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A Great Night | 27 comments (27 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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So I will be the wet blanket. One in five voters that voted for Hill openly stated that the O mans' RACE was the factor that made them decide to vote for Hill!
So, you may not give a shit about the WVA vote but you better!Racism is alive and well in this country Boo and if you don't think that will matter in the fall, you are out of your mind!
Now, in addition, sure, Childers won- YEA- one more BLUE DOG DEM in the House! Bravo. We can definite count on that vote!
Should we expect a request for funds for him? Watch the spin folks. Watch the spin!

by billjpa (billjpa@aol.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 07:49:58 AM EST

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So Billjpa, are you suggesting that the entire country should be held hostage by a group of racists in the fall? That we should reward a losing campaign (and make no mistake, that's what second place is in politics) that's in substantial debt (after starting $100 million ahead) with a place on the ticket in the fall? Do you not remember that Bill Clinton himself failed to win a majority of white voters in WVA?

What about Hillary's leadership of her own campaign suggests she would do a good job of running the campaign? She made bad hiring choices, has run a divisive campaign worthy of Karl of Rove, and can't manage her own money. Why should anyone put her in charge of hiring an administration, making judicial appointments, and managing the US budget? Where has this vaunted experience of hers done her any good?

BTW, I feel bad for the good and decent people in WVA who have been tarred with the whole media/blogosphere "All West Virginians are racist" meme. It sucks.

"Life is always better with clean pants."

by CabinGirl on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 08:00:31 AM EST
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About the WV Obama voters: It's the same all over. There are a lot of great people in WV who voted for Obama, just not enough. There are decent people of good political and social conscience everywhere. But the good get lumped in with the dumbasses. It's not fair, but again, being from MS, I'm somewhat inured to it -- mostly.

by Sprocket77 on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 10:31:34 AM EST
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Agreed. I'm sure there are plenty of West Virginians we'd love to hang out with.

The state has a population drain of the young and the educated and the ambitious, just like western Pennsylvania and much of Ohio, and it now has the second largest percentage (after Florida, but WVA's elderly aren't moving there for golden years) of residents over age 65.

So the state's got a disproportionate share of people still stuck in their paranoid ways, like the cranky old uncle everyone knows. Times will change, as they have elsewhere.

by Joyful Alternative on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 11:21:47 AM EST
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Fear not - next week it'll be my turn to explain the votes of the hillbillies hereabouts. Obama will do well in Louisville, but once you leave Jefferson county it'll probably be 3-1 or 4-1 Hillary if the polls are indeed accurate.

I'm finally getting married...

by Oscar In Louisville on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 06:22:36 PM EST
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That sounds about right. Queen Hillary basking in her element. Damn but those hillbillies are an irksome lot!

by Sprocket77 on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 10:04:04 PM EST
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where do you get the idea that I am suggesting that we should vote for Hill? All I am saying is that for anyone to disregard the idea that racism in this country is going to have little affect in November is to make a fatal mistake. Don't put words in my mouth. Open your eyes and get this clear!
When 1 in 5 voters OPENLY state that they included the race of a competitor when deciding who to vote for, there is a hell of a big problem!
Open up your eyes and try and get a grip on this simple question- if there is a relatively large group of voters willing to openly express their racism, how many good citizens are there that won't openly speak their twisted truth?

by billjpa (billjpa@aol.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 02:32:11 PM EST
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Surely you're not serious. You really think we should be concerned by the results of a tiny, backwards state that elected a Klansman to the Senate, and that only survives with coal and federal highway money?

"Lord Almighty, he lost West Virginia. What's he going to do in November when he doesn't have all those latte-drinking blacks to bail him out in Iowa and New Mexico?!"

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to you country.

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Wed May 14th, 2008 at 08:29:03 AM EST
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