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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:52 AM Original message |
Joan Walsh: Cornel West's tragic meltdown |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. K & R. n/t |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yup...West is using Domination Hubristic Lingo in his attempt tto control |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Attack Obama on the issues, not on some perceived racial impression you "think" he has. I am quite |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Reminiscent of Newt's Anti-Colonial Behavior Remark |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "Take a break and enjoy the day." |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yup |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Actually you're wrong. It's as important because it touches on the racial divide. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. "Because in part you agree" |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm speaking to when you stated in another thread that you agreed with some of his analysis. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Agreeing with parts of his analysis does not mean agreeing with the racial part of his analysis |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
72. More important is his lack of focus on the needs of poor and working folks |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. No it's not. This is serious issue and I'm fuckin' disgusted that people are willing to ignore it. |
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VeryConfused (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. There is a difference between intelligence and wisdom |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well said. n/t |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. Thank you. KnR. n/t |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. K&R |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Cornel West has always been a huge pompous ass. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. Black people are their own worst enemy. You see that shit... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
71. Really? Worse than the klu klux klan? |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. It seems those who cringe at critique of Obama, just cannot let it die |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It is a form of massochism |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Derailing for Dummies: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. You know who else would love to see this issue die? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Roland Martin on CNN |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. With this latest tirade, West has just proven beyond any doubt, that he's |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I'm right there with you, TD. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Yep. And it's interesting that so many were all too happy to embrace his "racist dog whistles" |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
73. Interesting indeed. As long as he's slamming the prez, he could've |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. So you agree with Joan |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. He is bestest buddies with Tavis Smiley..and yet Obama is the sellout... |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
74. You mean Tavis "I never met a corporation I wouldn't take money from" Smiley? |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. I remember him speaking at our commencement in college |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
75. I never understood why Smiley hates the President so much |
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Gunny1 (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. Cornel West is a poor, clueless soul. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
41. "Cornel West is a poor, clueless soul"...How old are you?...I am just curious |
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Gunny1 (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. 36 |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I am 60 and grew up in the Jim Crow south & Dr. West knows more 1st hand then young Pres Obama |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. The son of a bi-racial marriage in 1960's America knows less... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. President Obama was born in 1961 and was a baby /lived in Hawaii after the civil rights movement |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. No i meant being born of a black father and white mother in the USA in 1961.. |
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Gunny1 (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. If that's the game we're playing here then... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
67. Give me a break. That doesn't excuse West's vicious personal |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. Obama is not black enough and too black. He is |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. Didn't think you would admit this. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Yes, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. But aside from hating West, you agree that Obama is too close to Wall Street |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
37. Why trash West for expressing his opinion? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. How do you determine that? What has he done to show a discomfort with American South? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Obama is an elitists!!! |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. it absolutely does effect his approach |
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woodguy (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
38. Thou shall not speak truth to status quo! |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Thou shall not speak |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
49. Shouldnt we wait closer to the election before we trot out our Sista Soulja? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Have you |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Have you |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Hmmmm? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? ( I have more mmms than you!) |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Isn't |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Exposed? What in the world are you talking about? LOL! |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. "What in the world are you talking about?" |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Lord knows what insightful info we are missing out on by not clicking that one. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. "You lost me when you claimed I was somehow 'exposed' over your blue links. " |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. From your OP: "A few fair complaints about Obama drown in a sea of personal racial attacks." |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. " Here is the non-blue thingy link to it:" |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. So you posted the same thing twice- and now I can agree with both. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
76. He is helping the president by distancing him from that group |
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