I'll start this thread so you don't have to. Go ahead and vent your stereotype-based opinions of Kentucky primary voters.

5/20/2008 10:54:32 AM

can't be as bad as WV

5/20/2008 10:56:46 AM

I guess this is as good a place as any to put this.

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"It’s the demographics, stupid: Besides the public polls, how do we know that Clinton is poised for victory in Kentucky, while Obama is sitting pretty in Oregon? According to Democratic politico Mike Berman, Obama has dominated the states with the largest or smallest black populations, while Clinton fares MUCH better in the states in between. Berman writes in his Washington Political Watch that Obama “has won 12 of the 15 contests in which the African-American population is less than 4%, and 10 of the 11 contests in which the African-American population is greater than 16%. In those 18 states where the population ranges from 4%-16%, Obama won 8, while Clinton won 11.” The African-American population for Kentucky? 7.3% For Oregon? 1.6%. As one Republican politico told us, these aren't primaries anymore; they’re census surveys."

5/20/2008 11:01:11 AM

^ Link?

5/20/2008 11:14:44 AM

5/20/2008 11:44:02 AM

Aren't the democrats supposed to be the "party of equality" where race doesn't matter? I swear I have never heard so much bickering about race before.

5/20/2008 11:46:58 AM

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"link?"

third or fourth bullet

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/20/1042914.aspx

5/20/2008 12:11:15 PM

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"Aren't the democrats supposed to be the "party of equality" where race doesn't matter? I swear I have never heard so much bickering about race before."

Yep just as much as the Republicans are supposed to be the party of small government. Doesn't it suck when parties don't adequately represent the ideals they're supposed to?

5/20/2008 12:12:32 PM

its an overload.

women and black people are used to fighting against the white man.

well Mr White isnt there and everyone is fuckin confused.

5/20/2008 12:15:10 PM

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"Aren't the democrats supposed to be the "party of equality" where race doesn't matter? I swear I have never heard so much bickering about race before."

Well it's hard to bicker about race when the major players are all the same race. Not a slam against Republicans, just that there's a lot of stuff coming to the surface that hasn't had to be dealt with before.

^There's always been something of a schism between feminism and movements for racial equality. Recently Gloria Steinem caused a ruckus when she suggested that gender trumps race.

5/20/2008 12:57:29 PM

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"Yep just as much as the Republicans are supposed to be the party of small government. Doesn't it suck when parties don't adequately represent the ideals they're supposed to? "

I agree with you. As a conservative, republicans are screwing up big time with the big government bullshit.

5/20/2008 1:07:25 PM

dumb ass hard working white crackers

5/20/2008 1:13:03 PM

Funny how there isn't a "hard working blacks" demographic anywhere in this fucking country

5/20/2008 1:19:02 PM

can we stop pulling the race card every chance we get ppl??

5/20/2008 1:22:45 PM

you're the one that pulled it first, rat.

5/20/2008 1:26:26 PM

WV Voter: I don't want to vote for Obama because he's a Muslim.

Reporter: But that's not true. He's a Christian.

WV Voter: Yeah ... I know... But I don't believe it.

5/20/2008 3:28:36 PM

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"Funny how there isn't a "hard working blacks" demographic anywhere in this fucking country"

they only make up like 3* percent of the total population


thats not really a "demographic" imo

blacks are like 11 percent of population...half are women, so that leaves like 5.5% black males...weed out the non hard workers and i'd say about 3 percent


[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2008 3:35:43 PM

Republicans are freaking obsessed with this topic now.

They can. not. stop. talking about how Obama is trying suppress them.

5/20/2008 3:35:52 PM

^ What in the hell are you talking about?

5/20/2008 4:01:43 PM

Limbaugh, mostly.

In regards to what they can and cannot say about him without being called racist.



[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 4:16 PM. Reason : can = and]

5/20/2008 4:03:18 PM

The number of cans in your statement make it a little unclear, but Limbaugh is a moron anyway, so it's neither here nor there.

I will say Obama's campaign has been more divisive than I expected. Granted a lot of that is due to him fighting Hillary's fire with fire, but even still, he's losing any kind of populist appeal he may have had. His wife isn't helping his case either.

5/20/2008 4:09:29 PM

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"The number of cans in your statement"

mexiCANS
afriCANS
puerto riCANS

5/20/2008 6:43:31 PM

AmeriCANS?

5/20/2008 6:47:18 PM

these aren't even the real racists. real racists are republican. Wait till november they come out the BLAMING will be in full force.

5/21/2008 12:27:05 AM

North CakKKalaCANS

5/21/2008 12:29:32 AM

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"When they addressed the subject, TV talkers spent much of their time debating whether this could change for the general election. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Harold Ford [D] theorized that Obama had spent little time courting [Kentucky] voters, and offered suggestions on how to do it."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iBqfRBlZdTt-vvbFqTibWUdTGCbAD90PRPO00

5/21/2008 2:55:02 AM

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"Republicans are freaking obsessed with this topic now. They can. not. stop. talking about how Obama is trying suppress them."

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"Limbaugh, mostly."

So now Limbaugh is the voice of all republicans?

5/21/2008 10:00:39 AM

it seems to me clinton's biggest advantage is to win appalachia

the mountain folk

and she wants to claim there's a demographic obama can't win? he can't win the blue collar vote?

fine, clinton can't win the educated vote

now we're back to square 1 (which was an awesome show on pbs)

5/21/2008 12:06:50 PM

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"The Oregon exit polls lend a bit more weight to the theory that Barack Obama's real problem is more with Appalachia than it is with working class whites in general, as the Hillary campaign has repeatedly suggested. In Kentucky yesterday, Hillary slaughtered Obama among these voters. But the Oregon exits show a different story. Obama beat Hillary by sizable margins among all ages of white voters except those 60 and older. And he beat Hillary among voters with no college degree, too -- and since the state is overwhelmingly white, these voters are the ones he's supposed to have trouble with."

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/oregon_exit_polls_obama_handil.php

5/21/2008 12:17:27 PM

^very good find

5/21/2008 12:29:01 PM

lol

the "appalachia voting bloc"

maybe i should rethink giving my support to Hillary. she's definitely got the snakehandling vote.

5/21/2008 12:41:15 PM

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"And he beat Hillary among voters with no college degree, too"

those without higher education voted Obama... hmm

5/21/2008 4:35:07 PM

Whenever I hear about Hillary's latest victories, the banjo duel from Deliverance plays in my head.

5/21/2008 7:18:47 PM

5/21/2008 7:21:50 PM

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" Magoffin County, Kentucky updated 6 minutes ago 100% reporting Clinton 2,714 93% Obama 146 5% Uncommitted 31 1% "The racial makeup of the county was 99.29% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.02% from other races, and 0.27% from two or more races. 0.42% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There is a significant Melungeon population in Magoffin County, known locally as the "Brown People of Magoffin County" "

5/21/2008 8:59:13 PM

Wow, Kentuckians are racist.

5/22/2008 12:31:00 AM

^ If they are, they're Democrats--many college educated, too. BTW, that's a great general election strategy for Obama: call every state you don't win racist.

Keep it up--GG!

5/22/2008 1:54:34 AM

Guy from Kentucky - I dislike black people way more than I dislike white women.

CLINTON!!!!!!

5/22/2008 8:18:57 AM

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"Guy Democrat from Kentucky - I dislike black people way more than I dislike white women. CLINTON!!!!!!"

Fixed.

5/22/2008 8:42:16 AM

ive been to kentucky, and when i lived in ohio, we tried to keep those people from from coming over.


no joke, they love to wave their confederate flags while drinking whiskey and hollering along with Lynyrd Skynyrd.

but when you tell them that Kentucky fought for the Union, man they git madder'n a rattlesnake tryna bite a fencepost.

Something's a bit off with those people... they're a bit better than, say, West Virgina or Arkansas, but I swear that state just ain't right.

5/22/2008 12:44:07 PM

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"no joke, they love to wave their confederate flags while drinking whiskey and hollering along with Lynyrd Skynyrd."

lol this isnt just a kentucky or west va thing

5/22/2008 12:53:40 PM

yeah, but the funny part is how they're almost in a state of self-loathing about how they fought for the Union.

5/22/2008 1:41:34 PM

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"Keep it up--GG! "

5/22/2008 1:55:16 PM

sorry if the truth makes you feel bad, hooky.

5/22/2008 2:11:48 PM

^ Your standard bullshit doesn't work, Schmoe. The people in question in this thread are Democrats--deal with it.

5/22/2008 2:14:06 PM

Just dropping in to say hi!

5/22/2008 2:18:12 PM

^^ they're dixiecrats. (wannabe dixie, that is) ... the reagan democrats. they vote democrat on local issues but tend to vote conservative for national offices.

i, on the other hand, am an urban liberal snob.

5/22/2008 2:26:38 PM

^^lol. he's back!!!

[Edited on May 22, 2008 at 2:26 PM. Reason : .]

5/22/2008 2:26:40 PM

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"i, on the other hand, am an urban liberal snob."

Like Fake Steve Jobs?

5/22/2008 2:31:23 PM

Yeah, I'm not here to argue, my life has gotten pretty hectic lately - TSB has faded to the background

5/22/2008 2:34:11 PM