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Also - get rid of the seniors (none / 0)

I get that her comment was a slip, that she tried to backtrack. But that's just it - it slipped out. It's what she's been thinking.

Now, I can certainly understand her being sick of we have to keep the white bubbas in our tent, her being a black woman. Especially if you have strong suspicions your candidate is losing white bubbas because white bubbas are racist. But that's not why he's losing the working class.

But Brazille's slip was that the new party "younger" "urban" and "suburban." That burned, and I'm not even 40 yet!


by catfish1 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 08:41:05 PM EST
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thats is not what she said (none / 0)

and yours is a racist comment.  sadly, i don't think you realize that it is.  


by ab03 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:11:11 PM EST
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Not at all racist (2.00 / 2)

sadly, I don't think you can see that.

To have compassion for the experiences of people who face racial discrimination is not racist. I have a lot of compassion and empathy for Brazile in that respect.


by catfish1 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:22:37 PM EST
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This is the elitism (none / 0)

"sadly, I don't think you can see that". I need to write these down.


by catfish1 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:23:08 PM EST
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Let me explain (2.00 / 2)

I am a woman. If Hillary were ahead in pledged delegates and pop vote, but there was talk of Obama being more electable because white bubbas were not ready for a woman president, well I would say to hell with them then! Why do we need these bigots in our party anyway?

You dig?


by catfish1 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:25:32 PM EST
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How dare you call me racist (2.00 / 1)

you didn't even read my comment.

This is the elitism thing - presuming people are racist, and saying we "can't see" what you see. Ugh!


by catfish1 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:27:05 PM EST
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Re: Also - get rid of the seniors (2.00 / 0)

Don't forget Hispanics.

Actually, the Obama coalition seems to consist of African Americans, Harvard Grads and the under 30 set.

It doesn't sound like a winning team to me but what do I know?  I'm just an invisible white woman whose vote the party surely doesn't want or need.


by bellarose on Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:15:48 PM EST
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Re: Also - get rid of the seniors (none / 0)

This probably isn't the response you want to see, but one of my favorite videos of this primary season is White Haired Women for Obama. Of course, I'm biased because I'm from Tennessee (that's where they're from), and one of them reminds me of my grandmother. I just love these ladies.



by Zoey on Wed May 07, 2008 at 11:43:52 PM EST
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