RockaFowler
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:06 PM
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First FL US Senate Debate on now |
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All ABC Stations in Florida are currently airing the debate.
That Rubio is one smug SOB.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:16 PM
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1. Rubio sounds nervous.. |
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Crist and Meek have him on the defensive.
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RockaFowler
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:23 PM
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He looks like a deer caught in the headlights
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:26 PM
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3. He looks and sounds naive and childish.. |
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Crist and Meek are winning this debate so far.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:28 PM
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He is Pro-Life. He just said it. Can you really vote for him?? The only candidate that is pro-middle class and pro-choice is Kendrick Meek. There's a reason lie is in Charlie's name. It's all he's got. He will lie to get your vote. He is lying now.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:33 PM
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5. I doubt anyone on DU is a "Crist lover".. those voting for Crist are doing so only to stop Rubio.. |
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Rubio is dangerous RW radical and Crist is the only candidate capable of beating him.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:40 PM
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8. By Your Logic FDR Was A Stalin Lover Because He Allied With Him To Stop Hitler |
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Edited on Wed Oct-06-10 06:41 PM by DemocratSinceBirth
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RockaFowler
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:59 PM
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Look if you want a real Democrat - vote for the ONLY Democrat in the race. Not the charlatan called Charlie Crist. He lied in the entire debate and I'm so glad that Meek called him out on it.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:05 PM
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17. Meek Is Losing By Twenty To Thirty Points. I Can't Help Him. |
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Edited on Wed Oct-06-10 07:10 PM by DemocratSinceBirth
Enjoy Marco Rubio.
Don't forget about the people who warned you when he parlays his Florida Senate seat and membership in the nation's largest non-majority into a potentially successful presidential bid in 2016. He's a GOP/Teabag Dream and Floridians are abetting him. Who would have thought Floridians would give birth to a Latin Ronald Reagan? Actually, it makes sense.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:41 PM
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:45 PM
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11. I don't think so. What I heard him say is he's "pro-life but" he's "also pro-woman." n/t |
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:03 PM
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15. Ahhhhhh...he is on both sides of the coin! |
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Sounds like a man who will say anything depending on what you wanna hear.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:51 PM
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12. I Think He Gave The Answer That Practically Every Democratic Officeholder Gives |
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That they are peronally opposed to abortion but it's an individual choice.
The sad thing is Marco Bushio is the beneficiary of this car wreck.
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Thu Oct-07-10 07:59 AM
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37. Crist is whatever will get him the most votes in the election he is currently in. |
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:38 PM
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28. as far as I know, advocating for voting against the Democrat |
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is grounds for tombstoning on DU; you've probably been seeing the same pro-Crist/anti-Meek threads that I've been seeing. But that hasn't stopped them from saying vote for closet Republican Crist over Democrat Meek.
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Thu Oct-07-10 08:02 AM
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38. I believe that Skinner or one of the Mods stated that this race was an exception. |
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Thu Oct-07-10 08:42 AM
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If so, boy does that go against anything that we stand for on Democratic Undergound.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:34 PM
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6. It's their 2nd debate. Rubio called America something like, "the greatest country in the history of |
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the earth" about 4 times in his opening statement. Teabag talk.
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:37 PM
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7. It's the same thing in his commercials |
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That's all they have. Commercials and Soundbites. He has nothing else
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:44 PM
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Wed Oct-06-10 06:59 PM
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13. Wow-Meek was VERY strong. Crist looked like an opportunist, but both did |
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a GREAT job of calling out Rubio as a teabagger extremist.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:05 PM
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16. The debate is over.. I think it helped Crist.. Meek came off good as well.. |
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Rubio continued to spew RW teabagger talking points that only appeals to those who were already voting for him. It is noteworthy that Meek did not attack Crist much and vice versa. Bottom line Crist picks up a few points in the polls.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:11 PM
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18. I think Crist and Meek both "reminded" people that Rubio is aligned with the likes |
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of DeMint-that he's an extreme RWer teabagger.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:12 PM
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19. I have seen Rubio in one-on-one interviews where he does much better.. |
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Tonight he seemed out of his league. Maybe FL voters noticed that as well.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:19 PM
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22. He looked like he was running away from the teabaggers... |
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but they wouldn't LET him.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:16 PM
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20. If The Anti-Rubio Vote Doesn't Coalesce Around One Candidate Rubio Wins |
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He's been around 40% since the primaries ended.
Rubio is dangerous. He's young. He's handsome. And he's Hispanic. He's Karl Rove's wet dream. That's why his mentor, Jeb Bush, has groomed him for this day.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:18 PM
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21. Yep, that about sums it up. |
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and it remains to be seen how this thing plays out.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:22 PM
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and I HOPE voters figure that out in time. Rubio is an extremist wrapped in a nice-looking package.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:29 PM
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26. You Should Live In Florida |
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If you think about it an Hispanic Teabagger is an oxymoron given Teabagger hostility to immigration. That just shows how smooth and dangerous he is.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:34 PM
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He claims he's against the AZ law for FL, but he thinks it's necessary in AZ. He starts talking about how he understands people wanting to come to this country because his parents came here. He IS very smooth and dangerous.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:41 PM
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Rubio is a dagger aimed right at the heart of the Democratic coalition. If he wins it is likely he will parlay his success into a national role.
His debate performance might not have pleased the folks here but I assure you it will play well in Florida. That being said, Crist is wise to attack him on SS. That's how Lawton Chiles staved off a serious challenge from Jeb Bush in 94.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:45 PM
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30. Meek and Crist should |
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Edited on Wed Oct-06-10 07:50 PM by jenmito
both do polling to see who the stronger of the two would be to beat Rubio, and the other should drop out.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:49 PM
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31. How about quickie "primary" just for anti-Rubio voters -- loser drops out. |
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I suspect Crist wins that easily.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:51 PM
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32. If that could happen, I'd be all for it. |
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:56 PM
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33. Florida Doesn't Have Run Offs |
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If there were run offs everybody could just vote their conscience. If Rubio could win 50% he deserves the position but I doubt he could get 50% vs Crist.
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Wed Oct-06-10 08:01 PM
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34. too bad.. cuz if they did Rubio loses.. |
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Thu Oct-07-10 09:17 AM
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40. You're absolutely right. Rubio is one of the most serious challenges |
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we as Democrats have. If he's elected Senator, look for him to be a VP candidate in 2012, followed by Pres either in 2020 if a Rethug Pres is elected or possibly as early as 2016 if Obama gets a second term. He's what the Rethugs were hoping for in Jindal - a furriner who is just palatable enough to the Goobers to be elected.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:23 PM
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24. Wow! The first debate is just now? |
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Amazing. I've been reading on DU for months that Meek was done, and that Rubio was to be feared as he was a brilliant candidate who had to be stopped. And yet the campaign had not really even started. It was written in stone here in June that Meeks was done. And this was the first debate? Meek is the Democratic candidate. Democrats should vote for him. Not for the Palin endorsing Crist. Doing the Crist Twist.
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Wed Oct-06-10 07:28 PM
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25. Nope. This was the SECOND debate. I posted what I found of the first debate: |
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Thu Oct-07-10 12:01 AM
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36. Crist is not dropping and Meek can not drop out. |
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Crist is going until the end. I mean, he did not quit for Rubio, why would he quit for Meek?
We need Meek in the race to HELP OTHER races. Without strong AA turnout, FL dems would be wiped out AGAIN from statewide races.
What did get us into this Meek/Crist mess first? No strong statewide elected official! Had we had a democratic AG or someone like that, s/he would unite the base and beat the little tea bagger like a drum.
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