I've forgotten the name right now but there's a very interesting piece about how tv drama represents so many women and nonwhites in roles like judges, DAs and - oh yeah - politicians.
On Feb 7, 2008 1:43 AM, Charles Brown <charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us> wrote:
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> >>> shag
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> i'd love someone to argue with me about the inevitability of an
> obama-clinton or clinton-obama ticket.
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> ^^^^^
> CB: I'll play devil's advocate a little. Maybe Clinton is too
> pragmatic to pick Obama , knowing that it would be a sure loser ticket.
> So, she'll pick Edwards. But then she will lose the Black vote, and
> lose.
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> I think , as you say, the Dems are toast.
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> Paradoxically, all here who are lamenting the "euphoria" and " mania"
> of the Obama phenomena are participating in that mania in a way, because
> they are accepting the idea that Obama can win in racist America. That's
> somewhat euphoric/manic itself. Don't worry all who don't like Obama's
> corporate liberal positions, he can't win. He's Black.
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> Failure to note this is failure to acknowledge the key role of racism
> in America and American politics. It's progressive or left "colorblind"
> politics. On this thread Julio's last posts are a notable exception to
> colorblind politics or punditry.
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