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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:13 AM Original message |
Florida, Michigan and the Jackasses That Overreached |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended and well said |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I keep hoping for more op eds..... |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Fla. politics |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. There is nothing complicated about a 115 to 1 vote. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Exactly, the pols are crazy |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Stop using the "disenfranchised" term. It is propaganda. |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Correct |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
89. Yes - GOP governor nursing this along and sowing turmoil every inch of the way. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. DNC has all of the videos up now of Dean's 5 appearances this morning. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. About digging yourself |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I ask again |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Dean |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. No, here is what he said. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. Here's the TRUTH -- not vainglorious opinion -- about the Florida Dem Primary. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That is from the FDP, only their side. |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
76. ONLY the FDP side? |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Fla. rules |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Florida played along. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
62. FL Dems misrepresented this all the way....quoting their site is useless. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Always hold to the truth. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
94. I hope so. FL Dems think differently. They are not like other Democrats. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. How dare major states want a say. Only IA, NH, SC, and NV are entitled to a role |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Hello? |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Perhaps you are right. But the way to change the system is not right in the middle of a race |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I agree so let's let them re-vote |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Dean said have a revote...Hillary says no to it now. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I suspect Hill may be using that as a bargaining ploy to get a primary, not a sham caucus in FL |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Dean, Obama, and Hillary all know that. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
56. Indeed ...if rules are not rules then what are they? Just hot air? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Florida Dems are nothing but hot air. |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. Well said, LittleClarkie... |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. We are behind Mich Chair Mark Brewer. |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
93. That's kinda funny, considering California has larger pop. than FL & MI combined. For decades CA's |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
75. yep. how many times times do dems have to lose before they fix this. nt |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
85. Thank you, shit that it the root cause of all this |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. Florida voters have been largely ignored since 2000. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
18. I have to say, looking over this whole fiasco, I most blame NH and IA |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. There are 4 states in the pre-window now. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. They really do think they possess some special right to it. |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. Considering how "the ghettos of New Orleans" have been treated after Katrina |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Yes, Iowa and New Hampshire made Florida and Michigan Democrats |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
78. Amazing, isn't it? |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
24. Other threads have picked up on this |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. Hey, where can you buy those buttons? |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
28. Thanks for this info! K&R! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I expect the usual yells of "disenfranchisement" momentarily. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Obama wins by suppressing the votes of 5,000,000 people? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Now that is flat out lying. I do not believe what goes on here now. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. The electric kool aid seems very powerful with that one. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Since when is Obama suppressing votes? Get off the electric kool aid! |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
63. Thanks for all your work on this topic. I guess if the delegates |
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MelissaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
29. Thanks, madfloridian! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. Hillary and Wasserman-Schultz say no Florida do-over |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Now Wasserman Schultz weighs in...says no revote. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I had such high hopes for Wasserman-Schultz |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. From Tomasky at the Guardian blog. "Cheaters never win." |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. It was not a matter of maximize Mich/Fla's infuence |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I am tired of people denigrating small states. I am tired of the insults |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Not denegrating small states |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Florida: if it looks like a big d^ck and acts like a big d^ck ..... |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. True, but the people there are not responsible for the dicks. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Yes, we ARE responsible for the behavior of our leaders. |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Votes in a primary are sacred only if the party says they are. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. What? "Dean is acting just as stupid" ..oh for shame that someone enforces the rules ...NOT |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
74. I just heard Hillary say Obama is like Ken Starr. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. When Dr . Dean can cite the law ... |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Dr. Dean doesn't need to cite the law |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. No interviews on TV - how come? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. And Dean had 5 powerful ones yesterday. LInks to videos. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yea, mad! |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I second that! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Your words "the political machine".....just about right. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. Wanna know how FL Dems treat Dean still? Read this BS |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
65. Hillary's campaign will bypass the DNC. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
66. Read this article. Tell which important name is missing. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Okay I'll tell you. Karen Thurman, state party chair, FL |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. A "mail-in" primary? |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
70. yeah, punish the voters... good one. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Stop the punish the voter crap. It is a lie. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #72 |
86. Really? So the votes count? Otherwise you're just blowing hot air. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
84. Seriously, how? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
71. Kind of O/T-but why is Carville saying he wants each campaign to pitch in $15K for new elections? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
73. Ha Ha Stogie just called it like it is. Do not miss this. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
77. Huge fuckin K&R! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
79. You really have to read the varied demands from Florida Dems |
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lewis_in_fw (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
80. Madfloridian says "Rules are Rules are Rules are Rules are Rules are Rules are Rules" YAWN *NT* |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. At least you are paying attention. |
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lewis_in_fw (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Madfloridian summary: It would be unfair to New Hampshire, Iowa, should Florida push up their date |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Breaking rules to win is unfair. You left part of it out. |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:55 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Maybe mad floridian should change his name to |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. I am a she. I tell the truth. |
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cachukis (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
88. Keep up the good work Mad. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Thank you, I try. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Self delete...Dupe |
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