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Sun Jan-06-08 11:47 AM
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Buchanan just said "I know what's coming Eleanor" about Obama |
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I'm watching McLaughlin. Eleanor Clift said that "there will still be a gut check with Obama, and don't write Hillary off yet." Buchanan said coyly that "I know what's coming Eleanor" with a sly grin. What was that all about?
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:48 AM
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1. buchanan knows how insidious the racial element to the campaign will become |
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and he's probably salivating at the prospects.
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:48 AM
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2. Because he won once and experienced what happens after you win? |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:09 PM
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:49 AM
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3. They are rooting for Hillary. That's what's happening. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:54 AM
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9. Buchanan has been cheerleading for Hillary for a while now. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:56 AM
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12. Eleanor has spoken fondly of Obama, so "they" wouldn't include her. n/t |
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:56 AM
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15. Yep at every turn this Pat Buchannon always has something negitive to say about Obama in favor of... |
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Hillary this guy is a peice of work. what is puzzling to me is this guy is on the wrong side of democrat policies why is he so in favor of Hillary
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Sun Jan-06-08 06:03 PM
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I know how most Dems listen and do what Pat says.
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:50 AM
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4. IMO it will be about Obama drug use |
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It has been completely ignored by the media, and before you flame me, read Obama's book. I don't think America is ready for someone who used coke on a regular basis.
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:51 AM
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5. You mean like the current president? Bush? -eom |
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:29 PM
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43. Bush's cronies are better at covering it up |
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Sun Jan-06-08 05:50 PM
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55. Not only are Bushies better at covering it up |
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They deny that it ever happened. 100% or Republicans and probably over 50% of Democrats don't believe it did. They figure it's just a "lie" promulgated by us Bush-haters. Since the media will not investigate, and neither Gore nor Bush were willing to bring it up, they remain in denial.
Obama otoh admits he used. Most people will probably give him points for being honest, but even if they "forgive" him, they won't necessarily vote for him for president. If anything, it'll give 'em "a pass" for their latent racism: "Hey, I'm not against him because he's black; it's because he used to be a druggie."
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:52 AM
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6. After 8 years of w? Yer funny. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:52 AM
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7. You mean America isn't ready for someone who regularly used cocaine ... |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:25 PM
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27. I think the thing with Bush |
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Is his drug use didn't come out till the second race, and he denied it. Now we all know how republicans are. The bought into all of Bush's lies, and the bought into this one. That along with the "fear" tactics they used, and questionable voting machines, got him elected. Obama has admitted it, and I am willing to bet that the repugs have a lot of stuff on "all" of the dem candidates.
I think they still want Clinton because they can rally their base with her running, so they may come out with something to help her.
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:53 AM
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8. It has been ignored, because it's not news. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:56 AM
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13. Yeah, they tried to sell that, and nobody bought it. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:17 PM
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22. They didn't buy it because... |
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Among democrats trashing Hillary is first priority. Why criticize Obama's drug use when you can criticize Hillary for laughing too loudly. Presented by the republicans in the general, Obama's youthful indescretions will be blasted so loudly that it'll take Britney out of the news.
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:55 AM
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10. Iowa was ready for it. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:55 AM
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11. They elected GWB twice nt |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:22 PM
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I won't say Bush was elected twice. Let's say they voted for him in masses twice because they liked him...more than Gore and more than Kerry. And his past was history, not big deal. I'm fine with Obama winning the nom but I hope it isn't because we like him. We need more than "like" and his drug use needs to be dealt with my him in an honest way.
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:24 PM
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26. More people voted for Gore than for bush. |
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bush was installed by the USSC the first time around.
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:33 PM
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46. Thanks for your concern. nt |
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:24 PM
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40. "They" didn't elect him. |
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bushits got their evil asses in there twice.
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:56 AM
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14. exactly..."2 years in a blur" Obama stated. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:13 PM
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21. Many young people spend years in a blur, and I imagine |
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more than one or two of us here have done so as well. Now if he were still living in a blur or learned nothing from his experience, the smartassed shrug is justified. I daresay that the man has accomplished more in his life that most people in this forum will ever think of accomplishing.
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:40 PM
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49. it's not how I feel..I'm the last to make judgement.. |
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It's what the RW and MSM PLAN....PLAN to do with that and a whole host of other issues Obama has never really taken heat for...OUR heat is much more civil.
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Sun Jan-06-08 03:12 PM
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53. I wonder how many times Hill was with Bill when he |
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was not inhaling. Anyone ever ask her?
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:22 PM
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I think a big majority of this country has tried drugs.. and Obama did it when he was a teenager. He gets the "exempt" card because he did something no other candidate has done regarding this...
HE WAS HONEST ABOUT IT! It's hard to trash someone, when they've already talked about the trash themselves.. it just makes you look caddy.
Obama is very smart about this.. he throws out all skeletons before anyone else can do it for him.. and probably actually got some positive bounce for actually being "honest & transparent". Not your typical politician indeed!
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Sun Jan-06-08 06:03 PM
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58. Obama already admitted everything he did. Iowa didn't care. |
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And neither will the rest of the country.
What they do care about are sleazy campaign tactics designed to insinuate that someone was a drug dealer.
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:57 AM
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Willie Horton returns via the disciple of Lee Atwater.
Memo to Republicans - what goes around coes around.
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:58 AM
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17. I'd like to know when it's coming and who's delivering it. eom |
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Sun Jan-06-08 11:58 AM
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18. We the People 'are' the backbone and John Edwards knows it. |
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He came from a humble background exactly like mine. I was born 15 miles from where he was born. The Republicans are breaking the backbone of the country and the Democrats must come to it's aid or another break away party will take over. The Whigs and the Torries, Democrats and Republicans, everything changes and evolves. :dem:
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:06 PM
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19. Another repuke smear campaign. What else is new? nt |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:20 PM
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23. And John Edwards will be happy to have Obamamaniacs support once the smear works! |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:26 PM
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:28 PM
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29. Much better than waking up with President Obama...err Huckabee |
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Edited on Sun Jan-06-08 12:29 PM by MalloyLiberal
scary We know Obama won't win Yes we'll have a lot of turnout But the right wingers will turn out and vote Huckabee
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:50 PM
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Huckabee will lose all independents with his "subserviant women" talk. He'll probably also lose the immigration types. He'll hold the religious types and get swamped.
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:29 PM
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31. continue in your delusions |
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They'll be smashed on Tuesday and further smashed in SC and on Super Tuesday, it'll all be over- for you EdWARdians.
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:35 PM
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32. Then good luck with President Huckabee |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:50 PM
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33. Oh, don't worry. Obama will beat Huckabee |
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by even larger margins than he's beating Edwards.
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:11 PM
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35. you wish. Huckabee is already adopting 'change' |
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:18 PM
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37. Huckabee isn't going anywhere. Wait until the 23% tax stuff hit the fan. |
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:30 PM
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44. Exactly, he isn't going anywhere. |
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He's about to finish third in NH after McCain and Romney, his tax plan is insane (unless you think people in the US will agree with a 23% Fed tax tacked onto whatever state taxes already exist), and letting murderers out of jail tends to go over like a fire at an orphanage.
It's funny you keep saying "you wish" to people when it's beyond obvious based on your own statements of rooting for smears to work who is doing the wishing here. If you have a point beyond that try making it, because as it stands you have nothing except your own desire to see smears work against a Democrat, and that says volumes about you.
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:25 PM
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41. Not to mention the 12 murderers he let out of jail.... |
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Followed by yet another murder committed by one of them. Furthermore the pukes are not inspired by him. Theyed be more inspired to vote in the GE if Hillary was the nominee.
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:17 PM
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36. Good to see you rooting for smears! Very typical of your kind of "liberal". |
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Edited on Sun Jan-06-08 01:17 PM by Forkboy
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:27 PM
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I like Edwards and Obama and fuck the smears.
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:31 PM
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45. Don't you know, smears rock, dude! |
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:21 PM
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24. The only thing that could stop Obama right now... |
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... would be something involving Chris Hansen.
People want hope. People want change. People want a Democrat in office. We'll overlook things that may have shot candidates down in the past. We don't want politics as usual, and the usual politics of personal destruction won't cut it with us.
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Sun Jan-06-08 06:08 PM
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59. Sadly, I fear you're right. |
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We're ready to hurl ourselves over the cliff to get it, too, and deal with the consequences down the line. I'm really glad it's a Democrat that we're leeping after.
And there is always HOPE.
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Sun Jan-06-08 12:28 PM
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30. He meant the same thing as Russert, Tweety, & the others are saying |
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Now that Obama is seen as the one to beat as far as Democrats, the media will be looking for all kinds of things to "vet" him about. They're implying that he's still realtively unknown because of his fast rise to stardom and how the media hasn't taken the time to vet him YET. They're pretty much saying that what's good for the other candidates is good for Obama.
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:01 PM
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34. Every Republican I know backs Sen. Clinton. They can't wait to bring |
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back the good old days of Clinton-bashing. It is kinda like here in NC when all of the conservatives registered as Democrats (AKA "Jessecrats") and voted for Harvey Gantt, the black mayor of Charlotte, in the senatorial primary. Jesse Helms thought Gantt was the easiest to beat, so his folks set up Gantt. Guess what -- Jesse won.
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Sun Jan-06-08 01:36 PM
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47. So a lot of the pukeheads |
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in North Carolina want hillary to get the nom cause they think that will help them get their slimey hypocritcal asshole in the oval office? Is that about right?
Too bad our country as a whole suffers so much from all this political manuevering from people who don't really have a fucking clue.
Anyway..I don't want hillary to get the nom because I think she'll lose it's because I don't want her anywhere near our oval office, either.
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Sun Jan-06-08 02:29 PM
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Surfermaw..N.C....but the machine didn't stop Edwards and the Helm's machine is still at work in N.C
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Sun Jan-06-08 05:57 PM
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56. Polling shows Republicans overwhelmingly prefer Obama |
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Sun Jan-06-08 06:01 PM
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57. Somehow, I don't think that this will be something about his teenage years that's already out there. |
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That just won't get much traction, especially among Dems.
Whatever it is will be something that is not widely known, is more recent and will upset Dems as well as Indies and Pubbies.
I have no inside info, just too many years of watching Pattie and the Pubbies.
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