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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:52 PM
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What is this insane obsession with putting a REPUBLICAN on our ticket?
:wtf:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:53 PM
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1. i know...its completely INSANE
stupid. crap. pathetic. utterly crazy.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:54 PM
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2. Desperation? Intoxication?
Beats the crap outta me.
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montanacowboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:56 PM
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3. EVERYONE STOP ANSWERING ANY
THREADS ABOUT MCCAIN AND IT WILL DRY UP AS IT SHOULD

DON'T FEED THE THREADS - ENOUGH, I AM SICK AND TIRED OF IT.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:59 PM
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4. One part desperation- two parts infiltration
one part intoxication.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 06:02 PM
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5. Yup.
And one part utter stupidity.
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PopSixSquish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-04 04:19 PM
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17. ROTFLMAO!!!
You certainly have a way with words. I'd add boredom in there too, but it doesn't rhyme.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 06:04 PM
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6. Even people I thought were sane, like Joe Biden, are doing this shit
I do not comprehend. Are we really that desperate?
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 06:06 PM
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7. No, we're not.
Edited on Tue May-18-04 06:07 PM by Padraig18
We've nominated a perfectly decent candidate who is several orders of magnitude better than *, and we need him to pick a VP of unquestionable Democratic credentials. The poeple WILL vote for us, IF we present them with a clear alternative. John McCain is not part of that clear alternative.

I wish Biden would just shut the hell up, btw.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-04 05:15 PM
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19. Joe Biden is sane?
since when?
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-04 05:45 PM
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20. In his 32 years in the Senate, Biden has been a reliable Democratic vote
I don't always agree with him, especially over the last couple of years. However, if you look at his career in its entirety, his voting record has been excellent. He has solid credentials on pro-choice, labor, human rights and environmental issues.

For a good analysis of how he is viewed by various liberal/conservative interest groups, Project Vote Smart is an excellent resource. Check it out...

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=S0150103
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-04 05:52 PM
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21. He needs to put a sock in it about McCain.
Regardless of his 32-year record, he needs to shut up about this topic.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-04 06:21 PM
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22. Oh, Hell yeah!
Thats why I said I "used" to consider him sane. Lately, especially with this McCain crap, I've been wondering.
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 06:08 PM
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8. I dunno. Maybe some are freepers hoping to destroy the Democratic Party?
Edited on Tue May-18-04 06:08 PM by Zorra
Former republicans trying to make the Democratic Party more right wing?

People that have so little faith in the Democratic Party that they think we need a Republican on the ticket because Democrats are not good enough?

:shrug:

Remember: Al Gore won the 2000 election. And he would have done a lot better if he did not have if Joe Lieberman was not his running mate. McCain would destroy Kerry's chances of being elected.
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PeaceProgProsp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 06:13 PM
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9. If you're a Republican and you're pretty sure you're going to lose
How would you hedge your bets? You'd want (badly) to get on the Democratic ticket so you could ride some coatails into power again.
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bain_sidhe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 06:15 PM
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10. "battered liberal syndrome"?
Honestly, that's all I can think of!

In abusive situations, the abuser manages to convince the victim that nobody else will ever love/help him or her, that the abuser is the ONLY one that can "save" them from the "pit".
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Mr_Lefty Donating Member (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 06:35 PM
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11. I'll tell you why I like the guy- then I'll duck
In the primaries last election * was crowned, had all the money and special interest. There was McCain- his handlers forgot to tell him to not tell The truth about how campaigns are bought. He was poking * in the eye and looked like he had a chance. Then * crushed him in the Carolinas.

I don't want him on the ticket, I don't agree with him on a bunch of issues- but his honesty really struck me.

I will scan my voter ID and e-mail it to anyone who wants to verify my party affiliation.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 07:23 PM
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12. Birds of a feather....
Two pro-war vets, whose only claim to fame is due to their having worn a uniform. Sounds like a match to me.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 08:09 PM
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13. For Kerry campaign it's strategy, for people here, I have no idea
But outside DU world, people love the idea of the two parties "coming together", despite the fact that it means someone is getting mightily screwed over. Witness Jon Stewart and others who really like McCain.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:14 PM
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14. Lots of low-count posters proposing it
Hmmm
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IconoclastIlene Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:45 PM
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15. Really......what insanity prevails to put a republican
in this ticket; is this place infiltrated with neocon repubs or what? I have been wondering about this obession for awhile. All these threads hot for a McCain or something on the ticket. We got enuf capable dems to run for veep and don't need their garbage in our own heap.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-04 03:16 PM
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16. Well, since our party never stands up for any principles, why not?
Edited on Wed May-19-04 03:16 PM by JVS
It annoys me too, but it seems like the natural end result of triangulation.
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Exgeneral Donating Member (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-04 04:40 PM
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18. It would seem to speak to the general weakness of the candidate
any other reason?
:nuke:
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