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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:52 PM
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Poll question: Where should a potential DU convention be held?
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:53 PM
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1. I can drive to Vegas in 4 hours and get a free room
so I am biased. :D
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mot78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:53 PM
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2. DC because it's DU's base
I've been pushing the idea recently for a DU Inaugural Ball if Kerry wins.
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:54 PM
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4. Las Vegas.
I could get my family to go with me. Be there in 4 hours. Please, just don't make it the last week of July -- that's when I have to take the Bar. Other than that, I am there.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:54 PM
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3. Chicago, or St. Louis!
Middle of da country, great accomodations, easy to get to, etc...
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:55 PM
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7. Chicago is good
because everyone can get a flight there. It's a major hub. I am from NY, but NY is expensive. I think Vegas is perfect. It's cheap, fun, and there is plenty of space.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:37 PM
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20. Yep, or Lincoln Nebraska
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:55 PM
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5. Washington, DC
It is the obvious and only choice.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-04 02:41 AM
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31. And I can be there in under 3 hours
Edited on Sun Mar-07-04 02:41 AM by MrScorpio
Besides DC ia like a second home to me.

To bad this is just a rhetorical proposal
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:55 PM
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6. Hey Skinner, Elad...
where do YOU want to go?
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:56 PM
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8. Make it Vegas so I can attend
but don't come to gamble or otherwise spend a dime in these greedy asswipe casinos beyond room and meal expenses. The way they're tightening up the games and ripping people off just makes me sick, and I'm stuck working in it every day.
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 05:59 PM
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9. Chicago
Edited on Sat Mar-06-04 06:01 PM by Divernan
Politically, it's a Dem town in a state with a Dem. governor, and geographically, it's easy to get bargain flights into O'Hare or Midway, and it would be closer on average for everyone. I would feel safer from harassment, spying or bogus arrests in Chicago. I think the city would be much more amenable to permitting demonstrations or marches than DC.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 06:06 PM
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10. Chicago. It's a toddlin' town!
:-)

Terry
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JohnLocke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 06:11 PM
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11. Miami or Washington.
Edited on Sat Mar-06-04 06:11 PM by JohnLocke
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 06:15 PM
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12. NYC or Washington. Boston is too far away
NYC is more centrally located on the NE corridor.

Lots of people can't make it to Chicago; it's geographically far from lots of Coastal DUers.

DC is an obvious choice, and is probably the best one.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 06:18 PM
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13. maybe Austin?
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Philosophy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 06:42 PM
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14. Somewhere in Florida
and we all have to wear swimsuits
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LastKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:36 PM
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19. no swimsuits!
im a pasty northerner, you wouldnt wanna see that...

-LK
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AlFrankenFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 06:49 PM
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15. Las Vegas! n/t
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 06:56 PM
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16. Canada, eh!
More bang for your buck, plus prostitution and pot are legal.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:35 PM
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17. You must have us mixed up with the republicans.
They're the one's who like the coke and hookers.
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LastKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:36 PM
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18. closest choice to me is chicago... so...
thus i voted chicago

-LK
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LastKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 07:42 PM
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21. ive got a better idea... SOUTH DAKOTA
its a republican hotbed... it would sure piss em off to be overrun by liberals if even for a few days. that and its in almost the exact center of the country, the coastal du'ers will have about an equal distance to travel lol

yea, im just tryin to get outta a long plane/car ride, so come one, come all, party at my place.

-LK
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Donating Member ( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 08:13 PM
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22. how about at the same time as the Republican convention?
which means my vote is for New York.
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 09:01 PM
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23. I voted Chicago.
It's closer, and we have family there that could babysit for us, as well as a place to stay.
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arcos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 09:15 PM
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24. Crawford, Texas, on inauguration day
Edited on Sat Mar-06-04 09:15 PM by arcos
:evilgrin:
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 09:21 PM
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25. NYC
Cute guys can stay with me.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 09:51 PM
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26. When would it be held?
It was 82º in Vegas today! Beautiful.

If you're planning on holding it after the election, that would be great, too. But the summer can be miserable here with triple-digit heat for weeks at a time.
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LastKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 09:52 PM
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27. summer, preferably
weve got alot of college and highschool students.

-LK
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I AM SPARTACUS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-04 09:54 PM
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28. Port Au Prince...
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-04 01:53 AM
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29. Vegas
Early in July, when I'll be there!

:toast:
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-04 01:55 AM
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30. A centralized location-Chicago!
I can visit old friends and get some great pizza.
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kayleybeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-04 02:53 AM
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32. New Orleans
n/t
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