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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:25 PM
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Wouldn't it be easy for some DU folk to get into the Town Hall debate?
They say they want to populate the audience with "undecideds". OK, so if a bunch of die-hard democrats tell the gatekeepers that they are "undecided", who's going to say otherwise?

I'm sure we can expect the GOP to play this gambit. Why not us too?
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forgethell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:41 PM
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1. Because we're not lying scumbags?? n/t
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:54 PM
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2. i can be a lying scumbag to psyche out the competition....
Edited on Thu Sep-30-04 02:55 PM by MsTryska
and skew the results.
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forgethell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 03:26 PM
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3. Then you don't mind if
they do it, too, do you?

I mean it works both ways. Not that they probbably won't, anyway
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 03:35 PM
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4. exactly. they already have no scruples.
but they call us wimps for a reason. we're not willing to play dirty. but there are times when it's necessary. it's jsut a matter of figuring out where you draw the line.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 03:39 PM
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5. There's more than a grain of truth in "Nice guys finish last",
unfortunately.
:eyes:
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 03:41 PM
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6. the attendees are being chosen by pollsters (Gallup I think).
They are calling households in Missouri to find attendees who are soft Bush or soft Kerry leaners. My wife and I planned out how we would responfd to make us look the most appealing atendees possible. My wife will play the part of "security mom" and I will play the part of "NASCAR Dad" if we are lucky enough to get the call. If we do make it into the debate look for us, b/c we will be causing trouble and you will see the YaYas being arrested

If we can't get in, we have aready started making our protest signs for outside the venue.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 03:41 PM
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7. Isn't Gallup deciding who the undecideds are?
If so, that's a joke unto itself.
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