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peoli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:12 AM
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Senator Palpatine had TONS of experience too!
and look what happened there!

do you honestly think you dont fully understand Politics until you get into Washington and sit there for years? Is it like D.C. is some sort of vaginal cavity that gives you life that until then you didnt know about?

We are all born with certain abilities and knowledge. I'm sure we all have older relatives that are foolish.

Dont try to tell me for one second that knowing how to lie cheat and steal, how to make friends with ass holes that can cover you ass while you lie to the American public has anything to do with 'EXPERIENCE'. Hillarys experience argument is a load of horseshit. Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield rendered that argument INVALID.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:14 AM
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1. And Queen Amidala had none, and look what happened to Naboo!
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:14 AM
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2. So, now we've moved on to fictional characters?
Could we at least find someone real - and maybe even...alive - to compare our candidates to?
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:16 AM
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5. lol
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:19 AM
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8. Some of these fictional characters have more depth and complexity...
,,,than our real-life politicians, unfortunately.

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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:19 AM
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11. A fair assessment
Rick Santorum, for example, has about as much depth as a cardboard cutoff of himself.
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:14 AM
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3. You do realize that's a fictional character, right?
Just checkin'.
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:16 AM
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4. great, so Hillary is now Emperor Palpatine
I suppose Barak is the young jedi who will save us all?
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:18 AM
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6. Not yet. Right now, she's only Senator Palpatine.
Edited on Fri Jan-11-08 12:19 AM by TwilightZone
When she gets elected, *then* she's Emperor.

Edit: isn't "elected Emperor" an oxymoron?
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:19 AM
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10. Ah
Heh, now I see.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:27 AM
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14. Well, first Chancellor, then declared Emperor (n/t)
Edited on Fri Jan-11-08 12:27 AM by Catch22Dem
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peoli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:18 AM
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7. possibly
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 01:50 AM
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17. Star Wars Democrats
I'd say that Lieberman looks more like Palpatine.

Byrd reminds me of C3PO.

Robert Riech bears a striking resemblance to R2D2.

Pelosi would be the spitting image of Princess Leia, if she had those cinnamon bun braids on the side of her head.

Ted Kennedy looks a lot like Chewbacca.

Zell Miller IS Salacious Crumb.

Gore is Obi Wan.

Who else...

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smalll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:19 AM
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9. Irrelevant. Lieberman's not running. /nt
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rAVES Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:24 AM
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12. You mean Cheney right?
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:25 AM
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13. Are you saying I can be born again in DC?
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:27 AM
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15. I stopped reading at "vaginal cavity" and I can't believe I got that far.
Have a nice day.
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LittleBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 12:28 AM
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16. There is no correlation between performance and experience
We have examples of both being good and bad Presidents.

Frankly, the people making the experience argument are mentally deficient or intentional disruptors.
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