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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:32 PM
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Speaking for six South Carolina voters (of which I am one)
I can report to you that the last time we were all together (last Wednesday), the votes looked like this:

Clinton - 2
Obama - 3
Edwards - 1

We all had dinner tonight and discussed last night's debate, which was largely responsible for the new voting preferences, which are:

Clinton - 0
Obama - 0
Edwards - 6

We're ready for Saturday.

(And before anyone derides this little unofficial "caucus" as unscientific and perhaps unrepresentative, let me concede the point. I just think it's interesting.)
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:33 PM
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1. Edwards was amazing last night!
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:52 PM
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37. It's sad that he is being ignored by the press
what I can't understand is he has the experience of Hillary and he would make a better President. SO why do people pick Hillary insted of John?
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Hutzpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:06 PM
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43. He has to be amazing,
he did not have to say anything because he wasn't the one
being attacked.

If people can't see that, then they are bigger fools than
I give them credit for.

I would have done the same, stay out and let them hurt each
other, when they're through, then score quick points.

How easy can that be, anyone if us could have done that.

POLITICS is a dirty game.

I sympathize with Obamas back...lot of holes on there.

I'M I MY BROTHERS KEEPER

Doesn't exist, died with the great MLK.
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:35 PM
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2. Thanks for the feedback! :) n/t
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:35 PM
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3. Victory to the People!
Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 09:36 PM by TomClash
Good for you.

The one person who supported Edwards before the debate should puff out his or her chest!

Now get out and vote on Saturday!
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:35 PM
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4. LOL.. you're all voting for the adult in the room. Neat ! Thanks for sharing
this story. I like to hear antecdotal stuff. I feel its important to understanding who we are, who are neighbors are and why they feel the way they do :hi:
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:35 PM
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5. Are you saying that all six of you will now be voting for Edwards?
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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:36 PM
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6. Looks like it! That's great.
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:37 PM
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8. Yes.
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:40 PM
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13. That is absolutely fantastic.
The six of you are to be congratulated for recognizing the strength and legitimacy of the Edwards positions on the issues.
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:55 PM
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26. One other thing: We will NOT be voting "Present"!
:)
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gaiilonfong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:12 PM
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29. But you will be voting for a flip-flopper
Voted for the Iraq War
China Trade Bill

OH yeah he is sorry for that now...SORRY HE IS!
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:55 PM
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39. Self-delete. Didn't mean to feed the troll.
Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 10:57 PM by hiaasenrocks
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:37 PM
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7. Obamahillary the corporate twins acted like a couple of 10 year olds last night nt
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:39 PM
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11. have you switched teams?
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:37 PM
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9. I said it earlier...
Edwards will come in a close second and Hillary in third.

I called Hillary third in Iowa and I call her third in SC.

If I'm right do I win any door prizes?
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:45 PM
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17. I'll kiss your robes if Edwards comes in second in SC.
:loveya:

:rofl:

:hi:
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:47 PM
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19. I'm telling ya...
...it's going to happen.

I'll consider my robes kissed.

Pucker up buttercup!

:hi:
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:54 PM
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24. I'm making no predictions with these posts.
Just relaying some small bit of info in case anyone finds it interesting.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:19 PM
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30. It's very interesting...
Yer making me hungry with those Cheez It's.

Big Cheez It fan?

:hi:
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:07 PM
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44. Ha! I was thinking the same thing! Yummmmm....... n/t
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gaiilonfong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:29 PM
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32. What nonsense
You are advocating for Edwards, that is what you are doing. AND IF YOU are advocating for Edwards who was PLAYING Mr nice guy during the debate, there will be others who will be advocating for Obama and win them over etc.
With all the Union support Edwards has had in NH and NV he still only had 4% of the vote in NV.
You actually think based on a debate performance that YOU are spinning to your family in Edwards favor is indicative of what the electorate is doing. Some people saw Edwards as the winner but still said they would vote for Obama.
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:53 PM
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38. Self-delete. Didn't mean to feed the troll.
Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 10:57 PM by hiaasenrocks
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gaiilonfong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:59 PM
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41. No anger
You are pretending in your post that these people(family) just changed their vote after the debate , then in another post you say you are trying to convince people to vote for Flip-flopper Edwards...that is advocating, and I am saying if you are advocating to change peoples votes to Edwards based on what YOU saw a the debate, others are advocating for a change from Edwards to Obama because of what THEY saw in the debate.
By the way you have every right to advocate for Edwards.
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:10 PM
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45. And why, pray tell, are we seeing this so much?
"Some people saw Edwards as the winner but still said they would vote for Obama." (or Clinton in other instances post-debate)

People see him in the debate, they like his message, they like him and think he was the winner, yet they are going to vote for someone else.

:shrug:
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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:38 PM
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10. I hope it takes hold all over the country. Thanks SC
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:40 PM
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12. What's the Demographics of you and your friends?
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:43 PM
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15. Too bad some people care about that.
But I'll answer your question anyway.

-Late 20s, early 30s.
-Four women, two men.
-Five are white, one is black.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:44 PM
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16. It matters to see how your reactions might link to what some in those demos react
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:41 PM
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14. Wow, Really cool. I hope others give him a chance as well
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pamela Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:47 PM
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18.  Hot Damn, that's good news!
Are you getting a sense from other South Carolinians that the tide is changing for Edwards? I hope so, we really need a good showing in SC.

Thanks for the good news!
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:52 PM
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22. It's hard to tell, beyond my small sample of friends.
But I can tell you that several people I know are still undecided; most of them were disgusted with the childish antics of Clinton/Obama last night, so I'm doing all I can to encourage them to vote for Edwards.

Two of them are my aunt and uncle, who are both in their 60s. My uncle is a lifetime Democrat who was leaning toward Obama last week but then went back to undecided, and my aunt is a Republican who defected from that party in 2004 and voted for Kerry. She's committed to vote Dem this year. I'm waiting to hear from them (hopefully tonight) about where they stand at this point.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:48 PM
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20. Good luck!
Seriously.

I'd be very happy with an Edwards win - in SC and in the US.
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waiting for hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:52 PM
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21. Wow -
Let's just hope that debate reached out to more out there that may be a bit undecided. Thanks for the story!
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:53 PM
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23. I'm an Obama supporter, but John had a great night in the debate.
I appreciate your snapshot.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:55 PM
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25. Wow -- thanks for posting!
:woohoo:
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:55 PM
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27. Interesting indeed!
Thank you, and all your friends. This is what we've been working for.
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gaiilonfong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:09 PM
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28. LMAO
Whatever works and gets you thru the night
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:21 PM
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31. Gosh, you're so smart. Thank you for your approval.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:51 PM
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36. You know, there's really no reason to slam the Edwards supporters here. We're all in the same boat,
really.. the Clinton Machine is going to crush either of these candidates the minute they are seen to be a threat. We should be helping each other, not snarking each other. JE and Obama have been civil. We should do the same. :hi:
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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:58 PM
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40. That poster was called out the other day for incessant trolling.
Don't feed them.
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gaiilonfong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:01 PM
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42. give it up
I wasn't called out, but because I am not on your Edwards meltdown express I am a troll.
Whatever, you can think what you want, I have an idea why YOU are trying to convince people NOT to vote for Obama.
See how it works......
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:18 PM
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46. Gaiilon, do you really think you're influencing people to vote for Obama here with your nasty,
unprovocated attacks? I've posted with you in defense of Obama on numerous occasions. But you have to find a common denomiator at some point and settle on it. Not everyone is going to vote for Obama. And you'd be better off to try to hedge the vote away from HRC.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:32 PM
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33. Edwards was indeed the best last night
but that wasn't saying much with the two other clowns on stage.

I am glad JE acted civil. He clearly won that debate and looked and acted the most presidential.

A few days ago I vowed to act and remain positive and be in full support with all of the DEM nominees despite my dislike for some of them. I fully intended to vote for the DEM nominee but Obama and Clinton are ruining the image of the party and their circus act is making us DEMS look like nutbags again. :mad:
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:48 PM
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34. That would be so wonderful if these votes are cast the way
you indicated.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:49 PM
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35. Woo-hoo! Hope your little group of six is multiplied many times on Saturday
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:23 PM
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47. Thank you so much for the personal story....
it makes me proud
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:27 PM
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48. Sounds fine to me!
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:38 PM
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49. k and r
I hope the rest of S. Carolina agrees with you....at least the Dems...hell, even some of the repugnants, too.
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chimpymustgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 06:04 PM
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50. Great story - thanks for sharing. Now keep spreading the word! You're a great supporter!
:loveya:
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balantz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 06:14 PM
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51. Great news!
Thanks so much for sharing that!
:hi:
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