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penguin7 (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:37 PM Original message |
Is the idea to elect the right candidate or beat the GOP? |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Some argue that precisely because a guy campaigns as honest, |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just go with Edwards ,feel good and be done with the hype, |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Yep. What's the confusion? He's the most progressive and he's got the best chance. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Most progressive - he says. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. For some strange reason over the years, my choice in candidates always seems to be the |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. choose the one who you like best and want to support. |
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terryg11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. sometimes it feels like the goal is to beat the gop |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. both -- but the latter is of dire consequence (nt) |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. A Dem would have to Wear a Sheet |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. I wish it had been "B" last time..... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. Elect the right candidate. |
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Like It Is (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And just exactly who is your candidate? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Neither |
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Like It Is (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You still didn't answer my question. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Probably Obama. Notice he was missing from his list nt |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Nope. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. None of the above. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. I agree with your "sellout" point, but I don't agree that the GOP |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. To quote Huffington, "you shouldn't redecorate when the house is on fire" |
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Like It Is (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's why we need Biden! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Gosh, let me guess ... are you a Biden person? |
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Like It Is (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You will be waiting till hell freezes over. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. ;) Oh, I don't think so |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Correction: that was 2004 |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Correction: It's more important now than it was then |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I disagree strongly |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. And I disagree just as strongly |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. Any of ours has a shot against that group of knuckleheads. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. Did you mean "NOMINATE the right candidate"? |
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Like It Is (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'm sure that nominate was meant but not said. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I wasn't meaning to be snarky, just wanted to clarify the point |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
22. Edwards gives us the best of both worlds: the most electability and a progressive platform nt |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
26. The idea is to beat the GOP. America cannot survive another Republican President. |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
27. Edwards is both NT |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. I should think Choice "A" would lead to Choice "B" |
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beastieboy (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
31. Both, but I'll take the latter if the nominee is imperfect. |
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