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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:15 PM Original message |
Some of my favorite DUers really believed in Edwards. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I echo Pirhana's sentiment. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, it darned sure did |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just proves one thing.......he is human like millions of other people. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. True enough. If this were an Obama story, or if Edwards were our standard-bearer, |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. I still love him |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Sorry - but John admitted in the interview that Elizabeth |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Yes the media! |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. He had me fooled once |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Good Points. n/t |
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DeeDeeNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. yes |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I didn't want him to be VP anyway. (nm) |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks, Pirhana |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Gary Hart, Bill Clinton, John Edwards |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Don't forget JFK. But back then, people were able to keep sex and politics separate. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. No. The media protected Kennedy. |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. What hurts are the plethora of threads on this subject. |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. I still believe in Edwards. |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ditto here........I still belive in his message. |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
55. But I question whether he really believed his message |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Well for those in poverty and the homeless... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Oh, for fucks' sake. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Good point |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. looks like it |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Thank you. |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. I still believe in him also |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Me too! |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. I think he can rebound, and still fight for the issues he believes in. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
80. not an embarassment at all. you did the right thing |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Discarded my Edwards avatar today....had it since last November..... |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. You said exactly what I feel |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. That's EXACTLY how I feel |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
54. Right there with you - I'm sad and disgusted at the same time |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. I liked his message |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Edwards is fundamentally a good decent person, and i stand by my primary vote for him. nt |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. No he isn't. He's a fundamentally selfish person. |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. No more selfish than any of us. (nm) |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
59. Not true. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. I read Elizabeth's book and had to stop reading one chapter on Wade' s death. |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. It does and it pisses me off, too. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. I was a fan before I finally came to Obama. His infidelity doesn't detract from his ideals |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. I believed in him |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. It was great message |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was gonna vote for him for President. I didn't believe these stories. ~sigh~ I'm really saddened |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thanks |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes, I am disappointed. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. I trusted him. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Wall - E!! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. I was supporting him early on.....after her pictures came out....I cannot blame him |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. I was one of them, however its better to believe in ideas instead of people |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. that's a good way to put it. nt |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. I could slap the hell out of him. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
71. Look at what you said here: |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Big difference between Paul Newman and JE. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. One is recent. That's about it |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Newman didn't preach about the morality of heterosexual marriage. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Well, that was a problem before the affair was public. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Well, those are my feelings and I stand by them. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I wouldn't ask you to apologize. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. it's the cancer thing that breaks it for me. |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yes, this does hurt, and my thoughts are with Elizabeth. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. THANKS, it does hurt |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
46. I am an Edwards Democrat! Always will be! |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. Thanks pirhana. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. I feel sorry for John & Elizabeth and the kids. |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. I was one of them. It doesn't hurt per se. It's just really disappointing. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. Believing in a politician is the first mistake |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Exactly n/t |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
53. i believe he wanted to end poverty. i didnt believe he was beyond human flaws |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. You know what hurts the most? |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. You seem to think the mistake was his infidelity. It wasn't. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Oh. Right. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #65 |
81. Your answer shows the stubbornness of a true believer. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. Yes, it frustrates me. I'm just done, though. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. thanks for a very nice post, pirhana. |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
64. Thanks for understanding. n/t |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
66. I caught pneumonia trying to chase him down, took months to recover.. |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Wow what a story |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. Edwards was my first choice this time. |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
68. The affair is one thing . . . |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
70. It didn't hurt me. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
79. I voted for Edwards in the California primary, |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
82. I did... |
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