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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:01 PM
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Who did Obama support in 1996 and 2000?
Anyone know?
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:01 PM
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1. I'd guess Clinton and Gore
:shrug:
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:03 PM
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3. I'm wondering about the primaries.
Was he a Nader man?
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:15 PM
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4. Nader didn't run in the primaries. Clinton had no opposition and Bradley lasted against Gore until
super Tuesday.
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Exilednight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:20 PM
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9. LaRouche ran against Clinton in '96, but it was more of a token run than anything else. n/t
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:15 PM
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5. BS
I see, this is just another Obama bash thread.

I always loved Bill, but if I knew what I knew now I'm not sure I could have supported him.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:50 PM
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37. You'd be right since that
poster always comes up with disingenuous OPs.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:32 PM
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32. I'd guess Bradley in 2000
Most of the Bradley volunteers that I know here in NH (myself included) were with Obama, so there seems to be a good rapport there.

Besides, Obama's a 47 year old hoops fan; think he watched a few games with Dollar Bill growing up?
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:03 PM
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2. The sexual harrasser and the elitist tree hugger? nt
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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:16 PM
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6. harasser?
Unprincipled opportunist, yes.

But harasser?


Do you know something I should and don't?
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:20 PM
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8. Paula Jones, Kathleen Wiley...nt
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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:28 PM
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16. Seriously, you perhaps do know more than I
but it had been my impression that Ms. Jones and Ms. Wiley had been willing at the time . . .
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:37 PM
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22. Well, there were these lawsuits by both...but truly, I could care less..
Edited on Sun May-04-08 05:38 PM by sfam
I was looking for the pithy snark on each, as is the common approach these days (put "Bill Clinton sexual harrassment" in google if you really are interested). Nor do I agree that Al Gore was an elitist tree hugger. Tree hugger, sure! (So am I).
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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:27 PM
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26. I've been known to hug trees myself.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:18 PM
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7. Al sharpton and David Duke...
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:22 PM
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10. Mark Fuhrman and Ralph Nader
WHy not look up google or e-mail him directly?
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:25 PM
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13. Liar! He supported Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein!
You silly Obamanations always try to put a positive spin on things!

:D :rofl:
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:23 PM
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11. who did the Clintons support in 2000?
the son of their good friends Babs and George?
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:26 PM
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14. Gore, of course
But Al didn't want Bill to campaign with him. Too bad as it might have helped.
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:27 PM
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15. A Gore + Obama bash
Typical for Hillary supporters, who have always hated Gore.
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:43 PM
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27. I admire Gore tremendously and worked on his 2000 campaign
He had what he felt were good reasons for not letting Bill Clinton help in his 2000 campaign, no one can blame him for the choices he made. In retrospect its hard to say, but he could have benefited a great deal from placing more emphasis on the accomplishments of the Clinton/Gore administration.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:43 PM
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24. of course?
I have my doubts about that
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:43 PM
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25. of course?
I have my doubts about that
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:24 PM
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12. Obama
Edited on Sun May-04-08 05:25 PM by OzarkDem
He doesn't seem to have a history of advancing anyone's political futures other than his own.

Bill Clinton and Al Gore spent a lot of time during their administration traveling and fundraising for other Dem candidates and the Dem Party. For some reason, I don't see Obama wanting to perform those duties.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:29 PM
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17. The Clinton lost us both houses of congress. Thanks a lot.
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:31 PM
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19. Clintons have always been about themselves
Didn't matter that Dems suffered under their reign.

How do you lose a 40 + year control over the House? Answer: Bill Clinton.
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:28 PM
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28. Only a fool would believe that
or a right wing tool. Which is it?
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Hola Donating Member (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:30 PM
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18. Silly
Obama did a lot of traveling, campaigning and fundraising in the 2006 elections, and in many by-elections since and prior. Where do you get your ideas from?
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:29 PM
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29. I'm sure he did, for himself
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iwearshoesinky Donating Member (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:43 PM
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34. He came to Louisville to give a speech for John Yarmuth in September of '06.
It might have just helped Yarmuth unseat a 6 term republican.
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slick8790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:32 PM
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20. Thats why we've picked up two congressional seats recently that he helped campaign for. n/t
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:33 PM
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21. He helped Patrick here in Mass.
Next?
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:30 PM
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30. Did he help Gore or Clinton/Gore
the OP mentioned 1996 and 2000.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:45 PM
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35. I don't know.
But you've been shown how he has clearly helped many Dems besides those two, and that should be what matters the most to us. But you clearly don't accept that that. It seems like you put Hillary higher than the party itself, something that in an Obama fan would surely bother you.
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 05:39 PM
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23. In 1992 he organized the largest voter registration drive in Chicago history
Over 100k new voters were registered and for the first time more Dems were registered in Chicago than Repubs. It helped Carol Mosely Braun and Bill Clinton secure victories in Chicago.

He campaigned frequently during the elections of 2004 and 2006.
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:31 PM
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31. Again, something he did for his own benefit
part of his never ending campaign for higher office.
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DMorgan Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:48 PM
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36. So NOTHING Obama ever did was good, now, was it? according to
YOU!
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:34 PM
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33. Jeremiah Wright.
Although it doesn't appear he donated all that much.
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Joyce78 Donating Member (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 10:44 PM
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38. As a lifelong Democrat ic voter who never opted for Perot, e.g.
I'm voting for Hilary Clinton ... take that DU. I will never vote for the liar Barak. He claims he's a 20+ member of that church where he didn't disagree with his pastor. I left my Catholic Church when I realized my Sunday contributions at Mass and my tuition payments to Catholic grammar schools and Catholic High Schools and Catholic higher education (e.g., Seton Hall Univ for my eldest)were being spent for legal fees for pedophiles. I haven't joined another religion but I will say that when my religious leader (our priest) didn't tell me precisely what my $$$ was eventually defending, I left.
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