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Why was Carol Moseley Braun's candidacy not "historic" ?
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| 6/7/2008
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Posted on 06/07/2008 2:16:49 PM PDT by libh8er
Carol Mosley Braun ran for the Democrat nomination and lost. Hillary Rodham Clinton ran for the Democrat nomination and lost. So what's the difference ? Leave aside the fact that she got a few less votes than Hillary because she didn't have her last name.. but even then, why is CMB's candidacy never talked about as "historic" ? If anything, her's should have been even more so in the liberal world view given she was black AND a woman trying to accomplish in one throw what neither Hussein nor Hillary could individually. So why this hoopla about Hillary's historic candidacy ? What has she done that Carol Moseley Braun hasn't ? Of course I only ask rhetorically..
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:16:50 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: libh8er
She was a joke in the worst way. She wasn't articulate like the Messiah, she was not the “Magic Negro” because she didn't embody the anti-black male character that is required. She was a disaster, and the Dems dumped her for some nobody.
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:19:46 PM PDT
by
PatrickF4
(Never trust anyone over 60.)
To: libh8er
She was a joke in the worst way. She wasn't articulate like the Messiah, she was not the “Magic Negro” because she didn't embody the anti-black male character that is required. She was a disaster, and the Dems dumped her for some nobody.
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:19:53 PM PDT
by
PatrickF4
(Never trust anyone over 60.)
To: libh8er
Maybe because Braun didn’t have a chance and Hill did?
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:20:15 PM PDT
by
Jean S
To: libh8er
Because Mostly-Fraud won no primaries and won no delegates, that’s why.
To: libh8er
Well, Obama tried to make it historic. This was one of the community organizing jobs he did - working to get voters registered and to vote for her.
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:22:21 PM PDT
by
JavaJumpy
(Let's have a whinefest, shall we? Mark Levin)
To: libh8er
Because she never got within striking distance.
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:24:52 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
To: libh8er
Here's your answer:
To: libh8er
So why this hoopla about Hillary's historic candidacy ? What has she done that Carol Moseley Braun hasn't ? Of course I only ask rhetorically.. The hoopla rightly belongs to Shirley Chisholm.
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:29:52 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)
To: PatrickF4
That’s exactly it. She was “too black,” and obviously too black to get elected to a national office.
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:32:25 PM PDT
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of News)
To: HAL9000
The hoopla rightly belongs to Shirley Chisholm. I am impressed that someone else remembers Shirley Chisholm's run for the presidency in 1976. Most democrats don't even remember her.
-Traveler
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:34:34 PM PDT
by
Traveler59
(Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
To: libh8er
Why was Carol Moseley Braun's candidacy not "historic" ?
Nobody remembers.
To: Charles Henrickson
To: Traveler59; HAL9000; libh8er
I am impressed that someone else remembers Shirley Chisholm's run for the presidency in 1976. Most democrats don't even remember her. Jackasses are known for stubbornness not their memory skills. Elephants on ths other hand are reknowned for their excellent memory. Still Shirley Chisholm ran in 1972 not 1976.
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:45:26 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(1984 was supposed to be a warning not an instruction manual!)
To: libh8er
Because Pat Paulsen did it first.
To: libh8er
but even then, why is CMB's candidacy never talked about as "historic" Because it was a joke.
To: Paleo Conservative
Yes, you're right. I realized that just as I hit "post".
-Traveler
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:54:54 PM PDT
by
Traveler59
(Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
To: Traveler59; Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson
Yes, you're right. I realized that just as I hit "post". -Traveler
One of my pet gripes about Free Republic is that there is no provision for editing a comment after it has been posted. Airliners.net allows members to edit their comments up to 30 minutes after they were originally posted.
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posted on
06/07/2008 2:59:22 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(1984 was supposed to be a warning not an instruction manual!)
To: libh8er
Braun was a walking, talking example of why the 17th Amendment was a horrible idea. Street level thugs should not be Senators.
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posted on
06/07/2008 3:01:06 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(McCain will offer battle to Islam - Obama will offer our heads.)
To: libh8er
Her candidacy wasn’t “historic” for the same reason Pat Paulson’s wasn’t: it was joke, and she didn’t have a prayer of being elected.
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posted on
06/07/2008 3:02:15 PM PDT
by
Redbob
(WWJBD - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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