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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:31 AM Original message |
How is Edwards going to "Fight" for us as he promises? What weapons will he use? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Have you spent any time at the John Edwards website? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I ask, because many here say that Obama doesn't do specifics..... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Neither Obama or Edwards can do anything without a Dem congress. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. So based on what I saw yesterday, it appears that one of the difference |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. That has yet to be seen. Obama outspent Hillary and Edwards both. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. So Edwards camped out in Iowa since 2003 doesn't count? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. People have short memories, from what I've seen. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:57 PM Original message |
So you are saying that the Democrats in Iowa forgot who |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
60. Yep. He recruited record numbers of republicans to vote for him to keep Hillary out. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I thought its about uniting, not dividing n/t |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. From Huffington Post: |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. So Edwards will sit at the table and negotiate, with the Insurance Co., |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Obama said that line |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. said what line? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. The line you quoted n/t |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Will he give Bush & Cheney a fair trial before executing them? n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. Wait, are you asking if Edwards is going to back up his words with actions? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. He believes he can use the bully pulpit... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. But Obama is the one that has actually turned his "talk" about Bully Pulpit |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. That means Obama is very good... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
39. So, Obama alone is responsible for doubling Dem turnout? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I don't know...but I do know that Obama won, and that Edwards ran last |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. All the "weapons" that Bush uses to fight us: |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. But, but, but...I thought that Edwards believed in restricting existing |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. But, but, ALL PRESIDENTS APPOINT JUDGES. That's not "broadening" powers. It's using them. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Doesn't appear Obama people want Edwards supporters |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It depends on what you are looking at..... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Well the position of president and effective leadership depends on the same things |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I agree.....but I am told that Edwards is the one that could institute |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I don't need the video. I think it has to do with degrees. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. if he wins big and also increases Democratic control of Congress |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It is Obama that, thus far, appears to be calvanizing voters |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. If Obama is elected on being bipartisan, his mandate will be to be a bipartisan. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Obama is running on uniting Americans to work toward the common good of this nation..... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Edwards talked at length on Iraq on ABC the night before the caucus. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. It is very possible that Obama will knock heads with a smile on his face..... |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. First, to 'calvinize' is to inject a religious view. 'galvanize' is to reinvigorate, 'calvanize'??? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Yes corporations will not give away their power unless you seize it, and that's incredibly difficult |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. he's galvanizing some donors and Illinois college students |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. "calvanizing voters" sounds like predestination / inevitability ! |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. I only heard Edwards mentioning middle class last night nt |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. Tasers. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. LOL! n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. bully pulpit |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. A good lawyer does his homework. He studies all aspects and never |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Obama is a lawyer too........ |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Oh sure. His early training as a community organizer could be |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Obama is going to find it hard to replicate his Iowa results in states with Primaries NOT Caucuses.. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. Man, you Obama supporters are doing your best to drive in a wedge, aren't you? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. it appears that "camps" are doing it to each other all over these boards. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. By asking questions? |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I had no idea you were so 'uninformed' about the candidates' relative positions. LOL |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
62. So true |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Uh-huh. "Asking questions." |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Do you have a problem with me asking questions? |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. Um, the same way he fought for us in 2004? "This time every vote will be counted" |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. 1993? Somalia? |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. If that was supposed to be a jab at Hillary - for Poppy's lame duck war - |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Oops! 2003! |
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Fermezlabush (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. Excellent question. Not much fighting in the senate - not for us that is |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
55. By simply using the rhetoric he uses |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. So now I understand. Obama is criticized for not using specifics |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Yeah. Talk isn't cheap, when you're saying something that needs to be said. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
56. He's going to yell at congress |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. And then deliver one hell of a sommation! Denny Crane! |
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