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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:27 PM
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Edwards loses any support I had for him
that whiney little "it would send the wrong message to our Chidren if we decriminalize pot" FUCK YOU EDWARDS.
I'm voting for Dodd
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:28 PM
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1. Is this your "burning" issue?
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:32 PM
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6. It's mine too. For me, the Edwards campaign has really gone to pot.
:silly:
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:32 PM
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I guess i'm kinda like Bill Maher when I hear
"the Children" It's adults that are going to jail. It just makes me want to puke . I can't help it; from being an edwards supporter, now I feel towards him like obama supporters feel about Hillary
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:42 PM
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19. It's not up to the President
This needs to be addressed by a joint session of congress.

Any deal is likely to be hammered out in smoke filled back rooms.
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:21 PM
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31. As long as it's the right type of smoke.
:)
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 06:49 PM
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35. What else would you expect in a joint session? nt
:evilgrin:
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 09:50 PM
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38. I'm ready for a morning ripper rollcall with a lung filibuster.
:)
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:29 PM
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2. Oh come on you know damned well that if he called for decriminalizing it
Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 02:34 PM by underpants
he would disappear from the race

EDITed "one" to "on"
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DutchLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:32 PM
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7. So principles and integrity don't matter anymore?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:35 PM
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10. Yes they do
and unfortunately candidates have to weigh that with pragmatism.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:45 PM
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21. didn't have to answer
It wasn't his question
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DutchLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:45 PM
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23. And that's exactly why nothing will ever change...
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:34 PM
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8. The Children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oooooooooooooo boooga boooga
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:35 PM
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11. it's better to burn out
than to fade away.

The question was not asked to him, it was asked to the group. He did not have to jump up and answer it.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:29 PM
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3. I am sorta hoping that Edwards picks Dodd for his veep
You need to chill out though. Roll another blunt.

p.s. I was not happy about that statement/stance either.
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:36 PM
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13. So am I....
did I reply to another of your posts stating that Dodd is looking better and better to you? lol

Anyway, he is looking good to me as well, though for my main issue (non-Halliburtons), Edwards is still my guy thus far.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:30 PM
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4. You can vote for whomever you want to in the primary
Who are you going to vote for in the general? Are you going to sit home and sulk if it's Edwards and allow another GOP to get in?

The drug war will continue as long as white suburban parents think it's a good thing.
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bpeale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:41 PM
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17. in the GE, i will write Edwards name in. it's MY vote.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:41 PM
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18. I am a Democrat
not a whiney ----- supporter who won't vote for anyone but my candidate.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:48 PM
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24. and i will not toss my vote away to make a point.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:50 PM
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25. What if you feel that it's not tossing it away?
Personally, I'm going to have a hard time voting for anyone running.

They pretty much all suck wind.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:31 PM
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5. So someone put him on the spot with a trick question?
And you fell for it.

"Any support I had for him" was, I suspect, infinitesimal to begin with.
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:36 PM
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12. BINGO!!! We have a winna!...nt
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:43 PM
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20. sorry
thanks for playing
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:38 PM
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14. well , I had just about decided to vote Edwards
in the Primary, I's say infinitesmal is the wrong word .he was top of my list. Trick question? Noone even asked him, he chimed in, didn't he?
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:35 PM
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9. This is such an emotional issue - even though it really shouldn't be. I don't
agree with my guy's stance on it either. In each case, though, I think they both are expressing how they sincerely feel about it - wrong though they may be :evilgrin:
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Nutmegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:38 PM
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15. I disagree with his answer, strongly.
And I abhor the "think of the children" crap that gets flung so the people can support whatever the candidate is talking about.

But I still strongly support Edwards, and will proudly vote for him in the primary.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:39 PM
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16. I do not think a serious candidate would advocate for decriminalization-----after
the election but not before.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:21 PM
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32. But a serious candidate would call for a fresh look at the issue
"getting high" from pot compares, and compares *favorably*, I might ad, with "getting high" from alcohol. The cost of our current system is more than we can bear.

THAT is a point that any candidate could point out, and get a collective sigh of relief from most Americans for having said it.
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CyberPieHole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:45 PM
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22. But..but...WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?
:eyes:

that really turned me off too. Was that pandering or what?:grr:
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Lucinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:52 PM
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26. He is ok with medicinal - but
I agree it needs to be decriminalized. Isn't a deal breaker with me though. Too much is at stake.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:54 PM
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27. Edwards got it right when he said we shouldn't leave this country's mess...
Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 02:54 PM by polichick
...for our kids and grandkids ~ but I'd rather have my kids smoke a little pot than drink, and I think it's amazingly hypocritical that drunk drivers get off with a slap on the wrist while kids caught with a stash are tossed into jail.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 02:54 PM
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28. It's making me reconsider........
How fucking stupid can you get...
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GreenArrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:00 PM
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29. respecting Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness
That would be a good example to set for the children.

Condescending, sanctimonious horseshit from a master.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:16 PM
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30. Candidates that call for decriminalization of pot don't get elected.
Or are you kidding?
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:21 PM
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33. It's high time to change that though. ;)
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 03:57 PM
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34. and candidates that whine about "the Children"
don't get my vote. He could have kept his trap shut
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Sandaasu Donating Member (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 06:58 PM
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36. I don't like it, but I understand the answer.
Sadly, talk of decriminalizing pot doesn't go along well with the general electorate. Many politicians probably don't give their real opinion on this issue. Edwards, like most of this side of the field, has been supportive of medicinal marijuana, which is about as far as I'd expect a presidential candidate that is playing to win will go on this issue.

I'm used to it though, as same-sex marriage gets similar treatment.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 09:50 PM
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37. kick for Halloween Potheads
:kick: :kick:
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 09:56 PM
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39. His statement is reflecting a political reality
Parents who think their kids are less likely to smoke pot because it's illegal vote in high enough numbers that the war on pot will continue.

Until we think of a way to change political reality you're not going to see anything different.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 10:02 PM
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40. so I use what I have available to me
and finally my vote
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 10:03 PM
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41. Is Dodd for decriminalizing?
Serious question, I didn't know...
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Ninga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 10:05 PM
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42. What's that I hear???? Whining???? Try to find your way out of the haze and go
stand in the corner with the rest of the special interest one-note Charlie's.
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