This is NOT a particularly ugly primary season

MonkeyFunk

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:08 AM
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This is NOT a particularly ugly primary season

Can we please stop getting the vapors every time an elbow is thrown?

It's politics! It's supposed to be rough.

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RB TexLa

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:09 AM
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1. It's really been pretty tame

a little disappointing, actually.

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mondo joe

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:10 AM
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2. But I keep getting told the party is being destroyed.

Though, come to think of it, I'm told that only by people who aren't getting what they want.

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joeybee12

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:11 AM
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3. It's not rough, it's a bloodsport...we need to remember that after

all the dirt is thrown, John and Hilary and Barak will kiss up and make nice. They don't take it personally, so why should we?

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rodeodance

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:15 AM
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4. It is what the media proclaima it to be.

sarcasm

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Maribelle

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:16 AM
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5. And after last night's neoconservative debate in Boca we can see that ....

Hillary is just warming up.

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patrice

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:19 AM
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6. K & R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cameron27

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:19 AM
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7. Not ugly?

I thought that the very fabric of the universe was was torn, and it was all the Clenis's fault. :+

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mac56

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:21 AM
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8. Absolutely. 1980, anybody?

Wear a cup.

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pampango

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:27 AM
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13. That was bad, but I don't like the result of that as a historical precedent.

;)

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mac56

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:31 AM
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15. Me neither.

The ugliness factor on the Democratic side was substantial, though.

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calico1

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:23 AM
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9. Anyone here remember 1980?

Now THAT was ugly! :wow:

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rucky

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:23 AM
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10. Lowered expectations relieves stress.

Try some today! :thumbsup:

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pampango

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:24 AM
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11. Compared to Dean-Kerry? Is there a particularly ugly primary season

that you have in mind as a basis of comparison?

It certainly seems that race and gender are components of this primary to a greater degree than in the past, regardless of which candidate or media you blame for that. Most of our past primaries involved white males as the "leading" contenders. Now we have women turning out and voting for Hillary in large numbers and AA turning out and voting for Obama in large numbers. Two minority groups see their best chance ever at getting a president elected. It is quite natural that people are rally engaged and voting, at least in our primaries, in unprecedented numbers.

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sufrommich

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:27 AM
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12. I agree. The high drama here on DU is not relative to reality.nt

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robbedvoter

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:27 AM
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14. We have shrinkier violets running this time - 2004, none was embraced by the MSM

to the extent Obama is now so he feels entitled:

coverage ststs:

Obama: 47% positive, 16% negative.
Clinton: 27% positive, 38% negative.
McCain: 12% positive, 48% negative
Giuliani: 28% positive, 37% negative
JEDNE

Net numbers

Obama +31
Giuliani -9
Clinton -11
McCain -36

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mac56

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Fri Jan-25-08 09:32 AM
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16. "Shrinkier violets"! LOL!

Best line of the day!

:thumbsup:

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