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Thu Jan-10-08 01:06 PM
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| 108. Edwards basically won the VP slot since Kerry won in 04. |
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Probably some bad blood there. Kerry sucks.
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| -Why did Kerry stab Edwards in the back? |
kentuck |
Jan-10-08 09:30 AM |
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It is a slap in the face isnt it? nt |
southernleftylady |
Jan-10-08 09:31 AM |
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No it isn't. This is a two person race, and he obviously favors Obama. |
Clarkansas |
Jan-10-08 09:41 AM |
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Especially since there were stories |
Dorian Gray |
Jan-10-08 10:11 AM |
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and the ONLY reason kerry got my vote was because of Edwards |
bpeale |
Jan-10-08 10:34 AM |
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That's probably why he chose Edwards as his running mate... |
Dorian Gray |
Jan-10-08 12:18 PM |
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how exactly have you decided this is a "two person race?" |
JanMichael |
Jan-10-08 10:38 AM |
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Because it's all about the "fuck you" to Edwards. |
Fierce |
Jan-10-08 09:32 AM |
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democrats often endorse. why is it a stab if he wants obama and edwards |
seabeyond |
Jan-10-08 09:33 AM |
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Maybe? |
kentuck |
Jan-10-08 09:37 AM |
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maye it had to do with obama and clinton new hampshire and nothing to do with edwards |
seabeyond |
Jan-10-08 09:41 AM |
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btw... he didnt do it before iowa swinging his weight from get go.... |
seabeyond |
Jan-10-08 09:47 AM |
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You've hit the nail on the head. Why not endorse in NH, near his home state? |
chimpymustgo |
Jan-10-08 10:16 AM |
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i am almost glad kerry didnt make it if he would have run the nation in such a |
sam sarrha |
Jan-10-08 09:39 AM |
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Pisses me right off. n/t |
Libby2 |
Jan-10-08 09:34 AM |
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Did Gore stab Lieberman in the back when he endorsed Dean in 2004? |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jan-10-08 09:35 AM |
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Yes |
LibraLiz1973 |
Jan-10-08 09:36 AM |
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chosing a running mate isnt a lifetime marriage commitment. gosh... people need perspective |
seabeyond |
Jan-10-08 09:38 AM |
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But we really LIKE telling people what to do with their marriages today so - it fits right in. n/t |
Hoof Hearted |
Jan-10-08 10:18 AM |
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How did that work out for Dean ? |
Catchawave |
Jan-10-08 10:06 AM |
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I'm not bashing kerry but he slapped me in the face back in nov. of '04 |
madokie |
Jan-10-08 09:36 AM |
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And Edwards respected your vote how? How did he fight for it? Did he at least |
robbedvoter |
Jan-10-08 11:56 AM |
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hardly a stab in the back- |
Bluerthanblue |
Jan-10-08 09:36 AM |
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More like a 9 iron up the butt. |
karlrschneider |
Jan-10-08 10:13 AM |
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We can always count on Karl for the poetic imagery. |
jgraz |
Jan-10-08 12:18 PM |
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Yikes. I don't see it that way, at all. They were running mates, not BFF's. |
BleedingHeartPatriot |
Jan-10-08 09:37 AM |
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maybe this go like the gore endorsement of dean. |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-10-08 09:38 AM |
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Hey, when John is done with you he's done. |
peace13 |
Jan-10-08 09:38 AM |
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True. nt |
Blue State Native |
Jan-10-08 09:44 AM |
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Not the first slap. JK said he was shocked when EDWARDS told him |
UTUSN |
Jan-10-08 09:41 AM |
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Heck... |
liberalnurse |
Jan-10-08 09:41 AM |
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because the fix is in? |
librechik |
Jan-10-08 09:42 AM |
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I thought that the establishment wanted Hillary |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jan-10-08 09:44 AM |
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me too! huh... |
librechik |
Jan-10-08 11:36 AM |
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Does seem like the Fix is in with the media etc too...theres only one group who can stop it |
kelligesq |
Jan-10-08 12:59 PM |
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Obviously, Kerry |
disndat |
Jan-10-08 09:43 AM |
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Strong in SC? That's just a ridiculous claim. J E's polling there is |
cali |
Jan-10-08 09:48 AM |
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Then why would he pick SC to do this with Edwards polling so low? |
KoKo01 |
Jan-10-08 10:01 AM |
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Because Clinton is competitive there and |
cali |
Jan-10-08 10:09 AM |
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With me not from the US and all, but i've heard that |
Bodhi BloodWave |
Jan-10-08 10:28 AM |
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I don't know if that's true or not. |
cali |
Jan-10-08 10:32 AM |
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Nah... |
kentuck |
Jan-10-08 09:52 AM |
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Not many people were *too* excited about Kerry when he ran |
johnnie |
Jan-10-08 09:47 AM |
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Kerry stabbed us all in the back |
gort |
Jan-10-08 09:48 AM |
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Did Edwards challenge the theft? Championed the cause? Spoke up? |
robbedvoter |
Jan-10-08 11:52 AM |
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Because he's an asshole, apparently. |
karlrschneider |
Jan-10-08 09:49 AM |
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how so? |
dionysus |
Jan-10-08 10:00 AM |
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He must not think he owes the country anything either...since Obama cannot be elected |
karlrschneider |
Jan-10-08 10:11 AM |
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oh, so you elevate your implication to |
dionysus |
Jan-10-08 11:11 AM |
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I'm sorry facts don't meet with your approval. You vomit at me for stating them? |
karlrschneider |
Jan-10-08 11:40 AM |
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your opinion, not fact. |
dionysus |
Jan-10-08 11:45 AM |
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Are you a Brit? |
karlrschneider |
Jan-10-08 12:52 PM |
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no, but in the first line of your link |
dionysus |
Jan-10-08 12:58 PM |
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I don't think he did- He just chose someone else to support. |
Marrah_G |
Jan-10-08 09:50 AM |
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I can't even think of a logical reason for him to do this in SC. |
KoKo01 |
Jan-10-08 09:52 AM |
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You're right KoKo01 |
kentuck |
Jan-10-08 09:54 AM |
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Sure it's logical. Edwards has no chance in SC |
cali |
Jan-10-08 09:59 AM |
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It's not logical.. |
kentuck |
Jan-10-08 10:05 AM |
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I think it's helpful among white voters |
cali |
Jan-10-08 10:08 AM |
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BS. This will help Edwards in SC. Kerry's an idiot. |
mnhtnbb |
Jan-10-08 10:10 AM |
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Nope. Kerry endorsing Obama in SC won't help Edwards |
cali |
Jan-10-08 10:33 AM |
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We'll wait and see. I live in NC and my guess is there's going to |
mnhtnbb |
Jan-10-08 11:31 AM |
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You're right. Doing this in SC is sending a strong message |
midlife_mo_Jo |
Jan-10-08 10:07 AM |
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so let me get this straight... |
dionysus |
Jan-10-08 09:59 AM |
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yeah, I don't understand |
JerseygirlCT |
Jan-10-08 10:11 AM |
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beats the hell out of me! |
dionysus |
Jan-10-08 11:10 AM |
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They ain't friends. |
WilliamPitt |
Jan-10-08 10:01 AM |
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But Bill Clinton campaigned for Kerry in 2004 also? |
kentuck |
Jan-10-08 10:03 AM |
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and hillary took a couple of hardass jabs at kerry at very bad times |
seabeyond |
Jan-10-08 10:05 AM |
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Sorry, I don't recall those jabs?? |
kentuck |
Jan-10-08 10:13 AM |
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for one she jumped on his ass after the botched joke, |
dionysus |
Jan-10-08 11:12 AM |
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Makes Kerry sound like a Republican--blame your loss on a VP candidate |
mnhtnbb |
Jan-10-08 10:20 AM |
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kerry never went after edwards. was the other way around. how we ignore |
seabeyond |
Jan-10-08 10:40 AM |
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Did you read the article above? Kerry and staff couldn't be quoted |
mnhtnbb |
Jan-10-08 11:29 AM |
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Maybe it's as simple as him thinking Obama is the best person |
JerseygirlCT |
Jan-10-08 10:09 AM |
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Stop that! |
regularguy |
Jan-10-08 01:22 PM |
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Feels like these days, doesn't it? |
JerseygirlCT |
Jan-10-08 01:26 PM |
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I think you're making more of this than it is. |
BullGooseLoony |
Jan-10-08 10:15 AM |
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I think he wanted to stop Hillary |
Raine |
Jan-10-08 10:16 AM |
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But, Hillary is not popular in SC at all. Obama has it sewn up... |
KoKo01 |
Jan-10-08 10:27 AM |
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I like Kerry, but he's wrong. |
Tatiana |
Jan-10-08 10:29 AM |
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me either & the Clarkie's are rude & nasty if you disagree with them |
bpeale |
Jan-10-08 10:41 AM |
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Maybe Kerry doesn't want a President Edwards investigating.... |
Kansas Wyatt |
Jan-10-08 10:34 AM |
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especially since kerry has had three different investigations going since 2004 |
seabeyond |
Jan-10-08 10:45 AM |
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Immediately folding at the most important time, which was... |
Kansas Wyatt |
Jan-10-08 03:09 PM |
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Endorsing one does not mean dissing the others. |
rucky |
Jan-10-08 10:40 AM |
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Kerry a brass ring? he's a dem loser from the past. not such a good endorsement IMO |
bpeale |
Jan-10-08 10:42 AM |
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same could be said of Edwards. n/t |
rucky |
Jan-10-08 10:43 AM |
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edwards wasn't the presidential candidate, kerry was! |
bpeale |
Jan-10-08 10:57 AM |
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I never knew that advertising one's approval... |
LanternWaste |
Jan-10-08 10:42 AM |
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Skull&Bones? |
Algorem |
Jan-10-08 11:29 AM |
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My first thought also. We have become so very suspicious of our |
Blaze Diem |
Jan-10-08 11:45 AM |
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The one thing that stands out to me about Kerry and Edwards |
balantz |
Jan-10-08 11:36 AM |
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And what stopped Edwards all these years? Would have been a perfect campaign issue too |
robbedvoter |
Jan-10-08 12:10 PM |
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If he wanted to kill his chances to get in and change the system |
balantz |
Jan-10-08 12:20 PM |
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Who would have had his back? Kerry? The fooled majority of hypnotized citizens? |
balantz |
Jan-10-08 12:22 PM |
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Ding Ding Ding!! We have a winner! |
mnhtnbb |
Jan-10-08 12:49 PM |
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He didn't wait because he wanted to reward Edwards' back stabbing - now that he''s still visible |
robbedvoter |
Jan-10-08 11:45 AM |
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So much for JK's thinking JE could be HIS "heart-beat away". But hey--- |
WinkyDink |
Jan-10-08 11:56 AM |
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I am betting Obama as well, The Kennedys and the Clintons factions of the party |
robbedvoter |
Jan-10-08 12:15 PM |
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Ask again when Edwards endorses Obama. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Jan-10-08 11:56 AM |
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Not to mention how many votes Obama has to gain with this- pure vanity |
JCMach1 |
Jan-10-08 11:58 AM |
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Gives Obama the nifty addressbook Edwards was suckling from so far...not so bad |
robbedvoter |
Jan-10-08 12:02 PM |
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Money is not Obama's problem at the moment... |
JCMach1 |
Jan-10-08 12:08 PM |
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Nope. It's Edwards'. Remember Trippi's rumors that Hillary was broke? |
robbedvoter |
Jan-10-08 12:13 PM |
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Exactly, Obama wants Edwards out... |
JCMach1 |
Jan-10-08 12:47 PM |
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Because, like Kucinich, he thought Obama was the best candidate? |
Occam Bandage |
Jan-10-08 12:00 PM |
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That too. But payback to Edwards & the Clintons was the cherry on top. |
robbedvoter |
Jan-10-08 12:07 PM |
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maybe because he sees that Obama too could do a decent Lurch |
Algorem |
Jan-10-08 12:05 PM |
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Are ticket mates required to be best friends? |
PeterU |
Jan-10-08 12:52 PM |
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Cause there aint no state where Kerry is still admired. |
kelligesq |
Jan-10-08 12:55 PM |
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Lets compare running for president to swimming in a deep lake.... |
951-Riverside |
Jan-10-08 01:04 PM |
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Edwards basically won the VP slot since Kerry won in 04. |
Ms. November |
Jan-10-08 01:06 PM |
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because edwards didn't want kerry to concede? because he wanted |
orleans |
Jan-10-08 01:15 PM |
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because Edwards is a joke |
DiamondJay |
Jan-10-08 01:18 PM |
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Well. no. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jan-10-08 03:12 PM |
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I don't look at it that way, and I support John Edwards. |
mzmolly |
Jan-10-08 01:46 PM |
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my bet is that he called Kerry ahead, to give him the heads-up |
poli speak |
Jan-10-08 03:13 PM |
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Maybe he honestly thinks Obama would be the better man for the job? |
LittleClarkie |
Jan-10-08 03:14 PM |
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Kerry feels that Obama is best person for the job... |
cynatnite |
Jan-10-08 03:17 PM |
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Politics ain't beanbag. |
kentuck |
Jan-10-08 03:22 PM |
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Enough people on the inside knew Edwards wanted to fight the vote count in Ohio, and Kerry said No.. |
Blackhatjack |
Jan-10-08 03:31 PM |
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