AA here. No shame in admitting that black people fucked this up.
Yes, face it, they are largely low information voters doing what they're told by old-timers like Clyburn. Voting against their own self interest because the guy is Obama's running mate, etc. Progressive blacks shouldn't take this to heart though since most of the electorate, whites especially, are low information voters prone to the swindle of voting against their interest. It's not just us.