i'm warming up to Mayor Pete as VP but wonder if his sexual orientation will hurt or help?

[not_the_one]

77. I had been thinking this may be the case...

It just goes to show that all segments of society can practice blatant, baseless discrimination, while at the same time bemoaning themselves as being persecuted...

Screw the bigoted black men. They will also be the same who see women as their "bitches". If the women and young can convinced, we would still come out way ahead.

If the black political leaders, and the black churches can be brought on board, we could still do this. They carry a huge influence in the black community.

I think there have been enough young blacks that have come out as gay to help convince the younger generation. Black women, who are more accepting of gay and lesbians, can help bring along most of the rest of the black men.

But above all, there needs to be counter programing to, and by, the black churches. At least until church opinion is relegated to the trash bin, where it belongs. If they start quoting the bible, tell them to read Ephesians 6:5, where slaves are admonished to obey their earthly masters, just like they would Christ.

If the black community can't get behind the core values of the party, they need to understand that there are consequences.

The Democratic party is more than the black community. Yet we are being perceived as, basically, allowing them to pick our leaders for us. We feel that the democratic ticket must include a woman and/or a black, preferably both. That is an admirable hope, but the right person must be selected for reasons in addition to gender and race.

It is always depressing when someone demands "my way, or I sit at home", and we win anyway... It makes they one making the demands almost irrelevant.

WE are counting on:

Democrats, women, young, LGBTQ, Hispanics, Blacks

They are counting on:

Bigots, fundies, racists

Overall, IF PEOPLE BOTHER TO VOTE, I think we will have the blue tsunami that we are hoping for.

And if you don't come to the party and do your part, it will be noticed.

Nobody likes feeling irrelevant.