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The Dem Party has lived and died over the past four decades by dividing the country along racial and gender lines. Their constituencies of race panderers and femi-nazis have always been united in their hatred for the evil rightwingers.

It does my heart good to see them tearing each other's hearts out -- and would love for it to be unredeemable.

I stated in a post a couple weeks ago, this election has the possibility to set race relations back 40 years.

most interesting social actions in the history of race relations. From an anthropological perspective it makes one wonder if we are ever beyond our inherent tribal Id.

Much of our modern hopes and understanding of the world is based on our assumption that ethnic and tribal associations will eventually be superceded by and enlightened and progressive majority that does not see nor respect gender, skin color or cultural difference. Yet an election like this one seems at odds with both the common racial rhetoric and the common post modern understanding of our society.

Maybe we are just tribesmen at heart and the veneer of "Americanism" is only a facade after all.

I know other blacks have run for POTUS, but Obama is the first to mount a credible campaign. Same can be said for Clinton.

We'll get beyond this just like the residents of Louisiana got beyond the color line and elected Bobby Jindal.
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to the status quo but the question remains: Is the current phenomenom more representative of deep ethnic differences or a deviation from the norm.

I would argue there is a fair amount of evidence (for example the latent racial guilt of upper middle class liberal whites) that argues for the first.

I heard a similar report on the radio tonight. Obama won 90% of the black vote and Hillary won 80-something% of the white vote. Then they asked the question, "was race a factor?"

"DUH!", I said out loud with a grin.

The report continued with results from some "survey" that said, "2/3 of voters said no, race was not an issue".

That's when I lost it.

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For the life of me, I've looked at census reports for several of the states that went Obama ... despite news (manic media meanderings) reports to the contrary, I just can't seem to make the numbers add up to what the media would like to say. For instance, Mississippi is 37% black and 61% white ... if she got 80% of the "white vote," Hillary ought to be getting almost 49% of the vote before counting in non-white voters! She got 38% (with 98% reporting).

I've also noticed that the Clinton News Network consistently avoids mention that "uncommitted" won 40% of the Michigan vote (where Obama wasn't on the ballot); regarding Florida (where no Democrats were supposed to campaign), nobody mentions that Hill attended at least two "private parties" in St Petersburg and Miami, the Sunday before the Primary ... and showed up again, that Tuesday afternoon!

Of course, NONE of the media mentions that Obama won by 2:1 margins in such "racially divided" (look up "sarcasm") states as Idaho, Wyoming, and Maine.

I point this out merely so that you are not surprised. :)

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!

The big assumption being that state-wide voter populations are equally represented among the two major parties.

Nonetheless ... exit polls from several of the primary elections are often relied on by the Networks to make up their stories ... while the biggest poll of all ... the actual election result (with ZERO "margin of error") is often ignored. Fortunately, ballots aren't sorted by his, hers, red, white, or blue.

he's a superdelegate, and might well be asking for work-release to go cast his vote at the convention for Hillary...

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All he has to do is hang out and hope for a Democrat in charge of the USDOJ, really doesn't matter which one. Nasty old investigation will just go away; it was a private matter after all.

In Vino Veritas

Government really can't do anything in less than a year, and inside government, you can endure anything for a year. Been there, done that.

In Vino Veritas

When the Dems come in to power the investigations against their friends get dropped so the dems look good.

When the republicans come in to power the investigations against the dems get dropped so the republicans look reasonable.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777

The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!

From the CNN exit polls mentioned above:

Obama takes Dems 64/33 (71 percent of voters)
Clinton sweeps Republicans 78/22 (13 percent)
Indies are a tie at 48/48 (16 percent)

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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777

McCain has already secured the nomination. I don't think he even set foot in Mississippi.

“.....women and minorities hardest hit”

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With 2 percent MIA?

“.....women and minorities hardest hit”

“.....women and minorities hardest hit”

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Big advocate of tort reform. US Air Force Academy. C-141 pilot during Desert Storm. Harvard law.

Not too shabby.

“.....women and minorities hardest hit”