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Being White in Philly

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Republicans love Bill Cosby, especially when he tells people to get their shit together.

Yeah, they probably won’t enjoy that so much.

And then we saw this 5 minutes before the show:

WhitePhilly

We have words.

Today on #TWiBRadio, we’re joined by Anthea Butler wherein she drops knowledge about the real state of race relations in Philadelphia.

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And this morning on #amTWiB, Barbara Arnwine joined the #MorningCrew to discuss the Voting Rights Act in the Supreme Court and apparently Mitt Romney really did lose the election because of free stuff for “minorities.”

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What Obama’s Up Against

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Not-Romney is one candidate with two heads, one of which is very large.

 

 

Nate Silver thinksthe GOP primary is going to be a long, protracted race, noting that it bears a “resemblance to something like the 1984 Democratic contest or the 1976 Republican race.” Mondale won in 1984, and Ford beat Reagan in 1976, but both primaries were close calls, and neither Mondale nor Ford inspired their respective parties.

Still, I’m not sure either one had as abysmal an outlook as presumed front-runner Mitt Romney does in this race:

Meanwhile, the two not-Romney candidates – Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum – are nipping at Romney’s heels making sure that neither one has any real chance at stealing the nomination.

And of course Ron Paul has his base of support which will likely neither grow nor dwindle in the coming months.

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