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QuidditchFan Donating Member (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:23 PM
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Still *way* undecided
Many on this form are so strident and aggressive in their support for their first-choice candidate that, if you didn't pay attention to reality, you would be lead to believe that there isn't still a very large percentage of Democrats out there (like me) who are still on the fence about whom to suppport. I keep going back and forth between Barack, Hillary, and Edwards, because they all bring such unique and positive qualities to the candidacy. I really hope that the race does not deteriorate into name-calling and mud-slinging. I am keeping a mud-slinging General Ledger and may actually end up voting for the candidate that most stays above the fray. That may be the tie-breake.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:26 PM
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1. me too Qfan, me too.... n/t
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:27 PM
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2. Is your decision something you want to discuss?
Are there any particular issues that are important to you?

Please, I'm DYING to discuss some real issues. lol.
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eileen_d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:28 PM
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3. Bad idea
Best to ignore the mud-slinging and focus on the candidates.
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Anouka Donating Member (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:29 PM
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4. if you're undecided at this point, you'll never be decided. and that's cool.
Just wait until the Convention, and vote for whomever the nominee is. it'll all be one and the same to you then, as it is now.
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eileen_d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:33 PM
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7. How rude.
There's still time to decide. Not everyone lives and breathes this shit you know.
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Anouka Donating Member (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:53 PM
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8. Not rude, just life. Relax.
Let other people make the decision, and not worry yourself about trying to make a choice you're not feeling... if you're uncommitted at this point. Let it go.


Proudly support whomever the Democratic nominee is at the very end of everyone else's winnowing process.

I don't see a problem with that. Better that, than jumping from front-runner to front-runner like a sports bandwagoner. Why compromise yourself just to be able to say, 'I choose....'?

That's where I stand. You don't, though?

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eileen_d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:56 PM
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10. Well, when you put it that way
it sounds a lot more easygoing. Your original post sounded more like "Bzzt! Time's up, no choice for you!"
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Anouka Donating Member (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 09:00 PM
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11. Nah, that's not what I meant at all. I apologize for that.
Maybe a wedding analogy would have been better... like, not getting married just because everyone else appears to be getting married (and divorced, and married again). Stay single.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:30 PM
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5. I'm voting Kucinich
:patriot:
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:32 PM
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6. Corporate money makes my decision for me this time...
The one who takes the least gets my vote.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 08:55 PM
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9. I was that way until very, very recently...
When I fell off the fence, smack dab in the middle of the Edwards camp!

The scale tipper... he's the only one who has not (to my knowledge) said anything that paves the way for turning a blind eye to the criminals currently in office.

If you read the candidate's web sites, and take all the online tests to see where you fall, you'll see that there really isn't much of a difference between them all.

The main thing is: Vote your conscience in the primary, support the Dem candidate in the general!

It's all a crap shoot... so use your head and your heart.
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