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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 01:58 PM Original message |
"White folks in the South who drive pickup trucks with Confederate |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. As I recall, Dean got a great deal of shit for that comment. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. No - it meant that Dean doesn't know much about the South. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Seems to me he knew enough to consider |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. It meant Dean wanted to reach the economic victims of Reaganomics |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not unlike people who've been told that it's the gays threatening |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Absolutely |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I agree with your analysis, BeyondGeography. n/t |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was a stump speech line |
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riqster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. IIRC, Dean didn't have a racist MCing his events |
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Devlzown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dean was talking about white southerners who |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. The "Religious Right" have so brainwashed many Southern whites |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. When Edwards said to Dean at one of the debates |
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surfermaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. In the Charlotte area |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. It simply means they don't have insurance. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Economics gives people a lot more in common |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. LOL! |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Aw Jeez, Not This Shit Again |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. LOL |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. They have to learn to keep the good Doctor's name out of their pathetic defense of Obama |
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CyberPieHole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Obama's pandering is indefensible... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dean was right to widen his horizons like this. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Dean unfairly got a huge amount of shit for that one. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. You can make a racist charge on anything you wish-- |
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CyberPieHole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Is this related to Obama pandering to bigots and homophobes... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think it means... |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think it was a royal screw-up |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not racist, but willing to say anything for a vote yes. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Not racist - but insensitive and revealing of an amazing lack of understanding about racial dynamics |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. nope. that was genuine howard. I remember him campaigning |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. If KKK votes result in a democratic win |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Working with them is one thing, but if a KKK dude was allowed on a stage... |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. It is equally insensitive to imply all white Southerners |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. Of course not |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. So it's true! The last four years have been a bad dream... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
33. It was a clumsy attempt to reach out to idiots. nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. John Matthews and Linda Short |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Are you trying to excuse what Obama did by referring to Dean's statement? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. 3 threads doing this is more than enough. My comments: |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I would have hoped it was obvious that I was NOT attacking Dean |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. The enemy of my enemy is my friend? |
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