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  • ‘He’s white, male and gay’: Buttigieg hits obstacles with black voters

    05/15/2019 8:17:45 AM PDT · by C19fan · 48 replies
    Politico ^ | May 15, 2019 | Daniel Strauss and Elena Schneider
    Joe Darby, a prominent pastor in Charleston, S.C., was discussing the Democratic presidential field with fellow clergymen when Pete Buttigieg’s name came up. A fellow pastor quickly interjected. “Isn’t that the dude who kissed his husband on TV?” the person asked skeptically, according to Darby. The exchange highlights a major obstacle for Buttigieg, who’s vaulted into the top tier of Democratic candidates without gaining traction among African Americans, according to recent surveys of national and South Carolina Democrats. But as the mayor of South Bend, Ind., devotes more effort to campaigning for black votes in the South and elsewhere, he...
  • GI who exposed Abu Ghraib feared revenge

    08/10/2006 1:52:10 PM PDT · by TexKat · 48 replies · 1,484+ views
    AP ^ | 8/10/06 | RICHARD PYLE
    NEW YORK - The soldier who triggered the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal by sending incriminating photos to military investigators says he feared deadly retaliation by other GIs and was shocked when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld mentioned his name at a Senate hearing. Within days, Joe Darby was spirited out of Iraq at his own request. But his family was besieged by news media, and close relatives called him a traitor. Ultimately he was forced to move away from his hometown in western Maryland. "I had the choice between what I knew was morally right and my loyalty to other...