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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:56 AM
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Breaking: No one in Florida Knows Who Barak Obama is
He never had a chance. No one knew him.

Sure he ran ads, has had unlimited free press coverage for months and days, but still the Democratic voters of Florida did not even know his name. Even though, I think they have TV's in Florida. Don't they?

When they saw his name on the ballot it did not ring a bell. So all the people said lets go with the other candidate Clinton, I know that name.

Ah yes, it has finally been proven, those Florida voters are a bunch of hanging chads, their votes should never count.

Yep that's the ticket, no one knew him.

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Yossariant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:59 AM
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1. They have no access! No tv's, no computers. Poor guys
Increasingly difficult to fathom why Barack even bothered to run those campaign ads down there.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:04 AM
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2. MSNBC - not in Florida. None of the MSM pushing Obama - available there
Edited on Wed Jan-30-08 07:11 AM by robbedvoter
No print, no internet - nothing. Total wilderness. Alligators and Hillary fundraisers. Nothing else going on there, except maybe bingo.
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sunonmars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:05 AM
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3. lol, i know its total bullshit, Floridians live in caves too apparently


apparently 1.7 million democrats dont matter at all.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:09 AM
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4. Excuses are like assholes. Everybody's got one.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:11 AM
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5. So what's her excuse for claiming victory in a state with no delegates?
:shrug:
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:12 AM
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6. 860,000+ votes.
Edited on Wed Jan-30-08 07:13 AM by robbedvoter
For some candidates, voters still matter.
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Yossariant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:14 AM
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7. Yep. Citizens who left their homes, got in their cars, put all else aside
And VOTED.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:38 AM
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13. Well, votes do.
Hell, I'm in favor of punishing Florida and Michigan but if I had that many votes at stake, I'd push to seat those delegates, too. That's a whole lotta votes.

Since I favor Hillary and I favor punishment, I am horribly torn on this.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:40 AM
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14. They should have dealt with party officials (maybe) not voters.
It's not like rank and file had a voice in the decision.
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:42 AM
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16. I guess maybe it's that little thing of....
A MILLION PEOPLE GOING OUT TO VOTE! Delegates or not, their vote should count for something. Maybe just a more accurate poll.
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shayes51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:16 AM
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8. Wasn't that lame!
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angie_love Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:21 AM
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9. Rolling eyes
Geez man. Going up against a name who has spent 8 years in the white house against a relative newcomer. I mean its a no brainer, most people will vote for the name they know "best". Doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:32 AM
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10. Song that comes to mind is Desperado!
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angie_love Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:33 AM
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11. ...
I don't know that song but you do apparently. ;)
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:36 AM
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12. I posted that last night in reply to
a comment about voters choosing Hillary because he had not campaigned there. I said they must all be cut off from all forms of communication.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:40 AM
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15. Floridians live in the dark ages. They know nothing, not even the Almighty Obama.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:47 AM
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18. What a benighted land it is!
Where even the pronouncements of the Great and Mighty Kos go unheard!
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:48 AM
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20. Well, how could they know him??
He's gotten absolutely no press coverage, hardly any endorsements. The people who have endorsed him are also totally unknown so that wouldn't make it into the news either (providing they got any news, which is doubtful). I think Lee Mercer is more well known there!

:silly:
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:44 AM
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17. No one in Florida knows who...
Oprah is either. All the stations on TV show "The Golden Girls" marathons all day, everyday.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:47 AM
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19. Don't lower yourself.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:49 AM
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21. say again, I hope you know the post was sarcastic, or I am really missing something here.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:35 AM
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23. whew. I knew you were above the shit pit. I should have known. Sorry, accept my apology.
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:24 AM
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24. no prob. How you doin? It's tough to watch the sh*t around here, I know.
daily, I have to tell myself this is just DU, but my eyes have opened up quite a bit about some.
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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:56 AM
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22. So far Hillary has done best in states with no campaigning. There could be a number of reasons for
that. You obviously don't think that the name recognition factor had much to do with it.

You may well be right. Do you have a theory that does help explain it? Is it just that the voters in Michigan and Florida happen to prefer her much more than than those in the other four states that have voted or caucused, in which the candidates did campaign?
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