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Johnny__Motown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 09:54 PM
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Nobody ever thought that electing the first African American nominee was going to be easy
But it was....

(except for Hillary's ego)

How about that?
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 09:58 PM
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1. and here I was thinking he was half white
just kidding.
The GE will hopefully one of the last stands for the centuries old politics of race.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 09:59 PM
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2. And will provide a better future for the next generations.......
as they will not be shackled with the prejudice from a dying generation.

It will be done.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:00 PM
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3. Yup. We're winning the next-to-last stand, on to the final battle!
Until the next one, that is.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:01 PM
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4. There will be more, but maybe they won't have that old pure
prejudice thrown in.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:02 PM
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5. The DAMN Clintons' ego. I wish they'd all go back to NY State and fade away.
:grr:
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 11:27 PM
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15. I just wish that they'd go away
They came to believe that they were the Democratic Party. We are taking it back.
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dano81818 Donating Member (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:04 PM
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6. we just didnt think it would be one of our own dragging him behind a truck
ok maybe that was too far
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Johnny__Motown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:13 PM
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8. Yep, to far....... one of our own.. umm.. tar and feathering ?
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dailykoff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:07 PM
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7. It really hasn't been easy.
Remember New Hampshire, Ohio, and Hillary's assorted other "comebacks"? Remember handshakegate, gangbang gate, memogate, Wrightgate, bittergate, and the rest of the kitchen sink?

And even though Obama won weeks ago, they're still not letting him have it?

Tthis race has been far from easy, and unfortunately, it's far from over. :mad:
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Johnny__Motown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:20 PM
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9. NH was a delegate tie, OH was to late IMO, Wisconsin was where the wheels came off
Handshakegate.. well that lasted about 36 hours.


Writegate, ok that sucked but it put the Muslim crap on the back burner and some SD say they like the fact that he could weather a storm like that.



Bittergate... that sucked too but only lasted a week or so




I think it has been fairly easy (compared to what I expected). The long string of wins after super tuesday was huge.... Combined with the steady drip of SD it went fairly well.


Also, I think it is pretty much over. She is trying to get within a hundred pledged delegates and may not even make that, even with MI and FL.

I can't see a one hundred delegate loss being a strong argument for SD to support the loser.



Again, I think it has been over since Wisconsin
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dailykoff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:31 PM
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10. I forgot about the Muslim emails.
The thing is, he's a great candidate and he's managed to fend it all off, but anyone else would have been crushed long ago, like Romney after NH. Obama was supposed to go away after NH too but he didn't.

And it's not just the Clintons behind Hillary's bizarre behavior. If she was running a real campaign she would have dropped out long ago and backed the obvious winner. The fact that she's still running, $20 million in debt and long after losing any hope of getting on the ticket, tells you that he's up against a lot more than just a delusional has-been.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:32 PM
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11. Why are you having to bring up the color of Obama's skin??
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Johnny__Motown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:39 PM
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13. Sorry, just pointing out that it has not been done before.
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Gore1FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:34 PM
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12. Considering how little of the human genome is different
it took far to long.
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:56 PM
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14. Bullshit, the Obama fan club believed the hype so thoroughly
they thought Hillary was gonna be out months ago. That's why they freak out so constantly.

Overconfidence and hatefulness will not help in the general.
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