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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:38 PM Original message |
Damn! I Picked the Best Candidate: Barack Obama! And I Feel Great! |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. What, exactly, makes him the best candidate? |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. His technology and government transparency agenda are what draw me in |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Very cogent points! |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That's it? You'd elect a president based on that? |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. It shows an understanding of what is important in democracy. |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Edwards is against net neutrality? HC is against it? |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. There was much more in the post than "net neutrality" |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:51 PM Original message |
And he's a Unifier |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Yeah, I read it |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. "What has Clinton lied about?" |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. No, really -- point to a lie she has told |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. The fliers she sent out in Iowa and NH claiming Obama was weak on pro-choice. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Why did you ask, if you had already made up your mind? |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I ask because we have never nominated such an unqualified candidate |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. don't know jackshit about political history, do you, pumpkin? n/t |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I think I do |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I don't need to search through anything, pookie. |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Lincoln was a republican, "pookie" |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. LOL! as if it fookin' matters which |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. You might want to use those history books to check a Mr. Lincoln. |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. Um... Abe Lincoln springs to mind without a whole lot of searching |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Do you know that you are expressing more opinion than fact? |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
39. LOL! I never said that was it! |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Excellent post |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Thanks. I do like that as well. n/t |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Open government is my TOP ISSUE. Transparency is the ONLY way to save this nation |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. How much open govt did Obama want when he was pimping |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Did Rezko lead to Bush2 and 9-11? Or was that Jackson Stephens and BCCI? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Aw....Come back and discuss. Or isn't it fun when you take on open government Dems |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
68. This is exactly what pushed me to him originally |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. me too. gobama! |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. And you can't tell us why either? |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Evidently you didn't read #10 |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Number one, he posted after I did.... |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. please piss somewhere else |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Gobama! |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Actually the best candidate was steamrolled by your candidate. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
65. Fortunately, Joe Biden now has a higher profile and respect than ever before. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I vote yes on this OP! |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. And you have no idea as well, right? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Cheers right back to you. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I feel exactly the same way, David |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. So maybe you can explain it.... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Frustrating isn't it? |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It really is Bush-bot like, isn't it? |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Wrong |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Oh please, if Obama was white the media would be |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. I don't have TV. I don't listen to talk radio or read the shit that you perhaps do. |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. So, you've near seen a debate, you've never watched him whine |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Why I will support Obama |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. The republicans in DC have been out and out criminals for years -- I don't want to unite with them |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. some of them were replace in 2006 |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Maybe |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. He doesn't know jack shit about any of those things |
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Tulkas (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Sen. Kennedy disagrees with you. I think I will believe him, thanks for playing |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Senator Kennedy believed Bush, too, when he told him he'd |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Yeah. like Clinton believed Bush on IWR and still hasn't acknowledged that she screwed up. |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. I don't give a crap who Hillary Clinton endorses for anything either |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Like Bill supported Bush during his summer2004 book tour for THREE WEEKS |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I'd forgotten. Now I remember. |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. That is your problem not mine |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. I've explained it a dozen times or more. You've got a star |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Well you can use cut and paste then.... |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. because it's chic |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. Oh fuck it. here |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
61. It feels great. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. I consider Barack Obama to be tied for worst |
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MagsDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-29-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I do too, and it's inexplicable why the base would.... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Yes. |
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