Reid got his way ...government employees won for Hillary - private sector

ursi

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:19 PM
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Reid got his way ...government employees won for Hillary - private sector

who had to work ...were screwed. Mining employees and casino workers not on the strip who had to work today couldn't caucus.

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MagsDem

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:22 PM
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1. So in other words....

It wasn't skewed to give the CWU voters enough of an unfair advantage over other workers as far as you're concerned?

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ursi

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:24 PM
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3. let's put it this way, there are 24 hour workplaces statewide, large casinos

at Tahoe, West Wendover, Jackpot, Elko, Washoe County (Reno/Sparks) and then you have the mines. They never shut down. So everyone working at those sites today did not get to caucus. All private sector taxpayers.

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durrrty libby

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:55 PM
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8. Nope it's the dames that will take her all the way. Count on it

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MagsDem

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:47 PM
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10. No matter when you have a caucus...

Someone will be working. That's a big reason why they suck. But the answer is not to give a particular union an unfair advantage. The solution is to switch to a voting system, and make absentee ballots easy to obtain via an online request. That way everyone that wants to have a voice gets and EQUAL voice, which was not the case in special arrangements made for CWU members. And yet Obama still didn't win, even with the extra help from the state party and the DNC that created the special advantage for CWU members (either that, or they didn't toe their union party line).

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durrrty libby

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:22 PM
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2. Hillary prevailed despite union intimidation and Obama's slimy

Spanish radio ad

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MagsDem

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:50 PM
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11. Yeah, because endorsement don't mean jack...

I mean come on, do any of YOU vote for a particular candidate because someone else endorsed them? I'm in the habit of thinking for myself. The ONLY time I pay any attention to an endorsement is in non-partisan local races where the candidate may be trying to hide that s/he is really a rethug, or favors rethug policies. Otherwise endorsements don't mean jack squat to me -- and never have.

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Clintonista2

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:25 PM
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4. Go make some whine with those sour grapes

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IndianaJones

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:25 PM
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5. waaaa. nt.

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mitchtv

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:26 PM
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6. Not that simple

Hillary did not own the Gov't workers, nor did Obama own the CWU. People on both sides have to work.

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goldcanyonaz

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:27 PM
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7. I expected this little from you. Thanks for taking a dump on our day.

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ursi

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:56 PM
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9. you are welcome. I live here. I know who in my family couldn't caucus

today because they had to work in Reno.

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