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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 12:58 PM
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Poll question: Why are so many Republicans pulling for Obama to win the Democratic Primary?
...even to the extent that we're now hearing how so many Republicans are caucusing for him in Iowa?
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:02 PM
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1. Pretty lame push poll. And I say this as Biden supporter.
Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 01:03 PM by skipos
Not that it is a surprise coming from you.
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BringBigDogBack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:32 PM
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11. Pretty much what he/she said.
Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 01:33 PM by BringBigDogBack
You could do better.
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:10 PM
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22. It's simple for the "politically challenged people" to follow.
Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 02:21 PM by liberalnurse
I'm sorry to see that you have yet to grasp the concept...:blush: :hug:
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BringBigDogBack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:37 PM
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28. Also weak.
Perhaps even moreso than the op.

You are to be commended.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:04 PM
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2. As a Biden supporter I agree. Poor repukes, they just never look
at the big picture... The worst of our Dems, whoever that might be, is still ten times better than one of theirs.
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alllyingwhores Donating Member (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:31 PM
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27. Yep, it's pretty obvious...
There's no way in hell the majority of voters that actually vote--and of course, votes that are actually counted--are going to select an African American as President. I'm sorry to destroy the fantasy--unfortunately, there's no f__king way. The Repukes would love for Obama to be the candidate--hell, he might as well be a woman too.

And speaking of women...they would love for Hillary to be the candidate--with her, they win either way--if the majority of selected votes go to Hillary they win--she's a bonafide DLC/corporatist/Repuke light. If she loses the general election then they get to put in place one their whores.

It's a WIN WIN WIN!
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:05 PM
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3. Yes, they are going out of their way
to change registration and go through the long confusing caucus just to sabatoge our presidential nomination.
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:06 PM
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4. i'll see ya downtown at the railways station after Obama (or Edwards) wins tonight
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:09 PM
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5. Republicans are so damn transparent and predictable
They want to throw red meat to their racist and sexist base by hoping for Obama or HRC, because they know none of their candidates aren't worth voting FOR. So they have to motivate the base to vote AGAINST the "other."

They DON'T want Edwards and they sure as hell don't want Biden, either.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:13 PM
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7. So is the republican wing of the Democratic Party
They , like their patron saint Murdoch, really want to maintain the status quo.
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corkhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:06 PM
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21. What a god-awful picture that is, it reminds me of this...
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:12 PM
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6. Well, one Repub I work with actually likes Obama better than the Repubs.
Seriously. Another one honestly digs Edwards, and is voting for him.
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TeamJordan23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:15 PM
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8. David Gregory on NBC Today: Met a few Bush Republican voters who are now going to caucus for Edwards
Why do the Repubs want Edwards?
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:33 PM
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12. That one's easier. Edwards is protectionist and isolationist and many
Republicans are entirely characterized by those two positions.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:33 PM
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13. [Self delete: Duplicate]
Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 01:34 PM by Zynx
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:43 PM
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14. Only a few tho. OTOH his peers on the same show were pointig out the MANY repubs caucusing for Obama
& even Gregory implied that finding repubs caucusing for Edwards was like finding a needle in a haystack. He made it sound like it was a total suprise that he came across any repubs working on behalf of Edwards, while he wasn't surprised at all to hear about so many repubs working to caucus for Obama.

Why do the Repubs want Edwards?


They don't. Read your own post where you said Gregory only met "a few Bush Republican voters who are now going to caucus for Edwards".
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desi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:20 PM
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9. Repukes are notorious for switching parties in open primaries
and caucuses. Why do you think there is such a discrepancy between R and D caucus participants in IOWA of all places? After switching parties they then go on to vote for whomever they feel will be the "lesser" or more easily defeated Dem candidate. I had a friend ask me to vote for McCain v Bush in their primary. I asked my friend who she was going to vote for in the general election and guess who she was going to vote for..??? Needless to say we are no longer friends.
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Alamom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:10 PM
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23. Exactly. Oldest puke trick in the book. They've done it for decades.
And it works.

Too bad so few see what's going on.
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:30 PM
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10. My Dad is very Republican, and is hoping he will get the nom because he lacks experience.
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miles 2 go Donating Member (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:48 PM
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15. They can get the rednecks riled up to beat that "negra"
Even more so than beating that darn fool woman who should be at home mindin her man.
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:51 PM
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16. good honest push poll snake
Because it is so very true.
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RoadRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:51 PM
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17. I'll take choice 4...
They realize that with their current stock of candidates they haven't got much of a chance, and would rather have a uniter Dem like Obama then a divider like Hillary. And, they might not like most of his policies.. but they at least like the guy!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:51 PM
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18. Why are so many hillary supporters
grasping at straws?
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:15 PM
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24. Wake-up..................we are far from grasping at straws.
Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 02:16 PM by liberalnurse
We are presenting reasonable doubt for Obama because it is there...and why it is there.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:30 PM
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26. You wake up and smell
the blood.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:52 PM
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19. all you have to do is watch faux noise, they want him to win very badly! nt
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BenDavid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:56 PM
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20. did not vote in the poll because you should have listed as 4
the RNC would enjoy running anti racist ads against obama as they did against harold ford jr in tenn. in 06....

you all know what the rnc is, right? THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE......
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dave123williams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:26 PM
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25. Because demonizing a black man is like the oldest trick in their book?
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 03:05 PM
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29. Where do you get the info that this is what Republicans wish? (nt)
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 04:19 PM
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30. Republicans themselves are saying it, & the corporate MSM that wants Obama to win is running with it
Turn on any TV news station, MSNBC, CNN, take your pick. Go to a coffee house and mingle with some pukes if any of them happen to be there. You'll hear it first hand.

Take a look at the scientific poll results here. They overwhelmingly tell the reason why. :smoke:
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 04:21 PM
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31. Is this the thread that Katz was upset about?
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 04:25 PM
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33. Don't know. I hope not. This poll is very scientific so I can't understand why anyone would be upset
unless they're discouraged because of the results.

:shrug:
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 04:24 PM
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32. LOL @ choice 2 nt
And might I add :eyes:
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paulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 04:32 PM
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34. when you've got a Repuke like Bill Bennet
saying nice things about Obama - I think it's legitimate to question their motives.
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DuaneBidoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 04:40 PM
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35. They know racism is more alive and real than we here at DU would like to admit.
And they believe that racism will be quite effective come this November.
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