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KennedyGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:31 PM
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Why are so many Obama supporters scared witless about Florida?
I mean..it meaning zero and everything...
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:32 PM
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1. Very simple... Hillary will win something and they just can't stomach that
There's already been snarky posts (again).

Obama supporters do their candidate no good with their behavior.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:45 PM
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24. There are snarky posts on both sides
Don't the Hillary one's count?
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Peregrine Took Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:33 PM
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2. For the "winner" photo ops, speeches, smiles, etc. Most folks don't know
about the delegates or lack of them - just another win in her column.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:33 PM
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3. they are shocked at how many people in florida are gestapo? nt
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:34 PM
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4. It's the Reaganism coming out
Got to disenfranchise those Dem voters!
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ursi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:34 PM
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5. maybe this is why, article from August:
snip..
Karen Thurman, chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, said in a late afternoon conference call with reporters today that she intends to go ahead with the state’s primary on Jan. 29. Even if the Democratic National Committee follows through with its threat to take away Florida delegates, she says she believes the nominee of the party will intercede and allow the delegates to be counted at the party’s nominating convention in Denver.

more...



http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/fla-dems-stand-firm-on-primary-date/
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Windy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:36 PM
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6. Sorry, Not at all. The only campaign that will be hurt by this is Clinton's
Her dirty tactics are being discussed openly in the media.

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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:43 PM
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17. go figure! who would have guessed!!
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:37 PM
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7. I don't think it is fear
It is a an attempt to blunt an attempt to make it more than what it is.

The interesting thing (to me anyway) is that I think Clinton would have won big in Florida even if it had been open to campaigning due to her appeal to an older demographic. It is a natural state (in the Democratic Primary, not the General) for her.
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Tulkas Donating Member (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:38 PM
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8. not scared... disgusted
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:39 PM
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9. Why are so many Hillary supporters so enthused about Florida? It's only name recognition
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:40 PM
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12. If people don't know who Obama is by now, he is useless in the GE.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:43 PM
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19. keep telling yourself that. All the huge leads Hillary has had vanished when Obama campaigned
actively.
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:45 PM
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22. Then why is Obama down 19? He has the same name recognition as the other celebrity
And Obama ran ads in Florida, unlike Hillary and Edwards
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:46 PM
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25. He has the same name recognition? Then why when he actively campaigns does he narrow every lead
Hillary has had?
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:55 PM
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28. It didn't happen despite him being the only cheater to run ads in Florida
He has the same name recognition. That is simply a fact. :shrug:
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:40 PM
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10. Because they realize momentum is important and that Obama didn't generate much coming out of SC.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:41 PM
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14. Hillary HAS THE BIG MO--SAY IT AGAIN!!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:40 PM
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11. lots of MEAN-SPIRITED posts from many of them.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:41 PM
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13. Edwards stuck to the agreement and didn't campaign
how meaningful is Hillary's win to campaign against someone who followed the rules. That's some "big" victory for her ... :sarcasm:
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:42 PM
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15. wishful thinking on your part, dear.
I think it's fine that she won.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:42 PM
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16. She might take attention away from Barack. She kicked his ass...so far...Hill 49%....Barack 29% ..
Edwards 15%!!!! Yay! John got his 15%. :bounce:
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:43 PM
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18. scared witless?
sounds more like some of the dying breed at the thought of the 'youth vote' :scared:
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ErnestoG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:44 PM
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20. You're imagining things
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:45 PM
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21. It's amazing what you think you can tell just by how people type
Scared? No.
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southern_dem Donating Member (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:45 PM
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23. laughing
Not an Obama supporter (he's my weak 2nd choice), but I'm laughing at the absurdity of claiming victory in a non-contested straw poll.
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johnnydrama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:51 PM
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27. yah
maybe next the Clinton campaign will just make up a new state and claim victory.

New Virginia?
West Carolina?
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my3boyz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:47 PM
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26. Oh I'm not stressing AT ALL
over the democratic primary tonight. This is the FIRST TIME I have not been stressed over it. That is because I know that Obama did not have a chance to let the Florida voters see what he was about. They were banned from the state. Now I AM STRESSED about the Republican primary tonight. I really, really, really, really, really do not want McCain to win. McCain will be big trouble for the DEMS in the general election regardless of who the Dem candidate is going to be.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:59 PM
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29. The reason they trash and bash her so much is just that
they know the country perfers her except for the small bunch of party goers and they can't stand it. The people of this country want someone who can handle the job and the other candidate can only simper and wimper. He say he is going to save the world...yeah...he pushes the wrong button 1/3 of the time, says he made a mistake. Darn suppose he did steal the white house and the alarm clock went off and he made a mistake and hit the nuclear button in mistake. Heck if he can't find a button to vote, why should be trust him with the nuclear button.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:03 PM
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30. ...
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