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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:19 PM
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MSNBC Survey: What was the best political play of 2005?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10336995#survey

What was the best political play of 2005?

* 5542 responses


Cardinals go with an insider 2%

Sheehan camps out in Crawford 8%

Democrats force GOP hand 23%

Miers nomination pulled 2%

Woodward's revelation 2%

'Deep Throat' identified 4%

Schiavo dominates politics 3%

CIA Leak Investigation 14%

Katrina roars 18%

The War in Iraq 23%

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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:25 PM
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1. No contest - CINDY!
with Katrina a close second.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:30 PM
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3. How was Katrina a "political play?"
I realize that what Brownie did (or didn't do, more accurately) with FEMA was political - but it certainly wasn't the BEST.

I voted for the Dems forcing the GOP hand. Now THAT was a political play. ;)

(Not fussing atcha proud - just wondering, honestly, how a natural disaster is a political play).
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slampoet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:34 PM
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6. If anybody thinks Katrina was a good political play....
..what they are really saying is

"I support killing niggers, creoles, cajuns, and poor honkeys wholesale."
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 02:19 PM
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24. Isn't that one of the planks in the Republican platform? nt
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:38 PM
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8. It has been asserted that the government knew the levees would
break eventually, or they helped break it and/or Bush purposely ignored Katrina and let the poor die.

I'm not into conspiracy theories but when they worst natural disaster in history hits the US and the president responds by golfing you've got a very hard time explaining it in rational words.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:47 PM
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14. That's why I didn't vote for Katrina
But I think if bush goes down, it will be largely due to Katrina and the way he fucked up with the response.

I see both Cindy and Katrina as the beginning of the end of dubya.
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:28 PM
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2. Done...
Edited on Wed Dec-28-05 01:29 PM by Oceansaway
What was the best political play of 2005? * 5568 responses


Cardinals go with an insider
2%
Sheehan camps out in Crawford
8%

Democrats force GOP hand
23%
Miers nomination pulled
2%

Woodward's revelation
2%
'Deep Throat' identified
4%

Schiavo dominates politics
3%
CIA Leak Investigation
14%

Katrina roars
18%
The War in Iraq
23%
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:31 PM
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4. which one did you go with?
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:40 PM
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9. Cindy...n/t
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:32 PM
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5. Play, or Ploy?
There have been lots of each this year (and probably EVERY year). I am sick of politics being reported as a "game", with 'plays'..

People go hungry, miss out on health care, lose jobs and homes as a result of these "plays".:cry:
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:36 PM
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7. And no mention of the FISA
felony that the Times forced ** to admit to.
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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:43 PM
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10. Done
5603 responses

23% Democrats force GOP hand (I voted for that one.)
23% The War in Iraq
18% Katrina roars
14% CIA Leak Investigation
8% Sheehan camps out in Crawford
3% 'Deep Throat' identified
3% Schiavo dominates politics
2% Cardinals go with an insider
2% Miers nomination pulled 2% Woodward revelation

The War in Iraq in one form or another got 68% of the votes.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:44 PM
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11. Harry Reid Bitch Slappin Frist - BEST PLAY!
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mntleo2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:48 PM
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15. Yeah!
I posted about the same thing below about the same time as yours. We bnoth hit the 'send' button at the same tinme and were on the same page, lol

Cat In Seattle
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:53 PM
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18. Great minds baby! GREAT MINDS!
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:45 PM
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12. Dems force GOP hand, I don't believe that Cindy is a "political play"
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mntleo2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:46 PM
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13. They Should Add...
Harry Ried's shut down of the senate. Now THAT was a fine political ploy. What a bunch of media whores for not even considering this! Sheesh

Cat In Seattle <---walking away shaking her head
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Caoimhe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:51 PM
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17. I think that was the option "Dems force GOP hand"
but I think that, combined with John Murtha's proposal and criticism of the administration were both extremely important.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:54 PM
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20. that was "Dems force GOP hand" option...
That was the one I picked. Iraq is not a 'policitcal play"neither is Katrina or Cindy..

It was a stupid, badly written question.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:57 PM
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21. Agree! Harry's Senate Shutdown was a BIG deal
The poll option of Dems forcing Repub hands over the Iraq/Murtha resolution wasn't a political ploy by Dems. It was a reaction to a dirty Repub trick.

Harry needs credit for planning and carrying out a smart political move.
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Caoimhe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:50 PM
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16. Done, and I gave a long explanation on the feedback part
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Pam-Moby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 01:54 PM
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19. Done
What was the best political play of 2005? * 5631 responses


Cardinals go with an insider
2% Sheehan camps out in Crawford
9%

Democrats force GOP hand
23% Miers nomination pulled
2%

Woodward's revelation
2% 'Deep Throat' identified
3%

Schiavo dominates politics
3% CIA Leak Investigation
14%

Katrina roars
18% The War in Iraq
23%
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biscotti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 02:06 PM
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22. Done Cindy
Edited on Wed Dec-28-05 02:11 PM by REDSTATELIBERAL
But, I think it is disgusting that any of these are considered "political plays".
To me that's the trouble today, everything is treated like a damn game. This is our country and it citizens, not some damn game.
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DemonFighterLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 02:15 PM
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23. I voted for the cia leak before viewing any responses
Most of these can not be seen as any "play". Tweety will never consider anything against dubco as good.
Oh wait, there is nothing good for b*shie there, is there?
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