2016 Postmortem

notadmblnd

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45. DeBlasio isn't a bigot. Geez he's married to an African American woman.

Reply to UMTerp01 (Reply #42)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 09:33 PM

Apr 2016

The joke was poorly rehearsed and an awkward attempt to pander to POC yet again.

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RACIALLY CHARGED Joke by Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio Earns SCORN Instead of Laughs [View all] Segami Apr 2016 OP

Yup.....Ask Bill for help Hillary... Segami Apr 2016 #1

Hey, it's sexist to criticize Hillary for going along with a racist "joke" so quit. JudyM Apr 2016 #19

He was just on CNN claiming "CP time" means "cautious politician" Barack_America Apr 2016 #2

They literally invented it for this absurd skit n/t arcane1 Apr 2016 #4

Bullshit.....actor Leslie Odom Jr. didn't think it meant 'cautious politician' Segami Apr 2016 #7

who was on CNN? nt grasswire Apr 2016 #55

de Blasio. Barack_America Apr 2016 #58

thanks grasswire Apr 2016 #61

"when you talk about ghettos traditionally, what you talk about is African-American communities. " uponit7771 Apr 2016 #3

That's correct. bvf Apr 2016 #77

Racist stereotypes are never correct at any time in any context. The context here was poor people uponit7771 Apr 2016 #83

Maybe if you spent less time bvf Apr 2016 #84

Much ado about nothing UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #5

Most of us know who doesn't give a shit about black people, and it isn't Bernie. Punkingal Apr 2016 #17

I didn't say it was Bernie UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #23

Hillary paints herself in a bad light. Other just point it out. notadmblnd Apr 2016 #30

So our candidates are guilty because of their associates? UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #39

Post removed Post removed Apr 2016 #41

WTF? Do you not know the story? UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #42

DeBlasio isn't a bigot. Geez he's married to an African American woman. notadmblnd Apr 2016 #45

That we can agree on... UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #52

doesn't really matter what you think unless you are a NY voter. grasswire Apr 2016 #59

It was just stupid and that's why I said Hillary paints herself in a bad light. notadmblnd Apr 2016 #63

The whole truth for me is that i do care. Punkingal Apr 2016 #48

+1 Segami Apr 2016 #62

Same here. And I despise racists, bigots, sexists and Nazis, not just Illinois ones. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #78

What this post tells me is that the New York Times and other major news outlets bjo59 Apr 2016 #60

+2 appalachiablue Apr 2016 #76

The same could be said of this Vatican BS NWCorona Apr 2016 #21

Oh I agree. Its nonsense from both sides. UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #26

Mr Odom is wearing his costume from Hamilton. hedda_foil Apr 2016 #75

It was a deliberate use and not a "stumble". Here is what Black Lives Matter thinks about Hillary. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #33

What in the fresh hell does that have to do with "CP" gate? n/t UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #43

You can't figure it out? Well some in the AA community don't think very highly of the rhett o rick Apr 2016 #47

The Clintons have earned the right to say racist things. morningfog Apr 2016 #51

While I agree with you to a point passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #74

This coming from Camp Sanders, whose candidate thinks all black people live in ghettos? Tarc Apr 2016 #6

Try telling that to Bubba who.. Segami Apr 2016 #10

Any shift in the A-A vote so far? Tarc Apr 2016 #11

Why yes, there was. TM99 Apr 2016 #20

She still didn't lose Blacks in Wisconsin n/t UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #28

Look again at the spread TM99 Apr 2016 #29

You mean the state where the A-A vote was only 10% of the whole, and Hillary won 70% of it? Tarc Apr 2016 #66

Something obviously TM99 Apr 2016 #67

So, you made a mistake and don't see a way to save face Tarc Apr 2016 #68

Whoosh, there it goes again! TM99 Apr 2016 #69

Nice try, but we're talking about alleged fallout from the Di Blasio joke Tarc Apr 2016 #71

It is coming. TM99 Apr 2016 #72

Still swinging and a'missin bro Tarc Apr 2016 #73

And wrong too. Clinton won the black vote in Wisconsin. Sanders lost it there just as EVERYWHERE Number23 Apr 2016 #81

On its way... Hopefully sooner rather than later. HillBillies are becoming too careless. JudyM Apr 2016 #24

It's not carlessness, it's hubris. They think they are entitled and everyone should just accept it. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #44

Who you calling HillBillies? Oh, Them.. nevermind, just joshin'. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #80

God, you really suck at this. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #37

Poor l'il poppet Tarc Apr 2016 #65

You shouldn't try to tell me what I think. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #85

Poor l'il poppet Tarc Apr 2016 #86

You struggled in school, didn't you? Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #87

Finally! Tarc Apr 2016 #88

Lie. morningfog Apr 2016 #53

Not me and thousands. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #79

I liked Hillary's response to the Mayor's poor joke: "cautious politician time.� DCBob Apr 2016 #8

It was scripted. Clinton was in on the "joke." -nt- chascarrillo Apr 2016 #12

Yeah.. I just figured that out. DCBob Apr 2016 #15

Drag her... GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #9

How is this on Hillary? Bill de Blasio is the dumb ass here krawhitham Apr 2016 #13

It was a prepared skit. You can be sure it didn't take Hilly by surprise. Ed Suspicious Apr 2016 #22

How many threads will be posted on this? cwydro Apr 2016 #14

Don't even go there... GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #18

Whatever. Any and all of these threads from both sides are beyond stupid. cwydro Apr 2016 #25

Until the tissues run out would be my guess. JoePhilly Apr 2016 #46

That "joke" fell SO flat.... It was actually almost painful to watch. Talk about tone deaf. peacebird Apr 2016 #16

this was almost as funny as the "jump to conclusions" game in Office Space virtualobserver Apr 2016 #31

I loved the one guy who yelled "NO" nt GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #35

Can't believe she went there. Truly in bad taste. Nt azmom Apr 2016 #27

Another unforced error. SHRED Apr 2016 #32

She's just as racist as 8 years ago jfern Apr 2016 #34

Hillary is TONE DEAF and her racism is showing berni_mccoy Apr 2016 #36

I think that this is (one of) her way(s) of giving the Democratic base the middle finger me b zola Apr 2016 #64

Hillary - your True Colors are showing FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #38

"If there�s one thing a wildly passionate white Bernie supporter is good at ...." Onlooker Apr 2016 #40

So not only is this a great big scream fest over nothing, but the whole damn thing was SCRIPTED???! Number23 Apr 2016 #82

Hillary's into racist jokes. Who knew? Broward Apr 2016 #49

THIS is what you guys are all worked up about? JoePhilly Apr 2016 #50

Cringeworthy glaeken777 Apr 2016 #54

Just awful. And yes, I cringed. Barack_America Apr 2016 #57

Whole thing seems scripted from start to finish - including Odom [end] ReasonableToo Apr 2016 #56

It's "black people time" NOT "colored people time." npk Apr 2016 #70