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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:57 AM
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36. That's the way it is in Corporate America.
It's really getting to the point where it seems silly to continue on in this charade that we call the electoral process.
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  -NH Sends a Resounding FUCK YOU to the Poor and Middle Class paparush  Jan-09-08 06:48 AM   #0 
  - 'highlights the plight of the poor and working poor'  lamprey   Jan-09-08 06:51 AM   #1 
  - no, NH  cali   Jan-09-08 06:54 AM   #2 
  - And *OF COURSE* it's not because Republican-leaning "independents" crossed-over to vote for Hillary.  Tesha   Jan-09-08 07:41 AM   #13 
  - I hear Hillary got her strongest support from blue collar type working class precincts  Tom Rinaldo   Jan-09-08 06:55 AM   #3 
  - I think lack of access to information is the problem  Armstead   Jan-09-08 07:29 AM   #8 
     - And that's the aspect of them I find the most disgusting.  HughBeaumont   Jan-09-08 07:32 AM   #9 
        - Short-sighted was an understatement  Armstead   Jan-09-08 07:58 AM   #15 
           - And thus we got a media that unquestionably supports  ProudDad   Jan-10-08 01:28 AM   #26 
  - Give it time  Uben   Jan-09-08 06:58 AM   #4 
  - Why ANY Dem would support a free trader/job offshoring supporter is beyond me.  HughBeaumont   Jan-09-08 07:03 AM   #5 
  - yeah because nobody's heard of Obama have they? NT  dmallind   Jan-09-08 07:23 AM   #6 
     - It's about momentum.  HughBeaumont   Jan-09-08 07:28 AM   #7 
  - He does not have a market on protecting the middle class and poor  Evergreen Emerald   Jan-09-08 07:33 AM   #10 
  - thank you  Scriptor Ignotus   Jan-09-08 09:19 AM   #17 
  - NH tries to be different  DangerDave921   Jan-09-08 07:36 AM   #11 
  - Hey! It's what we *DO*! Haven't I told you many, many times, that the NH Primary is very bad for...  Tesha   Jan-09-08 07:40 AM   #12 
  - Romney being beaten contradicts that statement.  Lastlaughin08   Jan-09-08 07:45 AM   #14 
  - No! There is a huge disparity between what Edwards says and does  Truth Hurts A Lot   Jan-09-08 08:00 AM   #16 
  - You DO realize that the "pro bono" argument is bullshit, right?  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 01:09 AM   #20 
     - Why, because it makes Edwards look less saintly?  Occam Bandage   Jan-10-08 01:11 AM   #21 
        - Because contingency cases require a great deal of  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 01:19 AM   #23 
           - "With no guarantee of a win."  Occam Bandage   Jan-10-08 01:26 AM   #25 
              - So there's no moral difference between representing  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 01:30 AM   #27 
                 - Not realistically, no. The difference is how willing you are to gamble.  Occam Bandage   Jan-10-08 01:38 AM   #29 
                    - But none of those options allow you to stick it to the corporations...  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 01:56 AM   #35 
                       - So he was winning himself fortunes to "stick it to the man?" You'd think  Occam Bandage   Jan-10-08 02:02 AM   #40 
                          - Abandoned?  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 02:04 AM   #41 
                             - He stepped down when he declared for the Presidency,  Occam Bandage   Jan-10-08 02:08 AM   #43 
                                - He can't run it and run for President at the same time.  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 02:09 AM   #44 
  - My family made a pretty good living during the Clinton yrs.  Little Star   Jan-09-08 09:26 AM   #18 
  - Whay is the median income for a NH resident?  bvar22   Jan-09-08 10:50 AM   #19 
  - breakdown of voting patterns in NH  ArkySue   Jan-10-08 01:12 AM   #22 
  - No, maybe they sent a big "fuck you" to a phony  incapsulated   Jan-10-08 01:21 AM   #24 
  - Phonies don't spend all their time telling the people the truth  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 01:33 AM   #28 
  - They do if there's something in it for them. Nobody ever said a phony was a pathological liar.  Occam Bandage   Jan-10-08 01:38 AM   #30 
     - What's in it, precisely? A losing campaign?  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 01:50 AM   #33 
        - But his best shot at a winning one. The fact that his gamble didn't pay off  Occam Bandage   Jan-10-08 01:59 AM   #37 
           - Comparing Mitt to Edwards is just wrong.  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 02:18 AM   #46 
  - Edwards was always a populist. "Two Americas" ring a bell?  jackson_dem   Jan-10-08 01:41 AM   #32 
     - Don't make me laugh.  Aya Reiko   Jan-10-08 03:44 PM   #50 
  - One can't blame the average working person for being ignorant  ProudDad   Jan-10-08 01:40 AM   #31 
  - The irony is that they're FAR more likely to take a tumble  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 01:52 AM   #34 
  - That's the way it is in Corporate America.  MrSlayer   Jan-10-08 01:57 AM   #36 
  - I'd have to agree with that  DivorcingNeo   Jan-10-08 02:06 AM   #42 
  - "only viable candidate" my ass....  harmonicon   Jan-10-08 01:59 AM   #38 
  - I'm a Dennis Kucinich support.er Dennis will not be nominated. Dennis will not be elected.  paparush   Jan-10-08 07:25 AM   #48 
     - but what does VP mean?  harmonicon   Jan-10-08 03:04 PM   #49 
  - I like Edwards but he needs to change up his speeches a bit  Hippo_Tron   Jan-10-08 02:01 AM   #39 
  - I can understand that position.  Mythsaje   Jan-10-08 02:19 AM   #47 
  - actually, they are the ones who gave Hillary the NH win  JI7   Jan-10-08 02:13 AM   #45 
  - What's interesting is that the poorer and less educated folks broke  Bread and Circus   Jan-10-08 03:45 PM   #51 
  - Yessirree. All us rich white folks in NH with our million dollar a year jobs.  bunnies   Jan-10-08 03:52 PM   #52 
  - What an outrageous & baseless thing to say. Get a job at Fox.  jlake   Jan-10-08 03:53 PM   #53 
 

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