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Cysko, I don't want to want to separate you from your opinion that blacks don't have a political thought in their heads beyond "black candidate good", so really, you can keep it. I'm just pointing out that there's no evidence to support your point, and lots of evidence to support mine.
I can't imagine any serious political observer would share your view that a black Republican would instantly and automatically win most of the black votes over a white Democrat.
Or you can ask yourself this: why are there so few black Republicans? In Congress there are only two. Before 2010, there were zero. You'd have to go back to JC Watts, who retired in 2003. And when he was in Congress, he was the only one. Also, the two that are in Congress now were voted in overwhelmingly by white Republicans, not blacks.
You might want to consider the idea that the black community by and large doesn't like the Republican Party, or vote for it. If you need any clues as to why, just read the Republicans in here.
Cysko, I don't want to want to separate you from your opinion that blacks don't have a political thought in their heads beyond "black candidate good", so really, you can keep it. I'm just pointing out that there's no evidence to support your point, and lots of evidence to support mine.
I can't imagine any serious political observer would share your view that a black Republican would instantly and automatically win most of the black votes over a white Democrat.
Or you can ask yourself this: why are there so few black Republicans? In Congress there are only two. Before 2010, there were zero. You'd have to go back to JC Watts, who retired in 2003. And when he was in Congress, he was the only one. Also, the two that are in Congress now were voted in overwhelmingly by white Republicans, not blacks.
You might want to consider the idea that the black community by and large doesn't like the Republican Party, or vote for it. If you need any clues as to why, just read the Republicans in here.
And I answered you because no one knows or cares. President is visable, congress is not. You are giving me old data of who black people voted for in the past and trying to tell me its relevant. You don't know WHY blacks voted for Obama. I have my theory and you have yours. If mine assumes every black votes solely on the basis if race. Yours assumes they only vote solely on loyalty to a single party affiliation. What's the difference? They both assume black voters vote blindly.
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Creationism: "Its my theory! I have no real proof... but I believe it!"
Evolution: "My theory. I have a shit load of evidence"
Apparently we can't pick one... bummer...
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Cysko, I don't want to want to separate you from your opinion that blacks don't have a political thought in their heads beyond "black candidate good", so really, you can keep it. I'm just pointing out that there's no evidence to support your point, and lots of evidence to support mine.
I can't imagine any serious political observer would share your view that a black Republican would instantly and automatically win most of the black votes over a white Democrat.
Or you can ask yourself this: why are there so few black Republicans? In Congress there are only two. Before 2010, there were zero. You'd have to go back to JC Watts, who retired in 2003. And when he was in Congress, he was the only one. Also, the two that are in Congress now were voted in overwhelmingly by white Republicans, not blacks.
You might want to consider the idea that the black community by and large doesn't like the Republican Party, or vote for it. If you need any clues as to why, just read the Republicans in here.
And I answered you because no one knows or cares. President is visable, congress is not. You are giving me old data of who black people voted for in the past and trying to tell me its relevant. You don't know WHY blacks voted for Obama. I have my theory and you have yours. If mine assumes every black votes solely on the basis if race. Yours assumes they only vote solely on loyalty to a single party affiliation. What's the difference? They both assume black voters vote blindly.
And I answered you because no one knows or cares. President is visable, congress is not. You are giving me old data of who black people voted for in the past and trying to tell me its relevant. You don't know WHY blacks voted for Obama. I have my theory and you have yours. If mine assumes every black votes solely on the basis if race. Yours assumes they only vote solely on loyalty to a single party affiliation. What's the difference? They both assume black voters vote blindly.
Um, no. My stance is not that blacks vote solely on the basis of party affiliation, but that they're extremely loyal to the Democratic Party and hostile to the Republican Party. Like any other voting bloc, they have a myriad of issues that they consider.
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And I answered you because no one knows or cares. President is visable, congress is not. You are giving me old data of who black people voted for in the past and trying to tell me its relevant. You don't know WHY blacks voted for Obama. I have my theory and you have yours. If mine assumes every black votes solely on the basis if race. Yours assumes they only vote solely on loyalty to a single party affiliation. What's the difference? They both assume black voters vote blindly.
Um, no. My stance is not that blacks vote solely on the basis of party affiliation, but that they're extremely loyal to the Democratic Party and hostile to the Republican Party. Like any other voting bloc, they have a myriad of issues that they consider.
Um, no. My stance is not that blacks vote solely on the basis of party affiliation, but that they're extremely loyal to the Democratic Party and hostile to the Republican Party. Like any other voting bloc, they have a myriad of issues that they consider.
How you can sit there and blast derbyshire's statistics but glorify your own is hypocritical. Either statistics tell the whole story and derbyshire is right, or they don't and yours mean nothing.
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Now you're really reaching.
My problem with Derbyshire isn't that he posts IQ statistics. Those disparities have been researched, published, and debated for years. Hell, we were talking about The Bell Curve when I was in college. Maybe those numbers were new for some people in here, but they're not for others.
The problem with Derbyshire is that he makes leaps from those studies/statistics that aren't borne out by the studies/statistics themselves, but rest on his personal prejudices. Also that a few of his links don't represent statistical evidence at all, but anecdotal evidence that proves nothing, except that he doesn't like black people much. This is why he's being pilloried by just about everyone on the staff of the magazine he worked for - he's not arguing very well, and using those poor arguments to come to some pretty revolting conclusions.
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Now you're really reaching.
My problem with Derbyshire isn't that he posts IQ statistics. Those disparities have been researched, published, and debated for years. Hell, we were talking about The Bell Curve when I was in college. Maybe those numbers were new for some people in here, but they're not for others.
The problem with Derbyshire is that he makes leaps from those studies/statistics that aren't borne out by the studies/statistics themselves, but rest on his personal prejudices. Also that a few of his links don't represent statistical evidence at all, but anecdotal evidence that proves nothing, except that he doesn't like black people much. This is why he's being pilloried by just about everyone on the staff of the magazine he worked for - he's not arguing very well, and using those poor arguments to come to some pretty revolting conclusions.
Now you're really reaching.
My problem with Derbyshire isn't that he posts IQ statistics. Those disparities have been researched, published, and debated for years. Hell, we were talking about The Bell Curve when I was in college. Maybe those numbers were new for some people in here, but they're not for others.
The problem with Derbyshire is that he makes leaps from those studies/statistics that aren't borne out by the studies/statistics themselves, but rest on his personal prejudices. Also that a few of his links don't represent statistical evidence at all, but anecdotal evidence that proves nothing, except that he doesn't like black people much. This is why he's being pilloried by just about everyone on the staff of the magazine he worked for - he's not arguing very well, and using those poor arguments to come to some pretty revolting conclusions.
All of a sudden his iq data is relevant, eh? All I'm saying is your statistics include elections that get little attention. For instance, I only voted for congress on the base of party affiliation. The black voters that bother to show up may do that as well. There's never been an election where black people had the option to vote for a realistic black president. Ever. To deny that they voted for someone they view as like and for them is ridiculous. Laughable. Put yourself in their shoes. Of course they did. Of course.
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It's a wonderful argument based on nothing concrete and, like I said, you can have it. I just wouldn't expect anyone to be wowed by it. I'm certainly not.
And I don't know what your point about IQ statistics is. I really don't.
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It's a wonderful argument based on nothing concrete and, like I said, you can have it. I just wouldn't expect anyone to be wowed by it. I'm certainly not.
And I don't know what your point about IQ statistics is. I really don't.
It's a wonderful argument based on nothing concrete and, like I said, you can have it. I just wouldn't expect anyone to be wowed by it. I'm certainly not.
And I don't know what your point about IQ statistics is. I really don't.
You don't want to see. My point is you're pointing your finger at your cherry picked statistics and saying 'this is absolute truth' and then pointing at someone else's statistics and saying 'that's a false, damnable lie'. Live in the real world. Statistics arent the whole story and there isn't enough empirical data to support your assertion that blacks would vote for a white democratic presidential candidate over a black republican one. Sorry, there just isn't. Do you think it matters to this arguement who blacks voted for when their only choices were whites?
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Haha. I guess I'll have to start living in the real world, where you get to say that blacks only vote on skin color without any evidence, and then deny that all the available evidence suggests that's not true.
Yes, there aren't many instances of black Republicans versus white Democrats. (Somehow this suggests nothing to you about the popularity of black Republicans, but we'll set that aside.) But there is lots of other evidence about what types of issues are important to black voters, how black voters have voted in the past, etc. And all of it suggests that blacks do not view the Republican Party favorably, nor take their positions on the issues that are important to them.
So, if you'd like to cast all of that aside, plus any knowledge of American politics you might have, and believe that blacks vote only on skin color, like I said, what do you want me to do about it?
I find it an odd position to take, especially when you're defending it the way you have. because all you want to be able to say is that blacks don't care about anything but which color their representative is. That's sort of, you know, belittling, don't you think?
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Haha. I guess I'll have to start living in the real world, where you get to say that blacks only vote on skin color without any evidence, and then deny that all the available evidence suggests that's not true.
Yes, there aren't many instances of black Republicans versus white Democrats. (Somehow this suggests nothing to you about the popularity of black Republicans, but we'll set that aside.) But there is lots of other evidence about what types of issues are important to black voters, how black voters have voted in the past, etc. And all of it suggests that blacks do not view the Republican Party favorably, nor take their positions on the issues that are important to them.
So, if you'd like to cast all of that aside, plus any knowledge of American politics you might have, and believe that blacks vote only on skin color, like I said, what do you want me to do about it?
I find it an odd position to take, especially when you're defending it the way you have. because all you want to be able to say is that blacks don't care about anything but which color their representative is. That's sort of, you know, belittling, don't you think?
Haha. I guess I'll have to start living in the real world, where you get to say that blacks only vote on skin color without any evidence, and then deny that all the available evidence suggests that's not true.
Yes, there aren't many instances of black Republicans versus white Democrats. (Somehow this suggests nothing to you about the popularity of black Republicans, but we'll set that aside.) But there is lots of other evidence about what types of issues are important to black voters, how black voters have voted in the past, etc. And all of it suggests that blacks do not view the Republican Party favorably, nor take their positions on the issues that are important to them.
So, if you'd like to cast all of that aside, plus any knowledge of American politics you might have, and believe that blacks vote only on skin color, like I said, what do you want me to do about it?
I find it an odd position to take, especially when you're defending it the way you have. because all you want to be able to say is that blacks don't care about anything but which color their representative is. That's sort of, you know, belittling, don't you think?
I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous. You say they only vote based in party affiliation without giving anything else any thought. How ,specifically, is that any less demeaning to them?
Don't be a bunker. Re read I initially stated they voted for Obama because he was black. Show me fifty black guys who voted for john mccain. You can't.
Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind... -
Haha. I guess I'll have to start living in the real world, where you get to say that blacks only vote on skin color without any evidence, and then deny that all the available evidence suggests that's not true.
Yes, there aren't many instances of black Republicans versus white Democrats. (Somehow this suggests nothing to you about the popularity of black Republicans, but we'll set that aside.) But there is lots of other evidence about what types of issues are important to black voters, how black voters have voted in the past, etc. And all of it suggests that blacks do not view the Republican Party favorably, nor take their positions on the issues that are important to them.
So, if you'd like to cast all of that aside, plus any knowledge of American politics you might have, and believe that blacks vote only on skin color, like I said, what do you want me to do about it?
I find it an odd position to take, especially when you're defending it the way you have. because all you want to be able to say is that blacks don't care about anything but which color their representative is. That's sort of, you know, belittling, don't you think?
I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous. You say they only vote based in party affiliation without giving anything else any thought. How ,specifically, is that any less demeaning to them?
Don't be a bunker. Re read I initially stated they voted for Obama because he was black. Show me fifty black guys who voted for john mccain. You can't.
I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous. You say they only vote based in party affiliation without giving anything else any thought. How ,specifically, is that any less demeaning to them?
Don't be a bunker. Re read I initially stated they voted for Obama because he was black. Show me fifty black guys who voted for john mccain. You can't.
Except heck is showing you census polling results.
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I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous. You say they only vote based in party affiliation without giving anything else any thought. How ,specifically, is that any less demeaning to them?
Don't be a bunker. Re read I initially stated they voted for Obama because he was black. Show me fifty black guys who voted for john mccain. You can't.
Except heck is showing you census polling results.
Except heck is showing you census polling results.
You guys are manipulating this to read what you want out of it.if you think the blacks didn't vote for barack Obama because he was black you're fucking stupid. I'm not talking about any other election. None at all.
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Haha. I guess I'll have to start living in the real world, where you get to say that blacks only vote on skin color without any evidence, and then deny that all the available evidence suggests that's not true.
Yes, there aren't many instances of black Republicans versus white Democrats. (Somehow this suggests nothing to you about the popularity of black Republicans, but we'll set that aside.) But there is lots of other evidence about what types of issues are important to black voters, how black voters have voted in the past, etc. And all of it suggests that blacks do not view the Republican Party favorably, nor take their positions on the issues that are important to them.
So, if you'd like to cast all of that aside, plus any knowledge of American politics you might have, and believe that blacks vote only on skin color, like I said, what do you want me to do about it?
I find it an odd position to take, especially when you're defending it the way you have. because all you want to be able to say is that blacks don't care about anything but which color their representative is. That's sort of, you know, belittling, don't you think?
I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous. You say they only vote based in party affiliation without giving anything else any thought. How ,specifically, is that any less demeaning to them?
Don't be a bunker. Re read I initially stated they voted for Obama because he was black. Show me fifty black guys who voted for john mccain. You can't.
I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous. You say they only vote based in party affiliation without giving anything else any thought. How ,specifically, is that any less demeaning to them?
Don't be a bunker. Re read I initially stated they voted for Obama because he was black. Show me fifty black guys who voted for john mccain. You can't.
Oh, boy. You're really losing me. Not to mention reality.
First of all, you want to see 50 black guys who voted for John McCain? And you think that can't be shown? This is embarrassing for you.
McCain/Palin won 4% of the black vote. That's miserably low. But 15.9 million blacks voted in 2008. 4% of the black vote in 2008 is ...636,000.
636,000 blacks voted for McCain and Palin in 2008.
...Is that more than 50?
There's nothing more embarrassing that being asked not to be "bunker" - aka stupid - by someone who doesn't know what they're talking about.
Secondly, you're putting words in my mouth, and arguing with shit I didn't say. Go back and read what I've written. I don't deny that Obama's race helps him with black voters. What I'm suggesting, and what the data shows, is that race is hardly the only motivating factor for black voters. And what you're alleging is that all black voters care about is whether the candidate is black, and if he were a Republican they wouldn't care about that and just vote for him anyway because he's black. And if we don't agree, the rest of us are stupid. This is nonsense, unsupportable, and rather offensive.
Maybe you should give up.
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"I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous."
A) Not what I'm saying. I'm saying the most important consideration for black voters is clearly party affiliation, not race.
B If what you're saying above is true, then why do white Democrats get nearly the entire black vote? Did Al Gore fool them into thinking he was black? John Kerry?
C) Could you be losing this argument more?
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"I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous."
A) Not what I'm saying. I'm saying the most important consideration for black voters is clearly party affiliation, not race.
B If what you're saying above is true, then why do white Democrats get nearly the entire black vote? Did Al Gore fool them into thinking he was black? John Kerry?
C) Could you be losing this argument more?
"I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous."
A) Not what I'm saying. I'm saying the most important consideration for black voters is clearly party affiliation, not race.
B If what you're saying above is true, then why do white Democrats get nearly the entire black vote? Did Al Gore fool them into thinking he was black? John Kerry?
C) Could you be losing this argument more?
You can't win or lose an arguement based on opinion. You have no empirical evidence to support your assertion he would have been voted down if he were republican and I have no evidence he would have been elected. What you have is historical evidence that blacks have traditionally voted democrat but that's not what I'm arguing. If you think any black people were going to miss a realistic chance to get one of thier own into the white house regardless of party affiliation, I assert you couldn't be more wrong. If that makes you feel like your opinion is winning so be it.
Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind... -
To the best of my knowledge no black person has ever recieved thier party's nomination for president before. That makes all elections before it simply a horse of a different color, so to speak.
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Heck is an idiot.
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"I'm saying barack Obama got nearly the entire black vote because he was the only visable black candidate. You say its only because he's a democrat. That's ridiculous."
A) Not what I'm saying. I'm saying the most important consideration for black voters is clearly party affiliation, not race.
B If what you're saying above is true, then why do white Democrats get nearly the entire black vote? Did Al Gore fool them into thinking he was black? John Kerry?
C) Could you be losing this argument more?
You can't win or lose an arguement based on opinion. You have no empirical evidence to support your assertion he would have been voted down if he were republican and I have no evidence he would have been elected. What you have is historical evidence that blacks have traditionally voted democrat but that's not what I'm arguing. If you think any black people were going to miss a realistic chance to get one of thier own into the white house regardless of party affiliation, I assert you couldn't be more wrong. If that makes you feel like your opinion is winning so be it.
You can't win or lose an arguement based on opinion. You have no empirical evidence to support your assertion he would have been voted down if he were republican and I have no evidence he would have been elected. What you have is historical evidence that blacks have traditionally voted democrat but that's not what I'm arguing. If you think any black people were going to miss a realistic chance to get one of thier own into the white house regardless of party affiliation, I assert you couldn't be more wrong. If that makes you feel like your opinion is winning so be it.
Cysko, this is getting a little rich. You're stating something that is nothing more than an opinion, without a single shred of evidence to back it up, which you are now saying is a hypothetical, and then actually uttering the words "You have no empirical evidence to support your assertion..."
That's balls. Or something else. You decide.
Of course, this is after you asked/dared me to try and show you that 50 blacks voted for McCain, and I showed you evidence of how 636,000 did. This is after I've shown you how blacks have overwhelmingly voted for a white Democrat before, and in numbers similar - but slightly less - to the overwhelming majority they gave to Obama. This is after I've also shown you that black primary voters actually preferred Hillary Clinton in the early stages of the primary campaign against Obama. This is after I've shown you that not once before have a majority of blacks supported a Republican candidate for Congress. And to this we could also add the fact that there were little to no black support for Herman Cain's presidential campaign, nor Alan Keyes' multiple runs for president in the past. If what you say is true, and that blacks just want a realistic chance to vote for one of their own, they have a funny way of showing it - by never supporting a black Republican candidate for either president or Congress.
Despite not having any historical examples where a black Republican is up against a white Democrat for President, all of this suggests that what you're saying is wildly off the mark. In order to make the case that you're making you'd have to show that at least some black Republicans were supported by the black community. Except you can't name a single instance where this has happened. And I can name a bunch of examples where it hasn't happened.
And now you saying you're not arguing any of this, but that "black people were [not] going to miss a realistic chance to get one of thier own into the white house regardless of party affiliation."
It's a little too much to take.
But I would ask you this: if this is your view, what is it that you think explains why black voters don't vote on financial issues, or social issues, on crime, education, foreign policy, veterans issues, etc., and base their vote solely on whether or not the candidate is black?
What makes them different from white voters?
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This is exactly like a creationism v evolution debate.
And it's easy to see which side is winning
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This is exactly like a creationism v evolution debate.
And it's easy to see which side is winning
This is exactly like a creationism v evolution debate.
And it's easy to see which side is winning
You're a dork, woody. How does hecks weiner taste?
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