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FDRLincoln Donating Member (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:30 AM
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I like Wesley Clark. I like Howard Dean.
I like Wesley Clark. I like Howard Dean. I think they both have a lot to offer.

I'm backing Clark in the primary, but if Dean is the nominee I'll happily vote for him and support him.

I don't think Clark is a secret PNAC agent, and I don't think Dean is an unelectable liberal peacenik. Both are serious, substantive men who want to serve their country.

So, Clark bashers and Dean haters, sue me for liking both!
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:32 AM
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1. I agree 100%.
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:34 AM
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2. Uh, me too!!!
Although I've yet to reach a decision about which candidate gets my vote in the Ohio Dem Primary.

Right now, I'm leaning heavily Clark, with Dean and Edwards running close seconds. I used to dig Kerry, and have given all four of these candidates some of my hard-earned greenbacks, but I'd have to say Clark, Dean, and Edwards are my top three at present.
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ronzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:35 AM
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3. I like the java jive and it likes me...
Couldn't agree with you more.
C'mon, the debate yesterday showed how great the whole field is. I'll vote for any of these candidates, yeah even lieberman
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_Wayne_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:36 AM
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4. I'd cheer just as loud at either's stump speeches
They are both inspiring individuals; patriots, men of honor-I'd be a bit happier with Dean in the oval office, and more so with Kucinich, but it's not a perfect world we live in. I will support Clark in the primary, and campaign for him with my local Dem party.
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Cappurr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:36 AM
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5. Yeah me too...
I have a few concerns about both...but generally I think they are the top two guys.
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:39 AM
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8. When's the NJ primary
I think NY is March? Guess Ihave until then to decide.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:38 AM
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6. Let me...
... line up to agree. In fact, I'd be happy with *almost* any of the nominees :) I will be very happy if Clark or Dean takes the nom...
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WheresWaldo Donating Member (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:38 AM
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7. Dean is the man still in my book...
I still like Kucinich though. I was a fan of Sen Graham, but when I learned he coauthored the patriot act, i was very dissapointed.

Gephardt, and Lieberman ought to just get out of the race.

Clark seems to have the "inside connections"

he's clintons candidate.

Dean seems to have the imagination of the dem base grassroots.

A Dean/Clark ticket would be a dream come true...
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AverageJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:39 AM
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9. Right on!
I'm a Dean supporter, but will enthusiastically back the Democratic nominee--Clark, Braun, you name it.

Clark's not my ideal Democrat, but if he can unseat the thief in chief* I'll sing his praises.

Frankly, there is almost no one alive I wouldn't vote for if it meant giving Squatter George the boot.
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GainesT1958 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:40 AM
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10. Hey, wait a minute..."Sue me"?
FDRL--guess that means you like Edwards, too? :eyes:

No..seriously..I agree with you; I'm TIRED of all these name-calling p*ssing matches between candidates and their supporters. And Kerry and Gephardt did their best to snipe at Dean last night; Gephardt for Iowa, and Kerry for the Battle of New Hampshire. Dr. Dean did a good job in fending both of them off, IMO. And Gen Clark looked--and sounded--like a statesman, and an intellectual one at that. All these people saying his voice sounds like Dub's are forgetting something: with Wes Clark's voice, you get logical, substantive, COMPLETE sentences!

B-)
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FDRLincoln Donating Member (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:43 AM
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13. Our Campaign Slogan
That should be the campaign slogan of whichever Democrat gets the nomination.


"Vote Democrat. Our candidate speaks in complete sentences."
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xJlM Donating Member (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:40 AM
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11. I don't
But that's all right, that's what the democratic primaries are all about. Making judgements, making choices.
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JPace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:42 AM
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12. They are both fine candidates....
I will vote for either one, maybe we
will luck out and be able to vote for
both of them!
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:43 AM
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14. Well put
My order is reversed from yours, but otherwise I agree completely. And I think they could be the perfect compliment to each other. The chief executive of a state and the military expert. New York/New England and Arkansas.
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diplomats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:54 AM
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15. I concur
It's not hard at all to like both!
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Zero Gravitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 10:57 AM
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16. I like Dean
I will support whoever the Dem nominee is (even Lieberman) I also like Clark. If Clark turns out to be a good campaigner he might well be the best possible candidate to beat Bush*. I think Dean might be able to beat Bush* but he's easier for the Repiglicans to smear. Of course they will smear whoever gets the nomination anyway.

I don't need our nominee to be perfect, I don't need him/her to agree with me on every issue, I just want the nominee to take Bush* and his treasonous cronies OUT.
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javadu Donating Member (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 11:11 AM
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17. I'm With You
and have been for some time. 100%
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 11:12 AM
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18. I'm with ya, buddy.
Check my sig line! :thumbsup:
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Abe Linkman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 11:13 AM
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19. If you like them, then you should
hope that Kucinich tops the ticket, with Clark running for VP.
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