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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:31 AM Original message |
If the polls are right, then perhaps most DUers, including me, have been fools. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. One thing I don't see much here on DU are "fools". This is as pragmatic a bunch of folks as you'll |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Pragmatic? DU? |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. DK is very pragmatic. Understandable. Or, are you saying those who support him are fools? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I'm saying supporting DK is not an act of pragmatism |
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quickesst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. This.... |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Hey, you're Dutch too? |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think I'm pretty well informed on Edwards views, don't think I'll buy at this time.. Thank you. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. The one with the hands on the wheel makes no difference. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Well put, TominTib. |
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demommom (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. IF... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is a sexist, racist country, but we Dems are ignoring that. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I certainly hope we would not and will not elect a woman president |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You must not have looked around lately at the country you're living in. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Please don't be insulting. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Be specific. What are you referring to? I know what I'm referring to. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Some of those votes came from the Supreme Court, but I |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The fact that that pig in the White House got as many votes as he got is enough.... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Don't forget about the Vice President. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Sarah, we need to believe. Changes only happen when people are willing to beat the odds. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. People are willing to beat the odds whenever they buy lottery tickets. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. I lost my optimism when we Dems fucked up in the last two elections. |
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mrigirl (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Sarah |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. If you care about the good old USA, then why not stay, |
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mrigirl (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. you have a good point- |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Why put hurdles in front of us when we already have a massive challenge and have lost twice before? |
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mrigirl (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. I'm not! And I'm a woman! |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
13. Now this is an OP I can agree with. |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Obama and Clinton are just as electable as Edwards |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Why are GWB's poll numbers so low? |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Maybe he should have waited to get the haircut after |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Did you mean to reply to someone else? I have no idea what you're talking about |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. It was meant in a joking way. |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. there is much evidence that edwards is the most electable |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Not true |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. the voters are not a monolith |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
46. ...I mean... huh?" |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. I am entirely informed about John Edwards |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. "I choose No on John Edwards based on what I know about him, not out of ignorance." |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think Obama has the best shot of taking down SS Clinton. |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. I disagree with all you haterizers and I |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. "What do we have now, besides 3700+ dead soldiers?" |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. This made me laugh |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. Edwards proved he could get the Southern vote in 2004 by helping win North Carolina |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Do you suspect that if North Carolina had been |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Election shenanigans occured in NC in 2004, but have not gotten the press |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
43. I like Edwards, but I have to go for Kucinich. The rest are dismal. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-23-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
45. The election is more than a year away |
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