Did the Ferraro comment impact MS
mkultra
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Wed Mar-12-08 02:03 PM
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Did the Ferraro comment impact MS |
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Seems like the mississipi results where highly in favor of Obama. It hasn't seemed(up to this point) that the black vote was dedicating itself to Obama.
Is it possible that the Comments be Ferraro made MS for Obama?
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Wed Mar-12-08 02:05 PM
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1. The black vote has consistently been for Obama ever since Clinton's SC dogwhistling backfired. The |
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only MS surprise was that she erased his recent gains among southern whites. I'd attribute part of that to her race-baiting, and part of that to the Limbaugh Effect.
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Wed Mar-12-08 02:06 PM
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2. Is it possible that the Comments be Ferraro made MS for Obama? |
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Edited on Wed Mar-12-08 02:07 PM by DJ13
Probably the opposite.
Its just as likely her comments injecting race into the debate gave many white Republicans the impetus to heed Rush's call to interfere with our primary by trying to help Hillary obtain the nomination.
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Wed Mar-12-08 02:18 PM
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3. It hasn't seemed(up to this point) that the black vote was dedicating itself to Obama.? |
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You're kidding, right? Obama has been getting 90% of the Black vote everywhere.
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