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How DARE they not give their votes to Hillary? She's done so much for them!
She voted for the Iraq war authorization, and sent many of their children off to die in Iraq. It's an honor for a family to lose a child in defense of the Halliburton's profits, after all!
She voted for the bankruptcy bill, thereby giving lower- and middle-class blacks (and whites, and everyone else) the comfort of knowing that if they experience a catastrophic medical emergency or illness, they never have to worry about struggling to get back on their feet...because they can't. The credit card companies will own them forever.
She voted for the PATRIOT Act. Okay, that's bad for everyone except Bush and Cheney. Still, it was thoughtful of Hillary to show that she's moved beyond silly ideas like the Bill of Rights. Maybe she was trying to educate black voters with her example, so they can get used to living without privacy or civil liberties. Oddly, though, I think they probably already knew what that was like!
Lastly she voted for the Iran "terrorist" bill, thereby giving working-class Americans of all colors the chance to hope that if their children in the military don't get killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, Bush and Cheney will send them off to die in Iran. Those military death benefits can be a real boon for poor families struggling to get by!
