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Black Voters’ Support for Obama Is Steady and Strong
New York Times ^
| October 26, 2011
| Helene Cooper
Posted on 10/27/2011 3:47:33 AM PDT by NCjim
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Abdul Malik seems the prototype of a disenchanted Barack Obama voter.
Mr. Malik, 48, lost his job as a grading and landscape worker a year and a half ago, another victim of the housing bust. Since then, he has been searching for something, anything, to help make ends meet.
Yet, Mr. Malik, who is black, says he has every intention of again voting for President Obama next year. So does Bobby Hart, 46, a former construction worker here. And Dorothy Artis of Greensboro, N.C., who is looking for a job to help support her grandchildren while her daughter is deployed in Kuwait. And Larry Bennett, who worked for 27 years at Cooper Industries before he lost his job when his division moved out of state.
“I don’t blame Obama,” said Mr. Malik, who had never voted before 2008. “I don’t blame him at all.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: voteyourrace
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posted on
10/27/2011 3:47:33 AM PDT
by
NCjim
To: NCjim
A irresistible force (truth) meets an immovable object (racial pride) ...
2
posted on
10/27/2011 3:50:55 AM PDT
by
Ken522
To: NCjim
3
posted on
10/27/2011 3:51:52 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
To: NCjim
So the racists will vote for the racist because of race.
Shocking.
4
posted on
10/27/2011 3:52:08 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: NCjim
To: NCjim
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posted on
10/27/2011 3:54:06 AM PDT
by
GlockThe Vote
(The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
To: GlockThe Vote
I meant FnG morons. My phone is wierd lately. -
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posted on
10/27/2011 3:55:58 AM PDT
by
GlockThe Vote
(The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
To: All
Of course if Hillary were instead running and Cain was our nominee (which I pray happens) they will vote for the Dem.
It’s just plain ignorance.
8
posted on
10/27/2011 4:00:20 AM PDT
by
FUBO
(and EFF EWE Al Gore)
To: NCjim
It’s not all race.
Do you think they will be voting for Herman Cain?
Oh, I forgot, he’s just an oreo!
9
posted on
10/27/2011 4:01:50 AM PDT
by
vanilla swirl
(We are the Patrick Henry we have been waiting for!)
To: NCjim
” and 2008 was the first time nationally that the black share of the electorate was slightly more than the black share of the voting-age population.”
Huh?
10
posted on
10/27/2011 4:01:58 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: NCjim
Many people make decisions with no exercise of thought processes at all, they simply react to basic emotions.
11
posted on
10/27/2011 4:03:24 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: NCjim
Blacks will turn out in big numbers for Obama, regardless of current polling data. Racial identity will win the day every time. Look for another 92+% level of support..they will never let Homeboy down.
12
posted on
10/27/2011 4:05:43 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Hurrah me boys, for FREEDOM! `Tis the risin` o` the moon!)
To: Beagle8U
"and 2008 was the first time nationally that the black share of the electorate was slightly more than the black share of the voting-age population." "Huh?"
NY Times writer Helene Cooper.
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:09:33 AM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: NCjim
Yet, Mr. Malik, who is black, says he has every intention of again voting for President Obama next year.
Is this one of the LSM whores (NYT) that denied Herman Cain's assertion that blacks have been brain-washed?
I'm just wondering...
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:09:59 AM PDT
by
Peet
(Cogito ergo dubito.)
Black Voters’ Support for Obama Is Steady and Strong
A vote based purely on skin color. Who knew ? LOL !
In other "news", hundreds of thousands of lemmings head off a cliff en masse.
15
posted on
10/27/2011 4:13:18 AM PDT
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: Sooth2222
OK, makes perfect sense now, like lug-nuts on a birthday cake.
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:15:33 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: Beagle8U
I’ll always remember the 87 year old black lady who when interviewed after last election said this was the first time she felt she should vote and she voted for nobama. Racist.
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:18:04 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: NCjim
“Black Voters’ Support for Obama Is Steady and Strong”
So is their racism.
LLS
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:20:27 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
To: NCjim
I wouldn’t count on it.
Obviously they’ll vote for Bammy in greater numbers than they’ll ever vote republican but I don’t expect them to vote with the enthusiasm they had in 08.
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:23:51 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: Beagle8U
It is an awkward way of saying a higher percentage of blacks turned out when compared to the rest of the voting population.
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posted on
10/27/2011 4:24:17 AM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
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