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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:50 AM
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You've convinced me. None of the democratic candidates can win.
Edited on Tue Nov-27-07 06:57 AM by cali
And none are worthy of being President. Their negatives are too high and they're corporate lackeys or they're dangerously unseasoned in national politics, or they're a snake oil salesman. They're too short, too black, too female. They're liars and panderers. They're just the same as george bush. They're republicans in dem clothing. They're fascists. They're war mongers. AIPAC owns them body and soul. They're illuminati. They're having affairs. They did drugs.

What did I miss?

Anyway, it's clear it's hopeless and they'd be no better than Guiliani or Romney.

You've convinced me:

We're DOOOOMED.
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:54 AM
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1. All you forgot was - "We're DOOOOOOOOMED"
:)
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 06:56 AM
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2. oops. i'll add it.
:hi:
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:04 AM
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3. Well, there's that...
but we're also doomed if a Republican becomes president, too.

The problem, of course, isn't most of what you said above but that really good people who would care about, you know, people and not multi-national corporations either don't run or can't get elected through the media myopia and money maze.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:04 AM
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4. They have not
convinced me. I have always
been able to do a little research
of the candidates and their records
to be able to come to an informed
opinion......all by myself.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:06 AM
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5. did I really need the sarcasm tag? n/t
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:07 AM
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7. Nahhh
Just ain't had my
coffee yet. Sorry.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:06 AM
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6. And the sky
is falling!

cluck-cluck-cluck
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:11 AM
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9. In Big Blue Icey Chunks, Sir: Yes Indeed It Is....
"What's ten million years in the scheme of the life of one man?"
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:13 AM
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10. I do hope
that Skinner is paying the moderators "time & a-half" for the past couple of days.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:18 AM
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11. Full Moon, Sir
And yes, we are getting a multiple of our normal remuneration....

"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 09:43 AM
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22. I spent my entire university career in Philadelphia
On the whole, I'd rather be in Düsseldorf.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 02:12 PM
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25. If Mr. Fields Had said That, Sir, It Would Be the Tag Line....
"I vas born in Dusseldorf and that is why they call me Rolf."
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:01 PM
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26. Alas, I do not get off so simply
I was born in Virginia, have been a Texan longer than a Virginian, and have the
corresponding cadence when speaking English.

On the other hand, as they say over in Langley, "ve haff vays to make you talk."
Or, in the more modern Cheney version, "ve haff vays to make you say vat ve vant to hear."
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:06 PM
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28. It may have been
a hay wagon in Virginia that Mr. Fields' uncle attempted to jump into. You gotta take a chance.
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:22 PM
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30. But man, you had better land in that wagon first time around!
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:16 PM
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29. An Un-Reconstructed Federal Myself, Sir
Have only once been south of the line: a brief visit to Richmond years ago.
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:26 PM
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31. In my travels, I have been to most of the 50 states
And the ones I have yet to visit mostly have a common border with Canada.
I can say with first-hand knowledge that, contrary to belief in some quarters,
intelligent life does indeed exist on our side of Charles' and Jeremiah's
demarcation. Even next year's Netroots (successor to Yearly Kos) has been
slated for Austin, TX, and it hasn't even been designated a sortie into enemy territory.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:10 AM
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8. Puppets of the Reptoids, every one of them.
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 07:27 AM
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12. Negative candidate attacks have never worked on me.
There's too much "grey" between black & white simplicity.

Thanks for the great post!

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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:23 AM
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13. That certainly seems to be the message around here.
But then, many of them are the usual suspects. The more hysterical they get, the more obvious their not-so-hidden intentions.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:50 AM
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20. You've noticed that too, huh?
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:27 AM
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14. It seems to me
that you have done your fair share of pointing out the negatives.
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:36 AM
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16. Seriously.
This post could be part of internal dialogue.
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denem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:31 AM
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15. Cali, for what its worth
I hope you do give up on DU any time soon. I appreciate and value your posts, your flair, fair play and rationality, more than a dozen rants, and 'misstatements' by our various delluminati. Thank you for the time, effort and feeling you put into the discussions here. The thread on 'prayerful' abortion can't have been much fun, but I learned something. Thanks again.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:49 AM
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19. thanks
for those kind words.
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:37 AM
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17. We need a shot of the silver and gold Benders from that episode of Futurama
where they say "DOOOOOOOMED!" in unison.
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 09:00 AM
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21. You rang?


:rofl:

That's one of my favorite episodes! :thumbsup:
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 07:57 AM
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32. "Hey! Bite my glorious golden ass!"
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 08:43 AM
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18. k&r I've seen some amazingly nasty
comments here.Some people seem to let their over the top emotional investment in one candidate take precedence over facts and any sense of decency.
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tandot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 11:37 AM
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23. DUers like you
are the reason I still hang around here on DU. Thanks, Cali. :hi:


K & R
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 01:28 PM
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24. clearly I forgot body language and tics
Hillary shakes her head while affirming that she will support the dem nominee. oooh. how terrible.

Obama clears his throat nervously. Is this a signal he's lying?

Edwards flicks his tongue and eyelids at times: That must be when he's lying.

unfuckingbelievable how stupid is winning out.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-27-07 04:03 PM
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27. Some of it's true and some of it's lies
And it's up to clear minded people to sort it out and vote accordingly.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-28-07 07:59 AM
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33. In all the world, only the people at DU think the Repubs have a shot.
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