Quakers Against Kucinich? - Democratic Underground

davidswanson

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Tue Nov-27-07 06:36 PM
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Quakers Against Kucinich?

Quakers Rate All Candidates Awful on Peace, Fail to Include Kucinich

I kid you not. Is this a new height for self-defeatism? The Quakers have produced this chart ranking the candidates: http://www.fcnl.org/candidates

They include 5 Republicans and 4 Democrats, leaving out the man polling fourth or fifth in the various polls among the Democrats, and the only candidate who actually agrees with their positions.

Please ask them what they can possibly be thinking: media@fcnl.org

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Drunken Irishman

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Tue Nov-27-07 06:40 PM
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1. From their site.

Methods

Only the major Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are included due to limited resources. (In 2004, 216 presidential candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission.)

Our thresholds for consideration as a major candidate are:

On average, poll five percent or more in early states or nationally in any one month since June 2007; and

Actively campaigning.

http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=2819&issue_id=2

Now I'm not sure, but has Kucinich polled above 5% in any state since June?

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jtrockville

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Tue Nov-27-07 07:50 PM
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9. According to usaelectionpolls.com, he doesn't meet the criteria

Kucinich hasn't scored 5% or more in any of these polls:
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/candidates/Dennis-Kucinich.html

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Tue Nov-27-07 06:46 PM
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2. They should be supporting Kucinich

then he'd be getting more than 5% in the polls.

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Pyrzqxgl

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Tue Nov-27-07 06:54 PM
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3. Quakers are pacifists!

Dennis' views on gun control limits hi support on that group, as it does
with all the other candidates running.

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eShirl

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Tue Nov-27-07 07:13 PM
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7. they will not be endorsing anyone

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skipos

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Tue Nov-27-07 06:56 PM
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4. Trivia question: name the two Quaker Presidents. No cheating. nt

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tnlurker

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Tue Nov-27-07 07:03 PM
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5. Nixon was one

I don't remember the other.

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laststeamtrain

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Tue Nov-27-07 07:04 PM
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6. Well, one was Dick Nixon. The other I don't know. Must not have been

Edited on Tue Nov-27-07 07:08 PM by laststeamtrain

a very good Friend.

I've always been amused that Bill Kristol & Pat Buchanan got 'pied' at a traditionally 'Quaker' university. Earlham.

Watch out for them 'Quakers'. They throw food.

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skipos

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Tue Nov-27-07 07:13 PM
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8. Hoover

Edited on Tue Nov-27-07 08:09 PM by skipos

I had incorrectly posted Harding before. Got my Hs screwed up.

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hayu_lol

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Tue Nov-27-07 07:52 PM
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10. The Quakers forgot to include Ron Paul as well...

with even the remote chance that Dennis will choose him, perhaps the Quakers should have included the two of them as a possible team.

Dennis is known, famous in fact, for his eccentricity...it is possible that he was asked for a statement and just plain forgot to respond. He has done this with many requests.

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Tue Nov-27-07 08:00 PM
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11. Nixon and

Herbert Hoover.

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skipos

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Tue Nov-27-07 08:09 PM
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12. Oh man, you are right. I screwed up in my post above. nt

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