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Originally Posted by Tex (Post 305095)

We are talking about confusingly loyal constituencies, right?

So Obama got elected. So what? If Mitt Romney had gotten the nomination and won the election, would that change the nutty anti-Mormonism among thousands of evangelicals?

Blacks are the Great Abused Constituency of America. They are cringingly loyal to a party whose philosophies and policies have helped destroy the black family and kept thousands of blacks in poverty. They vote in higher percentages for a single party than any other demographic of any reasonable size, save that of party affiliation. Punching the card of some elitist liberal--though he happens to also be black--doesn't change all that.

And if blacks really are voting in droves for Obama (and the Dems) on that basis alone, then that's just good ol' fashioned race-based politics. Not something to be proud of, either.

On this note, a few years later: Maxine Waters is now apparently tired of being taken for granted. Speaking to a Detroit audience she hilariously says:

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"We don't put pressure on the president," Waters told the audience at Wayne County Community College. "Let me tell you why. We don't put pressure on the president because ya'll love the president. You love the president. You're very proud to have a black man -- first time in the history of the United States of America. If we go after the president too hard, you're going after us."

... and further ...

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"We don't know what the strategy is. We don't know why on this trip that he's in the United States now, he's not in any black community. We don't know that."

You reap what you sow, Maxine.

http://campaign2012.washingtonexamin...-excuses-obama

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Originally Posted by Tex (Post 314315)

On this note, a few years later: Maxine Waters is now apparently tired of being taken for granted. Speaking to a Detroit audience she hilariously says:

... and further ...

You reap what you sow, Maxine.

http://campaign2012.washingtonexamin...-excuses-obama

So you are to the point now where you hate Obama so much you are literally documenting statements made by Democrats that aren't "nice" and looking for dirt in Maxine Waters' quotes?

You're less relevant than you have ever been. It's a shame.

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Originally Posted by Tex (Post 314315)

You reap what you sow, Maxine.

I didn't see this before I posted originally, but James Taranto adopts this same line of thought in today's online WSJ:

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In truth, it's quite obvious why Obama is "not in any black community": He takes the black vote for granted. Upward of 85% of blacks have voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every presidential election of the past half-century. We're on record as predicting that will change eventually, but with the first black president seeking re-election, 2012 is certain not to be the year it happens.

As long as Republicans are unable to compete for the black vote, Democrats have no need to do so--except in primary elections, in which blacks make up a disproportionate share of the Democratic electorate. Almost everyone, including your humble columnist, has assumed that Obama, despite his growing adversity, is immune from a primary challenge because that would risk a rupture between the Democratic Party's two main constituencies (to both of which Obama belongs): the "progressive" elite and blacks. If black politicians are openly expressing disaffection with Obama, however, perhaps that analysis has been overtaken by events.

The assumption has long been that if there were a primary challenge to Obama, it would come from a prog like Sen. Bernie Sanders or ex-Sen. Russ Feingold (although Sanders is technically not a Democrat). What if instead (or in addition) a member of the CBC were to mount a challenge?

It probably won't happen, even if it is no longer out of the question. But here is what will happen: Obama's supporters will step up the accusations that his non-Democratic detractors are racist. The myth of widespread racism is the glue that binds blacks and progs, via the former's fears and the latter's moral vanity.

Moral vanity indeed.

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Originally Posted by Tex (Post 314328)

I didn't see this before I posted originally, but James Taranto adopts this same line of thought in today's online WSJ:

Moral vanity indeed.

"We're on record predicting that will change eventually?????"

Bold predictions from the WSJ.

The WSJ editorial page will post something intelligent. Eventually.

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Originally Posted by Cali Coug (Post 314340)

"We're on record predicting that will change eventually?????"

Bold predictions from the WSJ.

Heh. Guaranteed you didn't click the link.

And speaking of bold predictions ...

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Originally Posted by Cali Coug (Post 314319)

I'm pretty sure Obama won't win 49 states ...

Bold.

New poll out today on this topic. The question is if Romney's religion makes you more or less likely to vote for him:

Republicans answering "less likely": 12%
Democrats answering "less likely": 18%