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Redbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:45 PM
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Poll question: The 16 million Democrats who have voted for Sen. Clinton
Both Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton have each received more than 16 million votes (using RCP numbers and not including MI, FL or caucus estimates. Why is the vote so close?

I know why I voted for Obama, but why have so many people made the opposite choice?
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:47 PM
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1. Are Dems who see things differently and deserve our respect. And
for the record... cake. nt
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:48 PM
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2. Are not members of some kind of HRC guerilla army. I don't think that they're all diehards for her.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:48 PM
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3. Dems who want their '90s waistlines back.
:hi:
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:52 PM
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4. are not represented by the rantings of a few trolls on the internet.
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 03:52 PM
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5. I voted for Hillary because
I like powerful women.
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Redbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 06:33 PM
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6. I guess the question then becomes
why do we spend so much time in this forum disrespecting our fellow Democrats?
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AuntPatsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 06:36 PM
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7. and the light shines through.....
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 06:38 PM
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8. What if 15 million are one option and the other million are another?
:shrug:
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 06:42 PM
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9. Interesting that you gave no option for HRC supporters who are DUers.
But several for those who oppose her.

Do you really think HRC has no supporters here?
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newmajority Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 06:50 PM
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10. Many of them are genuinely misinformed
If they watch FAUX, CNN, 75% of MSNBC, or any of the broadcast networks, they might think Hillary is the only one running. And if they listen to any talk radio outside of Nova M, or AAR, they'll only hear lies about Obama, if they hear his name at all.

Others are racists, whether willingly, or just too fucking old to change their programming. My grandpa used the word "japs" until the day he died. I don't justify it by any means, but it was just too deeply programmed. It's gotta be worse in states where racism was official policy for centuries.
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cottonseed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 06:56 PM
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11. Add: Would change their vote to Obama today.
see: California
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 07:12 PM
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12. Except for the racist vote, most of Hillary's voters see in her someone that we don't see
at all!
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WillyToad Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 08:07 PM
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14. Consider the vile treatment that has driven Hillary supporters away from this board....
...like your insinuation that they are racists, for example, then ask yourself why they arent joining you in droves..

The Democratic party has passed the GOP as the party of negativity.
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WillyToad Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 08:02 PM
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13. Other
Left one off:

"Were driven away from voting Obama by his supporters, who are so obsessed with attacking Hillary that they have lost sight of the ultimate goal, the General election."
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 08:10 PM
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15. see things differently and deserve our respect.....
unless they cry sexism at every turn or use words like "black-loaded" EOM
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adapa Donating Member (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 08:15 PM
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16. so close to half of the people who voted think I'm stupid, deluded or evil. Way to unite the party
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