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To: Katelew who wrote (61813)	4/25/2008 4:39:52 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541851

Well, Kate seems to me it depends on how much you load into the term "racist." If you think the term covers an unwillingness to vote for a candidate for president because she or he is black, then it's racist. Novak brought up the Bradley effect in one of his recent columns, the notion that poll respondents would not show such unwillingness but would vote it. This is not an argument that anyone voting for Clinton is a racist; just that some folk who don't vote for Obama are and it does not show up in the polls. As for African Americans being unwilling to support Clinton should she win the nomination, my own take is that it all depends on how it would occur. If there is widespread perception that it's unfair (and right now I can see no other way), then lots of Obama supporters are going to disappear. It would be the same if Clinton were leading in the one item that counts, delegates, and the supers picked Obama on some sort of nefarious reasoning.

To: Katelew who wrote (61813)	4/25/2008 4:40:54 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541851

"it's a racist statement that implies AAs aren't mature enough or smart enough to understand what went on and handle their disappointment" The rioting thing I would agree is racist but imo as to handling disappointment well, to be a successful minority group in the United States you cannot accept disappointment, period. Coming in second gets you nowhere. I would like to see a "my way or the highway" attitude from the black community as it would signify to me that they "get it."