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  • Response to Philadelphia

    In reply to your comment on why blacks are not considered racist when they vote in high numbers for Obama. As far as I can recall..blacks have always had to vote for a white Presidential candidate. This is the first time ever they've had a choice. One must remember..black is not only a race but also an ethnicity. Again as far as I can ...
    Posted to The Chat Room by BOSTONBASIN on June 5, 2008

  • 46 Percent (%)

    This is the percentage of voters that believes superdelegates should support a nominee based on the elected delegate count. 30 Percent believe that superdelegates should support a nominee based on which one has the best chance of winning. While Obama followers would like ''everybody else'' to believe that HE has the best chance of winning, ...
    Posted to Politics by mabelle55 on March 22, 2008

  • A Young(er) Woman's Perspective....Why Hillary (not Gloria)

    In recent days a steady stream of women have celebrated and lauded Gloria Steinem's recent piece in the NYT. Many encourage others to circulate the piece further. Respectfully, I disagree. Ms. Steinem's piece, though well intentioned I'm sure, pits the women's movement against the civil rights movement. Such false competition is divisive, ...
    Posted to Politics by batnib on January 16, 2008

  • Re: Noah Is Spot on Concerning Clinton.

    Sorry, but gender does not necessarily go hand-in-hand with race, and Steinem meant gender exclusively when she failed in her attempt to illistrate it as a hinder in modern-day America. Steinem states: ''Black men were given the vote a half-century before women of any race were allowed to mark a ballot, and generally have ascended to positions of ...
    Posted to Chatterbox by AlaskaBoy on January 15, 2008