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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 01:05 PM
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So how come when a repug is not longer in the running ...
they've "suspended" or "dropped out", but when a Democrat does it, they've "quit"?
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 01:05 PM
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1. Because Democrats are more honest.
Redstone
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 01:06 PM
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2. Because Republicans fight to the finish
And Democrats are weak, wishy-washy flip-floppers, of course.


Where've you been? I thought everyone knew this?


(:sarcasm:)
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 01:12 PM
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3. Wait until George Carlin gets a hold of that line!
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SteelPenguin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 01:13 PM
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4. Edwards suspended his campaign
He didn't quit, or drop out, he suspended it. That's how they reported it too.
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 01:21 PM
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5. Edwards "suspened" his campain too
Don't know what this means. New concept?
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 01:23 PM
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6. Campaign is still active and able to raise money and other things

but not actively seeking votes. Main thing is the money.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 05:02 PM
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7. Here you go: CNN calls it "quitting." See link.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

They can't fool everyone all the time, can they?

Redstone
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