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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:26 PM
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Oh great. Mr. personality may run for prez.....Daschle.
Daschle Considering '08 Presidential Bid
By JOE KAFKA, Associated Press Writer
Sun Mar 12, 1:45 PM

ABERDEEN, S.D. - Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, accusing the GOP of spreading a message of fear, says he is considering a 2008 presidential bid.

"I haven't ruled anything out or anything in at this point," Daschle said in an interview Saturday night after a hometown dinner in his honor.

"I'm encouraged by the strong support many people have voiced for my candidacy around the country and in South Dakota. I'll make a decision at some point later on this year," he said.

Daschle said President Bush and Republicans have overemphasized the importance of the war on terror, and he said the U.S. is no safer now than it was before the Iraq invasion.<snip>



http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2006/03/12/343838.html
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Nutmegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:28 PM
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1. Oh my!
I heard this before and didn't think anything of it.

BTW, I miss your dog in your sig but the coathanger is so apropos!
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:31 PM
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3. : ) Isabelle is just resting for a bit while I express my RAGE
over the SD abortion ban...she'll be back.

It sounds like Daschle is seriously considering a run. I was wondering why he was making the TV rounds a few weels ago.. Now I know.
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RDU Socialist Donating Member (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:30 PM
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2. after watching Pat Buchanan wipe the floor with him
if I were him i'd be keeping a much lower profile right now. He is still incredibly timid and refuses to condemn the Bush Administration as strongly as Pat Buchanan does, and that's fucking sad because Tom Daschle and Bush should disagree much more and vehemently so than Pat Buchanan and Bush.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:33 PM
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6. His timidity makes me think he's been blackmailed
by wiretap info they have on him.... Just a feeling I have.
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:39 PM
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9. didn't he receive one of them anthrax letters? nt
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:42 PM
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10. Yup....him and Leahy. Death threats and blackmail. n/t
Edited on Sun Mar-12-06 09:42 PM by in_cog_ni_to
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:45 PM
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12. then that's it in a nut shell nt
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RDU Socialist Donating Member (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 11:57 PM
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13. Bill Frist got a letter with Ricin
he still hasn't stopped being an asshole. Tom Daschle was timid even before he got the letters. If he had any balls whatsoever, he would have stood up and challenged the bullshit which led to Gore having his election stolen from him.

I wouldn't vote for Tom Daschle unless the Republicans nominated either George "California Confederate" Allen or Bill "Leave No Stray Alive" Frist. Gore right now is the best option unless there's a Democratic governor who's antiwar and anti-NAFTA.
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 12:07 AM
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14. do you have a link for the positive id of the ricin?
Edited on Mon Mar-13-06 12:16 AM by dweller
last i read, it was NOT a legit contaminated letter.

tia,
dp

edit: NBC: Investigators question ricin test results
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4143594/
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:32 PM
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4. Something tells me...
Edited on Sun Mar-12-06 09:32 PM by marmar
He wouldn't make it through more than 2 or 3 caucuses/primaries before dropping out.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:32 PM
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5. President of what? The Kennel Club champion Poodle Show?
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:36 PM
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7. Wow. Daschle's too timid to do so much as take a shit by himself.
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:37 PM
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8. Boy, that ship has REALLY sailed...
over Niagara Falls.

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European Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-12-06 09:43 PM
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11. He's got as much of a chance as Jomentum Lieberman.
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