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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 12:58 AM
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Why is Bama afraid of re-votes in Florida and Michigan?
Can anyone think of a different reason other than that he knew he would lose?
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:00 AM
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1. Because he won already. Why let Huck..er...Hillary leech anymore?
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:06 AM
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40. he said the committee would take care of it. the states
haven't. He wasn't in the contests because he kept his word. By the way, his name is Obama. O-bama. Nice.
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:01 AM
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2. How dare you say Obama would lose?
You deserve to be hung, shot, and then drawn and quartered.
:sarcasm:
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:34 AM
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20. Shoot me first so the others won't hurt.
Thanks in advance.
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joshcryer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:02 AM
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3. He's actually coming around to seating them. As per Larry King tonight.
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:35 AM
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21. As is?
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:02 AM
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4. Bama?
Roll Tide!

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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:06 AM
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8. ILLARY?
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avrdream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:02 AM
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5. I dunno.
Good question.

Why not just agree to one of the many "formulas" that have been put forwards? Either way, he would still be ahead.
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:38 AM
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25. They were trying to write legislation in Michigan but Bama dragged his feet,
so they gave up.

That's his modis operandi, run down the clock.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:08 AM
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42. Says who? Link? if you're so sure its his fault.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:03 AM
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6. He personally doesnt need those delegates but he HAS pledged......
...to abide by any decision both the states and the DNC came to.

Its not his fault Hillary went into Michigan begging to count those votes only to have her own supporters there say she did more harm than good.

Sorry, but since it doesnt look like those states will be seated now, so your candidate should concede.

Its over.
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:05 AM
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7. That's the Hillary message of the day. She's blaming it on him. Like it's all his doing.
This kinda crap is really wearing out her welcome.
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Aussie leftie Donating Member (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:09 AM
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9. Why should the residents of Michigan and Florida bother voting in the general election
They weren't given the opportunity to choose their candidate like the rest of the country. If I was living in either one of those states, I'd be so irate, I'd be writing to every newspaper I could think of and picketing the "powers that be" until they changed their minds. Its just not fair. And its not fair to the rest of the country because we are not getting a true count of delegates.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:10 AM
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11. I chose my candidate. Undecided. And almost embarassed your cheating candidate.
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revolve Donating Member (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:11 AM
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12. To keep McCain out of the Whitehouse?
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:14 AM
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14. The people in this state, like me, and everybody I have spoke to, aren't FAKE outraged like you.
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:46 AM
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32. That's the Bama meme we've been hearing lately, Fake Outrage.
He's afraid of a real vote.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:52 AM
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38. just input from the voters that actually LIVE in Michigan.
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40ozDonkey Donating Member (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:08 AM
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41. I live in Florida, it's fake outrage, propped up by Hillary supporters.
I like how you partisans never wanted to "speak for us" until mid February. Hit the bricks, carpetbagger. Where were you last year?

We'll vote in the GE, and then we'll vote out the REAL problem: local Democrats who started this mess without our input.

Come November this imagineered atrocity will be the excuse that bitter HRC supporters will hide behind so they can sit at home on election day and pretend they're justified.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:11 AM
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43. I live in MI. I haven't seen anyone from the 2 states in question complain. Where are they???
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40ozDonkey Donating Member (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 09:40 AM
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49. They're at her campaign rallies, claiming to speak for all of us. n/t
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:40 AM
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27. Exactly, they can pretend those people didn't vote but they still
give us a good idea of who we want as the nominee.

Bama as the nominee is only the result of distortion.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:42 AM
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29. I know many people who voted R because the D didnt count.
5 BO supporters in my family didnt even vote.
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:43 AM
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30. And the country has to pay for their stupidity?
Were they listening to Kos?
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:51 AM
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36. Their called independents dumbshit. That means they vote both ways! Wake up.
Edited on Fri Mar-21-08 02:05 AM by ossman
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revolve Donating Member (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:09 AM
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10. If Hillary really wanted Michigan to count, why not agree to a Caucus like 2004?
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:12 AM
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13. or let the independents that voted R because the vote didnt count, vote.
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:36 AM
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23. Typical, caucus or open primaries so Pukes can meddle.
I think I read that Kos told them to vote Repuke.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:38 AM
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24. Glass Houses Hillbot. Rush should be your best friend now!
Keep bashing independents. You're smart.
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:45 AM
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31. Yeah, cause the fat guy never said anything bad about her.
:eyes:

Do you listen to him? He got out one sentence and I turned off the radio. That was about 10 years ago.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:50 AM
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34. Well 15% of her votes in OH came from "people who would not want to see their candidate POTUS
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:33 AM
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17. Caucus. Hahahahaha!
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:36 AM
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22. throw out NV then...
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:41 AM
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28. If we throw them all out, sure.
Edited on Fri Mar-21-08 01:42 AM by anamandujano
But alas, it's not up to me.

Caucuses gave Bama his phony momentum.
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ossman Donating Member (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:51 AM
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35. Vintage Hillary. For it until you lose it. Then protest it.
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johnnydrama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 03:08 AM
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45. like the caucus
Like the caucus in Maryland. Oh that was a primary, what did he win that by, 29 points? Or the Virginia one? Or the Wisconsin one? What were those wins by? 20-25 points?

She had no plan after February 5th, and then her hastily sketched together plan was, forget about everything until Ohio & Texas.

Blame her and her campaign for her lousy campaign strategy.
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RBInMaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:31 AM
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15. He has ALWAYS been for seating them. Please stop LYING.
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RBInMaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:31 AM
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16. Typical Hillary supporter. So now you're mocking his name?
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:34 AM
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18. Only after he steals the nomination, Wright?
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RBInMaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:04 AM
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39. What planet are you on? He has won MORE states, more delegates, and more votes.
He is FOR seating MI and FL in a fair way DNC certified. Hillary is gaming this because it's all she's got.
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FlyingSquirrel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:34 AM
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19. I really don't see why Alabama would care one way or another?
:shrug:
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:38 AM
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26. Why isn't Hillary DEMANDING any more debates?
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:47 AM
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33. Aren't there two more scheduled?
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:31 AM
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44. Yes.
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 01:52 AM
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37. I have to say, I don't read past name calling
Though you can say it is just a slip of the "O". I wouldn't do it to Hillary, and you gain nothing by doing it to Obama.
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:30 AM
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46. straw man
Your post of only two sentences contains a logical fallacy: the straw man.

Somebody needs to call you on your defective reasoning.

You can't assume Obama is "afraid." What you can ask is if it is possible Obama is afraid.

You don't know Obama's emotions and you are attributing an emotion to him. Can't do that.



Cher
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:57 AM
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47. IF Obama is nominated would YOU support an Independent Clinton?
hm?
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JTFrog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 06:13 AM
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48. A) Obama was fine with a re-vote as long as they let all Democrats play.
Now that may seem unfair to those in HillaryWorld, but not so much to the rest of us.

B) Clinton was against the cheapest and quickest solution. She doesn't get a pass on that no matter how much you ignore it.

C) It won't change the dynamic anymore. She can't win even if they are seated as is.

But Congrats are in order for your candidate's most recent win:









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