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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:33 AM Original message |
Poll question: Should Obama's pressing the wrong button 0.12% of the time as State Senator be an issue? |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not if he corrected it afterward. |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Did he always correct it afterward? |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes and yes |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Why is he running Hit Diaries against HRC |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Whuh? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. And yet you're still spreading a Big Lie, yourself |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Are you implying that Bill Clinton is not a liar? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Yep -- when all else fails, break out Mr. Rofl |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. "Twenty million repetitions of the Clintons are liars would be considered a Big Lie by some people" |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Right -- that's ONE. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:27 PM Original message |
The investigation was bogus; no doubt there. And Bill, to his credit, did not lie to the grand jury. |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. The problem isn't that he hit the wrong button |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. "He hits the right button 3,994 times --but just happens to hit the wrong button those 6 times?" |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I'm saying |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Because he made six mistakes over his career, and requested they be rectified immediately? |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. He did? |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. That would be the point, no? |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I don't believe for a moment |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I think a key statement in the article you posted was... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. In one of those, he immediately attacked everyone who had voted |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. So he meant to vote in favor of human cloning, then stand up and request his vote |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. He noticed immediately on two votes. He noticed within a day on the others. |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I don't know |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. He's already provided an explanation, and frankly, it's the only one that makes sense. |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. maybe he got embarrassed |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. As I'm sure you're noticing, the problem with pushing invented issues is that you have to say |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. in your opinion |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. It's his Waffling on excuses after he hit the wrong buttens that are the Issue! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. So he did hit the wrong button, then. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. I guess it depends on if there were any ramifications. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. Other |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. info for you |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. more info |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. That is the lamest excuse I have ever heard.... and I cannot believe anyone |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. "I didn't know that the Authorization for Use of Military Force in Iraq might lead to a war!" |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
68. well now your hitting the right button |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I am doing everything in my power to prevent war with Iran, which is why I voted for Kyl-Lieberman! |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Not anywhere near as lame. And how did Obama vote on K-L... |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. OR SCHIP... |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The people who stand to lose their lives in an Iran war might disagree with you n/t |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Well, at least she didn't claim she hit the wrong button....which would have been as lame |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Exactly, she claims she knew exactly what she was doing |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. And you believe Obama made these mistakes...not that it is a lame excuse |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. OOPS--Obama had an excuse that day for his not voting--campaigning. |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. well, he had plenty of excuses for that... but we all know why he missed it. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Gee, sounds like the attacks leveled against Kerry in 2004 |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. The campaigns have gone from the usual ugly to downright silly. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. I only used an ATM once. I hit the wrong button, and it |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. But you didn't do it 6 times, did you? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I'm pretty sure most every DUer has edited a post at least six times. |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. ??? Total non sequitur. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Nope. Thousands of posts, six errors. |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. There could be any number of errors in each post..... there are not 3 buttons on a keyboard |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Votes in the IL senate are frequently very fast, |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I once touched an oven when it was really hot and I got a burn |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. I have to ask - why would you call the police? |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. 1: I live in a very small town where everyone pretty much knows |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Got it. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. I guess it would depend on what he's pressing the wrong button for. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. OMG he's gonna nuke us all |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
34. Hey with how often I fuck up I might do it 12% of the time. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. He saw the error and corrected it? |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. Don't forget when doing an Obama poll |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
56. The Clinton campaign has devolved into Bush/Cheney 2008 |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
61. The fact that he uses it as an excuse should be an issue. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Excuse? He stood immediately after the votes and requested the record reflect his error. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
65. I would be worried to trust Obama with THAT button : |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
66. when you have absolutely nothing else to go against him with |
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Texas_Kat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
67. One thing this discussion of Obama's time in the State Senate has taught me |
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