hooray for OBAMA!

OBAMA!

I have been waiting on your recap all day! So excited! Let me start reading now, lol.

J.Dakar: How many delegates did Obama and Clinton win exactly? I’ve been reading and hearing conflicting reports. And why is New Mexico taking so long to declare a winner?

Hillary Cllinton 2008!!! Ahead by about 80 delegates, it was a good night for them both

This election year will be a wild ride till the end…

Oh, Who IS Mike Gravel?

Obama

yay for Obama

im so happy…finally an intellectual recap…thanks

I’m proud of them and I can’t wait to see what happens with the rest of this race. I was disappointed Obama didn’t win TN, but he did win Memphis. This race is so up in the air right now! I think Obama has a strong chance in this though.

Hillary has 818 delegates and Obama has 730.

I’m actually proud of both Obama and Hillary, I think Obama did better than I expected

Oh btw, Clinton ‘08

CLINTON **08**ALL DAY!!!
WAY TO GO HILLARY!!!

Can you please explain delegates and superdelegates? and how they’re tabulated?

i’ve been following the political process for a while now, and I thought I had a handle on how the delegate system works, but as I watched the CNN, MSNBC, FNC, and other stations’ coverage of the primary and caucus results as they came in last night — the talk of the delegates and superdelegates COMPLETELY eluded me. I need someone to break it down! — lol

I get that it’s similar to the electoral college in that it is a derivative of the popular vote and what is ultimately counted when determining who gets the nomination. For democrats at least, I know that delegates are awarded proportionally by what percentage of the popular vote each candidate gets per state. Beyond that, I’m lost.
What exactly are superdelegates? And why does it seem like they can vote independently of what the popular vote indicates? that’s the notion I got, and I’m not sure if that’s correct.

Hit us w/ some knowledge lol.

Obama won AL!! I know Bull Connor is turning in his grave….

I PRAY OBAMA WINS!, 2 be honest I’m cool if Clinton wins bu ya’ll aready been in the White house! N Obama s genuine.

I read Obama got 845 delegates, and Hilary 836. Has the numbers changed? Obama appears to be in the lead at this point.

I hope that everyone voted and not vote because someone might be the first black Pres. or someone might be the first woman Pres.

It’s very important to vote, but listen to their campaign. if anyine didn’t know Clinton and Obama both have basically the same issues that they are fighting for.

Congrats to everyone and may the best person WIN.

i voted yesturday for my boy obama, im am both proud of hillary and obama, i would really like to see them team up, because that would be insurance that this country is not going any further under. its soo close i been watching cnn all night last night, and its really hard for reporters to answer the question as to who is in the lead for the democratic party or who has a better chance.

Congrats Obama!!
I’ll be at the polls next Tuesday gettin my vote on!!

FUCK HILLARY CLINTON! I HOPE THAT WASHED OUT HO DONT WIN!

I kept checkin back and forth on here for your post!!!! Thanks for the update GO OMAMA!!! YES WE CAN!!!

So J,
Question????
How does MY vote equal into delegates ?, I just want to understand how my vote is tallied

MSNBC is reporting that OBAMA has won 838 delegates and the Clinton has only won 834…go check it out!!

I just read on http://www.bloomberg.com that Obama has 910 delegates and Clinton has 882.

I’m not African American but as Black British woman, I belive that if Obama gets to the November elections (and then into Presidency), that in itself would be truly a victory for all of us. WOW how far and how quick would we have come from Dr King Jnr’s dream so soon? GO OBAMA!
I can’t cast my vote, so you’ve got my donation!

I am sooo disappointed that California did not show up for Obama, instead we let our votes go to Clinton. We have a large hispanic community and they are not playing. They would rather see a white woman instead of a Black man in the White House. It’s unfortunate but true. White women are also behind her. I just can’t see it. Personally, I would like to see Barack Obama take it. But it’s not over, we got a ways and its a close race. I was also surprised he lost Tennessee, but then he won states I didn’t think he would like Colorado. I will continue to support him and hopefully things will turn around in the positive for him. He is truly a great candidate, the best candidate!

Yes, we can!

CONGRATULATION GOES OUT TO BOTH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES. THEY BOTH PRETTY MUCH COVER THE SAME ISSUES. I JUST HOPE ONCE IN OFFICE THEY DON’T START FLIP FLOPPING AND GET A DEAF EAR TO WHAT THEY ARE PROMISING. THE ECONOMY IS MESSED UP ALL THE WAY AROUND. EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE NEEDS A REAL OVER HAUL. MARTIN LUTHER KING AND ALL THE OTHERS WOULD BE TRULY PROUD. WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO, BUT AT LEAST WE ARE TRULY WORKING ON IT. WHETHER ITS CLINTON OR OBAMA. GOOD LUCK TO ALL.

@ COMTPON, CA 4 OBAMA

obviously you are not familiar with Jezebel. Those bitches love some Obama.

Wow….the democratic party has more support than the Republican……

Good Looking J. D. Baby! I was waiting for you to post!!!!

I would love to see a Black man in office….and a good one at that.

Even though I’m not a Clinton fan….I’d rather see her than Mccain!!!

@ ANONSQUARED -

Clearly those Jezebel “bitches” that love Obama didn’t come out and vote. Since they love him so much.

Yes, Obama is just a few states/delegates from victory!!!!

OBAMA ‘08

I’m very proud of Hillary she did so good yesterday. Obama got major endorsements and has the media on his side, she still comes out on top.

Hillary 08!

Does anyone even know of Mike Gravel? There are some things I like do like about his stance of certain issues, like gay marriage. He is the only candidate to be for “gay marriage” and not that “civil union” crap. People think that civil unions are a place to start in the direction of gay marriage, but when in this country’s history has separate but equal worked? And it bothers me that the top two democratic candidates are a woman and a black man, and know that those two groups and others as well still face adversity, yet won’t step for other people’s rights. Or is it just a way to stay more moderate and not so left? I would have liked to hear Gravel talk on this issue and just hear what he could’ve said.

Yay for Obama!

well I voted yesterday and I am sooo happy that Obama took my home state of connecticut! everyone thought Hilary was gonna get it just because she went to Yale here and that we’re close to NY…

@ 28 COMPTON

I’m so glad somebody touched on this. Latinos and Asians are not giving their support to Hillary, and not Obama. This was one of the main reasons for his disappointing number in California and the south west (New Mexico). Based on exit polls Mexicans were quoted as saying that they thought that blacks were lazy and not hard working enough, prompting one to even call in to NPR to say that she feared that if we had a black president, then all blacks would start acting like they owned the country!

Some Asians stated that although they might know a black n, they don’t trust them in general.

Even here in NYC, the Bronx, which is largely Hispanic voted for Hilary in the majority. I’m not so surprised at the attitudes of Asians, considering our poor relations within the past 25 years or so, but I do detect some resentment from the Hispanic/Latino community. It has been long fashionable to for other minorities to jump on the bandwagon as far as giving us hate, but we will prevail.

On the other hand, we have to take some responsibility for how we are perceived.

JD your on point Homie!! Educate the masses!!

J. Dakar: No voters slogan yet?

This is exciting…and a first for me

People are so clouded by his inspirational speeches that they don’t even care about his policies and what we need in this country. They don’t see that his speeches are just that: SPEECHES, they have no substance and are full of idealistic and empty promises. We don’t need that, we need a president who will get things done and make those changes that Obama talks about and Hillary is that person.

Obama is an inspirational speaker, and we don’t need someone who will give uplifting speeches when we have two wars going on, a failing economy, high college costs, terrible health care (we are ranked among third world countries in terms of health care), and many other things. Obama does not have clear policies and plans to deal with these issue.

He is not clear with Iraq, he says he wants to end it but does not provide clear instructions on how. His health care will not cover 15 million people including myself, and I NEED that health care, and hardly ever talks about the economy.

Hillary has concrete plans and knows what this country needs.

J Dakar could you please repost if you have explained it already the diference between delegates and superdelegates.

Also just the whole process. Why is it that the democratic process in America is not really democratic to the full extent? Why is the presidential candidates for each party decided by the people who align themselves to the prty (registered and party members), and then the final decision in November at the elections decided SOLELY on the number of votes.

delegates, super delegates, caucauses, sub primaries and primaries are very confusing and not as straight forward as 1 person 1 vote.

I know this is wrong what Im about to say….I know it is wrong but i have to express my opinion. I dont understand the mexicans in this country they the ones who act like they own the country expecting us to start speaking spanish….GTFO of here i wish we could ship 75% of them back. They come over here jumpin f-ing rivers and crossing canyons and expect the black people to be under them…they can go to hell with that notion. But any i have nothing aganist the mexicans or whatever but they think they own everything and just because they will pick up poop,clean up houses and do slave work that we did 400 years ago dont mean we are lazy it just mean that we want better for ourselves and we refuse to be set back to where we were 400 years ago.

I dont get that Hispanic shit one bit. I mean….don’t most of us live in the same neighborhood as them mofos anyway? White women and Asians are a lost cause for Obama, but there may be hope for Hispanics over time.

HILLARY ‘08!!

28. I wish she hadn’t have got TN, but Bill is from across the way in AR, so I’m not completely surprised. And, I heard that Barak didn’t start campaigning towards the his Hispanic community until late in the game, unlike Hillary. I think he has a better plan of action though for helping them get legalized instead of deported, where as Hillary feels like illegal aliens they are taking jobs from people over here. She doesn’t want to help them, she wants to ship them away. I wish they knew that.

44. That was a little harsh don’t ya think?

@34 WTF are you talking about, have you been listening to the news or looking at the online articles, Hilary is NOT ahead of OBAMA, he has WAY more states than her therefore more delagates than her…………what are you talking about….I am going to need for you to learn how to read

OBAMA, OBAMA

I don’t know if he has lost white women with Oprah backing him, and he won many predominantly white states.

hooray for obama.man if he gets into the white house do you know what that will do to the dreams of black kids all over the united states….its makes you feel like anything is possible no matter how backwards america seems sometimes

no its not harsh its the truth…..and u know it is…im just saying what everyone wants to say

Latane, you are on point with your opinion. It’s unfortunate that some people are inspired and moved by motivational/inspiration speakers . .Why do you think alot of these wealthy pastors are wealthy? They feed the people a message of prosperity and people latch onto it.

We, as a peoople, need to be able to push away from the table and examine what we are being feed instead of eating the meal because we are hungry.

@ 48 you must not know how delegates are distributed, just because he won more states doesn’t mean he won more delegates, they are were practically tied in delegates yesterday (all the delegates still have not been given out yet) and Hillary leads with over 90 more super delegates.

On the real, I’ve always got the feeling that Hispanics thought they were better than blacks. Especially the lighter or whiter looking you are. I been to Puerto Rico and I could sense the differences there just as I assume one would see the obvious bias in places like Brasil, but less extreme.

Still, I’ve been around long enough to know there is some truth to it.

But again, we can move past this bullshyt, and get cracking to change thangs. I mentioned it earlier, and I still believe that we have to take control over how we are perceived. ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIA. The other minorities, as well as whites fear us not because of one of us attacking them physically, but they know deep down that we are a people to be reckoned with on a mental and spiritual level as well. We are not slouches, dammit. And we can run this!!!!!!!

Im sorry Clinton supporters….Her health care plan sucks….I shouldnt be forced to buy anything…affordable or not. Obama is on point with his…like he said its not like we dont want health care…its because we cant afford it. And if I cant afford it i should be forced to buy it or the govt shouldnt ganish my wages

Delegate count from CNN:

Hillary Clinton
Pledged: 625
Superdelegates: 193
Total: 818

Obama
Barack Obama
Pledged: 624
Superdelegates: 106
Total: 730

im sorry maybe im taking this poloitics stuff alittle too serious. but i havnt been this hurt in such a long time like i was last night watching the poll results. first of i voted for obama but seeing the way hes not getting any hispanic votes is really hurting me, i have hispanic friends and i know its not thier fault cause most of them voted obama. but for some reason today i was just walking around nyc looking at them different. then i was on the train and heard these spanish kids talking using the n word freely and it was just killing me inside. i know its wrong to feel this way but i cant help it. and please dont get me wrong im not saying their suppose to vote for obama cause i think hillary is a good canidiate too, but she got 75% of spanish votes in nyc and almost beat him in his own state when it came to their vote. i know my spanish friends and none of them are racist but im honestly starting to feel like we are different.it seem like obama may be getting more white females than hispanich votes> im heard about tension amongst spanish and black in other states but im hopping its not really that bad

@ estyle4039 that is very true, look at those mega churches where they get their members to donate huge amounts of money and the pastors get more rich every year.

Going off point . . . this country was founded, built and continues to run on deception, and all the “isms” . .racism, sexism, generism and the like. It’s unfortunate, that we continue to support those that don’t support us. For example, most Chinese hate Black, but we continue to eat at their restaurants and buy their hair supplies. The Japanese hate Americans. Remember Pearl Harbour . . .we let them come into our country and establish business after the BOMB us. Mexicans think we are lazy b/c we break our backs like they do. . .but WE, meaning Black Americans, African Americans, will continue to support other people of color, but won’t support our own.

“They” have these opinions of us because no one is teaching “them” our HISTORY.

@ 44
First, let me say that you addressing only “Mexicans” may be the first problem. It’s not only Mexicans that make up the Latino population in America or even California. And to say that you want to send back 75% of them, not only illegals, but those who have never even been to Mexico or any other Latin American Country. There are many Latinos that are not illegals and have roots in the Southwest that go further back then before many of the states came into the Union. So to lump them together may be why they lump all Black people together. And if you sent back 75% of the “illegal” latinos living in California, the Californian economy would be in serious trouble, but of all the workforce that growers rely on illegals.
You have every right to feel what you do, but at least do it in an educated way and understand that if your “wishes” came true, there would be serious consequences for others. And also, there are Latinos that do read this blog, even though it is directed at the Black folks.

excuse the typos i was on a ranting tirade, lol.

Apparently yall have seen the recent numbers:

Candidate Delegates*
Barack Obama 838
Hillary Clinton 834

Barack has whupped that butt!

Sidebar: Many Latinos( particularly Mexicans) are racist. We need to face that. Its sad because there are countless Afro-Latinos and mulattos amongst their race and many of the others have mixed blood in that family line ( mainly Puerto Ricans, especially Dominicans-no matter how much they lie, and Cubans). They are going to look like fools if and when Barack gets the Democratic nomination.

Its that bad….sleep…its that bad…its not really a black and white thing anymore…its latino/black…and the way they havin babies…

Excuse me, I said “amongst their race”, of course Latino/Hispanic is not a race.
I should have said “ethnic group”.

Obama is well on his way to getting the nomination. All of you who live in the remaining states, that haven’t voted need to bring it home for us.

I’m so proud of my southern states GA and AL really represented yesterday. I met so many first time voters yesterday.

On another note I was so wound up last night, waiting for the results to come in that I had to drink a glass of wine to calm my nerves.

Obama 08…it’s gonna happen

As for Obama not having clear objectives, for me the vision is enough. A president is only as good as his cabinet of advisors, and once he picks them, then I can get a more clearer picture of where he’s headed.

And let’s not count out the possibility that he and Hillary just might team up. Don’t forget the phrase Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows.

I feel like this race is dividing the democratic party too much, first we have Hillary supporters vs. Obama supporters, then we have young vs. old, then we have men vs. women, then we have black vs. white, and now we even have black vs. latino, this is not good going into the general election. And what is the common factor? THE MEDIA.

The media for the most part is run by Republicans and they are trying to divide the democratic party and they are winning, they are making Hillary and Obama supporters hate each other and they are the ones making a big deal about race. It’s a shame.

#66….

LMAO!
I did the same thing. I had to drink a glass of red wine last night to calm my damn nerves.

I live in Atlanta, so I was very proud of GA for representing.

Latane:

BOOOOOOOOO- get over it.

Get ready sweetie. The revolution is under-way. Both canidates give speaches. The exception with Obama is that not only are his speeches inspirational, but also with merit. He has just as much “experience” as she does. He has 11 years of elected experience on the state and gov’t level. She has 7 years of elected gove’t experience. Aside from being Pres. Bill Clintons spouse. Which for some reason, I believe Clinton supporters believe that gives her some merit of experience. Speaking of Experience, Bill Clinton knew about the possible 9/11 terror attacks upon his exit of the WhiteHouse and did nothing with that intelligence. The attack happened at the start of Bush’s administration. In the senate Hillary voted for the war, as a way to rectify Bill’s wrong doing: which has cost this county TRILLIONS of dollar out of our pocket. Does she want to claim “that” experience. She won on the Bush banwagon for this war…….Anywho…..They’re both Law Graduates, and have worked as lawyers. On paper, they’re virtually one in the same. I think Hill is a great canidate, but America wants change. We need a president who can not only do their job, but inspire the nation while doing it.

You have clear objectives but when you step in that White House and the Senate does not back them then you are phuck. Keep in mind the President does not make the “real” decisions. Its the Senate.

You can have clear objectives all you want, but when you step in that White House and the Senate does not back them then you are phucked. Keep in mind the President does not make the “real” decisions. Its the Senate.

HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To everyone who is hoping for Obama, don’t fret. Obama has about two or three weeks where he’s likely to pick up support, more states and delegates.

The next states are as follows: Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, Hawaii and Wisconsin (what’s left in February). They’re all states Obama has the potential to dominate in, at least that’s what the prognosticators are saying.

The delegate gap is likely to close during this time. What Obama’s people need to do is get on the phones with people in Ohio and Texas. Those two states are extremely key. If he can pull close or score upsets in those states, he will take a lead, and it’s feasible.

If you’re for Obama, MAKE SURE YOU’RE GETTING EVERY YOUNG VOTER OUT YOU KNOW!!!! THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THE YOUNG VOTER SHOWS UP, AND SHOWS INTEREST IN HIS OR HER FUTURE … ESPECIALLY IN OHIO AND TEXAS.

@ 62

Tell it.

Hey….Im lovin Obama right now!!! I hope he gets the NOD. Wow I think there r just some misconceptions about black people in the Latino community.

LATANE, you’re screamingly caucasian, and it’s obvious.

Caramel those are predictions that NBC made, some delegates still have not been awarded, it may or may not go that way. What I posted from CNN is what they definitely have right now.

@ Sleep…I feel you. I was feeling similarly this morning. I have a Latina co-worker and she informed me a while ago that Obama was going to lose in CA becuase of the lack of support from the Latino community. (I live in LA)I didn’t understand it and I still don’t…she was originally on the fence but ended up voting for Obama. She says that the Latino community would rather vote for Hilary than vote for a black man. It is really sad…I didnt’ believe her but the numbers should up and showed out this morning.

It’s funny because I lived in DC when the Latino community had the immigration march and their was two government officials there and one of them was Barack.
I personally think or rather hope they voted for Hilary because the familiarty of the name and not because of the race.

I just hope we don’t turn this into a Black on Brown issue. We don’t need to fight them with ignorance. They are entitled to their opinion…now mind you this is coming from one of the BIGGEST Barck supporters that walked the planet. My blood actually boils when I read comments from folks like LATANE but hey I can’t fight ignorance with ignorance. The only thing we can do know is support with our pockets and get on the horn to our friends in DC/MD/VA/OH/TX/LA/MS etc and tell them YES WE CAN!!!!!

@ ANTI-IMPERIALIST I’m Black

@ 73

are you really V D Jr or are you being ironic?

Like your message, anyway.

Do you all really believe that America is going to let Obama in the White House? If he wins the Democratic seat I can almost guarantee you that people are coming out of the wood works to vote against him on the basis of the color of his skin. . .look at the demographics.

I believe people are more willing to deal with a White woman before they deal with a Black man. . .regardless of education, experience and class.

@ 71

True, true, but again, if you surround yourself with the right power players, you can effectively circumvent the opposition. Even with the majority against you. Look at how the Clintons played the game in the 90’s with a Republican senate.

Honestly do you really think you can trust Hilary Clinton? Do you really think once she’s in office she’ll do anything that can improve the lives of minorities and not just minorities all people, especially people in the lower income bracket. She says she can, she says she will, but I just feel as though she is doing that to get votes. To play on the idea that Bill Clinton was the first black president right there should be a warning sign that something is not right, because Bill is not black and why should that statement be used? To bring in more black supporters, but that is a strategy, to win our votes, but do you naturally care about us or are you just doing this to get in office. You can’t look at Bill’s smoking or having an affair and say oh yeah he’s black alright, when a recent friend brought to my attention that when BIll was in office, more black people were actually locked up in jail, which is a system of making money for the government. And also my mother pointed out about not trusting the Clintons after the scandal they had in the white house that had to do with them shredding documents that had interesting information on them, not the Monica L. thing neither….and its my natural intuition that tells me Hilary might do some good things but I don’t trust her and it behooves me that a lot of people do not see that.

honestly I am not supporting Barack because he’s black, but the fact that he’s black and is a positive man and I do trust him is a great accomplishment, if I didnt trust what he was saying I wouldnt vote for him, and honestly alot of people need to wake up and open there eyes and see whats going on. This country is a diverse country but we have no diversity in the government and we have never had any diversity inthe White House and basically this government and the White House does not reflect who lives in the country and that should be a red flag to most. Especially with the way this government is trying to monitor us, we are heading to a communist state and its funny how Nationalistic the USA is because we looked down on North Korea and China for being communist, but basically we are on our way to that point. So I feel like people can be naive and keep their eyes closed but when things get worse in the future It’ll be another I told you so, because I didnt trust BUSH and look where we are now. And to force people to buy healthcare is not the answer, its providing affordable health care because not all healthcare is affordable…..

#38 Said: “On the other hand, we have to take some responsibility for how we are perceived.”

I strongly disagree. How can you blame yourself for another person’s hatred? lol. Latin Americans are some of the most racist people on earth, in and out of the U.S. Trust me on that. The dementia is only exacerbated when they fall into the divide-and-conquer minority hierarchy that is the American status quo. As for Asians.. blah. Who cares? There is something peculiar about both group of people though: they for the most part will always chose a white person over someone of their own race. I’ve seen this over and over. That should pretty much sum up their general psyche.

The funniest part is that the people that hate blacks the most are the same people that worship black culture the most.

i meant to say BUT if you surround yourself………….

i know its not gonna happend but why cant these two just run together after one wins the nomination, because i think they could turn some democrats off when the debates get nasty and some democrates may switch party lines.

@84

“The funniest part is that the people that hate blacks the most are the same people that worship black culture the most.”

I see the irony! And I’ve heard Asians use our vernacular and listen to hip-hop, especially on the west coast, so let’s not discount them.

As far as personal accountability, I’m sorry but I stand by it. We DO have a say to some degree as to how we’re portrayed in the media. Please refer to videos on BET. Coon ass I Love New York and Flavor of Love. That’s shyt’s out there for MASS CONSUMPTION. Please don’t tell me to blame Viacom. I blame the idiots who go on those shows as well as those who support and watch it.

I don’t see where “Latane” is speaking with any ignorance. That’s her opinion. The fact of the matter is that no one can force their “savior” on anyone else, and it doesn’t make one “ignorant” to be divergent from the masses. The fact of the matter is that Obama in particular, and this whole democratic campaign in general, has led to and brought forth more division than it has brought people together. In actuality, it is really only highlighting the divisions that were always there. The hispanics will never rally behind a black man in any way shape or form in regards to a political leader. They’ve been indoctrinated from by the Europeans from the time of the white man’s “Age of Discovery” to despise blacks. This whole charade is very interesting and it will be even more interesting to see what happens when Clinton comes out with the nomination.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/

Here’s a good site that helps track delegates ESPECIALLY superdelegates. It actually gives the names of the superdelegates one who they’ve pledged to support.

THE ELECTION DAY NEEDS TO BE HELD OVER. A FEW OF THE STATES WERE IMPACTED YESTERDAY BY DEADLY TORNAO STORMS FROM AS EARLY AS 11:00 AM. IS THIS A CONSPIRACY OR WHAT! WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE AS A BLACK RACE HAVE LOWER PERCENTAGES OF VOTES DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY OF OUR MEN ARE IN JAIL OR BEEN TO JAIL,THEN THERE IS THE ELDERLY, THEN THE 18-21 GROUP WHO CARE NOTHIN OF POLITICAL ISSUES BUT WILL DEBATE SOLDIER BOY’S IGNORANT ASS ALL DAY. OK, IM GETTING UPSET..YOU GET THE POINT..THE ELECTION SHOULD BE CONDUCTED OVER…
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IM DONE!
SINCERELY ‘TRUTH’

as a latino who reads concreteloop on a daily basis, it is sad to see the number of generalizations being made by commentators. within every ethnic groups there exists different people. yes there are latinos that are racists, much like they exist in the black community. i think a lot of hillary’s latino support stems from 3 things: the familiarity of the clinton name, the fact that clinton has been endorsed by important latino figures (ie dolores huerta) and because she has courted the latino vote. clinton knows she needs them to win, especially when Obama has the black vote. i think that everyone should have trhe freedom to vote for whomever they see fit, we live in a democracy and therefore should not hold it against people for choosing who they feel is working for their interests.

KAMEE !!! I LOVE YOU!!! Very well said!!

All I have to say is GO HILLARY, angel_minded, some of these people don’t want to admit Hillary won. She is ahead, those numbers from MSNBC don’t include Super Delegates. She is ahead and even in the states he won she is getting 30% of the delegates. Hillary will Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and it will be a wrap.

Hillary 2008!

I was listening to CNN, and I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO again the whole Super Delegates…. I do know how to explain it to everyone but from what i understand, in a worse case situation, the Super Delegates can end up choosing the nominee even if either one of the candidates get the 2025 delegates.

OBAMA 08

“As far as personal accountability, I’m sorry but I stand by it. We DO have a say to some degree as to how we’re portrayed in the media. Please refer to videos on BET. Coon ass I Love New York and Flavor of Love. That’s shyt’s out there for MASS CONSUMPTION. Please don’t tell me to blame Viacom. I blame the idiots who go on those shows as well as those who support and watch it.”

I’m sorry that’s just defeatist. I also think this form of docility is a major part of the reason why blacks don’t get the respect they deserve in this country. There are coon black shows and there are coon Asian shows. Don’t they have some Asian bisexual chick doing the same on VH1? Has anyone castigated her race as a result? Have you seen that Chappelle-wannabe moron Carlos Mencia on TV? Let me tell you one thing, this racism (as the idealogical social norm) is embedded in these people. They aspire to come here and assimilate, and for some reason suffer from a moral ineptitude to separate the good from the bad. Some other person alluded to a certain indoctrination, and that’s exactly what I meant by divide and conquer. If you decide to hate an excellent human being like Barrack because of a show you saw on TV, then it has nothing to do with anyone but yourself. How can you look at a Harvard Law grad who’s the son of a Harvard PhD, and still think “lazy?” And it’s the fault of blacks? lol.

My question is, if these other minorities harbor so much hatred for blacks, why even come here? Why try so hard to emulate blacks? How can you buy into the superiority of the culture of a people you hate so much? That’s why I’m convinced that it’s not really roted in hatred, but in jealousy. And in that case, how can you blame yourself? I think blacks in this country should have the self respect to stop expecting anything whatsoever from anyone. That is a weakness. There is a power left untapped by blacks purely due to this annoying mental timidness. Don’t let me even start on how we sat back and let Jews pimp our culture.

Ps: I’m not saying that everyone from these ethnic groups is patently evil. I’m just expressing a tragic social pattern.

OBAMA IS ON A ROLL!!!!

Despite predictions that he would be put away by now, and proclamations like “I can’t wait til Super Tuesday so all y’all can see how stupid y’all are” — The Obama Train survives and lives to fight another day. LMAO!

Despite predictions that “white folks won’t vote for a black man” — Obama has won some of the whitest states in this nation. And he continues to win over white MEN. LMAO!

Despite insults that people are only voting for this man because they’ve been duped by “empty inspirational speeches” with no substance or merit — Obama continues to find some of his strongest support among the most well educated people in this country. LMAO!

Now Hillary is loaning her campaign $5 million out of her own pocket (somebody please look into this shadiness, please!) because the fundraising well is drying up — and she was supposed to be the “inevitable” choice for the Democratic party. NOT!

It never helps to count your chickens before they hatch!

I was so proud to cast my vote for Barak yesterday, and I’m supporting him no matter where this thing goes. Riding it til the damn wheels fall off!

O-B-A-M-A 08!!!

@91 (CALKID)

Thank you so much for your input regarding the Latino vote. The ignorance many black people are showing about Latinos is disappointing. I happen to think there may be an element of racism, but I think it is far less than people are saying. The fact is that the Clintons *have* courted these voters for years and years and they are well known in the Latino community. Whether they have actually *done* anything for Latinos is another story, but it is not far-fetched to think that Latinos voted for the person they are more familiar with. The fact is that most of them had never heard of Obama 6 months ago, and yet he got 33% of their vote in California. That is NOT a bad showing.

Further, if we as black people don’t want to be put all in one monolithic box, then we shouldn’t do it to others. There are several different types of Latinos depending on where you live in the country, and there are also gender, class, and generational differences. If you don’t know what you’re talking about as you rant, you’re just showing your ignorance.

QUIT obsessing over the Latino vote — and QUIT the ignorant racist rants!!!

I am waiting on March 4 and I rooting for Obama I hope he gets the nomination.

i will try my best to explain this. the first democrate to get 2,025( may be of by a couple) votes wins so far they finished caounting delegates in about 28 states not including the super delegates. from what im hearing on the news they both have about 840 delegates each. the super delegates are the officals that represent out states like the senators, state general, mayor and so on. they get to vote and thats how we will get the 2,025 delegates

@ (Ok I Don’t Understand)

Re: Hillary’s health care plan — if anything is a “fairy tale” it is this plan. There is a reason why it went down in flames when it was first proposed — it is highly unworkable! If she were to become President and put this in front of our legislature, it will be bogged down again and eventually tossed.

Hillary does NOT have all this experience “getting things done” in Washington as she is proclaiming. Her initiatives routinely fail because they are ill-conceived and not well thought out. This is something I see regularly in the media and it makes me scratch my head: lots of talking heads being called “experts” simply because they’ve been around for forever. A lot of them have shady backgrounds, questionable judgment, etc., but just because they’ve been politicians for forever, they are called experts. You can see the same thing on your own job. LOL!

I think Obama followed proper strategic protocol by going for white/upper class votes first, thus solidifying his legitimacy as a presidential candidate, since winning SC wasn’t a big surprise with Jesse doing it years prior. Now he has to backtrack and get the lower income/blue collar worker as well as targeting the Hispanic population. All feasible and within reach. A few months ago the Black vote was split between him and Hillary and now look at it…if he could split the Hispanic vote that could be a winning solution given the time frame given.

Go Obama!!!!

I said this earlier and I am going to say it again. I’m from the Bay Area (Northern CA) and last night at around 9pm the local news was reporting that several counties ran out of democrat ballots and people had to wait outside until other counties brought more ballots. I want to know how did CNN and other national news networks call Hillary as the winner with only 2% of the ballots being counted?

At 11:30 pm west coast time several people had not even voted (even though the polls closed at 8pm). Some counties are still counting right now so how so they know she won? and by what amount?

They claim a lot of independent voters showed up and decided to vote democrat which is buy the ran out of ballots. This girl in my class told me they wouldn’t even let her vote and she was registered.

I knew he wasn’t going to win CA because of the tension here between Blacks and Latinos and Asians. Asians and Mexicans WILL NOT VOTE FOR A BLACK MAN HERE!

It is sad but it’s true. Most of it is based off stereotypes. I have plenty of friends who are Asian who have told me that their parents prefer them to act as European as possible because they will get treated better in America. Funny thing is it’s true the Asians in CA get treated better than any other minority group.

OBAMA!

I’m still TORN like LeToya between Hillary & Obama…….I have a month before my primary.

IM PROUD OF BOTH HILARY AND OBAMA EITHER WAY HISTORY IS BEING MADE AND THEY WILL BE ON THE SAME TICKET IN NOVEMBER FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS! PEOPLE SO BUSY WORRYING ABOUT HILARY AND OBAMA DUALING IT OUT THEY FORGETTING THE BIGGER PICTURE”THE RUN AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS THIS YEAR! THE REPUBLICANS ARE PROBABLY LOVIN THIS DIVISION AMONGST THE DEMOCRATS VOTERS CAUSE IF IT GETS CARRIED TOO FAR IT GIVES THE REPUBLICANS MORE LEVERAGE AND TURNER VOTES!

WASHINGTON - Super Tuesday’s mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big state strategy.
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In a sign of Obama’s growing financial advantage, Clinton acknowledged Wednesday that she loaned her campaign $5 million late last month as Obama was outraising and outspending her heading into Feb. 5 Super Tuesday contests.

Buoyed by strong fundraising and a primary calendar in February that plays to his strengths, Obama plans a campaign blitz through a series of states holding contests this weekend and will compete to win primaries in the Mid-Atlantic next week and Hawaii and Wisconsin the following week.

Clinton, with less money to spend and less confident of her prospects in the February contests, will instead concentrate her efforts on Ohio and Texas, large states that hold primaries March 4 and where polling shows her with a significant lead. She even is looking ahead to Pennsylvania’s primary April 22, believing a largely elderly population there will favor the former first lady.

Clinton’s personal loan illustrated her financial disadvantage and her desire to pick her targets with care. On Wednesday, she sent out an e-mail appeal to donors Wednesday seeking $3 million in three days — an effort, that if successful, would match the fundraising rate Obama averaged for the entire month of January.

“I loaned it because I believe very strongly in this campaign,” Clinton told reporters Wednesday. “We had a great month fundraising in January, broke all records, but my opponent was able to raise more money and we intended to be competitive and we were.”

“And I think the results last night proved the wisdom of my investment.”

Both campaigns claimed bragging rights for their Super Tuesday successes Wednesday while acknowledging it could be weeks or even months until either candidate has amassed enough delegates to win the party’s nomination.

Obama won 13 Super Tuesday states while Clinton picked up eight and American Samoa with New Mexico left to be decided. Both camps claimed a small delegate lead, but an analysis by The Associated Press indicates there were still many to be counted.

“We are going to try and contest every contest, and win as many delegates we can,” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said. “If you look at the next month, we have a lot of confidence that we will hold the pledged delegate lead.”

Obama, riding a wave of fundraising both from large donors and small Internet contributors, raised a stunning $32 million in January. Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said last week the Clinton campaign raised only $13.5 million for the month. The $5 million loan was in addition to that amount, Wolfson said.

Clinton advisers were stunned by Obama’s January fundraising and have marveled at his ability to raise small-dollar amounts from a vast field of donors.

“We will have funds to compete,” chief Clinton strategist Mark Penn said, “but we’re likely to be outspent again.”

The Clinton camp was eager to take the luster off of Obama’s status as a “movement candidate” who has generated unprecedented activism and fundraising through the Internet. Clinton strategists went out of their way to label him an “establishment candidate” and worked to pitch her message to online activists.

Obama was heading late Wednesday to Louisiana, where he is favored to win the state’s primary Saturday largely on his strength among black voters. He also planned to campaign in Nebraska and Washington state, which also hold contests that day.

Clinton was being more circumspect. She planned to campaign Thursday in Virginia, which holds its primary next Tuesday along with neighbors Maryland and the District of Columbia. She was also headed to Maine, which holds precinct caucuses Sunday.

Penn conceded the campaign would rely on surrogates to campaign for her in most of states holding contests Saturday, including President Clinton and daughter Chelsea. It was a tacit admission that the former first lady was unlikely to win any of those states outright.

Privately, her strategists have also largely written off her chances of winning the so-called Potomac primary Feb. 9, given the large black populations in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. They are also playing down her chances in the following week’s major primaries — Hawaii, where Obama grew up, and Wisconsin, which has virtually sealed the nomination for other Democrats in years past.

Wisconsin’s Democratic electorate is largely liberal and college educated, and its open primary allows independents to vote — all factors that favor Obama.

Clinton political director Guy Cecil insisted the campaign was competing hard in all those places. the campaign has paid staff in Wisconsin and as developed a strong grass-roots organization there.

The campaign, however, was clearly focused on the March 4 contests in Ohio and Texas, both of them offering a trove of delegates. But both states are have several media markets, making advertising an expensive proposition. A state wide race in Texas can cost $1 million a week in advertising.

Cecil identified Texas as a top priority. “We think it is a linchpin in our nomination to the presidency,” he said.

While Clinton was focusing on Ohio and Texas, her organized supporters were weighing in for her in upcoming state contests. The American Federation of Teachers was going up with radio ads promoting her in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. They also planned a two-week placement of radio ads in Wisconsin, which holds its primary Feb. 19.

Clinton faces significant fundraising obstacles ahead, raising the possibility that she might have to dip into the family’s wealth again. The Clinton’s financial disclosures, which reveal only broad ranges of assets, place their wealth between $10 million to $50 million.

Campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said the loan came from Sen. Clinton’s “share of their joint resources.”

An analysis by the Campaign Finance Institute, which tracks trends in political money, found that Obama raised about a third of his money in 2007 from donors who gave $200 or less. Only one-third of his money came from donors who have given the legal maximum of $2,300, compared to Clinton who raised about half of her money from “maxed out” donors and only 14 percent from donors of $200 or less.

And stop with the racist shit against Latinos….WE ALL should know better than that. It just means that Obama has more work to do.

super tuesday was great but alot of people didnt even know about that horrible storm so please keep them in your pray

@ # 108 Bill

I don’t know who was being raciest but here in California there is a huge beef with the blacks and Mexicans. I don’t know where you live but if you know anybody in the CA region call them and ask them about it and see what they tell you.

A 14 year old boy was killed in Union City, Ca not to long ago for no reason, he was just waiting at the bus stop in front of his school to go home. The school said they had been trying to watch out for stuff like this because they know tensions are high. Every student interviewed (who were Mexican by the way) said it was because he was Black and well liked. Some of the Mexican kids said they didn’t even want to talk to Black kids at school because they were afraid that some gangs would retaliate.

This is just one incident there are plenty more just google hate crimes of 2007 in CA. This stuff got started in jails and spilled into the streets and there is not enough police and programs to fix it at the moment.

@94 thank you I was going to mention that I was just watching NBC news and they said the if Hillary and Barack remain in a dead heat then the superdelegates or senators my chose the person for the nomination.

That bothers me because it seems like they make up this B.S. just control a situation. I pray that doesn’t happen because I want me vote to count. NBC also did a vote count an estimated 7 million voted for each candidate.

There are some LOOPers who are very short sighted and very ignorant.

THE SAME WAY SOME OF YOU GENERALISE LATINOS IS THE SAME WAY YOU HATE PEOPLE GENERALISING US AS A BLACK RACE.

HOW DO 2 WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT? RACISM SEXISM AGEISM AND OTHER ‘ISMS DO EXIST BUT WHY PICK WICH ONE FITS THE ARGUEMENT ALL THE TIME. THAT IS AS DUMB AS PEOPLE CRITICING OPRAH BECAUSE THEY FELT SHE SHOULD VOTE FOR A WOMAN? HOW SILLY.

YES I FELT VERY UPSET WHEN VINCENTE FOX (MEXICAN LEADER) MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT MEXICANS DOING THE JOBS THAT BLACKS WON;T DO AND YES THERE MAYBE AN ISSUE WITHIN THE TWO CULTURES THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED PROPERLY, BUT IN TERMS OF RUNNING A COUNTRY, DO YOU KOW HOW FRIGIN IGNORANT IT WOULD BE NOT TO VOTE FOR OBAMA IF YOU FELT HE WAS BETTER ECONOMICALLY HEALTHCARE WISE ETC FOR THE COUNRTY JUST BECAUSE OF HIS RACE!?!?!?!

GIVE LATINOS, BLACKS, WHITES, WOMEN, MEN, GAY, STRAIGHT WHATEVER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

EVERYTHING IS NOT RACISM OR BECAUSE OF SLAVERY OR BECAUSE OF OPPRESSION. IT COULD BE THEY USE THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND RIGHT TO VOTE……………..

I am so confused….who won?

Hi Concreteloop I’m a long time reader first time poster. I love the site!
Many Canadians are paying close attention to the 08 elections.

After reading so many posts I have several issues that I need to address.

Firstly I really don’t understand why some Hillary supporters believe that they are voting for her because of the issues and her experience while those voting for Obama are doing so based on race. Super Tuesday proved that Obama supporters are diverse; he even won states that are predominantly white (I’m not surprised). Obama supporters are also analysing his record and experience. None of the Clinton supporters discuss the fact that in many of the states Clinton won, white women came out in droves to support her! Why not come to the immediate conclusion that these women have not listened to the issues and are voting for her because she is a woman? Many of the Clinton supporters for some reason think that black Obama supporters are naive and incapable of deciphering the debates and picking a candidate that is best suited for America. Obviously they can and have done so! Some choose to support Clinton others choose to support Obama STOP trivializing Obama’s support; scrutinize Clinton supporters the same way you scrutinize those backing Obama.

Secondly Hillary doesn’t have anymore experience than Barack. Hillary’s campaign has pushed that she has experience in the white house. Those 8 years of experience exposed her to foreign policy, diplomatic negotiations, and much more. And yet those 8 years of experience mean NOTHING since she could not use her experience to determine that the war in Iraq was bad idea! In the last debate she said that she felt mislead by Bush; she was duped, swindled, hoodwinked, he pulled the wool over her eyes. I would think that those 8 years in the White House would have given her enough experience to analyse the situation and make a decisive decision. Even if she did think Iraq had WMD why not admit that you were wrong for voting to invade Iraq! I’m sorry but Hillary is a clever woman, and I refuse to believe that she was bamboozled by Bush! She knew what she was doing she made a bad decision, and all of here so called experience in the White House did not prepare her to make a sound decision or be humble and admit her mistake!

Lastly the Clintons have polarizing personalities; you like them or hate them. The republicans hate the Clintons. It was during the Clinton administration that the Republicans were able to remobilize and gain popularity, hence the inauguration of the Bush administration. Nothing will get done in the White House if the Clintons win, since they play partisan politics like the republicans. Hence why many people like Obama, he can unite the two parties and get them to come up with plausible solutions and get them passed! There needs to be a new political order where partisan politics is eliminated and both parties come together for the good of Americans.

Note: partisan politics is where each party is only concerned about passing their own agendas, and rejecting those by other parties even if they are good. Both parties are not looking out for the American people and are too busy bickering to get anything done!

@ # 112 Nova

Who exactly are you talking about? Because everything I said was fact there are many Mexicans here in California that did note vote for Barack because he is Black you might not want to believe but it is true.

The votes he got from Mexicans her probably (more than likely) came from men or people under 30.

AT THE END OF THE DAY..,PEOPLE DONT NO HOW IMPORTANT DELEGATES AND SUPER DELEGATES ARE TO THIS ELECTION. WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT HOW MANY STATES OBAMA ARE WINNING…THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON HIS DELEGATE VOTES.

HILLARY VS MCCAIN IN THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE…ENUFF SAID

Correction: The votes he got where probably (more than likely) from men or people under 30.

Obama 08′ …. YES WE CAN!!!

Damn @107, you did all that writing and you can’t think of a user name ?????

……………….Just remember EVERY vote counts

@ # 119

I have been going by “Have Not Thought of a New User Name” for almost a year now when I used my other user names new or old people would create something similar so I rather stay with what I am using no confusion in almost a year.

@110

There were some harsh words in the beginning of the posts and I was speaking towards that. As long as we respect and discuss the complexities of cultural differences in the right way its cool, because I hate double standards.

Just a note for some of the posters saying that Asians are not supporting Obama; his half sister is Indonesian and white, and is married to a Chinese-Canadian. They are both campaigning for him. Obama is getting support from many Asians and Pacific Islanders like Jennifer Fang who dedicates her website to Asian American issues and is an Obama campaigner. The Hon. Norm Mineta, who was a Cabinet member for both the Clinton and the second Bush administration, is endorsing Obama. If you visit Jenny’s (http://www.reappropriate.com/) site you will find tons of info on Asians supporting Obama. People forget that Obama is cosmopolitan; he was born in Hawaii, and lived in Indonesian for 4 years. He is very much aware of the issues that are of concern to Asian Americans. So please believe that Asians are backing Obama big time!

I hate to tell you this Latane but SuperDelegates aren’t committed until the Convention so those numbers are changing as recently some decommitted from Clinton to Obama…plus the next SEVEN states coming up are Obama leans.

For the person that said 18-21’s don’t care, its true to a certain point, i’m 20 and i voted and when i went back to school no one in my class voted, they kept saying oh yeah i should of did that, i should of, or looking at me stupidly like voting? ew, butttt @!!!! there are alot of 18-21’s voting, you should watch CNN to see the colleges out there supporting, most of the youth supports Obama…but I’m going to say this and I mean it, I do not trust Hillary just as I did not trust Bush, and I do not believe Hilary will follow through with her plans, and if she becomes president, I promise you if she does not make things better I will become a college activist and my mission will be to ask her (petitions?? emails?? whatever means I can find) why she isnt doing this, why is her ideas not helping the quality of life, because if you ignore these things if you dont stand up and speak you might as well not complain. Like the Dixie Chicks they got sooooo much hatred for speaking on how they feel about Bush and look at America now, they basically are saying the same thing the Dixie Chicks been saying. So I voted for Obama, I did my part, everyone I know or am friends with white black whatever are pushing for Obama if he doesnt win, Hillary better beware because all eyes will be on her.

In order to force people of all races to come together, black people that love this system must do what they’ve always done, embrace lies and propagate them. This is why you see these negroes that come on here and say, “Stop with the racist rants!!!”, lmao. When I watch the televised news, the newscasters not only break down the amount of votes for each candidate, they go into a 5 minute long spiel pertaining to what percentage of each RACE voted for each candidate and then they proceed to hypothesize on why each RACE preferred who they preferred. One must ask oneself why they find RACE to be a factor if RACE is irrelevant according to the majority of bamboozled black people. No black person that earnestly studies this society and the depths of the problems that our people have would be idiotic enough to attempt to eliminate race as a factor in America. You have to be a complete buffoon. This leads me to believe that the black people that choose to separate race from this political process are hoping that by Obama being a potential catalyst for “change” and “unity”, he will therefore lead black people into unification with “all races” (hopefully whites) that will make all of our issues disappear. That is the “promised land”: a society of optimal confusion where people and races that are diametrically opposed are forced to hold hands because everyone must “accept each other”. It’s nonsense. To do that, you must reject everything that you are. This is why these “open-minded” black people usually don’t know about their own people’s history or care about the issues that affect their own people.

As far as the tension between blacks and hispanics, that’s everywhere and that has been attested to by HONEST blacks and hispanics. I’m born and raised in the Bronx and although we’re the same people and we live amongst each other, you would have to be a fool to act like there aren’t problems between the two demographics. The gangs in high school are divided along racial lines between blacks and hispanics. The reason why these issues persist is because people will not tackle them. They hide behind them with this “you’re being ignorant” bullshit. It’s the cowards way out. This is not even going into some of the things I’ve heard regarding the MS-13 and these different hispanic gangs whose initiations involve murdering black people i.e. the murders in Newark, NJ.

@92….

Thanks TT!!!!

I’m ready for michelle to walk in the oval office with all her cleaning supplies and disinfect that bitch. And Obama gone be walking around in his private quarters at night with his doorag on (preserve the sexy) while michelle got her body wrap scarfed up…….LOL

@115 Have Not Thought of a New User Name

Are you saying that because you know for sure that a lot of Latinos voted for Hilary because they were democratic and didn’t want to vote for Barack because he was black, that this is the current state of Latinos’ thinking. And that a majority of latinos are that narrow minded?

I beg to differ. I do not think you have a monopoly on how ALL Latinos in californica think! or even the majority. Granted there are blacks whites women and men who will vote with people who they “identify with” rather than the issues. But I CHOOSE to believe that the majority of Americans are voting on issues, and not divisive elements such as race or gender.

because if that was the case how ignorant would it be to elect Hilary based on race and name recognition alone, is she still not what many Latinos call a Gringo or Gringa. Whatever! She is still a white woman, do the Latinos who are prejudiced against blacks not realise we are both fighting the same colonial thoughts that enslaved demoralized and raped both our cultures. I am not saying Hilary is part of this establishment but….. NOT ALL WHITE OR BLACK OR LATINO people have the same views. America allows for that especially in our peer group and demographic of 18 - 35. For the most part we no longer judge based on the colour of skin, but the integrity and words of the individual. But then again, in Cali it may be different I have only been there once…

@ 91 with all due respect, there’s no way on this earth you can say that with a straight face. It really ain’t that deep but quit lying to yourself.

If you want to be politically politically correct you can go on the idea of race is a false concept, if you want to get into Anthropology and the racism that was basically created by Biological Anthropologists we can. We can go on the fact that we are all humans and our skin and facial appearances and hair texture do not define us, but yet that is how people define us. And then once people define us, oh you must be black, you must be mexican, they then stereotype us on the actions of some and say all black people are like this all mexican people are like that, if you really want to know where racism comes from, why white people refer to black people as monkeys you have to go all the way back to the idea of evolution and darwinism, if you want to take it there. Honestly if more poeple in this world were educated to understand where most racism started then maybe it could end, but it will never be that way because one thing, people don’t read they don’t want to read or they don’t want to learn they don’t care…then as generations go on and on these stereotypes that we judge groups of people by continue until the death of a whole society and basically thats what its going to come down too. Yes black people do some ignorant shit, but guess what so do latinos, so do mexicans, so do asians (oriental to indian to etc), so do white people, basically the generations that exist today are brainwashed by the past and stereotypes and ofcourse how we act and carry ourselves today will add to those stereotypes and honestly things wont change esp if people dont give a damn and dont want to change.

i’m black, and i love latinos, i love mexicans, i love asians, i love people of middle eastern decent, why would i hate a culture KNOWING!!!! KNOWING!! what my own culture and what my own people have been through??? But it will never change because people don’t want things to change, so if Hillary wins that would be normal or even if McCain wins that will be normal, things will not change cause people are scared of change….

If any black person wants to know why alot of white people call us monkeys, its beause of Biological Anthropology and the idea that people evolved from apes chimps (hominids) and that africans did not evolve as much as european people did, therefore africans are less intelligent like a chimp ape orangutan etc and because in the early times africans didnt have a written language they must not be as intelligent, research the Hottentot Venus and thing about how they judge Serena and Venus Wiliams based on their body types…..there was a political caricature of Obama on CNNpolitics.com that depicted him as a monkey….so just think about it….how can you trust people who still think a negative way about you, how do you trust them to really give a shit about your future and your children’s future?

Honestly if Obama wins he could change the negative view of Black People, he can do great things for the countries and help his own at the same time, he can give more black little boys hopes that life is not just going to shit on them, so they gotta stay in the streets to get it cause it will never be given to them, so this Presidential Race is very important, Clinton could never help minorities as much as she claims, Think about it Oprah had a video out there with her supporters and there were supporters who had signs that said Women for Obama, Latinos for Obama, this could be a great thing to YES UNITE PEOPLE, and what if Obama won, then a hispanic or a mexican or an asian might say IF OBAMA CAN BE PRESIDENT SO CAN I, but to be real, think about it Do you think those that are in charge of the government now would like the idea of a multicultural presidents??? that would mean that the term White America would start to fade and White people would not be as in control of the USA as they are, which that is what we need, we need more diverse leaders to run this country, because this country is made up of IMMIGRANTS, every cultural group except NATIVE AMERICANS has a history of MIGRATION Europeans Africans Mexicans Hispanics Asians Indian etc etc etc…..so why not have a diverse President why not have diverse Presidential History…

I guarantee it will not happen if people don’t allow it.

I’m form Connecticut and took the opportunity to vote and alot of people I know decided to skip the primary because they felt that it was not important but let me say this it is and every election whether its for mayor or president I vote,,and when I think about the civil rights leaders who paved they way so we can vote.And last but not least I’m glad OBAMA won our state!!!

why do ASIAN’S and LATINOS DISS-TRUST OBAMA?
they COOL to ourTRAITS/ FACE but HATE our RACE?

Go Obama!!..

J….gravel dropped out a long time ago!
i was up all nite watching to see who would win…..it was like a reality show…..

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ok i dont understand
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 /
I know this is wrong what Im about to say….I know it is wrong but i have to express my opinion. I dont understand the mexicans in this country they the ones who act like they own the country expecting us to start speaking spanish….GTFO of here i wish we could ship 75% of them back. They come over here jumpin f-ing rivers and crossing canyons and expect the black people to be under them…they can go to hell with that notion. But any i have nothing aganist the mexicans or whatever but they think they own everything and just because they will pick up poop,clean up houses and do slave work that we did 400 years ago dont mean we are lazy it just mean that we want better for ourselves and we refuse to be set back to where we were 400 years ago.

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ouch nigga OUCH!! lmao

i could be wrong….but superdelegates are those guarenteed to chose their respective canidate. the rest of the delegates are up in the air.

HILLARY!!!! That is all.

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Kamee’
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 /

I’m ready for michelle to walk in the oval office with all her cleaning supplies and disinfect that bitch. And Obama gone be walking around in his private quarters at night with his doorag on (preserve the sexy) while michelle got her body wrap scarfed up…….LOL

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*cardiac arrest*

#4: I’m still getting conflicting reports/results on delegate counts. I’ll definitely update you all on final counts when I get something conclusive.

#7: Mike Gravel is a former senator from Alaska and contrary to popular belief (and MSNBC), he is still in the presidential race.

#15: I’ll give an overview of delegates vs. superdelegates in an upcoming entry.

#24: I’ll include that in the delegates entry.

#40: Not yet…but I’m working on it.

#43: See my responses to 15 & 24.

#133: See my response to #7.

Peace and blessings,
J. Dakar

@81 Go to the back of the bus!! Barack Obama 2008!! Vote! Vote Vote!

@ 81 Go to the back of the bus!! Barack Obama 2008!! Vote! Vote!! Vote!

Hillary doesnt need high profile endorsements because she is already a household name! EHICH SHOULD MAKE SOMETHING GO OFF IN YOUR HEAD THAT SAYS DAMN “WHY IS AMERICA LETTING 2 FAMILIES CONTROL US” . Are the Bush’s and Clintons the new royal families. It is time for change and not change by passing the torch to Hilary ..Whats next? Georges brother runs for president, then Chelsea, then Jenna Bush. I mean its time for a changing of the guard.

Hillary is playing the race card “her issues are just that” Her Issues - NOT OURS!

AND THESE LATINOS KILL ME VOTING FOR HILLARY. SHE TRIED TO ALREADY CREATE TENSION AMONG US SAYING THE IMMIGRANTS ARE TAKEN BLACK PEOPLE JOBS. AS IF WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING MENIAL LABOR. SHE DOESNT WANT IMMIGRANTS HERE YET THEY ARE INTIMIDATED BY A BLACK MAN. ALL THAT LATINO/BLACK TENSION WAS PROBABLY CREATED JUST FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF. IT IS SUCH A BIGGER PICTURE. PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP

Four Reasons for OBAMA!

#1: Hillary blindly jumped on the bandwaggon campaign of HATE when she voted to invade a country unprovoked! Obviously she view people of color less when she can give the order to bomb a country full of women and children that have NOTHING to do with the beef America has with Al Queda.

#2: She was an advocate for universal social health care until she was bought off by medical aid providers. Now she thinks that it’s best if we pay for healthcare. That says a lot for her character.

#3: In the last debate, she came up with a fictional story about how she ran into some Black contractor in the South and how he was upset with Mexican Immigrants taking all of his work. Why must she try to pit Latinos against Blacks in an attempt to gain Latino voters? Blacks have never BLAMED Mexicans for our socioeconomic state in America! They are in the same boat that we are. That devisive behavior does not and will not ever benefit minorities in this country.

#4: Why can’t we just support the brotha because he is BLACK!?!? For hunderds of years, we have been alienated from society simply for being Black. Why can’t we just this ONE time come together and support him SIMPLY for being Black. I mean come on! He’s not a sell-out like Larry Elder, Ward Connerly or Clarence Thomas! Can’t we just give the brotha the benefit of the doubt? The country wont be WORSE off with him in office. If he wins, then maybe the next generation of Americans could POSSIBLY not look at EVERY single Black man as a criminal. Do it for the children AT LEAST!

OBAMA IN 08!

I for one…am very APPALUAD AND DISAPPTIONED by what is being said in this forum tonight. WE as black people need to start learning that it is now time to stop waiting for a handout. We can no longer afford to keep blaming the “White Man” and “Hispanics” for our continuing failures in the black community. It is time black people do for themselves! HOW can you say that Hispanics are being racist by not voting for a black man when black people are doing it themselves running out in droves to vote for this man because of his skin color?, half of you do not even know what issues he’s even running for. We know almost “nothing” about the issues his stands for except for the slogan of change….CHANGE TO WHAT! I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW…please give me an outline, a diagram or something, because I would like to know what I am going to be making a decision based upon.

What is he going to do about health care?? so far from what I’ve heard his plan for that is highly flawed because it leaves 15 million Americans w/o healthcare coverage, what is he going to do about student loans for new college graduates…the average college student leaves school with over $20,000 worth of student loan debt. With a recession looming and job growth getting slower, how am I going to be able to pay that back? What about all the young black men and women who are being locked up in prisons everyday at higher numbers. These are questions I need answers to, and have so far not gotten answers from Senator Barrack Obama? Yes I want to believe in HOPE, CHANGE AND A PROMISELAND, however I don’t need a Sunday Church Sermon, I need facts, an itinerary, and a plan of what you are going to be doing if you get in the white house. Please BLACK PEOPLE, I urge you to vote based off of the ISSUES and not RACE alone…we cannot afford to wait and hope that OBAMA gives us hand outs if he makes it to the white house in 2009, cause believe me he is going to owe a lot of white people for getting him there also!

OBAMA 08

PEOPLE WAKE UP! DO YOU NOT GET IT ? ARE WE GOING TO LET TH EBUSH AND CLINTON FAMILIES CONTROL OUR COUNTRY FOREVER? ISJEB GONNA RUN FOR PRESIDENT NEXT..THEN WILL THEY PASS THE TORCH TO CHELSEA…THEN BACK TO JENNA BUSH ? I MEAN CANT YOU SEE WHAT IS GOING ON? THEY ARENT THE ROYAL FAMILIES…IS THIS A DYNASTY? TIME FOR CHANGING OF THE GUARD. NO MORE CONTROL…HILLARY LOOKS GOOD BECAUSE THE CLINTONS TRY TO BE THE “LESSER OF TWO EVILS” AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE THE LESSER !!!

NO MORE CLINTON AND BUSH RULE! IT HAS TO STOP HERE! HILLARY IS A PUPPET WITH HER OWN AGENDAS CONSTANTLY PLAYING THE RACE CARD..YET SHE IS RIDING ON BILLS COATTAIL! AND BILL CLINTON WASNT EVEN EXPOSED FOR SOME OF WHAT HE DIDNT OR DIDNT DO ( TAKE RWANDA AS AN EXAMPLE)

THESE FAMILIES NEED TO SIT DOWN …ITS TIME FOR NEW CONTROL! AND NOT A BUSH OR A F’ING CLINTON!

PEOPLE KEEP SAYING ITS ABOUT ISSUES…..POLITICIANS SWITCH IT UP WHEN THEY GET IN OFFICE AND HILARY HAS SWITCHED IT UP MANY TIMES WHEN THE MONEYS RIGHT! SHE IS TELLING YOU WHAT SHE WANT US TO HEAR ..JUST LIKE BUSH SR, JUST LIKE HER HUBBY, JUST LIKE BUSH JR, JUST LIKE—OH ARE WE GONNA VOTE ANOTHER CLINTON? DO WE NOT SEE A PATTERN! WAKE UP PEOPLE!

THESE PEOPLE ARE SUPERDELEGATES AND CAN AFFECT THE TURNOUT…MAKE THEM VOTE OBAMA! THERE ASSES WILL BE ON THE LINE IF THEY ENDORSE A CLINTON..ITS SHOWS THEY ARE PART OF THE BUSH/CLINTON PLAN!

Maxine Waters in California (LA) 202) 225-2201
Shelia Jackson Lee Office in Houston,Texas 202-225-3816
Charles Rangel who represents Harlem, NY(202) 225-4365

Obama may have ‘lost’ CA but he gets a percentage of delegates based on the amount of votes he got. He actually won in the SF Bay area where I live! One thing Obama has done well is get people interested in participating who weren’t. Of course with the way the Bush 2nd term has disappointed everyone - even the conservatives- people are definately ready for a change. But it’s up to us to get these politicians to make changes. We need a new Fannie Lou Hamer - several in fact!

I wish the candidates would talk about the upswing of violence against Black women from the gang rape at Dunbar Village housing project in FL to the recent execution of shoppers and employees at the Lane Bryant store in IL. Things are just out of control! I also don’t see how either Clinton’s or Obama’s healthcare plans will really work with the insurance companies still trying to control it. Clinton’s tax credit is only good if you actually have the cash to pay upfront and can wait a year or so to file and get the money back. That won’t work for me. When I left my job and was no longer getting insurance paid by my employer I found out my COBRA payments cost $534/month for just myself! I had excellent insurance that covered everything from OB visits to Chiropractic but $534 + $15 co-payments just would not work. [That's half my rent]! Especially when you factor in the cost of a typical hospital stay [$8000/day]. I had to have surgery and when I saw the itemized bill I nearly fell out my chair even though it was covered. $40 for every pill they gave me [34 pills] - I could have had my mom go to a pharmacy and fill an entire RX for less than that! $700 for the sheets on the bed THAT they wash and REUSE! I mean come on! THIS is why healthcare costs are out of control - and I agree with Michael Moore that insurance companies should not be making a profit from people getting sick and denying coverage. So Obama’s plan for cost-cutting sounds good….but still the system is flawed. Anyway, I’m looking forward to the next round of voting!!!!

Oh…and I’ve been doing some research on Hillary since she started touting her 35 years of experience. She was originally a Republican and supported Barry Goldwater who was opposed to Civil Rights - as really most the white politicians were. [I was really surprised and wonder why no one has brought this up]. The Southern Democrats - some who later switched to the Republican party - fought it tooth and nail. When LBJ was running he didn’t want to press the issue so he’d get their votes. Fanny Lou Hamer went to the 1968 Democratic Nat’l convention and forced the issue in public. That’s how Civil Rights and Voting Rights got passed. It’s really up to us to help things change!!

If the delegate numbers are too close the super delegates would decide the nominee. So I know it’s been posted here by others but it’s time to start making calls and writing letters to your representatives about supporting your choice - whomever that may be. I personally don’t want to feel I’ve been shafted with a Supreme Court type coronation ala Gore and Bush 2000. So make sure you VOTE!!!

Considering Obama only announced his candidacy one year ago his campaign has been nothing short of spectacular!! The Clintons have had 20 years + to build their coalition. I personally weighed many options before choosing a candidate and I’m satisfied with my choice.

@ 96 ANTI-IMPERIALIST

“I’m sorry that’s just defeatist. I also think this form of docility is a major part of the reason why blacks don’t get the respect they deserve in this country. There are coon black shows and there are coon Asian shows. Don’t they have some Asian bisexual chick doing the same on VH1? Has anyone castigated her race as a result? Have you seen that Chappelle-wannabe moron Carlos Mencia on TV? Let me tell you one thing, this racism (as the idealogical social norm) is embedded in these people. They aspire to come here and assimilate, and for some reason suffer from a moral ineptitude to separate the good from the bad. Some other person alluded to a certain indoctrination, and that’s exactly what I meant by divide and conquer. If you decide to hate an excellent human being like Barrack because of a show you saw on TV, then it has nothing to do with anyone but yourself. How can you look at a Harvard Law grad who’s the son of a Harvard PhD, and still think “lazy?” And it’s the fault of blacks? lol.”

I still stand by it. If you want to call it defeatist then that’s YOUR opinion. And I suggest you read my past posts CAREFULLY. Who cares about ONE Asian stereotype when you’re looking at a whole TV station that’s bent on portraying us in a negative light?! And I didn’t make a blanket statement as you’re implying. And I did not say that it’s the fault of blacks. Those are your words. If you cannot see the forest for the trees, or see the broader picture, then perhaps that’s on you, lol. And as for them assimilating our culture, I believe I touched on that one first as well.

And for the record, I AGREE with some of the things you’re saying. If you took the time to COMPREHEND before you post, perhaps you can see that.

@91 LI

Thank you so much for putting into words what I miserably failed to articulate.

It is not racist to acknowledge the differences in the races and cultures. I, for, one did not call any race out of their name, suggest they should go back where they came from,etc.

Furthermore, everybody has the right to state their opinions on race based on THEIR OWN experiences, period. If you disagree, fine.

I agree with Vegas*Vixen, I really liked Mike Gravel’s stance too. I thought he dropped out of the race, or else I would have wrote his name in on my ballot.

amen to 142 & 144

Alright, this is getting rediculous.

I do agree that black people do patronize other people of color too much and support them too much. But, mind you. there are a LOT of racist black people who help to fuel opposition and feelings of mistrust by other ethnic minorities. Black people stay calling folks “chinks” “cooleys” “gook” “wetbacks”, etc. Hell! The responses in this thread alone proves my point. So, can you really blame the hispanics for not being on our side? And, I’m not even going to go into the prejudice between AAs and non-american black ethnic groups. Keep It Real: We are some racist people and hypocrites at times.

You cannot fight racism with racism. If you want other minorities on your side, then set the example by doling out the olive branch. The best way to fight indignation is by taking the higher ground and setting an example for humanity. Not too long ago, there was unity between the asians and blacks; in many different countries, asians and black are romantically linked…yet we harbour disdain for one another here. Same story with latinos.

I think that the same thing that happened between the Bush campaign and the latino voters: misinformation. Bush lied to alot of people about immigration. Since many couldn’t understand the lack of power he had in such matters, they voted for him. But, to sit here and lump all latinos into one boat while ignoring our own hatred is what keeps getting black people caught up.
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OBAMA WON KANSAS YEAI…..!! IM SO SO PROUD OF OBAMA CNN IS SAYIN HES IN THE LEAD … GO OBAMA !!!!! WE WILL HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT I HAVE SO SO MUCH FAITH…. HE HAS ONE SO MUCH HE WON MORE STATES THAN HILIARY ALSO….

@LEANNE
YEAI RIGHT GET OVER YOUR DUMB ASS SELF BLACKS DONT SUPPORT EACH OTHER ENOUGH AND WHITES ARE WAY MORE RACIST SO GET OVER IT.. WE CANNOT WIN IN LIFE IF IGNORANT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE LIKE THIS WAKE UP WE NEED TO BE BEHIND EACH OTHER NOT BRING US DOWN…
BARACK 08 CHECK THE STATUS

@ # 127 Nova

You would have to live here to understand. As a matter of fact just visit and you’ll see what I’m talking about. I was raised in (Berkeley, CA) and that is one of the most culturaly diverse cities in the country. Here all the Blacks, Mexicans, Asians, People from the Middle East get along. But for some reason outside Berkeley and maybe San Francisco they can’t get along. I love everybody and at the end of the day we still second class citizens compared to white people.

“The fact of the matter is that Obama in particular, and this whole democratic campaign in general, has led to and brought forth more division than it has brought people together. In actuality, it is really only highlighting the divisions that were always there.”

I agree with Judah, he’s on point with that, and it’s about time that these issues start coming out now in order to move forward in this country.

@ #42 NOTMORECLINTONS

Thank you!! Thank you,! Thank You!

I loved reading everyone’s comments. Debate is always a good thing as long as it is done in a positive manner. I thought I would put in my two cents.

First, I am a Latina who lives in Southern Cali, 10 minutes from the Mexican border. HOWEVER, I went to Wiley College (The Great Debaters) which is an HBCU in rural Texas. I vorted for Obama because I believe in him. I pray that he becomes President, one reason being so that he can help change the minds of so many ignorant people. My heart broke when the Hispanic community did not overwhelmingly support Obama. My heart broke because I knew that they “fell” for the lies. I educated myself and found that Obama supports the issues that Hispanics face FAR more than Hilary. However, what many must understand is that maybe it is not racism that plagues the members of my ethnicity. Personally, I think it is the sad belief in my culture that Caucasians are the Superior race. We are often directly and indirectly taught that we must be like them. When immigrants come into this nation they picture a white person leading. It’s Sad. However, I believe that Obama has the power to change the minds of so many people. I voted for him on Super Tuesday and I will vote for him again in November when he is the official Democratic Nominee!

I had the chance to see senator Obama yesterday here in new orleans and it was filled to capacity. There were still 500+ people waiting outside that couldn’t get in. All I know is senator Obama is a breath of fresh air! There is No difference between clinton and every other person who has been president except she lacks a member! senator Obama has my vote tomorrow!

@ one love thank you i agree so much…

Did anyone catch the CNN piece today on Asian Americans? They were polling Asian communities from California to Washington State, and some actually said (On Camera!) that they would rather vote for Hilary over Obama because she’s white.

Wow.

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