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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:29 PM Original message |
Does anyone have a clue why Kerry didn't 'win' 2004? |
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raysr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Rolled over and gave up. IMO |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. I agree! |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. What should he have done? I was pissed too, but let's say |
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Jayhawk Lib (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 08:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
180. Viet Nam |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Was for the War, before he was against it? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kerry did not lose, and bush did not win. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I stand corrected |
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CarbonDate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. This is correct, to an extent. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. I was hoping the Democrats had bigger and better and more tech |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Diebold, Blackwell, long lines, intimidation, Warren County and apathy won |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. A media that dumbed down the left AND the right and made them repeat |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Yeah, that's are other problem - Diebold and the Media |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Here's my observations, in no particular order |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That is a great point: Kerry's intelligence did not play well |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Kerry's intelligence played VERY WELL in the Debates |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. And who watched the debates? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. see also my post 25 n/t |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Exactly |
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Chiyo-chichi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 08:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
115. Absolutely right. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
117. Kerry did not talk down to people |
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CarbonDate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Karl Rove isn't a genius. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. That's very true - if he was a genius he wouldn't have gotten caught |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. He didn't lose. They stole the election. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You're right, I've already told someone else who said the same thing... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. That's just silly. ANYONE with half a brain |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Sometimes those blinders prevent us from seeing our noses too |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I know. I know. Hopefully |
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Peggy Day (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Amen. I agree wholeheartedly nt |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Diebold. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Never underestimate the ignorance of the American voter |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well I believe Diebold got the win for dubya BUT |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here is a clue: He won. nt |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Hamlet Factor. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
118. As someone likely your age, I think I know why they couldn't |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
155. Bush was far better going back into Iraq and just continue with mass |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bush's war and Rove's scare tactics with a little Ben Laden thrown |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
62. Even then the MSM spun the video - |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
103. Oh, I forgot about that little ditty. n/t |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Media - Best Kerry quotes edited out, Best Bush quotes showcased |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
121. I noticed this too, going back to Campaign2000 |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
193. MAJOR--it was the anti-dem media coverage and the 24/7 RW talk show |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #193 |
195. It was a shock to me when I went to the Daily Howler |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:58 PM Response to Reply #195 |
199. Daily Howler was a sickening insight into how the public was manipulated |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #199 |
202. I was thinking about starting a thread about those who have been |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Most have no clue about swift boats either |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. They might not know what a swiftboat was |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. What ads? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Living near swingstate Pennsylvania I saw them all the time |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
72. I live in a swingstate too |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. Actually this is urban myth |
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pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have a litmus test for Democrats who voted to authorize war in Iraq |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. So I'm guess you woudn't vote for John Murtha? |
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pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. No, I probably wouldn't Vote for Murtha |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Deleted message |
pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Political infighting doesn't help |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. But EUGENE MCCARTHY VOTED FOR THE WAR!!!!!!!!! |
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pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Sorry, I should have qualified my first post with this. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #54 |
120. Kerry in particular has apologized for having trusted Bush |
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pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #120 |
129. I respect Kerry and I would never with my vote allow him to lose |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
146. Perhaps you would have understood my support for Graham before he dropped |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
119. So how will you feel if Kerry runs for Senate rather than the Presidency |
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pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #119 |
127. Well, I would be pretty pissed off, |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Mass will never get a more liberal Sen. than Kerry |
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pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. But is it funny? |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. Yes it is. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. And look across the country, and you'll |
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pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #136 |
142. What Voters? I never mentioned anybody else. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #142 |
149. Any affluent state is that way and if you are liberal you should want that |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #127 |
137. Can you name 10 more liberal Senators? |
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pilgrimm (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #137 |
144. You're right, he is one of the more liberal senators compared to others. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. I am pretty sure he has used the |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. Quick question.. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I've still heard words that something happened in 2004 in Florida |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Well, nothing surprises me anymore |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. Arguably, he won. But if you want another opinion this is why: |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
80. good summary of PIPA survey "The World According to a Bush Voter" here: |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. He didn't Lose, BushCo Cheated. Q.E.D. n/m |
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RSchewe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. Kerry lost? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. I think, and I'm just spit-balling here, that maybe... |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
47. He was too tied up in the washington establishment |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. He was a weak candidate running on a pro-war platform. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
105. Nonsense, you must of heard only what you wanted to hear. |
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DemInDistress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. gahanna ohio..1 pct. cast 638 votes..238 for Kerry and |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
51. Fear Fear Fear |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
68. Your absolutely right. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
170. That's interesting and also what Kerry has said about their internal numbe |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
52. Here's a clue: HE WON! Then he rolled over and helped the cover-up |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. A DEM librarian at the Norwich CT library told me she voted |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. They excel at propaganda |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. yup, it works so they will keep doing it. nt |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. PAC advertisements allowed them to do it, but we can't change this |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
150. Other than telling her she should use the research facilities |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
58. Listen to this |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
60. the media's coverage of the campaign was biased |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. see my post 25 -- it really was an another reality. . . |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
63. sure i know exactly why |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. Yes, I am not a registered democrat, but I am considering joining |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
66. 1 reason he lost is because he never dumbed down to the American people |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. Kerry Lost for a variety of reasons, some not his fault |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Here's the cartoon version of my answer to this question |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Hey LynneSin, over here |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
97. We'll just have to agree to disagree. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
151. I have seen so many lovely wonderful pictures of John and Teresa Kerry |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. Neil, I love your work but these are Pure Karl Rove talking points EOM |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #86 |
99. No, they aren't Karl Rove's talking points. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:28 AM Response to Reply #99 |
111. An example: I live in a swing state, and everyone LOVED Teresa |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #111 |
123. I saw too many examples with my own eyes. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Tricky thing about perception: |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #123 |
143. I've been fortunate enough |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #143 |
154. I don't dispute that. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #123 |
152. editting is everything |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. The only thing that matters is what happens on TV. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:47 AM Response to Reply #156 |
160. The point is it's not her fault |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #160 |
165. My political objective is for us to win. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #165 |
169. Whether THK deserves her rap is not my issue? She must clean |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 02:20 AM Response to Reply #169 |
172. Absolutely agree |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 08:37 PM Response to Reply #169 |
181. Mine is the truth. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #181 |
183. OK |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:36 PM Response to Reply #169 |
196. didn't Lisst claim that what people believe is what media presents?? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #196 |
200. Media can shape perception, |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 12:41 AM Response to Reply #196 |
203. Which is why we need to take the damn media BACK! |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #165 |
174. I agree with you |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #174 |
185. It's important for Democrats to sell better |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #185 |
187. Which Democratic politicians believe that Rove talking points are true? |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #187 |
188. Thanks, but I have things to do. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #123 |
157. For you |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #157 |
167. No they didn't. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #123 |
177. there's a lot more to the "shove it" incident then you think |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #177 |
190. I know all about Richard Mellon Scaife and his paper's role |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:08 PM Response to Reply #190 |
192. And Gore invented the internet |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #190 |
194. I thought you had things to do? Which Democrats believe Rove? |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #69 |
205. A cartoon it is. |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
70. Kerry lost because the country wasn't ready to change CIC's yet. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:02 AM Response to Reply #70 |
106. Your absolutely right. We need to act and those inside the |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
71. diebold, swift boat liars & premature surrender |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Deibold, possibly, but we are ignoring the elephant in the room |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
75. Why Are You Putting out this Lame Propaganda? Kerry Won in 2004. |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Because, in some ways, it is irrelevant |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I agree, Let's deal with the world as is it, not as it is spun |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #78 |
108. The GAO Report is Not a Liberal Blog... and it was reported in the MSM. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #108 |
122. But in general not with much prominance |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:47 AM Response to Reply #122 |
161. I guess you didn't get the Memo - But Kerry did .. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #161 |
182. MCM 's book says he proves the election is stolen |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #108 |
126. And then what happened to it. |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #126 |
162. There's a number of groups working really hard on this... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
77. He did win. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #77 |
197. HOW TO MAKE SURE THE WINNER TAKES OFFICE |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
81. This guy does. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. good article -- thanks for linking to it. . .n/t |
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Luftmensch067 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
83. I think Kerry did win, but not by quite enough |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
85. Here's my take on 2004.... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Just a sidenote -- but how come nobody remembers this: |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I remember when this happened |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:54 AM Response to Reply #88 |
163. I re-read the Rassmann stuff because something seemed strange |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #163 |
175. another example of the false evenhandedness we see in the media |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
87. Leaving out Diebold, Rove & the media did it & we had no consistent msg |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. If you leave out electronic voting, you're going on a fool's errand. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. well, we won in Virginia with a consistent message |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Jeff, take this good question to the Elections Forum. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #94 |
124. Kerry had several consistent messages |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #124 |
131. several consistent messages was the problem |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. By several consistent messages I meant on several issues |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #87 |
164. The Money did Not dry up in the end, Kerry still had about 50 million left |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 05:37 AM Response to Reply #164 |
173. Yes, Kerry had money left over |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:55 PM Response to Reply #164 |
198. the programs DO NOT ask effective dems to speak |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #87 |
179. You SAID ignore Rove and the media |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #179 |
186. my subject line was not very clear... |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
90. Dems still don't have a song or a story. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. They did well enough to WIN the last two elections |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:03 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. We didn't win. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. Boy, how many ways to Sunday do you want to hand over your success? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #90 |
153. I think you have a point about needing a story |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
93. His statement in response to Bush's "if you knew" challenge |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
98. Observation and speculation |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #98 |
140. WTF are you smoking there? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
101. What self-flagellation! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Focus on how the Thuggery owns the machines |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
102. I can sum up why Kerry lost in two words: Swift Boat |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:18 AM Response to Reply #102 |
110. Kerry won. They stole it. Check out the Conyers report, |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
107. Two words: voting irregularities n/t |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
109. Kerry won. He was a fine candidate. Get used to it. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 08:23 AM Response to Reply #109 |
113. That's why I re-edited my table |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #113 |
145. Teaches them the truth...we have a long history of election fraud. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
112. I think you're right. But I also imagine most people share your view |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
114. Very decent post until you put that silly edit at the end. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
116. I think it was a combination of things |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
128. in Nevada |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
133. He had a lead until the Dem convention when he didn't spend time |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. so, some of you just want |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #133 |
158. He was up throughout August |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:11 AM Response to Reply #133 |
166. Go back and read his speech |
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wadestock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
138. Answer |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
139. I say just vote out all repugs... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
148. Fudged numbers, swift-boaters, messed up polling stations |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
159. They made what was strong & good about Kerry into a weakness. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #159 |
168. Well said. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 01:55 AM Response to Reply #168 |
171. I don't agree votes were flipped. But don't look for any clarity on the |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #171 |
176. well keep believing the electronic voting machines have |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. I agree there are defaulting problems. Annecdotal evidence on that. |
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dcdacrazydemocrat (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 11:03 PM Response to Reply #176 |
191. because |
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WHAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
184. his wife?... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-28-05 10:56 PM Response to Reply #184 |
189. Indeed. We can't let the media do this to our candiates any more |
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britpopper (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
201. Well, I think Kerry did win, but... |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
204. Le'mme draw you a picture: |
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