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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:07 PM Original message |
I was a Deaniac in 2004, and I can tell you, it is PAINFUL at the end. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow. How incredibly rational and level-headed. |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Agree with your post... everybody needs to lay off on both sides |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. rsmith6621 might be a troll ... eom |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. As a Dean-ocrat myself, I have no sympathy for Clinton supporters |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Hopefully most of them will. But insulting Clinton and her supporters won't help. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I promised in 2004 to vote for the Dem nominee but |
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Tampa Rob (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. We're going to need "all hands on deck" in November... |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. thank you, great post... i would also like to point out that the Obama supporters have even driven |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Dont you mean "nutroots"? I thought the average DLC supporter hated the "nutroots" |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. more than shocking, to ask for reconciliation is difficult |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. exactly, and one thing I found really interesting was when I got an Obama fundraising letter... |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. They have a variety of mailers and literature. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. perhaps, and i am not saying they dont exist, only that the letter I got didnt contain any, and he |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Like I said, you'll hear a lot more about issues in the general |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. actually, i had some pretty serious issue probs with Obama... like his inadequate HC proposal, but |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I am not satisfied with either plan |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. i favor single payer too, but Hillary's plan is far closer.... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Imagine if Dean had stayed in and started agreeing with the Swiftboat vets. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I hope she does, and suspect that she will, once she drops out. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I agree-but it takes two to tango. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Can't we be classy and start the dance? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You are right. I'll keep trying. |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I got tombstoned for a few days..... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. I think the closeness of it and the unique high profile status of the Clintons made it nastier |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It could have been just as close if Dean had stayed in. His supporters would have stayed with him. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. "he could have had surrogates bring in the SBV crap early" |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Of course Dean would have never dreamed of such a thing. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. His followers were loyal, but there were not enough of them |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Interesting. I wonder why there were more delegates last time. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. It's the other way around |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Dean is a loyal Dem and he genuinely |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Yup. Sort of a big difference there. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. I Went Through the Same Things |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have to pick between two candidates I don't believe in. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You mean between McCain and Obama? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. If you think Obama is as bad or worse than McCain, you're out of touch |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I didn't say I wasn't aware of the arguments. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Bill Clinton was supported by throngs of what can only be called worshippers |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Those sites are just plain scary |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Hey, I have to do that every damn election. Buck up. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. I had to do it in 2004, my first presidential election |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was too and |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Amen to all of that! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. I remember that too. It wasn't pleasant. |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. I've said this very thing. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Here, here. |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. ITA. It does no good to try to force the issue, to use threats, or to.... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. I moved to Kerry immediately. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. Not as long as a group of hers says Dean is allowing sexism... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. And Ferraro, and.. and... and... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. Both sides not giving up should be respected. |
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Rene (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. I can just sea dean chortling with glee at the turn of events in this primary |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Well, they did treat him like shit in 2004 |
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rabidgeorge (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
54. the media loathed Dean. Does it remind you of someone? n/t |
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