In a state with 96% white god-fearing christians, that never elected a black man into a state office and would rather pick the other white person in the other partyrather than someone in their own party....
This is a poor argument. It's already been shown that WV is not bad off in the graduation rates compared to the rest of the nation. The nation's average is in the high 60s and WV is higher than big states like CA. If you want to attack WV at least attack it for substance and not a sense of false, misinformed superiority.
Look, I'm sure the democrats in WVa has gone over the important issues and has decided they would rather support McCain than the black muslim.Originally posted by: Duddy
In a state with 96% white god-fearing christians, that never elected a black man into a state office and would rather pick the other white person instead of someone in their own party....
Yes, I think it's fair to say that, for the most part, racism is the cause. Prove to me otherwise.
You're a racist bigot. Prove to me otherwise.Originally posted by: Duddy
In a state with 96% white god-fearing christians, that never elected a black man into a state office and would rather pick the other white person in the other partyrather than someone in their own party....
Yes, I think it's fair to say that, for the most part, racism is the cause. Prove to me otherwise.
that must be why Gore and Kerry lost WV.Originally posted by: Duddy
In a state with 96% white god-fearing christians, that never elected a black man into a state office and would rather pick the other white person in the other partyrather than someone in their own party....
Yes, I think it's fair to say that, for the most part, racism is the cause. Prove to me otherwise.
Sexism isn't as abundant as racism? If anything, sexism is one of the most overlooked wrongs out there.
Gore and Kerry lost WV because they didnt pander to Pro-life, gun-luvin bigots.Originally posted by: loki8481
that must be why Gore and Kerry lost WV.Originally posted by: Duddy
In a state with 96% white god-fearing christians, that never elected a black man into a state office and would rather pick the other white person in the other partyrather than someone in their own party....
Yes, I think it's fair to say that, for the most part, racism is the cause. Prove to me otherwise.
I like Hillary. I didn't vote for her in the primaries, though.Originally posted by: Duddy
And I can tell that loki is a Hillary supporter just by his flaming posts.
Perfect response!Originally posted by: loki8481
I like Hillary. I didn't vote for her in the primaries, though.Originally posted by: Duddy
And I can tell that loki is a Hillary supporter just by his flaming posts.
I just think a lot of the attacks against her are baseless, like the idea that every single person in WV is some huge racist and her winning could have nothing to do with the fact that she spent more time there than Obama, WV voted for Bill twice, she's appealed to working-class voters since the begining, etc, etc.
it's not like she's winning whites by the same margins Obama is winning blacks by, and anyone who makes the argument that blacks are voting on racial lines seems to be immediately branded as a bigot.
nothing that's happened tonight is going to change the outcome of the democratic primary, it just highlights where Obama needs to improve and where McCain is going to attack him.
It's not a double standard because it's not racism for blacks to vote for Obama, just like it's not sexism when women vote for Hillary. It IS sexism to not vote for Hillary because she's a woman, or to not vote for Obama because he's black.
You could also say that whites are not voting AGAINST the black candidate, but voting FOR the white candidate. If blacks can support a black man, why can't whites support a white woman? You just assume that all whites are voting against the black guy.
Just take a look at how defensive men get when they run into a successful woman. She instantly becomes a bitch, she's power hungry, she's a lesbian, etc. It's so pervasive that it's colloquial. People say it without a second thought. Imagine if the same attitudes were held for discussing race. Even in US history for civil rights, women received their rights after people of differing races did (specifically the men of those differing races).
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