In the song Love and Happiness, Al Green moans for love. In I Can't Get Next to You, he moans about it. In South Carolina Democratic voters moaned for Barack Obama.
(This is a good point to stop for a moment. Al Green's so-called moans were really squeals. The South Carolina Democratic voters' moans were really votes. Now that we've cleared that up...)
Obama dominated the South Carolina contest. Many attribute this domination to voter reaction against subtle racist attacks by Bill Clinton, in an attempt to pin Obama as "the black candidate," because the electorate in South Carolina has a large black population.
Obama easily won the black vote and was competitive in the white vote. This information is essential to any article on the South Carolina Democratic contest because people only consider their race when voting. People who voted for "change" overwhelmingly went for Obama. Those desiring "experience" voted for Hillary Clinton. This is a far cry from the days when Lincoln and Douglas used to have four-hour debates that usually consisted of more than one word. Although the media did portray the race as "beard" versus "shaved."
But this brings up the question: What if you're a black person and favor "experience" or you're white and want "change." Just kill yourself now. Or vote for John Edwards.
Black women decided this primary contest for Obama. Apparently, their decision making practices consist of standing in front of a mirror naked and weighing which is more important to them: their skin color or their vagina.
As the election progress, we now more to February 5th, where people in those states will vote for a candidate based on some arbitrary reason created by the media.
A side note: Bill Richardson finished 4th in South Carolina. He received 800 votes. That might not seem like a lot, but it's 800 more votes than you got! Unless you're Mike Gravel, searching the internet for different blogs. Then it's about 600 more votes than you. Welcome sir.
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