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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:32 PM
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Obama urges supporters not to demonstrate at crucial DNC meeting
Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) campaign is urging its supporters not to demonstrate at Saturday’s highly anticipated Democratic National Committee (DNC) meeting on how to handle the delegates of Florida and Michigan.
In an internal campaign e-mail obtained by The Hill, the Obama campaign states, “We look forward to the meeting proceeding smoothly — and we’re asking our supporters not to show up to demonstrate, passionately as they feel about this campaign.”

This weekend’s meeting of the DNC’s 30-member Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) at a Marriot Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C. is expected to be a media circus, and will likely attract many supporters of Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).

But the Obama campaign wants to avoid heated intraparty confrontations that would attract national headlines and be replayed on the cable news networks. Saturday’s potential public relations nightmare comes as the Obama campaign is taking steps to unify the party as the Democratic primary process appears to be winding down.

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/obama-urges-supporters-not-to-demonstrate-at-dnc-meeting-2008-05-28.html

Hillary?
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:35 PM
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1. But the Obama campaign wants to avoid heated intraparty confrontations....
.........because the Hillary supporters are armed with pots and pans.

Those things hurt!


(-Married 25 years, speaking from experience....)

:rofl:
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:36 PM
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2. I'll try to resist the temptation.
:rofl:
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:41 PM
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5. The memo was addressed to Obama supporters...
...have you changed candidates or are you simply unable to read?
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:11 AM
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10. Changed candidates?! Are you fucking high, son?
Do I LOOK like a fucking Clinton supporter?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:21 AM
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12. Damn. Profuse apologies.
It's been a long day and my eyes are obviously more tired than I thought.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:22 AM
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13. Haha! No sweat, I've had people see that Fortune cover and think I was for Hillary before.
:hi:
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gaiilonfong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:36 PM
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3. Hillary?
WHY the question mark we all know that her and her supporters want a confrontation.

DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM
Let the Marshites stew in their own putrid bile
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:20 AM
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11. Why the ? mark
Want to see if she responds in kind. But since she's running a Rovian campaign probably going to resemble the Bush supporters Florida 2000 recount.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:38 PM
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4. They rejected my proposal
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 01:45 AM
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16. More's the pity.
:rofl:

Peace,
sw
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:42 PM
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6. It's far better for party unity to be registering voters over in Virginia.
Obama's all-class in this one. :thumbsup:
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TLM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:43 PM
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7. This kind of astute reading of the situation is why he'll be president....


Hillary wants to create another brooks brothers riot like we saw with staffers in FL in 2000.

Obama knows better than to get in that mess.

Step back and let Hillary and her few remaining sycophants, make a big ugly embarrassing scene. Let them pout and throw a childish tantrum to the point were they render themselves irrelevant... then brush off and move on to doing the nation's business.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-27-08 11:48 PM
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8. Proceed to your color-coded positions along the perimeter and await further instructions.
Edited on Tue May-27-08 11:50 PM by Skip Intro
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Life Long Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:02 AM
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9. This is good.
After Clinton supporters joked about Obama supporters going to the convention with the same attitude... here we are... banging pots and pans around. okay...
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 01:35 AM
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14. HIllary supporters would just complain about "intimidation", as usual.
Good call.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 01:43 AM
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15. Smart decision
The last thing we need is Bush v. Gore type demos (remember "Get Out of Cheney's House"?). I love how Obama consistently rises above the fray. So smart.
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