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Mon May-05-08 01:55 PM
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Who is Hillary's "If we were Republicans I would already be the nominee" line supposed to appeal to? |
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Even if it is factually true, what's her point? Is she going after the "Democrats that yearn to be more like Republicans" demographic? I'm just a caveman, but I don't get it.
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Mon May-05-08 01:56 PM
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1. She is saying if the Democrats were Republicans she would be the nominee |
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Mon May-05-08 01:58 PM
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4. Well she is saying that if we had winner take all primaries like Republicans |
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she would be the nominee. I get that. I'm just not sure why that is a selling point to Democrats.
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Mon May-05-08 02:21 PM
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11. No, she is saying if the Dem primary was run as the GOP primary she woudl be winning. |
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But as has been pointed out, if the Dem primary were run as the GOP primary, caampaign startegies would have differed.
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Mon May-05-08 01:56 PM
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2. Triagulation: Her weapon of first resort. |
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And the reason why I have not supported her.
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Mon May-05-08 02:19 PM
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8. Triangulation is what bush has done for 8 years |
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Now we know that they don't want us to know shit. Talk in circles while trashing their fellow dem and not the repubs. Lordy, do we ever learn? She hasn't had the lead at any point that I recall so how would repub rules help her?
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Mon May-05-08 02:24 PM
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14. yeah .. if a Republican lost ELEVEN primaries in a row, I don't think they would be the Republican |
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nominee. I think this is more lies.
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Mon May-05-08 01:57 PM
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3. Heh. How dare you challenge the Queen? |
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Mon May-05-08 01:58 PM
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...the ones who need any excuse to say she's winning, will win or won.
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Mon May-05-08 01:59 PM
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6. Then she should have run in the repuke primary. n/t |
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Mon May-05-08 02:00 PM
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7. Republican superdelegates? She's hoping Rush Limbaugh can create some to save the day. nt |
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Mon May-05-08 02:20 PM
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9. She was referring to the winner take all nature of GOP primaries. |
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Mon May-05-08 02:28 PM
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17. Duh. That wasn't the question. |
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Edited on Mon May-05-08 02:29 PM by DefenseLawyer
I know what she means. My question is, who is she trying to appeal to by making the argument, essentially, that we should be more like Republicans?
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Mon May-05-08 02:34 PM
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20. As an appeal, it is probably targeted at the Superdelegates. |
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Who have been griping about our primary system whether about proportional delegates, bonus delegates, caucus vs primary or even their own roles.
Many Democrats are frustrated with the system we currently have.
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Mon May-05-08 02:21 PM
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10. I think she's trying to imply that "identity politics" is causing all this division. |
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The demographics of the Republican Party are much more homogenous.
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Mon May-05-08 02:21 PM
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12. Depends on what the meaning of "if" is. |
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Mon May-05-08 02:22 PM
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13. shows how dumb our primary system is. |
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Mon May-05-08 02:32 PM
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18. Just how is "winner take all" a preferable way to choose delegates? |
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Mon May-05-08 02:26 PM
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15. Her low-information base perhaps? |
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Mon May-05-08 02:27 PM
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16. It's suppose to be another talking point for media and her minions. |
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Or, maybe it's wishful thinking on her part. "If only she'd stayed a Republican in name as well as action" sort of thing.
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Mon May-05-08 02:33 PM
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19. The true picture of Clinton, and of her supporters, who wish we were more republican-like. |
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Mon May-05-08 02:37 PM
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21. If We Were Republicans, We'd Hear Alot More About the Blue Dress |
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I'm glad that she has extended her neo-conservative militarism to wishing to be more Republican in the virtues of determining nominees.
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Mon May-05-08 02:49 PM
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22. Then by your own words we must be Republicans. All the vile shit |
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Edited on Mon May-05-08 02:50 PM by golddigger
slinging right-wing posts hurdled at the Clinton's on here lately, you would think this freeperville.
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