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History of Feminism

redqueen

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7. Pathetic.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:53 AM

Jun 2014

He sure went to a lot of trouble to try to take the focus off those poor, pitiful white male republican voters.

The key point is that voting against Obama wasn’t just a white-guy thing. A whole range of racial, cultural, and economic factors contribute to the dislike of the President among various chunks of the white population

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Interesting New Yorker article re: why white women voted for Romney... [View all] YoungDemCA Jun 2014 OP

DU Rec. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #1

because just as many White women are racist too.. VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #2

Just one word Faux pas Jun 2014 #3

This old, white, single, non-believer, pro-choice, non-rich female voted for Obama - twice. Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #4

stupid is as stupid does VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #5

To be fair, Obama didn't lose by overwhelming margins among white women.... YoungDemCA Jun 2014 #6

Pathetic. redqueen Jun 2014 #7

I have mixed feelings about the article, actually YoungDemCA Jun 2014 #8

Oh yeah, the topic *could* be an interesting one. redqueen Jun 2014 #10

I'm probably going to create a kerfuffle JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #13

. PeaceNikki Jun 2014 #9

... redqueen Jun 2014 #11

That about sums it up JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #12