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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:35 PM
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I owe this board an apology.


It appears that I misquoted certain results from the S.C. primary, and drew some false conclusions from it. My sincerest apologies to Obama supporters. I based my statements on a discussion that Pat Buchanan said this morning. I should have known better. In the future I will be careful to research what is said on the MSM.

Joe.
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:35 PM
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1. *casts the first stone*
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 02:39 PM by fenriswolf
:sarcasm:

no worries
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:36 PM
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3. thanks, fenris. I still should have been more vigilant, before I
quoted statistics.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:36 PM
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2. So much going on so quickly. No worries. n/t
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adabfree Donating Member (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:37 PM
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4. You actually misheard Buchanan
I watched him on MSNBC this am too and what he said was...

Obama loss 75% of the white vote...just another way of saying negatively he got 24% of it.

He was linking Hill's 36% and Edwards' 40% to come up with the roughly 75%...
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:43 PM
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13. It must be the way he said it that threw me off.
After I got corrected here, I researched and saw the combined white democratic vote s for Edwards and Clinton were 76 percent.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:37 PM
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5. Joe, I hope people graciously respond to you.
~Writer~
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:41 PM
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11. I hope so, too. Thanks!
If not, I can take my lumps. I'll probably be harder on myself, since I do research before I speak. I didn't this time, and am kicking myself for it. Lends itself to credibility, you know. But when I'm wrong, I'm wrong and not afraid to admit it.
:blush:
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:49 PM
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15. "But when I'm wrong, I'm wrong and not afraid to admit it."
THAT is the mark of maturity.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:52 PM
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17. Again, thanks. Sometimes I hate being mature! LOL...
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:38 PM
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6. Thank you very much.
Personally, I wouldn't ever quote Buchanan or Morris or any of the other wingnut talking heads. They have an agenda.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:39 PM
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7. Not to worry
We all screw up now and then :hi:
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:39 PM
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8. How gracious and thoughtful. But of course, you are "good people" to me. :-) eom.
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featherman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:40 PM
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9. Thanks and much appreciated
Here's a vote to a return to courtesy and good will on this board
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:41 PM
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10. Thank you for the apology.
And remember that Pat Buchanan is a racist and likes to distort the truth. Often. ;-)
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:48 PM
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14. Oh yeah. I'm kicking myself. I definitely should have looked the
numbers up, on my own.
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:42 PM
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12. Happens to the best of us. Not a problem!
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ErnestoG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:51 PM
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16. Thanks Joe
Election year stuff gets heated and everybody has the urge at some point to lunge at whatever is said that might support their candidate. I've done the same thing.
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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:52 PM
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18. Thanks.
I'm not an Obama supporter (I support them all), but I really appreciate your graciousness. We all could use much more civility around here and I hope we all learn from your example.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 03:09 PM
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24. Thanks, Effie.
:toast:
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:52 PM
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19. Classy
:hi:
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:53 PM
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20. we all make mistakes joe
thanks for this.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:56 PM
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21. I think that
everyone on this forum knows that you are one of the very best contributors to the discussions here. Even on those rare times that we have disagreed, I've always considered you as being top notch.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 03:05 PM
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23. Much appreciated, waterman!
:toast:

Coming from as respectable and admired person as you, that means a lot.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 02:57 PM
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22. Cheers
Much appreciated.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 03:10 PM
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25. nice recovery
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 03:15 PM
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26. I didn't see the thread in reference
But I know that we all make mistakes and it takes a big person to admit them.

:)
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