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Douglas Wilder
American
Politician
Born:
Jan 17
,
1931
Black
Money
People
Politics
Who
You
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The force I represent is Virginia's New Mainstream. It looks forward, not backwards. It tries to unify people, not divide them.
Douglas Wilder
People
Backwards
Virginia
Tries
Divide
Mainstream
New
Force
Looks
Represent
Them
Unify
Forward
The first black president will be a politician who is black.
Douglas Wilder
Will
Black
First
Politician
President
Who
Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether they are policy wonks, whether they are pundits, whether they are those who believe that they must call it as they see it and then to be fair about it.
Douglas Wilder
Today
Politics
Government
Business
Money
Big
Believe
Other
Everybody
Way
Pundits
Those
Must
See
One-Way
About
Fair
Involving
Call
Policy
Makes
Big Business
America
Whether
Themselves
Then
Who
During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Douglas Wilder
Politicians
President
Back
Prominent
Obama
Bet
Strongly
Leaders
Safe
Hillary
Democratic
Hillary Clinton
Democratic Leaders
Clinton
Campaign
Did
Endorsed
African-American
Barack
Barack Obama
Many
Including
Believed
Early
Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban's not our enemy.
Douglas Wilder
Today
You
Enemy
President
Our
Say
Kidding
Charge
Joe
Would
Would-Be
Something
Suppose
Taliban
Got
Vice
Happen
Vice President
Who
Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.
Douglas Wilder
Age
Out
Gilded
America
Sept
Second
What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?
Douglas Wilder
You
Black
Enough
Way
Say
Dress
Blackness
Talk
Got
Forgiving
Certain
Certain Things
Things
Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: 'If I lay my hand on you, you're OK.' So many people have made a living off of the pimping of race.
Douglas Wilder
You
People
Black
Made
Believe
Living
OK
Would
Lay
Through
Leaders
Prism
Go
Hand
Off
So Many People
Race
Certain
Many
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