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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:11 PM Original message |
My sincere question to Hillary supporters who refuse to support Obama -- Why? |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Be careful! I tried this yesterday and failed miserably. n/t |
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Rene (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I'm deeply suspicious of obama....of his sudden rise and monied backing |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Indeed his staff told everyone that "just campaign talk" need not be believed -plus sexism/race card |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. Deleted message |
Median Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Question - Have You Explored Your Suspicions? |
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gabeana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. I could swear you are describing Hilary and her followers, |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. But you are not suspicous of McCain? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. God forbid we actually support someone who hasn't soaked in the Inside-The-Beltway sewage .... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. I'll help you with your research. First, voting present is not necessarily ducking the vote |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. And you're not 'suspicious' of McCain and his backers? |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
69. You know.... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are only a couple who have said they wouldn't vote for him |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think it is wise to push people before they have a chance to heal |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Lordy! |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. agreed. nt |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is June. I think by November most HRC supporters will vote for Obama |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't know where I'll be in November... |
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CatnHat (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. I am totally |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That's one sad ass family. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That was a cheap shot. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. 4 years of McCain is an even cheaper one. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Whatever happens in the election doesn't excuse what you posted. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Your displeasure is a burden I'll have to carry then. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. ROFL |
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CatnHat (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Nope |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Don't get bitter about being called bitter. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
70. CatnHat |
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tnlurker (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. When I read the text of his speech today |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Diss? How? By winning? The nerve! [nt] |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. CrapnHat. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. I bet your crowd will be real proud of yourselves if Roe v Wade is overturned by McCain |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. cool then you can leave here and leave DU to the democrats... |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Is the book "What's The Matter with Kansas" a diss of white working class voters? |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Sorry, when did Obama diss working class people? |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
64. He "dissed the working class poor in the democratic party"? How exactly? |
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Stop Cornyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's generally 1 of 2 answers: "because some anonymous person was mean to me on the internets" or |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. So it comes down to narcissism, doesn't it? Thinking one's feelings are more important |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. If conversation in the public square is brutal, opponents will be less likely to see eye-to-eye. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why should they? They obviously think you should stay in Iraq.... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why do people keep thinking there are a lot of DU members who won't vote for Obama? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. There are very few, and for some reason people won't let it go |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. This poll thread is what triggered me to want to ask the question > |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. I wouldn't call any poll taken on DU as a reliable indicator. It's just possible |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. That poll is garbage. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Let's put it this way--- |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's their "Khan" time - they just want to show their spite to the bitter end. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. I answered this yesterday in a civil manner and was met with abuse. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I understand - I therefore tried above to answer the question as I don't give a damn about "abuse" ! |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. I'd like to hear your thoughts. Will you point me to the thread? via message if you prefer |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. This might be the post and thread saracat is referring to |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. thanks. I didn't see any abuse, and I also don't understand the logic >> |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. I've learned we all have different thresholds when it comes to what, exactly, constitutes sexism |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Although, that might not be the post - didn't see that saracat was "met with abuse" |
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ampad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. Honestly, I could care less |
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Diamonique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Ditto!!!!! |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. I care. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. the expression is "I COULDN'T care less" |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
40. So here is a problem that I have... |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Thanks for sharing... (edited to add a PS) >> |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Might I suggest, |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. This is the only issue where I do feel like I probably do |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I have to add that I will support Obama though... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. Some People Are Just, Well, Ya Know, DUMB. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
48. to piss you off |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. In my little DU/internets message board world, I would |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. I stayed neutral so I'm happy we have a nominee. GOBAMA! My mom was for Hillary. |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. You were neutral? |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. Oh, for fuck's sakes...this is stupid beyond belief. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. It's so tiresome, isn't it? |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. There are many on DU who are trying to apply logic to this quandary |
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