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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Switches Super-Delegate Vote From Hillary To Obama
TPM ^ | 02.14.08

Posted on 02/15/2008 5:30:43 AM PST by Perdogg

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To: blam
So...it's okay now to be a racist?

Only if you're a minority. Those are the rules as authored by the liberal elite.

21 posted on 02/15/2008 7:02:04 AM PST by Digital Sniper (Hello, "Undocumented Immigrant." I'm an "Undocumented Border Patrol Agent.")
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I agree on that. Just looking at him and Romney on the same stage yesterday made me think - OMG he looks bad - and looks matter esp in the TV age. Wait till he is next to Obama.


22 posted on 02/15/2008 7:03:39 AM PST by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: AnAmericanMother
...He didn't even answer the letters or return the telephone calls of his white constituents . . .

I just curious...how would he or his staff know that a letter or phone call was from a white person?

23 posted on 02/15/2008 7:06:10 AM PST by carolinablonde (Proud member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy)
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"I just curious...how would he or his staff know that a letter or phone call was from a white person?"

Correct English and lack of vulgarity?

24 posted on 02/15/2008 7:09:00 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: AnAmericanMother; katieanna

Wow! Another reason I love FR. Two fairly different conclusions and they’re both right on target!


25 posted on 02/15/2008 7:11:02 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: AnAmericanMother
But in the 5th, this has presented a radioactive issue this time (black vs. white). So Lewis is dumping the party in favor of Obama.

No, he is dumping party bossism that would hand the nomination to someone who didn't receive a majority of the delegates thru the primary process. Superdelegates will switch rather than steal the election from the people's choice. The Dem party does not want to commit political suicide. Expect more such defections to occur.

26 posted on 02/15/2008 7:11:21 AM PST by kabar
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To: Perdogg

Isn’t Lewis a loon that I see doing one minute speeches on the House floor? If it’s the same guy, he’s deluded.


27 posted on 02/15/2008 7:20:33 AM PST by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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To: AnAmericanMother

It is exactly poetic justice, because the party has stoked the fires of racial enmity for its own benefit for YEARS.
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Yup. Perfectly put.


28 posted on 02/15/2008 7:49:08 AM PST by Joan Kerrey
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To: blam

It’s always been o.k. to be a racist if you’re a member of an “oppressed group”. You have no power, you see, so it’s o.k. — even if you’ve been in Congress for 30 years or so.


29 posted on 02/15/2008 9:17:28 AM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: carolinablonde
Because of my mailing address on the letterhead.

Your ZIP code tells your race pretty darn accurately.

This is a lot less true than it used to be, with a rising professional class that doesn't care what color you are. But black professionals catch a lot of flak from the usual suspects if they move out of the city to the majority-white suburbs. And old residential patterns are slow to change.

30 posted on 02/15/2008 9:22:18 AM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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