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Clinton Wins in Poorest & Least Educated of Any State

news.yahoo.com — Yahoo news reports that Clinton won in a state that is "95 percent white, has no urban core and counts among its residents some of the poorest and least educated of any state."

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  • JimOlenbush, on 05/14/2008, -18/+81She can still count on her base!
    • krait, on 05/14/2008, -4/+3But she's telling her base to vote for Obama
      http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Hillary_Clinton_ ...
      • B1663r, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2She is being drafted by the voters. As soon as she quits winning big states with lots of voters, whe will drop out.
    • indigit4l, on 05/14/2008, -6/+20ROFL @ the skew concerning everything Obama. What if Obama had won this state? Hmm?
      • skankyBacon, on 05/14/2008, -1/+13I just voted for Obama, but you are definitely on to something. The fun of being surrounded by like-minded people quickly loses its luster when it turns to zealotry.
        • indigit4l, on 05/15/2008, -2/+4Yeah, I don't mind Obama, and I'll vote for him, but if his administration doesn't go so great, these diggers will have a lot of words to eat
        • aadyss, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1I think a better term would be 'giddy.'
      • locamama, on 05/15/2008, -0/+5Well if Obama won West Virginia it would count.
      • LocDawg, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1also *****.
    • skribble, on 05/14/2008, -5/+17Unfortunately her base can't count.
    • Calcularius, on 05/14/2008, -1/+6MOST of that base votes republican.
    • ancalagon73, on 05/14/2008, -5/+8But all her base are belong to us!
      • JasonMaloney101, on 05/15/2008, -4/+1Why digg this down? Her "base" (voters) are slowly coming to "us" (the populus of Obama-supporting diggers).
        ...in other words, what he did there, I see it.
    • W00DR0W, on 05/14/2008, -2/+6And why is it Hilary's digg shouts are kept secret where as Obama's are public?
      http://digg.com/users/teamhillary
      http://digg.com/users/ObamaforAmerica

      What do you have to to hide Hilary digg community? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO HIDE!!
    • boonesfarm, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1The einsteins in Alabama and Mississippi went for Obama. If she weren't from Arkansas, those idiots would join you in supporting him.
    • LocDawg, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3While her supporters still count on their fingers.
      • publiclurker, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0Except for Clem. You know, after the accident with the vacuum cleaner.
      • stretch611, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1"While her supporters still count on their fingers." ... and any exposed toes.
    • DemsFTW, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2Yes, the only people that can make Obama lose are stupid White people. Sad, but true. There are still White people out there calling him a secret Muslim. On top of that, there are those who dismiss him for being Black. That's even more moronic because he is half White.
    • Beaver1279, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Yes, they are called democrats
  • pitlord, on 05/14/2008, -95/+43This is so disgusting. I've never seen so many narcissistic, arrogant assholes in one place in my life! Half of you can't even spell properly and you have the chutzpah to disparage the residents of West Virginia just because they didn't vote for YOUR candidate?
    -_-
    It is going to be very hard to feel compassion for you when your screams of pain and misery and gurgling through the blood flooding out of your severed neck and you are lying in your own excrement pleading for mercy as MoHammed slowly saws through your wind pipe with a dull machete.
    >.>
    • zephyear, on 05/14/2008, -6/+26"-_-"
      ">.>"

      RAAAAAAAGE
    • SheilaNoya, on 05/14/2008, -8/+29pitlord - Your comment sounds like you love violence. I guess that's why you're a McCain supporter. If he wins, you'll get plenty of violence, only probably not the kind you have envisioned. Instead of being invaded by terrorist armies like you think, it will be Americans rioting in the streets after our nation collapses in finacial ruin like the former Soviet Union.
      • B1663r, on 05/14/2008, -2/+5Yeah, I have counted at least 20 male diggers today who wanted to do physical violence to Hillary because she is uppity and disagrees with their assessment of the situation.

        You must have a husband or father that beats you to want to keep the company of the likes of them. The hits are not love!!!
      • ruddy, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2i like violence...
    • MrMetal, on 05/14/2008, -11/+4That's not what your mom said last night...
    • alliekins619, on 05/14/2008, -0/+16Lol whut?
    • rdldr1, on 05/14/2008, -15/+5Hey *****, Im a minority and college educated. Is pointing that out racist and demeaning?
      • MacEnvy, on 05/14/2008, -3/+7No, but calling people "*****" is certainly demeaning.
    • soccerman90, on 05/14/2008, -5/+3what a douche bag
    • sockpuppets, on 05/14/2008, -7/+4Angry West Virginia cat is angry.
    • taradisiac, on 05/14/2008, -7/+3They didn't vote for him because of his race, ergo they're morons.
    • Monkeywithacold, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6Hey, here at digg we are very open to other peoples opinions...
      just so long as they are no different from mine.
    • kreneskyp, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3when a large percentage of the people are voting against a candidate because of 1) race 2) lies about his religion 3) other lies about his policies then yes i'd call education a factor. critical thinking skills would prevent this from happening. i really wish they had them
    • Kurando, on 05/15/2008, -3/+2Chutzpah? Wtf?
    • bratterscain, on 05/15/2008, -2/+1I was with you until the second paragraph. After that, I was like, wtf?
    • dwray82, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Republican?
    • FcukAllYall, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3LMAO...WTF is this dude on?
  • hawksdomain, on 05/14/2008, -8/+81Great article, buried for misrepresentation by the submitter with the title and description - this is NOT what the story is about.
    • b0wl0fud0n, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1Also, the Yahoo News team didn't write the article, but rather, Associated Press.
    • jamesLankford, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2but it is entirely true
    • sinurgy, on 05/15/2008, -0/+5Man digg is absolutely no better than the MSM it likes to bitch about. It has it's own bunch of cheesy ***** shills with their little agenda that go around being slimy and a huge group of dumb asses that blindly follow.
      I like Obama but digg is really starting to make it difficult.
    • omnisis, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4I agree whole-heartedly. The sad truth is that most of the "educated" ppl on digg think that they are above being mindless bigots but that is exactly how the OP sounded. I don't think the education level for the entire state is that far behind the national average it's just that w.v. doesn't have a bunch of huge metro areas filled with over-educated young ppl to skew the demographic any that way. It's also important to note that most major cities account for the large proportion of homeless and indignant persons in their respective states.

      WV is a beautiful state and a large part of its charm is the fact that it is one of the few states in the lower 48 that isn't bubbling over with strip malls and big box stores (actually some areas like Charleston and Morgantown do have a lot of these but not nearly as many as your typical metro 'burb).

      Posts like this really make me lose faith in our society. All the messages are so cynical and so negative, even (perhaps especially) from the younger generation. There is more to life than elections and criticizing others based on exaggerated stereotypes. I used to think that the "Democratic Party" was all about idealism and believing in the power of every unique voice....sadly, I'm old enough to realize that politics is just politics and people are rude, inherently selfish and more arrogant than ever. If this is the canonical voice of a supporter for the 'Candidate for Change' then let me just say: " I don't like the way things are a changin around here come lately."
      • RickyBennett, on 05/15/2008, -2/+2from some one that lives in WV i find this entire article offensive i will digg you up in WV no one is in a hurry and every thing is a lot more piece full then any where else

        and Obama is nothing but a arab so i hope he dose not win
      • publiclurker, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0You act as though the national average is something to be proud of.
        • omnisis, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2No, I don't actually...All I'm saying is that is more to life than going around and finding reasons to be morally superior. If everyone acted like the OP, there would be no empathy left in this world, which is supposedly a "core value" of the democratic party. I'm not saying that education isn't an issue that ought to be addressed in states with average to below average educational levels, but acting like a jerk and denigrating an entire state because of silly demographic stereotypes is not the way to bring about "real change".

          I went to college in west virginia and enjoyed my time there. I've since moved to a different state, received a graduate degree at a highly respected school and landed an awesome engineering job. All my friends in my undergraduate engineering were smart and talented people, they weren't walking stereotypes like the OP seems to suggest the entire population of w.v. is. It would be wrong of me to suggest that all the minority voters in an inner city area known for high crime were uneducated thugs living off of welfare and it is likewise wrong for the OP to assert that all citizens of w.v. are brainless country bumpkins. I'm sorry you don't see that.
  • V3n0M, on 05/14/2008, -21/+110I guess their votes shouldn't count, because they're not like you, right?
    • Jambi, on 05/14/2008, -17/+41Exactly. People like this drag our country down. They're not too bright, never work and to be honest, they kinda remind me of monkeys. Maybe if we passed some sort of law to keep them from voting...nothing too obvious, maybe a property ownership requirement, or a literacy test? Yeah, a literacy test! I mean, how many of them can even read anyway? And if they come out in the streets to protest, sic the dogs on em...or maybe a fire hose. That way it's not technically assault, and they'll end up smelling less afterwards.
      • ventralnet, on 05/14/2008, -8/+3well retarded political views can even come from educated people. Pretty much every left winger and right winger
        • queenstarsha, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2jambi's "ideas" were 100% right wing, and every one of them really happened at some point in american history.
      • njndirish, on 05/14/2008, -6/+5You are looking for a way to prevent their vote from meaning too much, its called the electoral college.
        • aadyss, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3I thought it was the Democratic "super delegates".
      • DivisibleByZero, on 05/14/2008, -8/+14I've always actually been in favor of a weighted voting system. I mean, let's be honest. Everybody's vote counts, but giving clueless morons an equal say is just turning the country into that Idiocracy movie. We wouldn't want a clueless moron as the president.....

        The only problem is coming up with a fair system to determine whether or not somebody knows what the hell they're talking about. It would be easier to start everybody off with an equal vote, then lower it when they do pre-determined stupid things like having more kids than they can feed or saying "their" instead of "there".
        • Monkeywithacold, on 05/14/2008, -4/+4at the same time taking gigantic steps backwards in human rights and equality!
          • DivisibleByZero, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2It's worth noting that "equality" and "fairness" are not the same thing.

            Also that we already revoke the right to vote of convicted felons.
          • jamesLankford, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1except that all humans are obviously not equal, if they were, we would n't have clinton making statements like obama can't win white voters
        • aadyss, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1i sure are glad im a smart sucker.
        • rdoger6424, on 05/15/2008, -2/+3those people have like 60 IQs, so I figure they should get 3/5ths of a vote
      • identitymatrix, on 05/15/2008, -4/+8Yeah some sort of basic test is really needed.
        We don't let total idiots drive cars, so why let them drive the nation?
        Even something like "name 5 other countries" would filter out so many idiots. I mean, if someone can't name 5 foreign countries, they really shouldn't be voting.
        • jamesLankford, on 05/15/2008, -1/+4you have to pass a test to become a citizen,
          so why not pass a test to be able to vote?
          we'll give people the same test we give immigrants, basic maerican history, economics and geography
      • locamama, on 05/15/2008, -1/+11I dugg this because I assume you were being sarcastic. I hope that's the case.
      • metaliq, on 05/15/2008, -2/+2Sorry. I meant to dig you.
      • Mesmorize, on 05/15/2008, -4/+6It's funny that all the brilliant liberals commenting didn't realize it was a reference to segregation in the South.
        • Kyan, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2I don't why people are digging you down. It is true and I'm surprised I had to read so far down for someone to point it out.
    • SpinningHead, on 05/14/2008, -1/+7I think the issue is more that we have been lacking good candidates and policies because of our lack of focus on poverty and education. Theres also a difference between those who are ignorant because they lack access to information and those who wear ignorance as a badge of honor. Im speaking as one who grew up in the deep south.
      • queenstarsha, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1even the proudly ignorant are really just trying to cover up that they're sad inside that they aren't as smart as they want to be. better education really is the answer here.
        /genuine sentiment of a cliche liberal
    • Spoomeister, on 05/14/2008, -13/+11No, their votes shouldn't count because they're ***** morons.
      Sorry, forgot - I'm not allowed to say that, because every person is equal, every person is special, every person is important, blah blah blah.
      • fluoro, on 05/14/2008, -1/+14So if I ask a professor at MIT or Harvard whether YOUR vote should count, would it be acceptable for them to say "no, Spoomeister's vote shouldn't count because he's a ***** moron. He doesn't even have a PhD in mathematics, why the ***** should his vote count?"
        • MacEnvy, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1That's pretty much what the founding fathers did. They did it by class instead of IQ, but it was just as wrong then as it would be now.
        • SpinningHead, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4You're right. This is a democracy (democratic republic for those hair-splitters). Its The Great Experiment and its not often pretty. However, in this country, when people are languishing in ignorance, we don't put ruling families in charge. We work to make education better and work on poverty so this experiment can work.
        • Spoomeister, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1I'd absolutely be behind that. Don't you want leaders and decision makers to be smarter than you are?
      • Monkeywithacold, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2I think you are a ***** moron, therefor your vote shouldn't count.
        SEE WHAT I DID!
    • queenstarsha, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3well said. this sort of article makes people who don't go to college think democrats don't respect them. you would NEVER find john mccain supporters taking a giant ***** all over mike huckabee supporters, because huckabee supporters in january are mccain supporters in november. similarly, obama will need hillary supporters in november. if authors like these think they're doing obama any favors by ***** on hillary supporters, the authors, not hillary supporters, are the idiots.
    • metric7, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2So what kind of voters is obama getting? The educated skreet hood?
  • LordMalok, on 05/14/2008, -2/+54Interesting story about the race..........that............just.............won't...............ever...................end.
    • sockpuppets, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4race-ist.
    • Barackalypse, on 05/14/2008, -4/+3Let the race continue forever, because let me tell you who loses when its all over: America. It doesn't matter who wins, we all lose. At the end of all of it, they're still politicians and they're going to kiss and make up and continue to vote the same way on the same bills, same as they always have, and the results will continue to be the same, more spending, more abuse of power, and more debt.
      • whitey9, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2I guess the only solution to such a complex problem is Ron Paul. Obviously.
    • Monkeywithacold, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2Unfortunately, the only people in this world that think racism no longer exists are white males.
    • Azselendor, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1The 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries were spondered this year by the nascar 5000.

    • OmniShinzui, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1This is the race that never ends,
      Yes it goes on and on my friend.
      Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
      And they'll continue singing it forever just because.
  • mdcarey, on 05/14/2008, -14/+11Woah, Pitlord has some serious issues - It is interesting, I was watching the updates last night, and Hillary said since like 1912 no candidate has won the office without taking West Virginia. Stats don't win elections do they :)
    • SheilaNoya, on 05/14/2008, -2/+8Hillary also failed to mention that a lot of Democratic candidates have won West Virginia but lost the general election.
    • RebeL5K, on 05/14/2008, -0/+11Maybe she should mention that a black man has never won the Presidency, nor a woman, nor a 72 year old man. And that's going back to the 1700s, way before 1916.
  • ericbramlett, on 05/14/2008, -7/+107The Leno quote is my favorite, "Hillary won a landslide victory in West Virginia. Which means she could be the next president...of West Virginia."
    • eljewster, on 05/15/2008, -3/+2well her husband was a gov. of a hick state before being the pres., maybe she should follow his example
      • Kyan, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Actually, I bet she could do a lot of good there as governor.
  • Bagos1, on 05/14/2008, -12/+5I didn't know she won California?
    • paradexes, on 05/14/2008, -1/+14She did. By a fair amount too. Guess Californians also are less educated also :P I live in CA, and from some of the close mindedness I have seen in the supposedly open minded Bay Area, I am not terribly shocked. I am sure this will get dugg down by those with an immense sense of pride of the Bay Area, but I am calling it as I see it.

      Ignorance is not limited only to the Southern, "redneck" population. Plenty of ignorance anywhere you go in the US these days.
      Common sense is not so common anymore.
      • whaleyboy69, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4Dugg for speaking the truth. I lived in the Bay Area (SF) for about 10 years and abandoned it because of the closed mindedness of the residents of that fine city.
      • troymccluresf, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3Yeah... SF Native here, and yeah. There's a lot of people here who think "open mindedness" means "close mindedness that's a little different from other people's close mindedness." I still love it here but ***** like that makes it easy to realize why so many others think we're loons.
      • MacEnvy, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2Common sense was never common. But only the extraordinarily intelligent and wealthy used to be able to write or get publicity, so it's much more apparent now than it was then.
    • B1663r, on 05/14/2008, -3/+2She has won most of the states where people VOTED. And if you disregard the proportional math trickery that they are using to make their math case, she has an overwhelming majority of the popular vote as well. (the obama supporters are doing weird things with the caucus states and the states population that isn't mathematically sound...)

      Also, if the supers give their votes to the candidate of the voters in the state, rather than the smoky back room deals that are going on, you know, assign them democratically, Hillary is far ahead in Supers.
  • Heysal, on 05/14/2008, -17/+12She won Virginia huh? I didn't realize they were still using Diebolts down there.
    • moolaismyfriend, on 05/14/2008, -9/+8No no no, they use incest.
      • Enkairi, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Your sir are an idiot. Virginia, most certainly is not know for incest.
      • BillySilvers, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0they're talking about WEST Virginia, moron. It's been a state since 1863. Seriously, some people....
    • DivisibleByZero, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8Wow, so many things wrong with your post... wrong Vriginia? Diebolt?

      I love it when people say, "Oh you grew up in West Virginia? I have a friend who lives in Richmond."
      It's even better when I reply, "Wow that's a real coincidence. You're from New Mexico, right? Because I've got a friend who lives in Dallas..." and they look at me like I'M the stupid one.
      • haylel, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4should've gone with cancun.
      • twst1up, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2or how about: "oh, do you live near the beach?"
        I don't live in western virginia...i live in WEST VIRGINIA. 2 different states
        • DivisibleByZero, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Heh, not like western virginia could be near the beach anyhow... they call it the EAST coast for a reason.
      • RedViper1999, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Well a long time ago West Virgina and Virginia were one state. Maybe the people are behind on the times. Or just plain retarded.
    • mdwstmusik, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0You see there was this conflict, maybe you've heard of it, called "the Civil War." (a.k.a. "the War Between the States") At that time, the state of Virginia split into 2 states, Virginia and West Virginia.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia

      ...and they say people from West Virginia are ignorant.
    • Enkairi, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0Um..Clinton did not win in VA, I live in VA.
  • Plantagenet, on 05/14/2008, -13/+2Hillary and Obama should stop the fight and kiss and make up.
    • smartass007, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WAfIh-qDao
    • theapplegod, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0And you will be trashed on Digg for this although it appears the Dems are split. Too bad we can't get a ticket with both of them that everyone can agree on, regardless of who has access to the "red phone."
    • seandaly, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1Eeeew, I don't know why, but I just got a mental youtube video of them making out! So ***** gross!
  • ScienceDoc, on 05/14/2008, -18/+11I wish they would secede again and take the rest of the South with them.
    • Laughsatyou, on 05/14/2008, -1/+6have fun getting all of your food from california.
      • ScienceDoc, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1We all know WV is the bread basket of the US.
        • DuffyDirect, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1WV "and the rest of the south" are what keep you a live in the winter, billy yank
      • seandaly, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1At least some of it will be Organic!
    • mnky9800n, on 05/14/2008, -1/+5What is your problem with the South? Just because West Virginia is statistically poor and uneducated doesn't mean everyone in the South is poor and uneducated, nor West Virginia. Why must you be a bigot?
    • TheSwashbuckler, on 05/14/2008, -2/+20Dude, read up on your history. WV came into existence because they DID NOT WANT TO SECEDE...
    • Thargok, on 05/14/2008, -1/+19You genius, West Virginia became a state because they didn't secede from the Union. Sure you could argue that they seceded from Virginia, but let's not act like you actually made social commentary with any real substance to it.
    • DuffyDirect, on 05/15/2008, -2/+4WV seceded? LOL what an idiot. Pay better attention in 5th grade next time!
    • EmberJGT, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Go back to the wow forums
  • wynja, on 05/14/2008, -5/+7Oh how low have the mighty fallen.
  • papipablo, on 05/14/2008, -18/+83West Virgina elected a KKK member to the US Senate. 'nuff said.
    • badqat, on 05/14/2008, -8/+32Who's a democrat, btw.
    • plimpton777, on 05/14/2008, -22/+9That KKK member was the earliest, most vocal and ballsiest opponent of the Iraq War back in 2003, before your boy Obama was a little spermatozoa in the nutsack of the political establishment; that KKK member was against the slaughtering of 1,000,000 plus innocent brown-skinned Iraqis before it was fashionable.
      • wacomwacoff, on 05/14/2008, -4/+21Well, I'm glad he sees SOME brown-skinned people as humans.
    • Barackalypse, on 05/14/2008, -9/+5The Democrats let Byrd be in the party, enough said.
    • Clouse, on 05/14/2008, -5/+39Byrd was a Klan member from the short period of 1942 - 1943 as a YOUTH. Since then he's washed his hands of his ties with the Klan and apologized many times. That's absurd to hold it against him from over 60 years ago.
      • rock774, on 05/14/2008, -7/+13why not hold it against him ?
        you would if it fit your agenda !
        • MacEnvy, on 05/14/2008, -2/+14I had to Digg you up because if I'm honest with myself, it's true that I would hold it against him if he was a Republican.

          Thanks a lot for making me examine my own motivations, you jerk!
      • Rally603, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1It's really not all that absurd.
      • Barackalypse, on 05/15/2008, -3/+6You call 24 a youth? Byrd was born in 1917. At age 28 he wrote "Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds". Sorry, but you can't spin his KKK thing as a youthful indiscretion, his words give those actions all the context you need to judge the man. Even years later his advice to kids wanting to enter politics was not to join the KKK, but he didn't say that because they were vile holdovers from times of real hatred, but rather because he said it limits your political movement later. He is flawed to the core, as a Senator, and as a man.
        • roosterjm2k2, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2Yeah, you can.

          Groups like the KKK, Black Panthers, etc all use the same tactics. The same tactics that cults use. You get young people, who are easily swayed. You build up their hate slowly. (If you've lived in an area like the south, you will see it) You tell them over time that EVERYTHING that is wrong in their lives is the fault of [insert target group here]. You tell them how great the would would be if [target] weren't around. Hell, it's happening now on a national level (immigrants).

          You basically brainwash them into hate. He pulled out of that, and that's commendable. Most of the time people caught in that cycle of hate DO realize that they are wrong, but are so caught in the lie they keep up with it...

          I've seen people like this. One of my buddy's parents were very anti-asian. He grew up hearing about how bad asians were, constantly from his family. He was told if he dated an asian girl they would kick him out onto the street. It took us a few years to break him out of that, he just didnt want to believe that something that was enforced so strongly his whole life was a lie... Our brains are far more susceptible to this kind of thing than we like to think... look at religion...
    • bennyfreshness, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6He also brings WV the third most earmarks out of anybody in history
      its called PORK, good or bad, his constituents know he brings in dough
  • MrMetal, on 05/14/2008, -24/+21If you notice, Hillary gets more votes in poorly educated states. This isn't really news, just a fact. People who think clearly vote for the only chance of hope the U.S. currently has. Obama '08.
    • Barackalypse, on 05/14/2008, -4/+1You're my last hope Obama-Won Kenobi.
    • The_Red_Monkey, on 05/14/2008, -6/+7Yeah our last hope wants to raise taxes during an economic crisis, makes perfect sense.
      • fluoro, on 05/14/2008, -1/+3Well, what are our remaining alternatives that are any better? You think maybe McCain is a better choice because he probably won't raise taxes? He'll continue to spend at -least- as much as Bush but without raising taxes, and you think that's a good thing? Transferring debt to our children is the sensible thing to do?

        Maybe Clinton won't raise taxes quite as much, but there's not really any evidence to support this. Either way, she won't spend any less than Obama. If she is spending as much or more than him, taxes should not be lower with her.

        Ideally we should be cutting spending, and dramatically. But we have three candidates, and none of them is going to do that. Obama and Clinton promise to scale back the Iraq war, which may cut spending somewhat, while John McCain will certainly continue it (and maybe start a new war with Iran, who knows). If fiscal responsibility and the future of your children and grandchildren is something you care about, you need to be concerned with the future and with debt.
        • atmenterprises, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3While neither Obama, Clinton or McCain are the answer, why don't vote Libertarian? Obviously you feel that there should be spending cuts. Libertarians are for smaller government. Seems like a logical choice to me.
    • pyronik, on 05/14/2008, -4/+7"People who think clearly vote for the only chance of hope the U.S. currently has. Obama '08."

      So the blacks voting 90% for obama was about "thinking clearly" and not race... yea right
      • vision777, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0That number did not go that high until Billy Bob Clinton played the race card. Many were still supporting the Clintons until that happened.
      • seandaly, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Of course it's about race you tool! Guess what? They're allowed given historical circumstances!

        *****, black people have only had constitutional voting rights since 1870, and even then techniques such as literary tests (not required for white voters at the time) kept them out of the polls. It wasn't until the Voter's Rights Act passed in 1965 that they truly had the same voting rights as whites.
    • B1663r, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2Every post like that is shifting 10 votes to Hillary in Kentucky!!!! Keep em coming!!!
    • Monkeywithacold, on 05/15/2008, -1/+5"People who think like me vote for the only chance of hope the U.S. currently has."

      Fixed it for you...
    • stanleyford, on 05/15/2008, -1/+8"People who think clearly vote for the only chance of hope the U.S. currently has." -- I don't know how anybody can read comments like this and not recoil at how snidely elitist they are, with their assumption that the less-educated are less competent to make decisions as to who will govern them than their more educated counterparts are.
      • queenstarsha, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2yeah, the smugness of some obama supporters is really self-defeating.

        not all, though. my ballot's marked for obama (oregon), but i respect the hillary supporters i know. i respect hillary supporters with good reasons more than obama voters who are doing it for stupid reasons.
    • queenstarsha, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1that's not true. i know several very intelligent hillary supporters. women, especially mothers, are giant hillary supporters. if you heard her victory speech last night, you'd have heard that nearly all the whoops were from women's voices. (it was music to this feminist's ears.) west virginia may have a lot of stupid people (like everywhere in the world), but they didn't vote for hillary. those folks are mccain's people.
  • weside, on 05/14/2008, -15/+91Aren't the voices of the poorest people something to consider? Nah, not unless that voice is shouting for Obama. I think this election is helping me start to understand the typical Democratic mantra (at least on Digg). "We want everyone to be treated equally and respectfully - but if you disagree with my opinion, then ***** you, you're stupid and don't count."
    • Laughsatyou, on 05/14/2008, -5/+32dugg for bitter truth.
    • BadseedJR, on 05/14/2008, -10/+2No no, that is all of politics mantra.
    • SaladCactusKing, on 05/14/2008, -4/+25I would've buried you in the past. But really, the mentality of this is so vicious and dirty, it just feels so wrong. I don't understand, I voted for Obama because he stands for good things and doesn't play dirty, why do his other supporters do everything that they hate Clinton for doing? I don't hate anyone. I just think Obama's the best candidate for the job.

      • DanMcGuinness, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3I wish more Obama supporters were like you. But you're right, it's quite hypocritical of them bashing Hillary for mudslinging when they're doing the EXACT same thing.
      • B1663r, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1Actually that sentiment is coming directly from his campaign. He has not moderated that sentiment on his official campaign blog at all, and hasn't told Daily Kos, and Huffington Post to STFU. Soooooo

        Yeah that whoe uniter thing is a lie isn't it.
    • Kikinou, on 05/14/2008, -3/+20That's right, and when white voters vote for Clinton that means they're racist whereas when black voters vote for Obama it's fine (90% of black voters vote Obama.) But it's probably racist to even mention that around here. Heck it's probably racist to just point out that Obama is black.
      • B1663r, on 05/14/2008, -4/+2You are supposed to be color blind, you are not supposed to notice he is black... That was "The Dream" anyhow. Now I guess it is something different...
      • vision777, on 05/15/2008, -1/+0Obama is only half black. In a matter of fact he grew up with white people who molded him. Do a search and look at his family tree and you will see he is related to a number of former presidents. It's funny how people want to forget half of his heritage because of the way he looks. Ridiculous.
      • jocknerd, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1By calling him black, I think you are a bit racist. Why is Obama black? Why is Tiger Woods black? Why is Alicia Keys and Halle Berry black? It seems in this country you are black if you aren't pure white.
      • publiclurker, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0When 20% of them are so stupid that they admit they aren't voting for Obama because he's black, then yes you can say they are racist without much worry. The only real question are how many of the rest were just able to think up a reason.
      • mariemoonpie, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0hillary actually started the race getting a majority of the Black vote. i guess mississippi and wv are just outliers of the country but they still count nonetheless
    • whaleyboy69, on 05/14/2008, -3/+7dugg for bitter truth as well.
      I want to like Obama but don't, so far, because all I hear are meaningless platitudes from the candidate and *****-you-if-you-don't-like-him from supporters here on Digg. Well, thats not my team. This is how the Dems lose elections.
    • Calcularius, on 05/14/2008, -8/+12as opposed to the Republican mantra: "***** you."
      • SaladCactusKing, on 05/14/2008, -1/+6At least the republicans say it to our faces, as opposed to our party of choice, which beats around the bush for a year before muttering "***** you" under it's breath
        • queenstarsha, on 05/15/2008, -2/+2nah. the democratic congress hasn't told us to ***** off. they've just stood aside and let republicans imply it in filibusters where none of them are forced to actually speak. i'm frequently disappointed by the democrats, but they are not malevolent like the republicans. they're just a little weak in the knees. well, a lot.
    • Spoomeister, on 05/14/2008, -4/+12No, the morons who are voting for Obama "because I want to see a black president in my lifetime" or "because his speeches are so inspiring" or "because he's new" are just as bad as the morons who vote for Clinton "because I want to see a female president in my lifetime".
      As for voices of the poor - sure. Voices of the stupid, no thanks. Obama draws huge support from people with college degrees. Clinton draws huge support from people with high school degrees or less. Yet it's a mortal sin to suggest that the candidate with the most support from intelligent people should be the nominee. A horrible thing, somehow, to suggest that perhaps the votes and uninformed opinions of the uneducated should not be considered equivalent to those of the educated.
      • badqat, on 05/15/2008, -1/+5Wow...another supporting the Jim Crowe angle...you know, there was a time when intelligence tests were used as a qualification to vote...as well as many other "qualifiers" that were really nothing more than disqualifiers. And democrats are the party of "the people"? Or just the people you want to let in?
        • jamesLankford, on 05/15/2008, -2/+5we use test to grant people citizenship,
          why not do the same for voting ?

          there's nothing wrong with making people understand basic history, economics and geography before allowing them to vote
        • Siraf, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1I'd agree with you, but having been shoved through the *****-festival that is the US education system, I don't think that many publiclly educated high-school graduates would be able to vote, which would lead into a downword spiral of mis-funding as the people who need the money can't vote for public money.
      • Mesmorize, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2You could also presume that we should let the Poor People decide how they want to be helped and not have people with college degrees delegate it to them.
        • publiclurker, on 05/15/2008, -1/+0How about mandatory quotas for morons as engineers and doctors. We wouldn't want all those "elite" educated people making all those decisions now would we.
      • stanleyford, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2"A horrible thing, somehow, to suggest that perhaps the votes and uninformed opinions of the uneducated should not be considered equivalent to those of the educated." -- Is it any surprise that the poorest, least educated states tend to vote Republican rather than Democrat (despite the populist rhetoric of Democratic politicians), when anyone can perceive the snide contempt the left holds for those whom it presumes to champion?

        Knowledge is not equivalent to wisdom; education does not increase judgment; and the lack of a college degree does not make one stupid. I'm sure that many Republican voters would have been Democratic voters if not for arrogant, elitist views such as these.
      • chavarin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Well, all I can say is that "uneducated voters" are not necessarily uninformed. Every American, degree or no, has access to the same information. I don't believe in polls, they are ALL BS, but if there was a way to truly look into the hearts of men- I'd guess about 5 percent of Americans know what they hell they're talking about. The rest go on Digg or listen to talk radio and are fed propaganda. I would give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're in the informed 5 percent, but just listen to you.
    • BananaGrabber, on 05/15/2008, -3/+11Seriously, some Obama bots are just plain sore losers. Clinton also won the most educated state, Massachusetts. They're stooping as as Clinton making up excuses for everything. They talk about elitism, and look what they're doing now.
    • FrenchAnarchy, on 05/15/2008, -6/+2***** you. You're stupid and don't count.
    • ouzome, on 05/15/2008, -2/+5Brilliant, just briliant. I predict that if this digg blind lust for Obama continues and spreads into the "real world," supporters could end up looking like the crazy Ron Paul fans.
    • jamesLankford, on 05/15/2008, -3/+1then ***** you, you're stupid

    • Mattwdj, on 05/15/2008, -3/+1isnt that the bill o'reily mantra?
  • xenex11, on 05/14/2008, -19/+12Congratulations Hillary! It's clear that people will vote for you if they are ignorant...
    • B1663r, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1I would love to hear your message to the people of Kentucky!!! Could you tell us your message for the country mountain people in Kentucky?
  • jmpeagle, on 05/14/2008, -6/+35well when 3/4 of the country do not have a bachelor's degree, you need the uneducated vote. Hate to break it to you all, but it is the uneducated that decide elections, not the educated.
    • TIN37820, on 05/14/2008, -6/+13Woah woah woah. Just because I do not have a Bachelor's degree I am uneducated?? Ever hear of the word autodidact? I know most of people are not, but making a broad generalization like that is just ignorant.
      • locojones, on 05/14/2008, -8/+8Yeah, not going to school and getting a degree is pretty much the definition of uneducated.
        • TIN37820, on 05/14/2008, -1/+12au·to·di·dact [aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt]
          –noun
          a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.

          Dictionaries are there to help you out my "educated" friend.
          • bruce86, on 05/15/2008, -4/+1WOW... for someone who is a "Autodidact". You are failing at understand the concept of word with multiple meanings.

            You see, Sometimes words have multiple meanings. So one who is educated could mean, a person with a college degree or someone who have been taught stuff.

            To be honest, you sound like you have a inferiority complex about your education.
          • licnyc, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1"To be honest, you sound like you have a inferiority complex about your education."
            You mean lack of education.
        • B1663r, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3Yeah.... don't let school get in the way of your education...

          I though an education was "knowing something", not "went to school" because I know plenty of people who went to school, that I would still describe as "uneducated"

          In the context of the Obama campaign I think it means... took a lot of racial sensitivity classes and have internalized their message.... I is quite obvious it does not mean "knowing something".
        • thanakar, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Some of the smartest people I know don't have Bachelor Degree. I also know many liberal arts major's out there that can't put coherent sentences together. Eduction is more than a fricking piece of paper.
      • jmpeagle, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4that doesn't go against anything I said
        • TIN37820, on 05/14/2008, -2/+3Yes it does, saying that just because I didn't get a degree doesn't mean I am not educated. Maybe I lack a "formal" education but it is still an education.
          • jmpeagle, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1my comment merely states that the uneducated outnumber the educated. A very good way to show someone is educated is with formal degrees. My statement was correct and your comment added nothing and didn't contradict mine.

            It was as if I made the TRUE generalization that BLACK people make less money than WHITE people in the United States..but then someone were to come around and say that wan't true because they were black and they made more money than all their white friends. While his statement that his did make more money might be true, it has no bearing on the original statement.
    • AZTriGuy, on 05/14/2008, -3/+4No, it's the educated that FIX the elections...
  • visiblepulse, on 05/14/2008, -12/+6see this: http://digg.com/politics/West_Virginia_speaks_no_w ...
    and help digg it up
    • TheLastFreeMan, on 05/14/2008, -2/+6Aside from the fact that he is trying to promote his own story, did any of you actually watch the video before burying this?
      • MacEnvy, on 05/15/2008, -3/+1Nope. Comment spam=bury. If it's important enough it'll get dugg up without my help.
        • eminem213486, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1damn macenvy, the video is actually pretty informative and doesn't even link to a site, it links to youtube.
  • leerayIG88, on 05/14/2008, -14/+3I hate Cliton.
  • jonisjalopy, on 05/14/2008, -2/+35If i was from West VA. im pretty sure I would be offended
    • MattDell, on 05/14/2008, -0/+11I am.
      • haylel, on 05/15/2008, -3/+10If you live in wv and have the internet, you're probably an exception.
        • twst1up, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6you'd be surprised what we have here
        • RickyBennett, on 05/15/2008, -1/+4i live in WV and Have High speed knock off internet service NOTE stay the ***** away from hughesnet i go to my ants house all the time to use the real deal internet

          lets see move back to a place where every one are jerks or stay whare every one are nice yea WV RULES
          • haylel, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1All i got from that was "O'Doyle Rules!"
          • jesusx, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2lets see move back to a place where every one are jerks or stay whare every one are nice yea WV RULES

            LOL. More comments from WV citizens, please.
          • Kyan, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3That and he has an ant.
        • funk49, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3No, some of their residents just go on to run the company that basically is the core of the ***** Internet....like the CEO/Chairman of Cisco, who is originally from Charleston and was schooled in WV. I guess that dumb 'ol hillbilly learned a thing or two about taking a company from $1.3 billion to $30 billion.
          • haylel, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1So you're saying he got an education, then MOVED OUT OF WV?
            How does this help your argument again?
    • thaiger2390, on 05/15/2008, -3/+3True... but they probably don't have the internet.
    • Mattwdj, on 05/15/2008, -3/+4They prolly would if they knew who to read.
      • MooreWV, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2Yes, I don't know who to read.
        Don't judge me.
  • tanjonner, on 05/14/2008, -5/+1I don't understand why the turtle is wearing false teeth. I mean, the wig is pretty funny, but the teeth. That's just going way too far.
  • atomicrobot, on 05/14/2008, -17/+6Only idiots vote for Hilary Clinton: Now proven with statistical fact!
    • ouzome, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0Only idiots vote for Democrats, which is why only 1/3 showed up! They're a lot smarter than you think.
    • RickyBennett, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1no only idiots vote for arabs
  • cleggg, on 05/14/2008, -12/+4well better a girl than that muslim terrorist. ... ;o)

    (I'm figuring that's about the highest level of thought they put into that one)
  • SaladCactusKing, on 05/14/2008, -8/+78Have some ***** class, fellow Obama voters! Seeing this ***** on Digg makes me feel as dirty as watching Clinton speak.

    I guess if smearing politicians you don't like isn't enough, you have to smear an entire ***** state. Jesus, this is reprehensible.
    • bjstiktrix, on 05/14/2008, -11/+1Yes it certainly is. But deep down it's still very satisfying to hate people who are full of (ignorant) hate. I guess I don't like you because you're dumb trumps I don't like you because I'm dumb (i just don't know it). go figure...

    • Barackalypse, on 05/14/2008, -5/+11+1 point for you for a consistent ethic of moral outrage. That's rare in a liberal.
      • bjstiktrix, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2I am no liberal. I actually happen to have voted for Ron Paul in the Illinois primary so I'm not sure where you got that from.. Haven't you ever hated somebody because they said/did something stupid?
      • zionKing, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Interesting thumb image there Barackalypse...
        • Barackalypse, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0Thank you, it's Curious George radiating hope and floating off to Obamaland with a handful of diverse colored balloons. I like it party because I enjoyed Curious George as a child, but also because based on another Digg article I learned that it REALLY cheeses off Obama's liberal Kool-Aid cult. And, lest anyone get the wrong idea, if anyone is a monkey in politics right now its President Bush based on some of the goofy facial expression I have seen him make.
    • Spoomeister, on 05/14/2008, -4/+2Through measurable, objective standards, a majority of the Democratic voters in that state are among the poorest. They're among the least educated. And they chose Clinton in their primary. Therefore, Clinton drew support from the poor and uneducated.
      Where's the smear? How is it reprehensible to call a spade a spade?
      • Mesmorize, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2She also won the most educated state but hey, you didn't actually want to be fair didja?
      • chavarin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0This is propaganda. This device often includes truth, but only one biased side of it. It is misleading and very unethical. I'm very sure you'd like for people to only hear your side, but that would be dangerous. The people deserve a whole picture.
    • CaviMike, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1Don't deny it, if this was about Kansas you wouldn't have said a word.
    • theapplegod, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0Digg doesn't care. They are a society of either Ron Paul or Obama lovers.... whichever is most going in their favor that day.
  • birkoph, on 05/14/2008, -18/+25Man your country is kinda ***** up. On the bright side it still provides constant entertainment to the rest of the world.

    THANKS!!
    • PaulRay, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2Problem is, We Americans who live abroad, are not amused. We see the impact that these events have on our image and credibility as a nation.
  • TimeLincoln, on 05/14/2008, -22/+16West Virginia's slogan should be "one big family" (because they literally are)
    • sockpuppets, on 05/14/2008, -12/+6Two reasons why it's so hard to solve a murder in West Virginia:

      1. All the DNA is the same.
      2. There are no dental records.
      • RickyBennett, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1you know why its hard to solve murders in WV be cuss their is none
    • USNavyBlue, on 05/14/2008, -9/+11RACIST - anti-white hatred. AND why is this accepted? Because white people don't deserve EQUAL rights? I don't care that they are poor, poor people come in all colors. It has to stop. Imagine if the roles were reversed? Imagine the backlash? What comes around goes around remember that.
      • Conspiracy20, on 05/14/2008, -3/+7Bravo Navy!
        • USNavyBlue, on 05/14/2008, -4/+6Thank you! But I am so darn mad I could spit nails. however, you no what and who has caused this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        • TimeLincoln, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Hey you backwoods retard, i'm white. You are just angry someone called out white trash like your redneck self.
      • jcm267, on 05/15/2008, -3/+6This coming from the slimeball who dugg a David Duke submission.
        • USNavyBlue, on 05/15/2008, -4/+4I know you are not referring to me? I am still not sure how that person is! BTW: my skin color isn't white!!!!!!!!!!!! JERK~ That shows how much you know.
      • Mattwdj, on 05/15/2008, -3/+1yea i dont think its because they are poor, i thinks it because they all marry their cousins.
      • publiclurker, on 05/15/2008, -2/+0We aren't talking about white people, we are talking about stupid, bigoted embarrassments. You wouldn't be trying to imply that all whites are like this would you?
    • DivisibleByZero, on 05/14/2008, -7/+4"no lifeguard at the gene pool"
      "it's all relative"
  • lpxxfaintxx2, on 05/14/2008, -12/+4It's true. I've been to West Virginia as a short term mission trip with my youth group. In some places, you wouldn't even been able to tell that we're still in America.
    • badqat, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4Let me suggest that you just toss your Christianity aside, as you don't need to be making mission trips, because while I hope you don't realize what you're saying, I'm pretty sure you do.
      • atmenterprises, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3Please stop with the Christian bigotry. That's uncalled for, really.
  • PhattyPhattMatt, on 05/14/2008, -9/+1Congrats Billary!!
  • kihadat, on 05/14/2008, -6/+12Lovely to see some good old bigotry flying around Digg. I think everyone knows and knew that Hillary won WV. I'm doing my part to bury this turd.
  • OffPiste, on 05/14/2008, -14/+5Why do we even let these simpleton people vote? Hopefully When Obama is elected he can do something about this issue like institute some intelligence testing requirements for voting. Why does everyone have to vote when some obviously aren't smart enough to make wise decisions?

    Gobama!!!!!
    • njndirish, on 05/14/2008, -1/+0So you are for the Electoral College?
    • badqat, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Obama supporters for Jim Crowe laws?
    • whaleyboy69, on 05/14/2008, -3/+0Ha, we should only let people who PAY TAXES vote. Take a look at the IRS statistics, only 50% of the population pay taxes. Let's disenfranchise the rest of these slobs. ***** em, I say.
    • MattDell, on 05/14/2008, -2/+7I'm from West Virginia and I voted for Obama. Eat a dick you mother *****.
    • allan17, on 05/14/2008, -1/+3Go ***** yourself you elitist piece of *****.
      • FrenchAnarchy, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1LOL. You realize this guy supports McCain, right? Look at his comment history.
    • taradisiac, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1Subtle sarcasm was very subtle.
  • turbonium, on 05/14/2008, -12/+4grow up you idiots. Enough with the obama lovefest. Concentrate on the issues for once. Either Clinton or Obama would be a good choice. Hillary would be a better choice because HER SUPPORTERS are much more reliable than Obama's. When push comes to shove, Obama will fail in the fall.
    • johnsonjoeb, on 05/14/2008, -1/+3more reliable huh? explain then why hillary's broke as a joke and obama keeps making that paper...without PAC or lobbyist contributions. her campaign was run haphazardly and disorganized. she's used every tactic in the book from race baiting, to lying, to trying to change the ***** rules. get over it, she's washed up. plus we just got edwards. start talking about that woman in the past tense please.
      • Marvelboy, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1The guy has a really good point, for the first sentence. We should cool it, people know who we are and what we stand for by now. What I don't agree with is that her supporters are more reliable. I also disagree with his attempt at alliteration by saying Obama will fail in the fall, as it reminds me of what Green Goblin says in Spider-Man 1.
    • DanMcGuinness, on 05/14/2008, -0/+0It's true, you can't rely on younger people to vote in large numbers, and young people make up a good portion of Obama supporters. It's been shown time and time again, hence why Clinton is the better choice with her enormous support amongst old people who actually vote.
  • jbenson2, on 05/14/2008, -9/+14"the poorest and least educated of any state"...
    They must be talking about southern California?
    • bjstiktrix, on 05/14/2008, -2/+5ZING

      • johnsonjoeb, on 05/14/2008, -1/+7because southern california is a state, right? grab a map. sheesh.
        • jbenson2, on 05/15/2008, -2/+2Because southern California is a state of mind amongst the fruits and nuts.
    • pyronik, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2yeah dont bash those "poorest and least uneducated" ... for .. thats the traditional democratic base
    • FrenchAnarchy, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0And Hilary won that one, too!
    • starmanfalls, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1So Cal is not a state. And you lack truth and class. ***** moron
      • PaulRay, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1You beat me to it. But well said.
        Not to mention tht a recent poll showed that if the election were run again, HRC would lose.
  • mnemy, on 05/14/2008, -13/+8"I'm more electable. I get the racist hillbilly vote."
  • MattInChicago, on 05/14/2008, -5/+36Nice class warfare article you Obama Fanboy! Let's talk about the 90% black vote Obama got in NC shall we? Naaaaa...that would be racist right?
    • johnsonjoeb, on 05/14/2008, -4/+3as an obamabot i am offended by anyone who votes for obama strictly because he's black, just like i'm offended by anyone who votes for mccain because he's white and old, or hillary because she's white and female. unfortunately there are those who gravitate to these individuals because this is a racist sexist country. the educated ones of us put our respective delagates over the top. race is a factor in this election. the playing field isn't level. it has never been. closet (and open) bigots and racists like the ones posting here on digg have made our "democracy" so. so if you want to "blame" anyone for obama's (and hillary's for that matter) blind support. blame them. if we'd shown some true diversity in our government a while ago instead of paying politically-correct lipspeak to it we wouldn't be flaming digg right now. every reaction prompts and equal and opposite reaction matt. 200+ years of white male rule is inevitably going to backfire once white males become a minority (and they quickly are.) give it up. it's over. your best bet in defeating him is calling him on well founded and researched issues not racist remarks and rumors. you don't fight racism with racism. it's never worked. that's why we're here now. thank bush and the true elitist cronies for that.
    • basefx, on 05/15/2008, -3/+3If you're going to quote that stupid statistic like every other idiot, you could at least look at the rest of the corresponding exit poll questions. On average It's only about 10% of the black constituency who said the race is important and voted for Obama, and blacks make up less than 15% of the national electorate. So it's bad enough every time you bring up this ridiculous argument you're basically saying all blacks who voted for Obama are only doing it for racial reasons rather than their genuine approval of his campaign platform, but in essence what you're whining about amounts to less than 2% of the total vote in the country.
      • publiclurker, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0Give him some pity, he just can't wrap that little mind around the fact that his sorry state is not normal, and that therefore everyone in every group that doesn't do exactly what he does is a racist.
    • theapplegod, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0OH PLEASE! I knew when I voted for Clinton in NC she was going to lose since most Dems are black AND for Obama in the state. Sad but the truth. Every reporting agency such as CNN, etc, knew he was going to win as well as his expected loss in WV on Tuesday.

      I watched my vote get cancelled out as I walked out from voting by two black women who said walking out "yes, Lord, I'd only vote for Obama since he's black." Truth in the 90% of support he got here by African Americans. She had no chance here and voting for your particular race here. I'm not saying all blacks did... but 90% probably did.
    • mariemoonpie, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0hillary got the majority of the black vote in the beginning of the campaign--just look it up
  • ShempRider, on 05/14/2008, -4/+7They should just rename the state to "Robert Byrd" and get it over with.
    • DivisibleByZero, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5Guh, yes. Practically every other street in that state is named Robert Byrd Rd or Robert C Byrd Drive.....
      • rdoger6424, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1They only have like 5 roads up there though
  • Allibaster, on 05/14/2008, -5/+6In other words, "women."
    • Allibaster, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1C'mon.....where's all the hate I was expecting?
  • mooseontheloose, on 05/14/2008, -1/+18If only she could win educated and urban states like Mississippi. Oh wait, it's got a ton of blacks. She had no shot because she's white.
  • soot, on 05/14/2008, -4/+9In this country the wealthy and the powerful must court and coddle the votes of the poor and the uneducated to keep the wheel. Oh, the irony.
  • Disarticulate, on 05/14/2008, -4/+29Could this post be any more biased? I'm sure Obama is a great candidate but it doesn't excuse all this flagrant ant-Clinton propaganda knocking around.
    • DerangedPenguin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Hamas and Hezbollah via the Palestinian Authority have endorsed Barrack Obama.
  • Papajohn56, on 05/14/2008, -4/+21I thought the Democrats were all about helping the lower class, now when the lower class speaks out, they demean and insult them for their choice?
    • ph1sh55, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3There's really not any such thing as a single entity called the "democrats" or "Republicans". It's a hodge podge of emotional, irrational human individuals chock full of biases acquired by age 18. They both think they're right and will turn on anyone who disagrees in a second. i.e. they are completely normal and embracing human nature.
    • atmenterprises, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8The dems evoke whatever is necessary to win a race. Gore race-baited in 2000. I'm still waiting on Al Sharpton to apologize to the men found innocent in the Duke Lacrosse incident. They talk a big game about tolerance and equality, but they are the least tolerant of the two parties, IMO. The "helping the lower class" is all about government social programs to make people MORE dependent on government, which is an anti-capitalist view. I have to give former President Clinton credit, though: he did cut welfare spending. Must've been like sawing off an arm with a butter knife.
      • Azselendor, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Al Sharpton apologizing to someone is like asking for a straight answer from habitual liar. that man can't site down for an egg and sausage breakfast without going into a rant about racists.

        Speaking of al sharpton, did anyone get the vibe rev. wright was trying to become the next al sharpton.
      • emildorbell, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2"The "helping the lower class" is all about government social programs to make people MORE dependent on government, which is an anti-capitalist view."
        So you're saying it's better not to help them at all?
        • Papajohn56, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1in a more free market system it would be less likely for one to truly become destitute as such. there's more incentive to use one's skills/talents rather than accept a free check in the mail
  • GrodyChamp, on 05/14/2008, -6/+18West Virgina also elected a KKK member into the senate (who is a Democrat btw). But this article is pretty effed up, just ***** on an entire state because they voted for who the author didn't want them too. Really classy.
    • bicyclethief, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1Dugg up for the phrase "***** on an entire state."
    • atmenterprises, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2I seem to have read somewhere that Robert Byrd was a card-carrying member of the klan as well. Don't know why you got dugg down. Must be that the libs don't want others to know about their racist past.
      • FrenchAnarchy, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3Racist Democrats? I LOL'd. Hope you were being funny.
        • atmenterprises, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Obviously you don't pay attention to the Democrats.
        • jeffwmartin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Until the '70s, southern Democrats were pretty racist bunch. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had 27 No votes in the Senate, 21 of those were Democrats. Al Gore Sr. was one of those who voted No.
    • DerangedPenguin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2You wouldn't be referring to Senator Robert KKK Byrd (D WV) are you? Helping to Digg you back up.
      • freedomwv, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Everyone in WV knows that Byrd has some clan ties. We don`t like it anymore than everyone else, but at least he goes to the hill and at least tries to stand up for the state. Rockefeller is sure as hell not going to do much for the state. Good old Rockefeller lies his ass off the the people of WV to get elected.
    • freedomwv, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I grew up in West Virginia and people all across the nation just love to take a big crap on the state. It has been that way for decades. The people of WV have been exploited so much that I find it shocking that they have trust in any politician these days.
  • sponeil, on 05/14/2008, -8/+3And we should all tremble in fear and anger at the thought that this is a "swing" state, which means that the dumbest people in America often end up deciding who the next president is. Maybe we could scale the number of delegates and electoral votes each state gets get based on the state's average intelligence level. I can't really talk, though. I live in Atlanta, so my state's vote wouldn't count for too much more than West Virginia's.
    • jerrycurley, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2And you bring down their educational level...Seriously...don't even consider yourself better htan the average person. I mean...LOOK at you.
    • DerangedPenguin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1I am digging you up, because I want to people to see the hatred, bigotry and anger in the typical Obama supporter.
  • Maratanos, on 05/14/2008, -4/+1NIiiiiiiice spin. Pretty hefty, if I may say so myself. 'Twould make any political candidate proud.
  • spinergy, on 05/14/2008, -2/+22Booo. Even though I lean towards Obama, I can't help but wonder what is in the Digg ranking algorithm that bumps all of these tasteless anti-Hillary postings to the top of the Digg list.
  • n0xz, on 05/14/2008, -1/+6In other news. Obama wins all the richest and most educated stated. Except California of course, where there is a mixed of richest and less educated.
    --
    • DuffyDirect, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2new york isn't educated? massachusetts isnt educated? pennsylvania isn't educated?

      sounds like you need an education
    • jerrycurley, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2Why do you make it SO easy to point out how stupid you are?
      • DerangedPenguin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1I am digging you up, because I want to people to see the hatred, bigotry and anger in the typical Obama supporter.
  • fr3ddie, on 05/14/2008, -7/+7leave it up to americans to insult themselves (when everyone else already does anyway)
    • DerangedPenguin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Why thank you very much! Digging you up because as a citizen of North American and not from Canada I agree with you 100%
      Never mind that our military can drop tonnes of ordnance or emergency relief supplies with in a few hours notice, or that we "Americans" tend to open our personal wallets when disaster strikes regardless of the people or countries involved.
    • Ravage172, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Whats really strande is that, with all the bickering we do amongst ourselves, it would probably shock the crap out of you to see how fast we pulled together if your little turd of a nation transitioned from slinging schoolyard insults to actually coming over here and trying to do something about it...
  • IphtashuFitz, on 05/14/2008, -1/+5No matter the outcome of this race I'm really looking forward to the elections in November. Given everything that's happened so far it looks like it'll be unlike any election we've had in a very long time. There have been plenty of reports of Obama supporters who would refuse to vote for Clinton and vice versa. There are record numbers of young voters who have registered and will be voting for the first time ever. Some groups of Republicans don't want to vote for McCain because they don't think he's conservative enough. Ron Paul still has a small but very vocal group of supporters that are very likely to vote for him instead of McCain. And the list continues... No matter what the outcome in November I think it will be extremely interesting to see how many people end up not voting for the Democratic or Republican nominee but for people like Ron Paul or the Democratic equivalent. I wonder if it will be enough for the winner of the election to recognize as a significant level of dissatisfaction among the American people.
    • neosinn, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1No it will mean, 4 years of a lame duck pres, Ron Paul is the only guy who would shake things up, both of these others are in it to hurt Israel or raise taxes and hurt Israel.
  • rusty123jimi, on 05/14/2008, -6/+4lol...
  • The_Red_Monkey, on 05/14/2008, -9/+39So she wins poor whites and its ok to criticize and talk crap but when he consistently wins 92% of the black vote we can not discuss it because that would be racist!
    • jackspade, on 05/14/2008, -11/+11you're a ***** retard if you can't tell the difference between white people Not voting for Obama because he's black and black people voting for him to have someone from their community become the first black president. There's a difference between positive and negative voting, but I guess that's too sophisticated an idea for you to handle
      • pyronik, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2ha so its ok to vote for someone because they are white and the other person is black...gotcha
      • DivisibleByZero, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2But we could just rephrase it in a positive way. White people voted for Clinton because they wanted somebody from their community to become the next white president....
      • DuffyDirect, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2obama isn't from their community, he's half white and his black is new-wave immigration, not slave diaspora
      • pickles46, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2what about women voting for hillary because they want the first woman president?
      • DerangedPenguin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Jackspade, I am digging you up, because I want to people to see the hatred, bigotry and anger in the typical Obama supporter.
      • Tenhundfeld, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1While I think jackspade articulated the idea a little strangely, I actually agree.

        There IS a difference between these two thoughts:
        Barack Obama has a drop of 'black' blood in him. I'll never vote for him.
        Barack Obama doesn't have as much experience as I'd like. I'm voting for Hillary.

        And there is a difference between these two thoughts:
        I'm black and have never had a politician address many of the issues I care about. Barack seems to be doing this; I'm voting for him.
        I'm black and will vote for any candidate who is black, regardless of qualifications.

        I still think it's funny that if you have the smallest amount of black genes in your ancestry, then you're "black". Barack is 50% white and 50% black, but of course he's considered black. To be white you have to be 100% pure. That's pretty messed up, right?

        I guess it comes down to this fact. If any of the following three things is true, it's who you are - a label that represents your entire identity.
        1. Not Christian (especially atheist)
        2. Not Heterosexual
        3. Not White
      • TinternAbbot, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Obama is a half-black, half-white Ivy Leaguer. He's not a part of "the black community" if there is such a thing.
    • Slvrgun, on 05/14/2008, -7/+1You haven't experienced racism a day in your life.
    • NelsonR, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1My post below describes the state of affairs and there are currently many illiterate blacks in America that have had to endure more hardships then the average white. So myself, I don't blame them for voting as a block for Obama since it still boils down to Obama giving the average free mindied American hope for the future. No other candidate has that quality but only more of the same type of old political crap.
    • ouzome, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3This is old rationalizing crap. We say race shouldn't be an issue when you are voting for President, but then we say it is perfectly fine for blacks to vote for a President because he is black. You can't have that big of a double standard and have your argument make any sense.
    • FrenchAnarchy, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1What do you mean not discuss it? You 'Publicans bring it up every 6 posts or so, whining how everyone else is racist.
    • DerangedPenguin, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Jackspade, I am digging you up, because I want to people to see the hatred, bigotry and anger in the typical Obama supporter.
    • Mattwdj, on 05/15/2008, -3/+4Its west virgina, the whole state is just one giant family. Everyone there marries their cousins.
      • funk49, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3Welll...if you can't keep it in the pants, keep it in the family.
        • ReeseKaine, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Some poor girl in Braxton County gets raped by her father, suddenly we're all inbred hillbillies.

          That's what we get for not taking sides in the Civil War, I guess.
  • siktath, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2Yes! Keep attacking whites and white women in particular! I like that you're building up lots of mud for the world to throw at Obama.
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