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King Coal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:56 PM
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An important "if" question that really bugs.

If you knew for sure, by an esoteric infallible means, that the only way a democrat could be elected president next fall, would be if he were John Edwards, would you vote to nominate Hillary, Dennis, or Obama?

I ask this because it honestly does seem to be that way. I think it is clearly the truth. So, please answer according to the format of the question.

And then after you answer the hypothetical question, comment on whether or not you believe that to be the case. (That Edwards is the only one of the three that can beat McCain, Romney, or Huckabee.)
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:57 PM
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1. If that were infallibly true, I'd vote for JE. But I don't think it's infallibly true
at all. I think all three of our front runners could win.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 06:05 PM
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9. Word
n/t
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MrsT Donating Member (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:58 PM
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2. There is no way to know for sure
Polls, as we know, can be very bad at predicting the future. I can admit that if we nominate Sen. Clinton we have some historical challenges, and the 3rd party problems, but that doesn't mean she can't win.
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King Coal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 05:02 PM
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4. You didn't follow the instructions. Please do when you post again. Thanks.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 05:12 PM
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6. Thats a risk you are willing to take?
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 05:00 PM
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3. I believe it and I am putting my time and my money behind it
His campaign kicks off here tonight. :woohoo:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 05:24 PM
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7. Hi Yael! Can you tell me about this please?
I have seen that Friday is a big fundraising day. What else is going on?
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 06:03 PM
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8. Heya sis!
Tonight is the conference call to kick off the PA campaign. :woohoo:

Friday is the grassroots word-of-mouth donation day. T-shirts, bumperstickers, yard signs -- anything from the store counts as a donation as well as regular donations for the matching funds according to asdjrocky.

:bounce:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 07:12 PM
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10. Great! Friday is payday!
I think I go shopping for JRE paraphenalia now.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 07:19 PM
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13. Sweet!! I told my (very RW) mother that I was going to buy her a T-shirt
She laughed, but said she would wear it.

:evilgrin:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 05:04 PM
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5. I think there are so many pros and semi-pros around that it is very possible
that candidate standings are more affected by these professional ambitions than they are by the will of the People. Quite simply, some people want their particular candidate to be nominated more than they want what is best to win. Perhaps this is because they don't really feel that it makes any difference to the win in the long run which of our candidates is nominated, that the ultimate goal, winning, is really much more about them and their professional machine/processes than it is about what we want.
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 07:13 PM
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11. Seems To Be That Way?
:rofl:

Oh, what some people come up with to push their candidates...
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King Coal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 12:02 AM
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14. You make a good point. So substitute Hillary or Obama for Edwards.
Now, please answer the question.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 07:14 PM
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12. My turn. If Eleanor Roosevely could fly, would WWII have been resolved sooner?
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