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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:09 PM Original message |
Bill Clinton: Under GOP Primary System, Hillary Would Be Winning |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thinking of switching parties Bill? |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Clintons do seem confused about what party they are actually running in. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. tough toenails |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Yeah, and on the Moon Hillary would way 40 pounds less. Does Bill have a point? n/t |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. rofl yes, we MUST change to republican rules. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is that why the Clintons are campaigning like crybaby republicans? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bitter whiner Bill |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ah, more Calvinball from Clinton. nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. NO WHINING, BILL! |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bill Clinton honored 'The United Daughters of the Confederacy' in 94 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. But... she's telling us to fear... Obama is telling us to THINK and HOPE. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. I absolutely love that pic! Who's "whining" now? nt |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. I see what is going to happen here |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I have to admit, your post made me laugh. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. I am glad it made you laugh. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Winner-take-all primaries are incredibly undemocratic |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I am not advocating for that. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. So people here were advocating that we go back to 'winner take all'? |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Didn't say that |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Well theory falls apart in practice many times... |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. If it were merely an "interesting exercise", I doubt Bill would find any advantage in saying it. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Yes, he is campaigning for his wife. |
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motorcity (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Personallly, I think the D primaries are much better than the R primaries |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. I didn't hear a complaint, just an observation. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. I'll just stick with crybabies. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. As the only one in this thread who had the audacity to not use the OP as a weapon |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Your prediction that Clinton whining about the rules |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. If only she had switched sooner, eh Bill? |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. Moving the goalposts was one thing - now they've switched endzones altogether! |
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The_Counsel (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. Yeah, They're Not Even In The Same SPORT Anymore, Much Less The Same Stadium. (n|t) |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. So praise the republicans and WHINE WHINE WHINE eh bill? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, why can't we be more like the repukes? |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. and if GOP had proportional system, mayber Grandpa McCain wouldn't be their nominee |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. and if I bought google stock several years ago I'd be rich, but I didn't... |
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WA98070 (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Winner take all ... very democratic Bill. |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. dupe |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is that why Hillary is running a GOP type Campaign |
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wileedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. And without Superdelegates this would have been delcared over a month ago |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. That's exactly right. |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. It's true though but, Terry McAuliffe wrote the rules. I maybe wrong but didn't Bill appoint him |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well there you go... |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. so he ADMITS she's losing. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. My god. Bill knows the RW playbook front to back |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. Then let her fucking run in the GOP primary then |
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Shae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. AFAIC |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I think she needs to run with Nader in 2012 |
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Shae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Or this year, she could do the Independent thing |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. THEN GO...GO over there. They need Hillary. And I need her there. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bill Clinton's opponents had the decency to drop out by this point. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Good question. (nt) |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:25 PM Original message |
Oh Bill, Bill, Bill ... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
37. If Obama supporters were 3/5 a person, Clinton would be winning. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Oh Bornaginhooligan, Bornaginhooligan |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:44 PM Original message |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
70. ! |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. Oh for fuck's sake. Join the damn GOP and get it over with n/t |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. so why didnt they run in the GOP primary??? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. Proportional representation is such a screwy system |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. "there's gotta be some other ways that people could be disenfranchised" |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Now THAT's American ingenuity! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. It seem odd to me that the GOP seems so attractive to Hill and Bill. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
50. The current primary system was designed for Hillary, not insurgents |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. If we used the system that I use in my mind, then I would have a two trillion delegate lead |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. Is that why she's campaigning like a Republican? |
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AldebTX (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. Last Time I Checked..... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
59. I would argue Obama would have run a different race if the rules were different |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
60. As the previous poster noted, Obama would have run a completely |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. And you hit the nail on the head |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. So let Hillary join the Republican Party!! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
64. Why don't Bill and Hill both defect to the GOP?! They're there, already. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. And if it were a Third World country, Bill would still have himself in the White House |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
69. "under the crazy system the democrats have" Yeah, Bill, those CRAZY Democrats, eh? n/t |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
71. Answer to that is simple.... |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
72. then why not make it official, fignuts? |
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