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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:29 PM
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OK, If I hear One More Time That Whoever Wins You Will Not Support The Other Candidate
I AM GOING TO SCREAM

That is like voting for John McCain

I dont care who wins, be it Obama, or Hillary
I will vote for either one

And I would hope that all the Democrats would rally behind the candidate

If you wont vote for the other candidate because yours didnt win,then you are not a true Democrat.....

:rant: :rant: :rant:


Rant over........

we need to come together

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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:30 PM
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1. What if someone won't vote for one for fear that they would be supporting the obliteration...
... of 70 million men, women, and children?

I have trouble criticizing someone for that.
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:35 PM
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3. That is BS
Either candidate will protect our allies and our interests. Hillary had a poor choice of words but that is all. The rest is political posturing.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:37 PM
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5. Some people might be willing to bet 70 million lives on it being just "poor wording"...
Edited on Tue May-06-08 05:39 PM by BlooInBloo
... But I wouldn't criticize anyone who isn't willing to make that bet.

EDIT: Especially after she deliberately reaffirmed it.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:41 PM
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10. Israel
Unfortunately, we do have a pact to protect them, she was just saying, not that she was going outright to bomb Iran without provocation.

I would think that if Iran did anything, (and i am not talking about a false flag operation by our CIA), they would be obliterated at once......(if they used nukes, which they dont have yet)
or any country for that matter, if any country used nukes to attack another in this day, they would
not be a country for long.....

:hi:

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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:43 PM
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11. American voters don't control Israel. American voters control who their candidate is.
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DeadElephant_ORG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:51 PM
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24. Poor choice of wording?! MY A$$ !

The night before a do-or-die primary, with no provocation at all, Hillary Clinton threatens to "obliterate" an entire country with whom we are not at war. And you thought "bomb bomb Iran" was strictly for Republicans!

If she somehow steals the nomination, I will do NOTHING to support, other than to pull the lever for a "Democrat". BUT, if she goes all the way to the convention and pulls her "nuclear option", I WILL NOT EVEN VOTE FOR HER, period.

It is time for progressive Democrats to file for DIVORCE.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:35 PM
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4. Mccain said that?
:hi:
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:38 PM
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7. Heh. If only. Clinton did. And reaffirmed it.
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:04 PM
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14. I know a lot of people will be crushed if Obama does not get
the nomination. They have worked hard for him.

But keep history in mind.

Don't make this like 1968, when Humphrey got the nomination after so many dreams went up in bullets and smoke. Keep in mind that Humphrey may have gotten the nomination ANYWAY, in spite of Bobby and McCarthy.

Maybe Humphrey would have been elected if he had not backed LBJ's war policies so vocally, and if the convention had not exploded into a police riot.

Imagine what a better world we could have had if Humphrey had been elected. He was a true liberal and an early supporter of civil rights. Maybe we could have healed, at least a little bit. Many Democrats I knew mocked Humphrey openly, even though he supported everything they believed in. Many Democrats in my family and of my acquaintance were concerned about the number of soldiers and Vietnamese who could continue to die if Humphrey was elected. I don't know if he would have found a way to end that war. I don't think the deaths should be minimized, either. But I believe he would have made the effort.

A good man lost. We ended up with Nixon.

Go ahead and post snark about a very unlikely scenario if Clinton should win the nomination. Go ahead and stay home or vote for someone else. We survived Nixon. Will we survive McCain? Are you willing to find out?
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Exilednight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:14 PM
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18. Humphrey is a good man lost, but Hillary is not a good woman. I honestly do not see ...............
a difference between Hillary and McCain. People scream SCOTUS, but Bill's appointees to the court are actually pretty conservative, especially against workers rights. People scream Roe v Wade, but really don't understand the ruling of Roe v Wade, nor is there any evidence that Bill's appointees will uphold it.
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:33 PM
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22. Clinton's record is nearly identical to Obama's.
And both of them are too centrist for me. However, one of them will be our nominee.

Like too many people here, you are getting caught up in the hate. I will ask you the same thing: Are you willing to stay home if Clinton is the nominee, or to vote for someone else? Are you really willing to bet our survival as a country on this pettiness?

And Clinton is a good person. Your personal attacks reflect on you, not her.
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Exilednight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:37 PM
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23. Actually, it's her personal attacks that reflect poorly on her for me. To answer your question ....
If Hillary wins this nomination fair and square, gaining more pledged delegates, then I will vote for her, but if she wins by overturning the pledged delegates, then I'm going third party.

Lucky for me, Obama will win and this scenario will not come to pass.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:31 PM
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2. What you said, Parche!
Whether people support Clinton or Obama, whichever gets the nomination, that's who people need to vote for.

And no matter how "bad" you think the other candidate is, I promise you that McCain would be so much worse!

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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:37 PM
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6. Thank you for stating the obvious...we are already in peril of losing
most of our rights. One or two more conservative judges should kill this country dead.
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jojo54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:38 PM
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8. Absolutely.
I would totally understand if the nominee is blatently insane or corrupt, but neither Democrat is. If people are going to support the other party because they don't like the Dem nominee, then that is not supporting the Democratic platform.

Go register as a Repuke and get off DU.
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:40 PM
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9. I really don't have to worry about this.
My choice is going to be the nominee. So no worries!
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:43 PM
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12. This site is Democratic Underground
Contentious as we are during this hard fought primary, we must win in Nov. Members here who won't vote for our nom should find a new place to play.
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 05:49 PM
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13. You will be doing a lot of screaming.
I don't know what happened to this place, but I hope everyone has time to cool off before the general.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:07 PM
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15. I will vote for Hillary on November 4 if she is the nominee
And then I will be back on this board on November 5 to say "I told you so" after she loses. Her losing will not be my fault.
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BzaDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:17 PM
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20. Ditto for Obama.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:09 PM
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16. I will vote for principles, not gamesmanship.
I will vote for integrity and change. I will vote FOR my candidate regardless, even if it means writing in his name.
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BzaDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:20 PM
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21. Chalk one up for those ignorant of how voting works in a two-party system.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:10 PM
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17. Hmmm, let's try this: "Whoever Wins I Will Not Support The Other Candidate."
Okay, buddy boy. Let's hear that scream.
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DMorgan Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:16 PM
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19. Catch THIS Smile!
Edited on Tue May-06-08 06:17 PM by DMorgan
I will NOT vote for John McCain, and NOT vote against the Democratic nominee. But my state will ALWAYS vote for the Dem nominee.

Will one candidate or the other win

OH
PA
MO
CO
FL
IL
NY
NJ
VA


THOSE STATES SPELL VICTORY.......which candidate can win there? Only the one who can pull independents, crossover Republicans, Hillary NEVER wins Republicans, nor Independents, Hillary cannot win enough of them, nor African Americans in more than 4 of those states, and the Dem candidate needs ALMOST ALL of those states to win.

Let's look at the strategy for the fall elections, the Primary race is OVER, unless 200 Super Delegates go on record against their voters. Let's see this through to November.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:52 PM
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25. I don't know about you
but I plan on voting for the power combo of Bert/Ernie '08 if Hillary wins the nomination.

:colbert:
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