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mrgorth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:41 PM Original message |
The convention, why Boston? |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. A southern city would have been smarter |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I believe this is the first time Boston has EVER hosted .... |
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DieboldMustDie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Not so unbelievable. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. A SouthWESTERN, Hispanic City, Would Have Been Even Better |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Phoenix |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. I agree. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. We're WAY Ahead of Our Times, Sniff n/t |
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gWbush is Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. NYC would have been great for the Democrats, but |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. I don't think it's going to matter, NYC is going to be an ugly place |
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livinontheedge (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 07:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. And that will only help the republicans. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I agree |
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ludwigb (789 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. I know I'll be there |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. that's right |
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sleepyhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I'll be there too |
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SeattleRob (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because... |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 07:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Yes, I'm looking forward to a rousing Dean acceptance speech next year |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. NYC is going to backfire on the Republicans BIG TIME |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I think this is one of the most mistaken impressions out there |
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lancdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 05:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. In 1968, protests at the Democratic convention in Chicago |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That baffles me. I think "of course they want protests" |
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SeattleRob (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 01:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. NYC |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. That's right it will be 911 widows and survivors |
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bbmykel (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Boston is a good choice |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. because Boston put together the most money. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 05:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Why do you "liberals" hate Boston? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I love Boston. It's probably my favorite city in America, after NYC. |
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aldian159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 07:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. the first thing that i think about boston |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Chicago was a really good choice in '96. Look what's happened in IL since |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Good points. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why do you buy into the spin and smear? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. I personally wanted Atlanta or Nashville |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 05:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Why do you say that? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Boston had the convention in 1960, right? |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. No,that was Los Angeles... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. I just think it would have looked better if we chose a city outside the |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because Boston is the best city in the world! |
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robsul82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. New Orleans just built a convention center... |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. man, I've been in New Orleans in July |
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robsul82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Well, good buddy... |
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Duder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. My choice would have been in... |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. I for one |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. cuz terry mcaulliffe is a damn moron |
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imhotep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. it epitomizes the ABB "strategy" |
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Justice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-03 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. Cuz we are going to have a revolution... |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
32. I heard |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. Why Chicago? Why Los Angeles? Why Atlanta? Why Miami? |
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jeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
38. You think exploiting Sept 11 for a political convention... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
40. Convention? Who Needs It? |
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CMT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. Ted Kennedy and Terry McAuliffe wanted it held in Boston |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
42. I, for one like it. Boston, hotbed of the first American Revolution, |
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Monte Carlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
43. Hey, Boston was the Revolution before the Revolution was cool. |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
49. A Homecoming For The Nominee |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
51. Boston is great |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
53. Great place for a Tea Party! |
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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. Miami bid for the convention but lost |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-03 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. It's going to bite them in their collective butts! |
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