Marine Corps Candidate Poll (somewhat surprising)

RevolutionStartsNow

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:49 AM
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Marine Corps Candidate Poll (somewhat surprising)

Not all surprising that Clark and Bush lead -- in fact, glad to see that Clark is ahead -- but interesting to see how well Dean does.
Why would he poll better than Kerry with Marines?

Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun 0.30 % (5)
Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) 39.49 % (652)
Gov. Howard Dean 11.75 % (194)
Sen. John Edwards 0.36 % (6)
Rep. Dick Gephardt 3.21 % (53)
Sen. John Kerry 8.18 % (135)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich 0.36 % (6)
Sen. Joe Lieberman 0.73 % (12)
Rev. Al Sharpton 2.42 % (40)
President George W. Bush 33.19 % (548)
Total votes: 1651

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/static.php?f=view.php

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quinnox

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:52 AM
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1. Maybe some of those guys must

Edited on Fri Oct-24-03 09:56 AM by quinnox

have been impressed by Dean's skiing skill during Vietnam?

No, the real answer probably lies in who took the poll, Dean seems to attract a lot of the youngsters so if it was a poll in general of marines, who are predominantly in their early 20's it makes sense.

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RevolutionStartsNow

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:54 AM
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2. Maybe they just think

he's the best candidate for President. Hmm....

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CMT

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:58 AM
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5. are you a veteran?

if you are then maybe you have a right to judge what one person did during Vietnam and what another person didn't. Dean didn't dodge the draft he had a medical excuse and if that is not good enough for you, fine. I'm personally glad he never went to Vietnam which, like Iraq, was a totally wrong-minded and unethical war where thousands of innocent people were killed and over 50,000 of our own soldiers killed--for what?

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quinnox

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:02 AM
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7. No, but that doesn't mean

Edited on Fri Oct-24-03 10:03 AM by quinnox

I can't recognize and respect a man for serving his country, like for instance, Kerry.

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CMT

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:18 AM
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9. of course you can

I do. I admire Kerry for his service. But you don't have to diminish someone else who didn't serve and had an excuse for not serving. Ok, so he spent weeks skiing while others were being killed in Vietnam. Good for him. I wish all those other kids could have done the same.

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:56 AM
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3. More importantly I think....

is that 2/3 are for dems and only 1/3 for the boy king!! I think this is great news!!

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Skwmom

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Fri Oct-24-03 09:58 AM
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4. How is the poll limited to the Marines?

It was an online poll (anybody could have voted) - you as a Dean supporter obviously visited the site. Secondly, once Dean's skiing escapades become common knowledge, I wouldn't be counting on any military support for Dean.

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quinnox

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:00 AM
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6. Online poll? Well that does explain it

Online polls are meaningless.

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RevolutionStartsNow

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:08 AM
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8. Especially when

your candidate fares badly in them.

And if the Dean people had "found" this online poll before the results were published, Dean would've won. :)

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wryter2000

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Fri Oct-24-03 10:44 AM
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10. So, they're going to support Bush?

Edited on Fri Oct-24-03 10:45 AM by wryter2000

At least, Dean showed up for his physical. And he's said that if the army had wanted him, he would have gone. They gave him the 1Y. His daddy didn't buy his way into the National Guard, even though his daddy was for sure rich enough to do it.

Being 1Y is rather different from being AWOL, wouldn't you say?

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