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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:18 PM Original message |
What the hell is Kerry doing????? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I sometimes wish for "screw the moderates, let's do this thing" |
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Rich Lewis (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Otherwise known by it's other name: Losing the election |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
67. Bullshit. |
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Taylor Mason Powell (681 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Bullshit - Gore WON the election. |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Funny |
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Taylor Mason Powell (681 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. You're not serious, right? |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I am aware of what happened... |
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Taylor Mason Powell (681 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Yes, if only there were some sort of THIRD party... |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. The net effect is narrowing and diluting our voice for a fractiion |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
101. But Dean lost, Kucinich lost, Nader always loses, etc. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 08:31 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Change the election system, then we'll see how much support is |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Perhaps |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't most polititions move to the center to get elected? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Court the center, yes. Stake the whole farm on them, no. |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't know but maybe it will work. He tends to win elections |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. For the clueless |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. ...having run so many yourself.... |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. That very answer to a well thought out... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Correction |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. as opposed to having won so many yourself? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Kerry's won several elections |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. lmao |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
94. Can't see the words that were strung together |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #94 |
105. And thanks to DU's amazing technology |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
68. Oh and the DLC does? |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
93. Well... look at the source of that assertion. Your answer is there. |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #93 |
106. Hey T |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Two reasons, IMHO |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Well... |
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Monte Carlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. You know, not all voters are partisans. |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. "you have to sell yourself to the public to be president"..... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. "damn the consequences, just as long as you win?" |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. You missed the whole point of the thread,.... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. I hear you, and understood |
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Monte Carlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Well, is that any single candidate's fault... |
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TruthIsAll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
85. Take solace in this...Kerry is pandering now, he will come around later |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Then you accept the premise that he's a waffler? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I accept the premise that he is running a national campaign |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. "They" didn't chop Dean down? |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. "craven windsock" |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. Craven windsock...the new image of the Democratic Party |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
90. Reading comprehension, my friend. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Nothing wrong with my reading comprehension |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
92. That's the problem... |
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Monte Carlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. You have to interview to get any job. |
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the_real_38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm not voting for him unless he clarifies his position on abortion,... |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Just don't whine should bush win mmmK? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Was it his meeting with Nader that tipped you off? |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Most Republicans who would swing over to vote for him......... |
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i_c_a_White_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. to soften up the republican base |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. He's not pandering to 1/15th of the electorate!!! Head for the hills!!! |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Why is Kerry pandering to the unwashed masses of centrists |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. Man it's getting smokey in here |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Thank you Will, I knew.... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You're saying I should have used more question marks??????? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. LOL !!! - No, But Could You, Or SOMEBODY, Please Answer This ??? |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Why am I not surprised.... |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Pandering, eh? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Since when did lies become the truth |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Lies? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Yes, and check your "supposedly" |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. So you're saying he was misquoted? |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Oh yes... he's ALWAYS misquoted. |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. Seem like he is though |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. There's nothing wrong with what he said. YOU took it wrong |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Well said! |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. The keyword there is he said "He would CONSIDER"...he didn't say appt! |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. Kerry figures he has the liberal half of the country already. |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Reply and Expanding on the Original Post |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. But he does have the liberal half of the country |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I guess my post was not clearly stated well enough .... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
73. That's the most reassuring thing I've read all day. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 08:24 AM Response to Reply #44 |
102. Thank you--DU is definitely not America! |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Wow, such well-informed and thoughtful responses |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
75. at last ,the heart of the matter! |
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Rich Lewis (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. the "Hell" he is doing is called trying to save the freekin planet |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
66. How? |
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onecitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm TRYING to hang in there with....... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Geoprge Bush told the voters in 2000 that he wasn't into nation building. |
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malachibk (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. Kerry glimpsed Bush's hand... |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'm having a bad day with Kerry for 2 Reasons..... |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Because he knows it is either --or |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. The problem is that you are confusing campaigning with governance. |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
69. You raise a damn good point |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. I am POSITIVE that DUers oft times DO NOT READ |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I believe |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
104. Based on the false premise that he is pandering to the right |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. And if you were a Republican |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #79 |
91. There are many ways to judge a potential, er, judge |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. Why? Because he has been entrenched in the belt way for too long |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Marianne, I agree with you re post #55.... |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Amen! |
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JHBowden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
58. Nader and his supporters are pushing Kerry to the center. |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
80. Come on now, don't blame this on Nader.... |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #58 |
95. Now that is the funniest post in this entire thread! |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Nader cannot be blamed for being the spoiler ..... |
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Tinoire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:58 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Rather disheartened |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 11:23 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. We will never be able to wash away the .... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
60. But I thought Nader would cost him the election... |
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BabsSong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
74. Gut feeling----they are assuming those of us in strong blue states |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
78. You ask . . |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:00 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. How about we address the number one problem ..... |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. You said it! |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
81. Election question for those more knowledgeable than I..... |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
86. Kerry isn't wooing the center-right so much as |
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