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1StrongBlackMan

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11. Being from Ohio, I have long known of ...

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:46 AM

Jul 2016

and wrote on this board that I feared his candidacy. As I wrote, Kasich knows how to tell white folks "Yes" without pissing off Black folks ... and he knows how to tell Black folks "Yes" without pissing off white folks. And he knows how to tell both groups "No" without being cast as the devil.

That is a rare political quality.

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Armed Black Protesters Cause Cleveland Police To Call For “Temporary Suspension of Second Amendment” [View all] Stellar Jul 2016 OP

chicken-hearted Kasich... chillfactor Jul 2016 #1

I don't care for Kasich, but there isn't a damned thing he can do. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #4

Amen JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #6

I hope he says JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #8

Who didn't see this coming ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #2

Except - I think John Kasich is basically fair JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #5

Being from Ohio, I have long known of ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #11

Yep JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #15

Since I have a Sister that lives less than 5 miles from the convention center ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #16

I don't want people hurt JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #17

Ronald Reagan signed a gun control law in CA because the Black Panthers started carrying tblue37 Jul 2016 #9

1SBM, perhaps black protesters will be the ones who finally tblue37 Jul 2016 #14

Strange if this had been white tea baggers the NRA would be all over it awake Jul 2016 #3

See my post #9 above. nt tblue37 Jul 2016 #10

We have a long and (dis)honorable history of disarming Black folks ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #12

Yep. I was wondering why the police took so long to request this. underpants Jul 2016 #7

In a nutshell HassleCat Jul 2016 #13

Several thoughts here ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #18

Problem is HassleCat Jul 2016 #19

No a specific threat is NOT required ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #20

Why TSA can search you without a warrant HassleCat Jul 2016 #21

Your first statement is true, the second is not ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #22

So many years and so much blood shed in this country... Basement Beat Jul 2016 #23

I got blasted in GD for saying as much Ellen Forradalom Jul 2016 #24