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I'm curious about something. First, are you aware the gov. of MA is black and one of the senators claims to be an American Indian?

Second, there are nine congressional districts in MA and there will be one Senate seat up for a vote. All the incumbents are Dems and a large percentage are running practically unopposed. That being the case, why should people bother to come out and vote in the primary election to which you refer? :eek:

The other thing is there are nine pictures here. So, which candidates are not represented?

Again, to be clear the post I was responding to stated "All I know is that more younger black folk need to flex their right to vote." I was agreeing and saying that furthermore, more black folk need to run for an office.

To your comment: I am aware that Duval Patrick is black, and that is even more to my point. We clearly are a state where a black man can hold office. His stepping down means that we have zero black folk running for office this cycle.

The Senator Warren American Indian thing is stupid.

I am specifically saying that more of the seats should be challenged.

It is not that more people should "bother" to come out. I am saying it is easier to snag a seat in a low turnout election because organising and GOTV can move the needle in a major way.

I took the first nine pictures I saw on googling for the candidates in the state wide races - whatever.
 
When there are two parents there is a much better chance children won't be maladjusted and raised in poverty. It's a provable fact. The vast majority of single moms are not successful parents, are more likely to fall into poverty and need government assistance. Their children are more likely to be socially maladjusted. There are studies available, I've posted several over the years, that prove this. Our prisons are packed with their progeny.

Who was talking about single moms? I was talking about children being born to parents out of wedlock (that's what illegitimacy means). I read recently that 48% of babies now being born are to unwed mothers, but I think it should read that 48% of babies now being born are to unwed parents (it generally takes two, after all). There are couples with children who aren't married, and others who got married after the kid was born. In both cases the kids were illegitimate, but they're not being raised by a single mom (though no doubt many are, and there's a rising number of those being raised by single dads too).

Despite your gloomy assessment, there is a lot of good news in this regard. The rate of teen pregnancies of all races is steadily declining (all the way back to 1940s levels now). The number of unwanted babies is steadily declining. The rate of abortions among all age groups and races is steadily declining. One thing that isn't declining is the rate of illegitimacy and that's because marriage rates overall are at an all time low. But not being married doesn't mean kids are being raised by a single parent. And being married (i.e., legitimate) when kids are born hardly means kids won't be raised by a single parent, not with divorce rates being what they are. Legitimacy and single parents are two different issues.

Speaking of divorce, a good piece of news for traditionalists is that divorce rates are declining and maybe that's because with fewer people actually getting married, those that do are the ones really wanting to make it work. Think of the others as pre-divorcing by choosing to not marry in the first place.

The point is, vette, that legitimacy alone isn't a useful measure of how kids are being raised. It's way too complex an issue for that single stat to define. It really is more an issue of education and financial status (the link there is firmly established, as you noted above). But it's mostly an issue of whether or not the children were wanted in the first place, because most people who want kids are in a good place in their lives to raise them properly. And that does not necessarily mean being married.

And then (going back to my original response to you) my real point was that while illegitimacy among blacks may have increased 3 times, by your stats the rate among whites has increased 7 times over the same period. So your point about economics below is moot (and oddly in conflict with the one you made above). Remember, this is your statement that I originally quoted:

vetteman said:
Some here probably never heard of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who in 1965 he was decrying a black illegitimacy rate of 24% against a white rate of 4% which today are 72% and 29% respectively. It was part of a study he did called, The Negro Family: The Case For National Action.

The point being the rate was three times lower for black folks before The War On Poverty began, but here we are 50 years and trillions later, and it is what it is. So if it's economics how is this possible?

Yeah, I know. Too wordy again. Maybe I should stick pins in my fingertips to slow down my typing.
 
Yet, the defining object of your culture war, Barack Obama, is about as popular as a dog pile in the center of Granny's parlor. The dreams of you and his father are doomed to the ash bin of history.

Dream on, Gunny Pantload. You and your fellow bootstrappy Marines would be rioting in the street if you didn't get your government check each month.

Along with that government medical care you take for granted.
 
LOL remember the last flaming liberal, pro socialized medicine, anti gun, pro gay, pro choice liburhul to run for POTUS from MA? I do...
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BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAAAAAAAA!!!!

It would be next to impossible for an actual conservative to be elected governor of Massachusetts. He was only conservative in a relative sense, and that's only because almost everyone in the entire state is more liberal than the average US citizen.
 
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