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Old 11-14-2013, 05:17 PM   #1031 (permalink)
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I've never been happier for a homophobic liar to win anything just cause its outrageous and funny. Good look into the voting rationale of alotta ppl too
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Old 11-14-2013, 05:35 PM   #1032 (permalink)
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Not necessarily, the whole all it takes to win an election in a black majority is to be black or not white.

In this case specifically, the guy that he was running against was black. So it was "two" black people running for the same position not just a "oh he's black let's vote for him".

The aggression of his marketing campaign and the deception that he went through to make it seem like he was a friendly candidate to vote for is the big issue here. It's actually the main reason he won. I do agree that most voters are slow and just end up voting based off of ad campaigns.
So you think that if he ran his marketing campaign the same exact way, except substituted the pictures of black folks with pictures of white folks, he would have still won? (in other words, if he led voters to believe he was indeed white)

If you answer no to that question, then you agree that skin color is the primary factor in their votes.
If you answer yes, then you submit that the allusion is a non-issue since no one was swayed on the basis of skin color.
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Old 11-14-2013, 05:38 PM   #1033 (permalink)
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Scientists Theorize Sun Could Support Fire-Based Life | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
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Old 11-14-2013, 05:40 PM   #1034 (permalink)
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No. That's a pretty standard way of writing a headline, at least over here.
It seems odd to me. Like as though it's still happening.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan...7590b=facebook
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Old 11-14-2013, 05:40 PM   #1035 (permalink)
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Why post satire news stories in this thread?
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Old 11-14-2013, 06:15 PM   #1036 (permalink)
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Why post satire news stories in this thread?
I was thinking the same thing.
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Old 11-14-2013, 06:18 PM   #1037 (permalink)
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I dunno, why not? It's funny, and I liked that one in particular.
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Old 11-14-2013, 06:19 PM   #1038 (permalink)
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So you think that if he ran his marketing campaign the same exact way, except substituted the pictures of black folks with pictures of white folks, he would have still won? (in other words, if he led voters to believe he was indeed white)

If you answer no to that question, then you agree that skin color is the primary factor in their votes.
If you answer yes, then you submit that the allusion is a non-issue since no one was swayed on the basis of skin color.
My point is that with his campaign there were "two" black candidates. So why did more people vote for him and not the other candidate? It was based off of how great of a marketing campaign he had.
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I dunno, why not? It's funny.
It's just so...typical. I think the point of the thread initially is to find real news stories that are so unbelievable that it's almost hard to believe. The Onion is hard to believe because it's not true. Not saying your post wasn't funny, just...y'know, it's fake.
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Old 11-14-2013, 06:24 PM   #1040 (permalink)
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All the news stories I know about are concerned with space and junk.

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