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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:14 AM Original message |
Bush ran as a conciliatory figure. Obama is doing that too. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. It is a style |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Possibly right, but a tough line to tiptoe |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. actually, i think that if he manages to get a a fair number of the moderate |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. What about a more realistic VARIANT of the third "option"? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. It's not the policies that I doubt though |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. OK, so he can't part the Red Sea like Moses. But accomplish whatever's possible... nt |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. Painful as it is to recognize--the voters have split down racial |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Of course, "circumstances" are ALWAYS a problem -- the question is whether they can be overcome |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. After being burned by Democrats who promised to confront Bush* but caved |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. I hope you're right. |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. Every candidate favors unity and hope. But these are not |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. They are NEITHER policy nor prayer -- they are guiding principles |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. i don't want to hear about conciliation. or reconciliation. |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. If u want to overcome the GOP, you MUST have a pragmatic, centrist and unifying vision.... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. The grown ups know this |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. The implicit comparison of Bush and Obama is flawed ... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bush ran as a liar. |
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Josiah1982 (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. this sounds like a good reason to vote for him? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. "Doesn't make any sense." |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yea, and that got us what? to the worse times in american |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. Where is the record? |
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