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Post by robeiae on Jun 22, 2021 9:18:36 GMT -5
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Post by robeiae on Jun 22, 2021 9:26:32 GMT -5
Fair point:
There is some talk that maybe the Beach Club is longer all-white, but there's little doubt that its history is exactly that. Yet, WaPo seems unconcerned with the Beach Club's history, whereas history absolutely matters for a St. Louis org.
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Post by Optimus on Jun 22, 2021 11:55:50 GMT -5
I'm sure if Kemper's show had been on Amazon Prime instead of Netflix the coverage of her would've been much more positive (I'm only partly kidding).
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Post by michaelw on Jun 23, 2021 1:49:51 GMT -5
"It's a long tradition in Rhode Island."
Holy shit, WTF kind of answer is that???
(On the plus side, maybe this could make great material for an episode of Family Guy.)
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Post by robeiae on Jun 23, 2021 7:15:09 GMT -5
"It's a long tradition in Rhode Island." Holy shit, WTF kind of answer is that??? An historically accurate one?
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Post by robeiae on Jun 23, 2021 7:23:17 GMT -5
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Post by Optimus on Jun 23, 2021 17:02:07 GMT -5
Imagine the coverage if Whitehouse had an "R" after his name.
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Post by robeiae on Jun 24, 2021 8:29:02 GMT -5
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Post by michaelw on Jun 24, 2021 17:16:23 GMT -5
How was this guy ever elected to anything? Well, Rhode Island is like 80 percent white. That probably didn't hurt.
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Post by robeiae on Jun 24, 2021 17:19:13 GMT -5
Sure, but my point is that his responses are, well, stupid. They reflect a complete lack of political acumen, imo. I can't see how an opponent--in the GE or in a primary--didn't trounce his stupid ass a long time ago. It's not like he's named Kennedy...
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Post by michaelw on Jun 24, 2021 17:58:42 GMT -5
Sure, but my point is that his responses are, well, stupid. They reflect a complete lack of political acumen, imo. Oh yeah, I agree. I'm not that surprised he's been winning elections. Just being an incumbent Democrat in Rhode Island is a big advantage in the GEs. I guess in theory the primary might be trickier, but it looks like when he ran in the original primary, he was running against a bunch of nobodies that nobody ever heard of (whereas he had been the Attorney General)... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island#Candidates
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Post by Vince524 on Jun 25, 2021 21:12:15 GMT -5
Does the club specifically reject someone who is non-white or is it just that there are no non-whites in it? Seems that if it's the former, it should be in legal trouble.
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Post by robeiae on Jun 26, 2021 8:06:50 GMT -5
Nah, I'm pretty sure there's no policy, per se, of rejecting non-whites. The club, itself, isn't in any legal jeopardy. It's just an ultra-elite snobbery that's all-white because all the traditional wealthy families in the area are white. There was a time when Dem pols could freely remain in such clubs and orgs and receive minimal criticism, but that time is long gone.
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Post by robeiae on Jun 26, 2021 8:16:48 GMT -5
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Post by Optimus on Jun 26, 2021 16:17:44 GMT -5
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