Politics "Black Lives Matter" - A New Political Party?

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  1. ABM

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    I think this is a great idea. Probably the most effective way to get the attention of the white power brokers.
     
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    It's also a great way to split progressive voters and allow to conservative bloc to retain their power.
     
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    donkiez Well-Known Member

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    Black people have effectively picked the last two candidates the DNC has put forth. Hillary and Biden both got their win from gaining a insurmountable lead in the southern states on super tuesday. If black people didn't like those two candidates they could have pushed through someone else, I feel like there were candidates both times who would have represented their interests better but we got who we got. Splitting votes into another party is not a winning idea, especially when your demographic is only about 14% of the total population.
     
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    Yes, but now we would have (likely) three major parties instead of two (I don’t consider the Independent Party....which I belong to...to be a serious contender into the foreseeable future). If there was a concerted movement to start a “black” party, with credible leadership, I strongly believe they’d become a fairly major threat in a short period of time. If they Successfully appeal to other minorities to join them, the current white power structure is screwed. Plain and simple. But it’s going to take organization and a lot of hard work. I hope they get going.
     
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    No.s 1 through one Million are we need to defeat Trump
     
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    LOL...this is a wet dream for the R's
     
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    I am not sure that is the way to go, but the political system here in the U.S. does need a major change. The tyranny of the two party system controlling America now is destroying it from within.
     
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    Republicans will be in office till the end of time if this happens
     
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    If democrats don't want to see a BLM political party I suggest they focus on the concerns and needs of black Americans.
     
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    Very true
     
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    They won't
     
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    And republicans will?
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Never said they would.
     
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    But, really I think the Democratic party has taken for granted the black vote. They need to get some shit done for African Americans if Biden wins in November.

    The Dem lead house needs to too even if a republican senate vetoes their bills. They need to show they are serious and care.
     
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    No you didn't
     
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    Hence, BLM...I suppose.
     
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    Is having a token black woman as the VP nominee sufficient?
     
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    It's more than that, Due to his current level of mental capacity, said VP had better be prepared to lead this country on Day-2. Strangely reminds me of Designated Survivor.
     

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