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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:29 PM
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About endorsements
Edited on Sun Jan-27-08 08:30 PM by Ava
With all the stupid petty fighting that is going on right now about endorsement and such I just wanted to say this:

The only endorsement that matters, is YOURS.

Sure it's nice to know who supports who, but when it comes down to it you support the candidate you like most, not the candidate someone else likes most.
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:36 PM
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1. Thanks Ava...and you are correct....
Ultimately, it is, We the people" who make the decision. Endorsements are only examples of choices made essentially.

Endorsements kind of remind me of getting when folks buy special occasion gifts. Say it is a Wedding or Baby Shower gift, these days, one tends to just buy something off the "Registry List" instead of picking a gift on your own.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:36 PM
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2. True, but I've already read that people have changed their votes
due to Sen. Kennedy's endorsement because they respect him so much. So some people are susceptible to endorsements.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:36 PM
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3. Brilliant! I endorse this statement!
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:37 PM
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4. Hi Ava - check this out...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4236752&mesg_id=4236752
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:39 PM
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6. i saw that and rec'ed it
awesome post!
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:39 PM
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5. Thanks Ava
Good point. Keep up the good work BTW.
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Ninga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:40 PM
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7. Yes, you are right on. Endorsements are self serving hunches by self serving politicians
with their eye on their own re-elections.
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:41 PM
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8. You are right...........
I just find the timing of some of these endorsements very, well, funny. ;)
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:41 PM
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9. You're smarter than some of these adults around here.
:kick:
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:43 PM
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10. Well-intentioned, but beside the point.
Nobody is talking about changing our own support; we're handicapping the race going forward.
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featherman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 08:57 PM
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11. Endorsements can help an insurgent campaign by giving
it credibility.

Few voters would admit to "changing their mind" because of an endorsement and that would be mostly true. However, especially for those less obsessed with every nuance of day-day-politics, an endorsement by someone a voter likes or trusts or identifies with can give a nudge to the voter from the "undecided" "considering" or "leaning" category. This is especially true with a new face type candidate like Dean or Obama.

Few endorsements of any type would sway the already knowledgeably committed so I agree with that.
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