US radio host Charlamagne tha God says opinion polls suggesting black Americans may flee the Democratic party to vote for Donald Trump may be “overstated”.

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      24 days ago

      Ja hasn’t been involved in politics for decades now. That’s why government is turning into a circus. Nobody knows wtf they are doing anymore.

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      He’s a prominent black radio host who likely has a decently good impression of the political leanings of his listeners and is observing a contrast between the polling and his experience on the ground.

      Is his listener base representative of the black community - good question.

      But I think his opinion is probably relatively informative.

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        24 days ago

        Okay but should we take someone who calls themselves ramenshaman seriously?

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        Or just calls themselves Charlemagne, really.

        Not exactly a nice guy, what with all the warmongering and forced conversion to Christianity. (Though it should be noted several social reforms including education helped spark the carolingan renaissance)

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    Cool. What does ja rule think? He at least had a reason to have a moniker since we seem to accept that for rappers. I don’t think Leonard mcclevy or whatever Charlemagne’s real name is actually has a justification for using that moniker. He certainly is not intelligent, insightful or has ever really had a good take on anything… He’s a useless obnoxious attention whore and always has been.

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    In case you didn’t know, he has been a guest on Greg Gutfeld’s talk show, were he thinks he is funny discussing the same stupid subjects he would discuss on any other Fox News show.

    EDIT: Of course I didn’t watch the show. I am just aware he was a guest. On top of that, I assume every guest is picked because they have something bad to say about the Democratic Party.

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    23 days ago

    Dang, there are a lot of political weirdos out there on the left and the right. Get a grip.