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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:18 PM Original message |
Heads Up: Fuckstick Nader is taking 6%. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. who is Nader running for? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. He represents himself. The Green Party, as far as I know, hasn't chosen him. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yep. The greens have McKinney. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. maybe Cynthia McKinney can take his vote? |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
77. Not even Michael Moore backs Nader anymore |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. We have Nader. The Reps have Bob Barr. I'd be more worried about Barr this election. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Hopefully they'll cancel each other out. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. That will die out. My guess is that was disaffected Democrats. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. My thoughts too. I hope we're correct. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
93. Anyone supporting Nader now has not been a Democrat for a long, long time |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
96. Can't understand why disgruntled Democrats would not vote for a Democrat |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Bogus |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. The truth is-Nader is right in his assessments of |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I've ceased listening to him ever since the moron said there was no difference between W and Gore. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. That's when I stopped, too..the "tweedle dee and tweedle dum" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Nader has made a joke of himself by doing this every cycle.. he's the new Pat Paulsen |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. I'm waiting for Obama to steal Nader's thunder, but will he do it? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Um, Obama's margin actually INCREASED factoring in Barr and Nader... |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I noticed that too. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. It's probably the undecideds. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. lol. |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. the crazy disaffected-Clinton supporter I talked to on the bus last week |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
78. Very funny numbers |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. I guarantee you that fuckstick Barr will take more than that. (NT) |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. It depends on what Nader says about there being a dime's worth of difference between D & R pols |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Will his name get on many ballots this year? |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Good question. Myself, I dont have the answer. nt |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
84. Maybe on a few ballots |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. How is that Nader's fault, exactly? |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Dont be argumentative. I never used the word "fault"... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. So you are using "fuckstick" in a non-judgemental way? |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. My DU experience is such that... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Aw hell, I'll cast blame |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
62. Why and how? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. The last 8 years explained it |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. dupe n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. I would say it marks a failure of discernment in 6% of the voters |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Fuck Nader. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. You fail to answer the question. How is his tiny popularity Nader's fault? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Because supporting Nader does NOTHING to support progressive causes. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Nader Who? ... I'm not buying into this BUNK. em |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. If Nader hadn't run in 2000, thousands of our troops that died in Iraq may still be alive |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Anyone who thinks Al Gore and GWB are the same needs to be commited. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. please tell me that you didn't just blame nader for the iraq war.. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Those Dems were cowards...but I highly doubt a President Gore would invade Iraq |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. on that we can agree |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. Amazing How Abolutely Braindead And Dumb Those 6% Are. I'm Surprised They Could Tie Their Own Shoes |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. yeah, he's going after Obama |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because there is no difference between Obama & McCain, according |
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vinylsolution (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. Nader has every right to run.... |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Of course he has the right to run. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
92. But in what is essentially a two-party system |
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4themind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. He may not even be on the ballot in many states |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Goddamn motherfucking idiots. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. What you said. Precisely. |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. Exactly! |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
88. hard to image that message of "hope, change and unity" doesn't attract them |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I'm a Democrat, not a motherfucking Care Bear. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. You're assuming he'll be on the ballot... |
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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. NOW do you undertand why these polls are for entertainment purposes only? |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. Bob Barr will take at least that much.. Look, it's their riight to run.... |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. Not one vote will go to Nader that would otherwise have gone to Obama |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. So you're saying that if Nader had dropped out, that so much as 1% of his vote wouldn't have |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. 2000 was very different from how 2008 will be, IMO |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. Pfffft. He'll be lucky to get .4% like he did last time. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
48. Fuck you, Ralph Nader. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
50. I would LOVE for Nader to get 6% - and Obama to win |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. Don't worry... |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. Worry? Obama Nation doesn't worry, they HOPE |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. We'll see, Obama wasn't accused of having a black daughter like McSame was so the healing |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. 25% of white democratic women won`t vote for a black guy |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #60 |
85. It wasn't limited to women |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. You're running out of time. |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #66 |
86. I have all the time in the world |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. June 11th. |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #71 |
87. taunting or threatening? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #87 |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. It would probably be twice that if Hillary had won. |
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Donkey_Punch_Dubya (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
63. If half of Nader voters voted Gore in 2000, |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. It was the "moderate" Dems that voted for Bush that got Florida. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
67. I love how "high information voters" know nothing about the Electoral College |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
68. He's not getting 6%. Book it. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
70. and Bob Barr is taking 17%(or better) of McSame's |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. McCain is hopelessly screwed. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
72. You can count on this. Nader will get .3% of the vote in the fall |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
73. I used to be part of the Green Party. Don't worry about them, they usually take about that |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
76. This has been mentioned, but it bears repeating: |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
79. between barr / nader / mckinney I think they can get that 6% |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
81. 6% is frightening. Who the hell are these people? nt |
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sweet baby jesus (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
82. Who's Nader? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #82 |
89. Ralph Nader is the FOREVER Green Party leader. He is always on the ballot, at least in NYC for Pres |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Nader is not the Green candidate |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
83. As long as my vote doesn't count, I'll spend it where I wish. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
91. CBS ran the story in order to raise $$$ for Nader, Polls mean squat now. Viacom kisses Bush FCC butt |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
94. "I wish Molly Ivins were alive to see this....." |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
95. I deeply regret supporting this man in 2000. I live in MD and my |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
97. That's what you get when you poll opium dens |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
100. Most polls in 2000 showed Nader getting more votes than he actually recieved |
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InAbLuEsTaTe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
101. It'll only go higher if Hillary is picked as VP. Only then will Ralph get my vote. Otherwise . . . |
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