15 more months of this shit--- Just shoot me now.

trumad

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:34 PM
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15 more months of this shit--- Just shoot me now.

I estimate by November 4, 2008, there will have been 8338 Dem and repub debates, give or take a few.

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flvegan

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:36 PM
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1. You'd rather the masses based their decision on shitty, self-serving commercials?

Well?

At least those 8338 debates give folks a chance to hear words from the mouths of the candidates.

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Mz Pip

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Tue Aug-07-07 10:37 PM
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21. Thing is

I doubt the masses are watching these and will probably still base their decision on 30 second ads and sound bites.

These debates are the audition tapes for the soundbites.

Mz Pip
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RiDuvessa

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Tue Aug-07-07 10:50 PM
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24. The campaign season is too long.

It encourages grandstanding and those very commercials you hate so much. Just because you think that there is no reason for a two-year campaign doesn't mean you want the election decided by commercials. Sometimes too many debates are just as bad as too few. People start to ignore them and think they've heard it all before.

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Robbien

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:36 PM
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2. What makes you think it will be any different in 2008

Corporatists rule now.

With the wrong candidate, that may not change if the GOper changes to a Dem.

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Breeze54

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:37 PM
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3. K!

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Glimmer of Hope

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:37 PM
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4. Lol! It seems like there is one a week. It is a tad ridiculous but not worth killng yourself.

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trumad

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:39 PM
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7. It's not just the debates---it's the whole damn thing...

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skids

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:58 PM
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16. I hope a good number of people are doing as I am...

...and holding contributions until a certain date. Though, it might send a more effective signal were we to pick a date. Should it be Jan 1 or election day in Nov?

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Ilsa

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Tue Aug-07-07 10:34 PM
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18. I don't mind the debates, except they are constructed

for talking points. Each debate needs to be over an issue, and each candidate needs more time to discuss their POV, plan, etc.

I'm already sick of the MSM deciding who is going to win, though.

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trumad

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:38 PM
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5. OK---in that case lets have 4 year campaigns---

Pres gets elected---the new campaign starts the next day...

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KoKo

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:38 PM
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6. Trumad....don't you understand that THIS is how Democracy SHOULD BE?

Edited on Tue Aug-07-07 09:39 PM by KoKo01

MSM feeding the Beasts? Throwing out Questions like Raw Meat or Bird Seed to get the required "snorks" and "gurgles" and at times a few plaintive squeals for the onlookers?

Isn't this what DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE?

SHAME ON YOU!!!!! SHAME......

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Gregorian

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:39 PM
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8. Barring a common sense ray gun, we've got a whole lifetime of this left.

Sorry about the bad news.

And they wonder why we drop out.

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NanceGreggs

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:40 PM
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9. Hate to get nit-picky, but ...

... if you count tonight's debate, the correct number is 8339.

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H2O Man

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:42 PM
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10. Are you

taping them?

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trumad

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:43 PM
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11. Digitally... I ran out of VCR tape.

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H2O Man

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:44 PM
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13. They can be used

in a sort of up-dated Clockwork Orange.

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Submariner

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:44 PM
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12. I couldn't agree more

This dipshit idiot-in-chief can seem to do no wrong so we can throw him out. It is multiple high crimes and misdemeanors....weekly! Someone get rid of this guy.

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flying rabbit

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Tue Aug-07-07 10:39 PM
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22. LOL

:spray:

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hfojvt

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:46 PM
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14. I have not seen one yet

Are they gonna have one that is broadcast on free channels?

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Breeze54

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Tue Aug-07-07 09:53 PM
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15. You don't count!!

Edited on Tue Aug-07-07 09:54 PM by Breeze54

:sarcasm:

Remember that! Neither do I!!

But we vote, so? They better keep that in mind! :P

Right?

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hfojvt

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Tue Aug-07-07 10:30 PM
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17. Doesn't matter to me

I am probably with Edwards no matter what happens in the debates, and I certainly do not need to see the Republicans (I skimmed the last transcript anyway).

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Breeze54

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Tue Aug-07-07 10:36 PM
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19. Edwards isn't going to win.

He's a great guy (except for that IWR vote) but,

he's just not going to win. Face it.

He's a long shot and everyone knows it.

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AndyTiedye

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Tue Aug-07-07 10:43 PM
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23. They Know that We Vote. They Know We Won't Vote for Them. They Have That Sorted

We make democracy die

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RiDuvessa

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Tue Aug-07-07 10:37 PM
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20. Here, Here!

I'm glad someone said it. The campaigning season is getting ridiculous. I'd much rather see these people in Washington getting something accomplished.

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