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Has the whole world lost its collective mind? NOTHING Hillary Clinton has said or done is racist. NOT ONE DAMN THING. However,every nuance, every other word, the media bias, and most blogs are SEXIST beyond belief. Other than one or two comments, and the SNL skit, Hillary decided to not go there. Meanwhile, Obama is the walking, talking embodiment of the race card and meanwhile Rome burns while his subjects debate Paris Hilton's breast implants.
It is not racist to talk openly about race, and while it is racist for 99% of black voters to vote for Obama it is not racist for the majority of white middle class voters to vote for Hillary Clinton. WHY you ask? Easy, because Hillary's past record and current positions support them economically. She is a strong candidate with a proven track record of supporting them. Meanwhile, Obama has a horrific track record of doing anything for lower/middle class ESPECIALLY blacks, thus since it could not be due to track record it must be race. AND do NOT give me that shit about inspiration. Songs are inspirationaly, but I'm not going to vote one into the White House.
Finally, all Obama and his supporters and the DNC has done is make the race war take center stage, and the losers are going to be everyone---ESPECIALLY people of color. My sadness grows every minute :(
Every single comment right back at you except the infraction is sexism and 100 times worse.
It is not racist if it is true. Just like the laws of slander/libel, truth is an ultimate defense. Furthermore, IT WAS NOT RACIST. PERIOD. END OF STORY.
This is a sad sad commentary, and you are so blind that even when he loses in November you will still think it has something to do with his race. NOT.
Finally, as a white woman I want to sue Obama and every Obamaton for MISOGYNY in the 1st degree. I will ask for remedial education and one million "sorries" on the blackboard.
The one thing I can agree with you all is that the Democratic Party messed up bigtime. They traded Hispanics and whites (esp. white women) for Blacks, and this was a trade that should NEVER have occured. I know when I have been shat upon, and I have no problem taking my money and my votes elsewhere. And believe you me I will.
You can get back on the boat to Africa my dear, because if you have a beef you need to take it up with your sisters and brothers who sold you into slavery. THE ONLY COUNTINENT in the world where slavery is on-going is AFRICA. You have to have a seller and a buyer dear, sorta like drug deals, so don't look to great great great great great great grandchildren of perhaps a slave owner--go straight to the source. MOTHER AFRICA!
There will be no money. Period. Get off that bus. And tell Al Sharpton to get a fucking job.
Oh, and I know you are going to call me a racist so bring it on. BRING IT ON. In addition to the ongoing slavery in Africa, the only groups BUYING slaves OUT OF SLAVERY are white....so talk to the hand.
The problem is that one cannot be lifted if one does not expect to play a part in the lifting. As a long time social worker I can speak from experience, so unless you have worked in the trenches for YEARS AND YEARS once again talk to the hand. There are 1000's of programs involving money, services, housing, etc., etc., and the main reason why certain subsets of the population do not raise up from poverty is having children with no ability to pay for them and failing to get an education. Until society stops paying children to have children this will never end.
I will get down on my knees and thank GOD ABOVE for the day that no child suffers, but until we all take responsibility--YOU AND ME--this will never happen. And it has less to do with money and more to do with mindset than many of you will ever know. One of the main reasons I detest Mr. Obama is that I know what he has done for his black constituents in Illinois, and jack shit don't sit well with me sir, nope, don't sit well with me at all.