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Tue Feb-10-04 11:57 PM
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Clark should start a 3rd party- Called the "Patriot Party"-Clark/McCain 04 |
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It should be called the "Patriot Party." We can run Clark and McCain. We'll out flag Karl Rove & co.
Final Result:
Clark/McCain: 38 Bush/Cheney: 33 Kerry/Edwards: 29
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Tue Feb-10-04 11:58 PM
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1. He'll do it without me. I am a DEMOCRAT |
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Tue Feb-10-04 11:58 PM
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:02 AM
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11. Clark is Democratic too. |
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I'm not sure about the original poster. McCain is a loyal lapdog for the Bush corporate cabal. Clark would have nothing to do with him.
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Tue Feb-10-04 11:58 PM
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And you want to know the best part?
It could work.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:04 AM
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19. Right, with McCain as VP??? |
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We're trying to get rid of the Republicans, remember?
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:13 AM
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28. John McCain is a good man |
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He's no neocon imperialist.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:20 AM
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33. Based on his voting record... |
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..I wouldn't call him 'a good man'.
I'd call him "Orrin Hatch with good PR skills."
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Tue Feb-10-04 11:58 PM
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Tue Feb-10-04 11:59 PM
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He's said it about 5 million times. He's a Democrat and he loves the Democratic party.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:02 AM
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10. Yes, he is a Democrat. And so am I |
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even though I am very upset right now. God, how I hope our party will not let us down. We simply cannot afford to lose.
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Tue Feb-10-04 11:59 PM
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Tue Feb-10-04 11:59 PM
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6. If the Kerry ticket is what you hypothesize |
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then I'd agree that choice.
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Tue Feb-10-04 11:59 PM
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Eight ball does say ask again later. Maybe after November.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:00 AM
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werent you just bashing the evil DNC? And now you want to team up with a conservative republican. Im glad most Clark supporters dont share your political views.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:03 AM
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15. I'm just suggesting McCain... |
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because he is a maverick GOPer. Could attract swing voters.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:01 AM
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9. They would have to call that the |
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Edited on Wed Feb-11-04 12:03 AM by John_H
I-Should-Get-it-Over-With-and-Join-the-Army-or-at-Least-Watch-the-History-Channel-Every-Waking-Hour Party.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:02 AM
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Going third party would be poison for Clark's political future and professional and personal reputation.
Clark wants Bush gone, and it won't happen with a third party nod.
Clark doesn't need the presidency, and I honestly think he's too good for it. He's got a great and prosperous future ahead of him, away from the limelight.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:02 AM
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:03 AM
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14. You do a disservice to Clark and his supporters... |
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with such an offensive idea
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:04 AM
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18. sorry if I offended you.. |
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Maybe Clark could win in a brokered convention....
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:18 AM
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31. Hey, Clark was not my candidate... |
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but I still find the idea offensive. Clark IS a Democrat. McCain IS a republican
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:03 AM
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He may butt heads with Bush on occasion, but his vision of America is just as rightfrickingwing as the rest of the GOPers. Yeeccccchhhh.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:04 AM
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17. Clark the man I believe in would never do that to this |
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PARTY.
PERIOD....
The thread is not even worth visiting again.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:05 AM
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Should Clark run again in 2008?
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:21 AM
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because hopefully Kerry, Edwards, or Dean will be running for a second term.
I'd much rather Clark wait to run against Hillary for the Dem nomination in 2012.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:05 AM
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20. Clark has too much class to become another Perot. |
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:07 AM
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he'll be campaigning for the Dem nominee this fall, I promise that.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:06 AM
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22. Oh God. Another 3rd Party suggestion. Now we can split the |
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Democratic Party 3 ways. One for the Democrats, and minority parties for Clark and Dean/Green.
Great going guys.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:07 AM
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24. Such an outcome would probably not produce |
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an electoral majority, and would cause Bush to be re-Selected.
In order to win the presidency, you need a majority in the electoral college. If not, it goes to a vote in congress, and since it congress is controlled by Republicans they would pick Bush.
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Wed Feb-11-04 01:16 AM
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You're right, it would split our Electoral votes in half.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:08 AM
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25. Sorry, a third party is not welcome here. But I admire your nerve. |
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Clark/McCain would indeed bring out the Republican vote that is wholly disenchanted with Bush.
The Congress, both Republican and Democratic, might not be so enchanted. You think?
I mean, putting a sword in two metaphorical backs at once is an achievement, but tends to make one's own back vulnerable.
I think this was an impressive attempt to sabotage the election and I salute you.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:10 AM
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26. It wouldn't work, and Clark wouldn't do it, neither would McCain. |
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Clark is a man of his word, and I think he thought long and hard before declaring his allegiance to the Democrats -- one of the reasons the whole Dean/Kerry 'Clark is a Republican' cheapshots were so low, and demonstrated the character issues both these men have.
McCain is a Republican through and through.
Where would the money come from? Where would the natural power base come from? Such a party would depend upon an appeal to the center, but the center-rights are still loyal to Bush, and Kerry is a center-leftist.
Let's just relax, catch our breath for a few days, listen to what Clark himself has to say, and take it from there. I have a low opinion of Kerry's ethics, but there are far worse people out there, many of them Democrats, some of them in this race.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:12 AM
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27. That's just as insane as the Dean going Third Party thread... |
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Edited on Wed Feb-11-04 12:13 AM by Edge
It'll make Democrats look bad, it'd be assinine, and it'd show Clark was a sore loser. Also, it'll further divide the Democratic Party.
And if you remember your US History, anyone who breaks off a party and forms a branch of it...loses the election, hands down.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:14 AM
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29. I don't see McCain being interested. |
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But I do see a Dean/Clark ticket annhilating the Kerry "electability" lie.
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Wed Feb-11-04 01:18 AM
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:19 AM
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Wesley Clark and I are BOTH democrats. I am one to the bone.
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Wed Feb-11-04 12:21 AM
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There is no future for a third party in this country.
If you want to do something, rebuild the Democratic Party so we will have a real two-party system again.
Otherwise you're just pissing into the wind. Don't waste your time.
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Wed Feb-11-04 01:23 AM
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38. McCain is appealing on the surface |
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McCain is appealing on the surface, but not so much so when you look under the hood. His positions are nearly all right-wing -- but his campaign finance reform efforts have given him an outsider/reformist reputation.
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Wed Feb-11-04 01:34 AM
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39. McCain sponsers bill to fight Global Warming |
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Wed Feb-11-04 02:09 AM
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You insult us by the suggestion
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Wed Feb-11-04 03:55 AM
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would I support Clark or anyone else in a third party run, the Democratic nominee gets my vote!
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Wed Feb-11-04 04:00 AM
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42. No, he shouldn't and he won't |
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He knows better and so should you.
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Wed Feb-11-04 04:40 AM
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43. I am wiith the General no matter whar. |
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