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« on: May 08, 2008, 10:29:46 PM »

Cool.  I thought my post with the map didn't go through because my browser crashed Smiley

This kind of bloc voting irks me even when they are voting for my candidate.  I don't want the party too tied to special interests, whether it's Older People, Young People, Black People, etc. 

The difference here though, that I'd argue is that Obama and Clinton have largely similar positions on issues that effect the black population.  In fact, I would argue that Hillary's health care plan is better for African American's than Obama's because as a group, on average they tend to be lower income and generally have more health concerns.  So the fact that they are voting for Obama by over 90% margins is shocking to me.  Then, I find it ridiculous when white people are called racist for not voting for Obama.  I mean, White people are voting in no-where near those numbers.  I get all the arguments that being white and black are different because one group is a minority that has had discrimination in the past, etc.  But it's just absurd when the margins are what they are.

You are giving the exact same arguments that Republicans give when complaining about blacks voting en masse for Democrats.  It's "shocking to them" too that blacks ignore traditional values.  It's "shocking to them" that blacks are voting for the "party of slavery."  It's "shocking to them" because they too feel that their health care plans, economic plans, etc., are good for everything, much as how you just slipped "Clinton's plans are better for blacks" as if that were an undisputed fact.

The only difference that I see is that you probably voted for John Kerry, and not Barack Obama.

I can see why Republicans don't want to deal with ultra-liberals.  Good luck in November.

Alcon is supporting McCain. Just saying.

Well it's not so much the party affiliation as ridiculously snobby and polarized liberal views that view White people who don't vote for Blacks as backwards redneck scum who are being intellectually dishonest.  It's idiotic, I'm from the Northeast and have an ivy league degree, it's not something that makes me important because I got a lot of lucky breaks, but I'm getting tired of the assertions in these threads that I'm a low class redneck who is afraid of black people.  I didn't "slip" something into my argument something deceitful about Clinton's plans.  I said that in MY opinion, her plan was better and cited a specific example.  It's just not worth it debating with someone who is constantly going to race-bait.

First off I don't see all that many posts or mentions that if your white and voted Clinton it means your racist.   Yes, some mention has been made of it, but that likely has to do with the fact that many of the areas Clinton has generally done the best with the white vote are areas which have had past racial problems, as well as some exit polls showing the number of whites who said race was important in their vote.
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