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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 05:21 PM
Response to Reply #23
35. It has to do with the fact that those with "Regular" sounding names
and more "acceptable" electable features are not necessarily better for us.

That names are not important.

Judgment is.

That is all.
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  -Concerned about Barack Hussein Obama's Name? ChipsAhoy  Feb-10-07 04:57 PM   #0 
  - No.  pinto   Feb-10-07 04:58 PM   #1 
  - nope  AtomicKitten   Feb-10-07 04:59 PM   #2 
  - Resorting to name-calling?  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:02 PM   #7 
  - that's who I was referring to  AtomicKitten   Feb-10-07 05:03 PM   #9 
  - easy..  President Kerry   Feb-10-07 05:04 PM   #10 
  - Why in the WORLD would you think the poster referred to YOU?  MADem   Feb-10-07 06:06 PM   #68 
  - You think that the only people who vote for Dems are intelligent and thoughtful?  skipos   Feb-10-07 05:29 PM   #43 
  - plus they're good-looking  AtomicKitten   Feb-10-07 05:31 PM   #45 
  - As long as they get it right on the ballot boxes and the computers don't  Imagevision   Feb-11-07 12:34 AM   #85 
  - I admire him for not changing it and not hiding it.  Catshrink   Feb-10-07 04:59 PM   #3 
  - Indeed! But we MUST win in 2008.  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:07 PM   #15 
     - So are the American people morons or not?  ClassWarrior   Feb-10-07 05:10 PM   #20 
        - I don't trust the American voters - with reason!  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:51 PM   #59 
           - You think Bush/Cheney** were voted in? Nuff said.  ClassWarrior   Feb-10-07 05:54 PM   #62 
           - Your words.  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 06:02 PM   #66 
           - The Supreme Court = American Voters, eh? NT  MADem   Feb-10-07 06:08 PM   #69 
  - Can you imagine the confusion...  Tandalayo_Scheisskopf   Feb-10-07 05:00 PM   #4 
  - Or if he shared Joe Blow America's middle name?  uppityperson   Feb-10-07 05:11 PM   #22 
  - Too funny! n/m  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:14 PM   #26 
  - LOL!  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:13 PM   #24 
  - No.  ocelot   Feb-10-07 05:00 PM   #5 
  - Thank you for your concern.  ClassWarrior   Feb-10-07 05:01 PM   #6 
  - Not in the least.  Midlodemocrat   Feb-10-07 05:02 PM   #8 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-10-07 05:05 PM   #11 
  - you go, girl  AtomicKitten   Feb-10-07 05:08 PM   #17 
  - Point taken, but  ocelot   Feb-10-07 05:13 PM   #23 
     - Any opportunity to slam a Dem...  ClassWarrior   Feb-10-07 05:15 PM   #31 
     - Slamming is relative.....debate is not.  FrenchieCat   Feb-10-07 05:34 PM   #49 
        - This thread has absolutely nothing to do with Edwards...  ClassWarrior   Feb-10-07 05:52 PM   #60 
           - I am on no clock...I leave some Edwards threads alone, and  FrenchieCat   Feb-10-07 06:13 PM   #72 
     - It has to do with the fact that those with "Regular" sounding names  FrenchieCat   Feb-10-07 05:21 PM   #35 
  - Hussein is a very common name in the middle east  BlueStater   Feb-10-07 05:06 PM   #12 
  - You mean like the idiots who voted the last time around?  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:09 PM   #19 
  - We cannot be "concerned" as Barack's name will remain the same....  FrenchieCat   Feb-10-07 05:11 PM   #21 
  - People who are dumb enough to concern themselves with such a thing  KingFlorez   Feb-10-07 05:14 PM   #27 
  - We need to be concerned about ignorant, racist idiots?  aaronbees   Feb-10-07 05:17 PM   #33 
  - Stop worrying over nothing. His name is an asset  mtnsnake   Feb-10-07 05:17 PM   #34 
     - Exposure to Obama himself will assuage doubt.  AtomicKitten   Feb-10-07 05:29 PM   #42 
        - That, folks, about sums it up  mtnsnake   Feb-10-07 05:39 PM   #55 
  - Yeah, one might as well think of the late King of Jordan  MADem   Feb-10-07 05:26 PM   #38 
  - It's pointless to even be concerned about this  KingFlorez   Feb-10-07 05:06 PM   #13 
  - Gosh, I am...  Jeff In Milwaukee   Feb-10-07 05:07 PM   #14 
  - Nope.  silverweb   Feb-10-07 05:08 PM   #16 
  - What AtomicKitten said  mtnsnake   Feb-10-07 05:08 PM   #18 
  - I am not concerned.  Olney Blue   Feb-10-07 05:13 PM   #25 
  - No. His name isn't what turns me off. n/t  LWolf   Feb-10-07 05:15 PM   #28 
  - Your sig line ------- ?  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:22 PM   #36 
     - There are a few:  LWolf   Feb-10-07 05:33 PM   #47 
        - I agree Al Gore is the key to party unity in 2008.  AtomicKitten   Feb-10-07 05:36 PM   #53 
        - Your response is a big clue.  LWolf   Feb-10-07 05:50 PM   #58 
        - I admire your willingness to compromise  AtomicKitten   Feb-10-07 06:00 PM   #63 
        - I have been told by a poster that others' names cannot be posted  FrenchieCat   Feb-10-07 06:16 PM   #75 
           - No one said you can't mention another candidate's name  beaconess   Feb-10-07 07:35 PM   #80 
              - I am still an undecided Democrat (that would change if Gore hopped in, though)  MADem   Feb-11-07 12:42 AM   #86 
                 - Hear hear  beaconess   Feb-11-07 06:30 AM   #89 
        - Kucinich, yes.  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:42 PM   #56 
  - Gee, I'm not at ALL 'concerned' --and that article has EXPIRED--page not found  MADem   Feb-10-07 05:15 PM   #29 
  - February 4th  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:23 PM   #37 
     - No, the article you cited is from JANUARY 24, 2007. NOT February. That's how old this horseshit is  MADem   Feb-10-07 06:13 PM   #73 
  - Uh, no. He transcends such superficial things. Do you think  caledesi   Feb-10-07 05:15 PM   #30 
  - Certainly HE does ....  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:28 PM   #40 
     - Hello? Gore won the popular vote in 2000 and * stole the election.  caledesi   Feb-10-07 05:37 PM   #54 
     - No more time for excuses  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:46 PM   #57 
     - The American Voters did just fine the last two times around.  doublethink   Feb-10-07 06:01 PM   #65 
  - Not on my list of concerns....  stillcool47   Feb-10-07 05:16 PM   #32 
  - Tean McCain plans to paint him as a Black Muslim who sleeps with Hillary  McCamy Taylor   Feb-10-07 05:27 PM   #39 
  - F McCain  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:32 PM   #46 
  - Hillary Rodham Clinton, John "House" Edwards, Barack Hussein Obama -  smalll   Feb-10-07 05:28 PM   #41 
  - I'm not willing to take the risk  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 05:36 PM   #51 
     - It's Barack Obama, not Hussein Obama  ripple   Feb-10-07 05:53 PM   #61 
     - It's Barack Hussein Obama  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 06:12 PM   #71 
        - Then don't vote for him  beaconess   Feb-10-07 07:37 PM   #81 
        - I gave you a rationale  ripple   Feb-11-07 12:20 AM   #84 
     - Well, guess what? It ain't up to you. And good thing, too.  MADem   Feb-10-07 06:16 PM   #74 
  - Well, I like "Hussein" better than "Herbert." nt  Buck Laser   Feb-10-07 05:30 PM   #44 
  - or McCheese  AtomicKitten   Feb-10-07 05:34 PM   #48 
  - BROCK O'BAMA!  skipos   Feb-10-07 05:34 PM   #50 
  - John McCain should be worried bout "Cain and Able" then ....  doublethink   Feb-10-07 05:36 PM   #52 
  - I have to admit, I too was concerned until today! Barack Obama's acceptance speech  DianaForRussFeingold   Feb-10-07 06:01 PM   #64 
  - Many won't admit it publicly, but the concern still exists.  ChipsAhoy   Feb-10-07 06:09 PM   #70 
  - Oh your really fucking slick .........  doublethink   Feb-10-07 06:56 PM   #79 
     - OMG  StephenB48   Feb-11-07 12:14 PM   #90 
  - Thanks!  beaconess   Feb-10-07 07:38 PM   #82 
  - No. Is this OP some sort of joke? nt  Clarkie1   Feb-10-07 06:05 PM   #67 
  - It's not very funny, is it.  MADem   Feb-10-07 06:16 PM   #76 
  - Blech  WesDem   Feb-10-07 06:25 PM   #77 
  - Nope.  Crunchy Frog   Feb-10-07 06:50 PM   #78 
  - I'm concerned that DU will be subjected to idiotic shit like this for the  Telly Savalas   Feb-10-07 11:37 PM   #83 
  - Full names don't necessarily go on ballots. "Jimmy" Carter, "Bill" Clinton, IIRC.  Hekate   Feb-11-07 01:20 AM   #87 
  - His name is catchy  CJCRANE   Feb-11-07 02:42 AM   #88 
 

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