You're right good luck. Democrats and now republicans will tell you to your face racial descrimination is fine against white people.
The question is: which republican is against affirmative action?
I am not white. (1/2 NA, 1/4 black, 1/4 Irish)You're right good luck. Democrats and now republicans will tell you to your face racial descrimination is fine against white people.
The question is: which republican is against affirmative action?
I am not white. (1/2 NA, 1/4 black, 1/4 Irish)
Hence the "nigger" comment from the esteemed Mr. Crumpy.
But I am of the very firm belief that racial discrimination is harmful even when aimed at a majority. I also believe racial discrimination includes giving a particular race preferential treatment, even when that race has been traditionally oppressed.
All racial discrimination is wrong. The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wanted a color blind society, not one that tries to make up for past racism by continued racism.
I am not white. (1/2 NA, 1/4 black, 1/4 Irish)
Hence the "nigger" comment from the esteemed Mr. Crumpy.
But I am of the very firm belief that racial discrimination is harmful even when aimed at a majority. I also believe racial discrimination includes giving a particular race preferential treatment, even when that race has been traditionally oppressed.
All racial discrimination is wrong. The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wanted a color blind society, not one that tries to make up for past racism by continued racism.
What I meant by color blind is what Dr. King meant by color blind. Not that we cannot see the color of skin, but that it makes no difference. ..."not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." That is the dream voiced by Dr. King, but shared by millions of all races.I don't know that we can ever get to 'color blind' society, unless we lose our eyesight. We can however recognize that race has zero to do with the worth of a man.
I remember taking my then 15 month old to Loyola for orthopedic reasons. We were in the waiting room for the doc and sitting next to an older black woman. She was making faces and speaking babytalk to my daughter, who put her arms out to be held. The woman responded and my daughter was sitting in her lap. The 'baby' kept running her fingers over the woman's arm, then looking at her fingers. The lady laughed after about 3 minutes of this, picked my daughter up by the underarms and said, "Baby, it's not going to rub off." I was so disconcerted, the woman had been so kind. I said hesitatingly, "I'm sorry, I don't feel..." The lady cut me off, "Children notice everything, it's how we talk to them that matters."
I don't know that we can ever get to 'color blind' society, unless we lose our eyesight. We can however recognize that race has zero to do with the worth of a man.
I remember taking my then 15 month old to Loyola for orthopedic reasons. We were in the waiting room for the doc and sitting next to an older black woman. She was making faces and speaking babytalk to my daughter, who put her arms out to be held. The woman responded and my daughter was sitting in her lap. The 'baby' kept running her fingers over the woman's arm, then looking at her fingers. The lady laughed after about 3 minutes of this, picked my daughter up by the underarms and said, "Baby, it's not going to rub off." I was so disconcerted, the woman had been so kind. I said hesitatingly, "I'm sorry, I don't feel..." The lady cut me off, "Children notice everything, it's how we talk to them that matters."
You were saying....The delegates are democrats.
They will not vote in Hil over the people it would be party suicide.
IOW, the people's choice is important, but more important is who THEY think can win...Most of the more than 100 undecided superdelegates who discussed their decision-making with The Associated Press in the past two weeks agreed that the primaries and caucuses do matter -- whether it's who has the most national delegates or the candidate who won their state or congressional district. But few said the primaries will be the biggest factor in their decision.
Hence my question how democrats who are so critical of Clinton now will react if she pulls a rabbit. (Which would not surprise me in the slightest. She is as underhanded and devious as they come.) Will dems stand by their criticisms, or will they backpedal into excuses?"I think it's really important that we keep our eye on the prize, and the prize is the win in November," said Gail Rasmussen, an undecided superdelegate from Oregon.
That's good news for Clinton, who cannot catch Obama in delegates won in the few remaining primaries and caucuses.
So about a third ADMIT they are willing to ignore the primaries and/or caucuses if they think a different candidate has the best chance of winning in November.AP reporters across the nation contacted the undecideds and asked them how they plan to choose. Of those, 117 agreed to discuss the decision-making process.
--About a third said the most important factor will be the candidate who, they believe, has the best chance of beating Republican John McCain in the general election.
--One in 10 said the biggest factor will be the candidate with the most pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses.
--One in 10 said what matters most is who won their state or congressional district in the primary or caucus.
If she somehow scheissters a win out of this, it will be 1968 all over again. A meltdown of large proportion. It will insure a McCain victory.Perhaps you are right. But after participating in 10 presidential elections and being old enough to be cognizant of another two; after watching the campaign process degenerate into a free-for-all mud slinging contest; after watching both parties (plus certain individuals) take on a mantle of "win-at-all-costs", nothing will surprise me.
Especially when it comes to Clinton, who is, IMO, the biggest "win-at-all-costs" politician I have ever observed.
If she somehow scheissters a win out of this, it will be 1968 all over again. A meltdown of large proportion. It will insure a McCain victory.