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2016 Postmortem

denem

(11,045 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2012, 11:10 PM Feb 2012

Obama has had trouble with a flame throwing Catholic zealot before,

Alan Keyes.

The outcome was pretty ugly: 70 - 27%

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Obama has had trouble with a flame throwing Catholic zealot before, (Original Post) denem Feb 2012 OP

That was so fun to watch here lunasun Feb 2012 #1

Obama carried many down state hard-core conservative counties nevergiveup Feb 2012 #2

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

1. That was so fun to watch here

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Mon Feb 20, 2012, 11:41 PM

Feb 2012

nevergiveup

(4,762 posts)

2. Obama carried many down state hard-core conservative counties

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Tue Feb 21, 2012, 12:55 AM

Feb 2012

in that election. I have Republican relatives down there and they didn't know what the hell to do. They had to choose between a "black Chicago socialist" and a "black out of state mental case". Most of them voted for the socialist.

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