did you notice - Sanders supporters giving you a rec JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #3

Same here. Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #4

yes remember that bravenak was very critical of hillary JI7 Oct 2015 #8

I haven't forgotten any of it. angel123 Oct 2015 #5

i think they are good at forming relationships in different communities JI7 Oct 2015 #7

I don't think anybody's forgotten anything, LS Number23 Oct 2015 #12

Lol F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #13

I have issues with Hillary's candidacy but I'd be lying if I said the main ones had to do with her Number23 Oct 2015 #14

"I think if anything, it speaks to the quality of the other Dem candidates running against her." Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #16

I think we have some very high quality Dems running and we put the Republicans Tipperary Oct 2015 #17

did you support her in 2008 over OBama ? JI7 Oct 2015 #18

Yes I did. I was not an Obama fan, but I voted for him twice. Tipperary Oct 2015 #19

i wanted to know if it was because you thought she could win or you just liked her better JI7 Oct 2015 #20

I liked her better. You are right though, at the time I also did not think Obama could win. Tipperary Oct 2015 #21

What was about Obama BACK THEN, not now, that had you not supporting him randys1 Oct 2015 #25

I never thought he had the chops for dealing in foreign affairs, and it appears I was right. Tipperary Oct 2015 #26

I believe Clinton will continue the drone campaign JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #27

and sanders JI7 Oct 2015 #40

I didn't want to go there JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #41

even though he himself said he would JI7 Oct 2015 #43

Foreign affairs? Drones? First, I hate drones, but surely Hillary will use them, right? randys1 Oct 2015 #28

You obviously have a direct line to Hillary and her plans in regard to drones. Tipperary Oct 2015 #32

Staying there is wrong, I agree. I believe HIllary will also and your remark about her and randys1 Oct 2015 #34

I am not a gambler. Hillary has not even been elected yet, so I think I will wait until she is Tipperary Oct 2015 #36

these are things she has publicly talked about JI7 Oct 2015 #44

It actually is a good question for the debates. randys1 Oct 2015 #46

being more hawkish is one of the ways she has publicly differed from Obama JI7 Oct 2015 #37

You are wrong about Gitmo....the record is clear why it is not closed and it is the usual suspects. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #29

We will just have to disagree. Tipperary Oct 2015 #30

Glad to see you remembered why Gitmo is not closed! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #31

Obama said he would close it, and he did not. Tipperary Oct 2015 #33

We disagree on facts and history and conclusion...pretty much the whole shabang! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #35

There you go then. Tipperary Oct 2015 #38

Obama was never in a position to close Guantanamo. The US Congress is the only entitity with that Number23 Oct 2015 #58

This election, for me, is not about "who I like". It's about quality, and of the field (for me) HRC Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #45

Hillary represents not going backwards, but not going forward much. Bernie's IDEAS randys1 Oct 2015 #47

There's a Pew Poll around here somewhere that explains that 2/3 of Dems want a POTUS who will.... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #53

I dont want to expand on drone use or being in Afghanistan, for instance. randys1 Oct 2015 #54

To pull a page from our neighbors to the north, it looks like Canada just elected Pierre Trudeau's MADem Oct 2015 #59

I like HRC because I believe she is the highest quality of them all. Tipperary Oct 2015 #55

If people don't think that Bernie has a "snowballs chance in hell" of winning then that is most Number23 Oct 2015 #57

if minorities never forgive folks for saying or voting for prejudiced things, we'd have no one to La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2015 #24

I wish I could rec this post. Tipperary Oct 2015 #39

He and Hillary had the exact same opinion on gay marriage. Exactly the same! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #49

except she was not on the ballot when i went to vote for president La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2015 #50

You mean some Black Folk forgot? Stellar Oct 2015 #42

I think most people who support Hillary over Obama did so due to Obama's race! Period! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #48

then they forgot that they were racist for the presidential vote. La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2015 #51

so, the black woman I am married to is racist? kwassa Oct 2015 #56

If it doesn't apply to your wife then I'm not talking to her. MOST is not "ALL"! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #60

And if you reversed the past 200 yrs the white version of Obama would get 100% of the vote randys1 Oct 2015 #61

How many has forgotten the snarks made about BLM and many members of AA. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #52