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  •  Huh? (none / 0)

    It seems like all the party's been doing for the last ten years is emphatically targeting white males.

    Read James Loewen's "Sundown Towns"!

    by ChicagoDem on Sun Sep 26, 2004 at 03:07:50 PM PDT

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    •  That May Be True.. (none / 0)

      ..But after a lot of elections, you'll hear various people say, "African Americans didn't turn out!" or "Where were the women voters?"

      They always get the blame.

      The road to hell is paved with Good Intentions.

      by JenAtlanta on Sun Sep 26, 2004 at 03:13:01 PM PDT

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      •  Who cares? (none / 0)

        Seriously, that's life.  People try to lay the blame.  It seems like a natural reaction, whether or not it's fair.  Don't take it so seriously when people say stuff like that.  

        Don't like XOM and OPEC? What have YOU done to reduce your oil consumption? Hot air does NOT constitute a renewable resource!

        by Asak on Sun Sep 26, 2004 at 03:44:58 PM PDT

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      •  Ok... (none / 0)

        And I totally agree that's unfair.  I just don't see where focusing on white men more changes that.  In fact I think the reason Dem strategists that want to project blame onto voters for their failings almost always choose minorities and women is that they consider their votes already accounted for.  Try and imagine a Dem leader taking ALL white men to task for low Democratic voting turnout-- it seems absurd.

        Read James Loewen's "Sundown Towns"!

        by ChicagoDem on Sun Sep 26, 2004 at 06:52:56 PM PDT

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