I hope you're right. I won't relax until Nov 5th.

Posted at October 2, 2008 5:56 PM in response to Wisconsin undecideds

After the ABC "Great Debate", I don't trust them. They could be preparing a cheat sheet for her.

Yeah, I'm paranoid...

Posted at September 7, 2008 11:32 AM in response to Batter Up! Tapper requests queries for Palin (updated)

You're right. Plus, I can't see how Republicans can benefit from any sort of attack while Bush is in charge. Wouldn't they be blamed for allowing such an attack? Certainly they cannot claim they would be better able to protect America after such an event.

Posted at June 29, 2008 12:32 PM in response to October Surprise?

"No feminist will walk into that booth and pull the lever for McCain in November."

This I agree with. I think that most of the angry supporters will have cooled off by November and really think about the issues. Right now they are still raw. Some may even believe the threat of voting for McCain may help the consideration of Hillary for VP.

However, in the end, (and I may be being optimistic) I believe as you do, they will not pull the lever for McCain.

Posted at June 11, 2008 9:34 PM in response to You Are SOOOO White!!

Have never and will never pick at their wounds. I just believe they should be left alone to make their own decisions.

Posted at June 9, 2008 7:52 PM in response to Another Candy-Ass Unity Thread

I'm all for unity; however, I don't believe being nice to someone in the hope that they will vote for my candidate. If someone votes for Obama, it should/will be because they want to do it, if they decide not to vote for Obama because his supporters were not nice to them it's just stupid.

I will try to be nice to people regardless of who they support, but if I'm offended by something they do or say I will make it known, period, and I can do it without profanity or yelling, or whatever.

I respect and appreciate anyone who is a Hillary supporter who can now turn around and support Obama, especially since I cannot say the same (I'm little ashamed of this, but not enough change). This is why I won't spend time trying to convince supporters of hers who adamantly will not vote for Obama, because I'm sure they cannot be convinced. That doesn't mean I harbor any ill will towards them.

Posted at June 9, 2008 5:03 PM in response to Another Candy-Ass Unity Thread

I never called the Clintons racists. I said they race baited. I see a difference, others do not, the fact is they used other people's racism to garner votes. I have a problem with this and while I can't say it influenced my decision to vote for Obama (I was always his supporter, although I was willing to vote for Clinton if she were the nominee), I believe it has influenced quite a few AA's to turn away from them.

Hillary initially had the majority of Black support at the beginning of the primary. She lost it. I will grant that some may have decided that Obama was electable after Iowa and decided to vote for him for racial pride; however, I believe many more switched from Hillary to Obama after the race baiting. We can agree to disagree, but there is a difference between voting for someone for racial pride and voting against someone for racial prejudice.

Posted at June 8, 2008 8:22 PM in response to How Do African Americans Feel About The Clintons Now?

It's very apparent that you don't get it. There's nothing wrong with saying "hard working white people" except in the context that she said it. You won't get that either.

We supported the Clintons whole heartedly for years and Bill got over 80% of the Black vote when he ran for President. When the Clintons went through their difficult times with the scandals and cries for impeachment we supported them. It is difficult for us to see that they would use race baiting in order to win the election. And they did race bait, even though you won't see that either.

Posted at June 8, 2008 6:55 PM in response to How Do African Americans Feel About The Clintons Now?

If you download the video, you can use Quicktime to extract the audio if you have QT Pro or if you download the free VLC media player you can use that. Otherwise, I don't know where you can get it.

Posted at June 8, 2008 6:20 PM in response to Political Speeches - I need some help

I don't believe for a moment the Clintons are racist. But I do believe desperation caused them to make some bad decisions, including race baiting. I remember vividly when I "found out" that latinos didn't like black people. Hilary said "I know... it's sad" Well I didn't know. The latinos I laugh and talk with at work did not let me in on the joke.

And all those "hard working White people" who would not vote for a black man (seriously?), of course this only came up while she was in W. Virginia and Kentucky where this kind of thing would resonate (and we know those two states are the only states that have "hard working White people." Those "hard working White people in, say, OREGON are just posers.) Yeah they race baited. Yeah it was politics. No I don't want her as V.P.

But while the Clintons will probably never be seen in same way as prior to this election by me and many more black Americans, I try to remember that they did do some good and so I don't hate them (although many times during the primary I felt I did).

Posted at June 8, 2008 6:04 PM in response to How Do African Americans Feel About The Clintons Now?