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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:32 PM
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No matter how many times Hillary supporters throw this in my face,
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 03:34 PM by Big Blue Marble
I will not, can not vote for her. I have voted for Democrats again, and again, and again because of the courts especially the SC.

This is always the last ditch effort to scare us into voting, I have fallen it for each and every time until now.

And the court has moved farther and farther to the right. So why is that an argument to vote for her solely for this reason?

This time if its Hillary, I am taking a pass. If there is no viable third party candidate, I will leave the top of ticket blank.

Nope. No scare tactics will cause me to vote for such an unappealing candidate who voted for an illegal war and who
will do what ever it takes, no matter if that includes lies to get elected.

This really strikes a chord in me. The Clintons think they can treat the voters as if we are idiots and we will come scurrying back
under her umbrella because of the courts.

By the way the courts are loaded with conservatives, young conservatives and will
be so for a long time. It is already too late. Most cases that impact our lives are decided in the lower courts. They never get to the SC.
Do you understand that these lower courts are already overloaded with young conservative judges that will be there for most of our lives.
To use a pun, the court issue is mostly a moot point.

The only chance we have now is to get the people on our side. And the only
Democrat that is going to do that Is Obama.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:33 PM
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1. Reading is comprehending. So is spelling. nt
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:34 PM
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2. through or throw
or just the last throes?
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:35 PM
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5. Thanks I already caught it.
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:34 PM
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3. Do you feel better? eom
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:35 PM
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4. Vote how you feel. I am voting for the Democratic nominee.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:42 PM
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12. ditto .....no matter who it is
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UALRBSofL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:46 PM
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16. Ditto me too
I wont jeopardize our party for McCain because I don't agree with everything Obama says.
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Missy M Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:35 PM
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6. Funny...
I feel the same way about Obama.
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juajen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:35 PM
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7. For God's sake, vote any freakin' way you want.
We don't care.
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:36 PM
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8. Not helpful.
I am getting more unhappy with HRC by the day, but I will hold my nose in November if it comes to that. Even the "moderate" Republicans have gone so far off the edge of reason that 4 more years of this stuff could destroy this country. The stakes are too high.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:37 PM
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9. As a fellow Obama supporter I ask that you reconsider. I will vote for the Democrat...
in the General Election, even though I don't like Hillary.

Posts like these give Hillary Clinton supporters excuses to do the same thing to Obama. Please don't open up that can of worms because we will all lose if Democrats can't get behind the nominee.
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:40 PM
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10. So if your candidate doesn't get the nom
Take your little red wagon and go home.

We'll get by without you.

Bake
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:41 PM
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11. Just don't let us catch you complaining if the repuke wins
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 03:41 PM by redqueen
cause if that happens, YOU asked for it.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:42 PM
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13. Yawn
another threat: "If you guys nominate Hillary, I'm going home and then you'll lose and then Republicans will win and I'll say I told ya so!! Neener!"

Who cares?
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:43 PM
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14. I dont' care who you vote for. nt
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:45 PM
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15. You have a problem with Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Because that's the kind of judge Bill put in, and I think we can trust Hillary on this.
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:57 PM
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18. I have every confidence she would select great Supreme Court Justices.
I also know that she would make excellent appointments to the lower courts as well.

Court appointments are just one important part of governing. Judgement on the use of our military power
is another. She has not shown effective judgement when she authorized sending our troops to Iraq or
sending a positive signal to Bush on Iran.

Both of these votes were to show her macho toughness on
military issues. That was more important to her than resisting the misuse of our troops.

As much as I care about our courts, I care about our imperial reach and its impact on the world far more.

That is one of the main reasons, I cannot affirm her candidacy by voting for her.


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surfermaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:48 PM
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17. Better vote your heart, most import a dem.house and senate
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Clintonite Donating Member (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:04 PM
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19. I have an Idea. Why don't you just leave the party altogether? Sounds Good.
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 04:05 PM by Clintonite
Or wake your ass up and quit believing the republican spin and the media spin against the Clintons! This has gone on for way too long? If Obama wins, I am prepaired to fight for his election with everything I have because I BELIEVE in our party and all of our candidates!!! I know if Hillary wins, alot of you Obama supporters will have so much hate in your hearts against Hillary that you would vote fore bush again right!?!?!? Get real!
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:20 PM
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21. I am part of the party. I have worked and supported this party since the sixties.
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 04:22 PM by Big Blue Marble
I have volunteered for candidates. Worked phone banks. And given thousands of dollars and you want me to leave because
my core values are more important that supporting a broken candidate that will tear this party apart if she wins the
nomination.

Were you around in 68? If not, get your facts straight. Lots of Dems walked because they no longer felt welcome and Humphrey lost to Nixon, leaving the party in a state it has never truly recovered from. So before you start telling us to leave, you might want to think of the long-term
consequences of your temper tantrum.
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:08 PM
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20. Its just as well you spend a day meditating on your priorities.
Mine are:

1) Country
2) Party
3) Candidate

Now is it really that you think McCain is better than Clinton for this nation? Fine. But that's not what it sounds like. If that was what you thought, you would probably be keeping it to yourself on DU. What you are doing instead is talking about it, attempting to manipulate people into thinking Obama needs to be elected or a bunch of Dems will stay home. What you don't understand is that it turns me OFF to your candidate...So his backers are the sort of people who put candidate before party and nation? They put winning above the well being of all? What does that say about Obama???
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:48 PM
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22. We Need to Lay in a Good Stock of These


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Sancho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:51 PM
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23. I'm voting for the Democratic candidate...but I have a question?
Would you vote for Hillary IF...John Edwards or Barak Obama was the VP?

Would you vote for the first woman president IF McCain promised to start a draft and send more troops to Iraq?

Would you vote for Hillary IF Mitt Romney promised to get rid of social security and medicare?

Think about it! Do the best thing; not the "right" thing. Politics is dirty and a compromise.

Personally, I just hope they count the votes!
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:11 PM
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24. I will be glad to answer all your questions.
1. No I will not vote for HRC even if I like her VP choice. It would be very sad to me if Obama or Edwards would sell out
on her ticket. It repudiate everything that Obama's campaign is about.

2. As long as we have a Democratic Congress, they will decide, not McCain or any other president as to whether
or not we have a draft. I will assume that if they make that decision it will be for the good of this country.
I personally think that if we had had the draft, we would have never gone into Iraq. The protests from young people would have
stopped it cold.

3. Same answer as 2, Democratic Congress will protect SS. Bush couldn't even gut it with a repuke congress because
our minority held firm.

Some the time politics means playing dirty. All the time politics means compromise. The best thing is always stay with your
core values, even if it means you stand alone.
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