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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:25 PM Original message |
Cornel West on Obama is no better than a birther |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. K & R. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think West has been taken in by his own celebrity & fame... |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Spot on. |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is too bad that West has let his fame go to his head. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. You Cannot Go to War With Everyone |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Um, I think you can blame all Democrats for Massachusetts |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. Harry Truman explains Massachuttes and 2010: |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I regret that I can un rec this only once. West is a true liberal. Obama? |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. So what does "liberalism" have to do with the point the OP made? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Kick. :) n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. This Presidency has been an eye-opener. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Dr. West's disappointment is in part personal..." |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Who did West try to get his tickets from? |
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These Eyes (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's sad to see someone who was as respected as ... |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R. 100% correct. n/t |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Someone who doesn't idolise Obama, under the bus for you. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I like the part where he called Obama a black mascot |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Not really concerned about any of it. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yet you ask why all the handwringing? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yeah. I don't see why the dust up. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. This isn't a dust-up; this is an insecure man having a public snit fit |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Well, by all means give him a call, don't let that Phd in Psychology go to waste. LOL |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. He can say whatever he wants...and so can we. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I bet if you were a cat I could get you to run up the wall with a laser pointer. LOL nt |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. ??? |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. I am so stealing that! |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. most of what I'm hearing aren't comments on what West "said" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Where was West's psychology degree when he assessed Obama |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Maybe he conferred with one of the professors at Princeton? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Haha... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
46. Who said anything about idolizing? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
53. i don't know, but these threads obviously hit your sore spot n/t |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thanks for this, and will be happy to see Capehart next time on the toob. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. Says REPUBLICAN Jonathan Capehart! |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Jonathan Capehart is not a Republican. Nice try. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Sorry, you're correct. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I appreciate your clarification on Capehart. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Sorry, no go. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Some perspectives are so far beyond reason ... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I know. That post was so idiotic I can't believe anyone bothered to respond to it |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Goodness... "He is a corporate tool that the oligarchy uses..." |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. But that's why the original post got 300 recs |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Corporate Tool and Manchurian Candidate are two different things |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. I realize they're two different things, but both theories have been expressed. n/t |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Keep on pushing false equivalences to support racial coded terms and quasi-racist views. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. We'll add Mr. Capeheart to the LOOOONG list of black academics, journalists |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. So Capeheart says that West's criticisms are |
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Hollow Shells (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. Creating a human hierarchy, |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. West is right and Obama should be challenged from the left to do more. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Wait |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. In certain segments yes but that's still not the whole. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Oh... I see...African Americans are a seperate society. Not fully |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. I didn't say that. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010??? The one that reduced sentences? |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I have and he still has not done enough. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Right--'cause Blacks aren't gay, they don't immigrate, and there are no working Black women???? |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Read my reply to the last comment. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. I think you should read mine, read the bills, and get back to me. n/t |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
51. Two Points in defense of West |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
54. Who is Cornell West? ... eom |
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center rising (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
62. Hey Cornel, STFU!!! |
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