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How I saw this new party (5.00 / 4) (#62)
by AnninCA on Wed May 07, 2008 at 05:18:15 PM EST
treat the woman candidate completely has deflated any fantasy I ever had that the Democratic Party supports women.

Sorry.  That's obviously not true.

As for minorities?  The minority AA group is now in charge.  I presume Obama will take care of them.

Or maybe not.  He may totally abandon them now that he got the nomination.  After all, they aren't really enough to solidify his power.   But that is their problem.

As for other minorities?  I suspect they feel a lot like I as female today after watching this bashing of a viable candidate.  It's hard to not empathize and picture yourself in her shoes.


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He, Barack Obama (5.00 / 2) (#83)
by IzikLA on Wed May 07, 2008 at 05:44:21 PM EST
Has never taken care of them.  The Clinton's have, sure, but he has not.  One of the saddest things in this primary has been how badly he has turned away from being black so that he could appease white america, and yet still he is being propped up by that community by huge margins.  I truly think he will continue to ignore their needs in a way that Hillary Clinton never would.

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I've always hated the idea (5.00 / 1) (#97)
by kayla on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:10:15 PM EST
that black people should pick who has helped blacks the most.  Barack Obama is black.  That in and of itself is pretty helpful and there's nothing that can tear away that sense of pride the AA community feels about him and his chances at winning.

Honestly, neither Hillary nor Barack nor John should be expected to do anything specifically for the black community.  They're expected to work for all of America.  We're voting for who'd make the best president, not who'll make the best civil rights leader.

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Sadly, you are right (none / 0) (#119)
by Folkwolf101 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 06:01:04 PM EST
I can all but guarantee that Obama will not do anything more for his AA supporters. After all, he is far more White than Black. Raised by a white family, schooled in white education among white students, Barack hardly knew any Black people until leaving high school. Just watch him clap or dance and you will see a very awkward looking white man in Black skin. The worse racism he ever experienced was in Indonesia as a chubby little child where the kids called him "negro" instead of his name.  No, no, Barack is a true politician with a huge apetite for more, more, more.... He has nothing more to gain from Black society.

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