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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:21 PM Original message |
What do you think of the idea of a Gore/Edwards '08 compromise ticket? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unacceptable |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Oh, picky, picky, picky. Other than that, what's wrong with the notion? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. You'll lose at least 25% of either camp |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. GREAT ticket. And Clinton and Obama need to get behind it! Not only can we WIN, |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I disagree compltely |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Says "IWantAnyDem" lol! |
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ihelpu2see (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
82. Im thinking a Gore/Obama ticket may be the only way to solve this thing. If Obama gets |
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rodbailey (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
94. This is the dream ticket |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wish that had been the ticket in 2000 ... better late than never |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Never gonna' happen. A waste of bandwidth |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:22 PM Original message |
How about a Kucinich/Paul unity ticket while we're at it. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Keebler ticket? |
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Innocent Smith (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Who is Keebler? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. That was kind of the idea |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Now there's a ticket I could get behind! (n/t) |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
62. Paul's racist ass needs to stay as far away from the Democratic party as possible................ |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama/His Choice nt |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think it's the greatest idea in human history. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. NT |
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BobbyVan (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. kicked and recommended!!! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. The GOP would embrace it openly, no doubt. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Edwards is worthless at the bottom of a ticket |
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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. With Gore/Edwards-we don't have snipers or controversial pastors to deal with n/t |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. But Edwards will claim he can raise Christopher Reeve from the dead! |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. No, we'd only have two candidates who could be |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. McGovern/Mondale would be better |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hate the idea |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
88. The thing is, if Gore wanted to be the nominee |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. I know that it would make me happy...... |
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Innocent Smith (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here is how the media would report it |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. You really need to stop trying to debate politics |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not going to happen |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. If Gore wanted to be President, he would have run. |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Agreed! Would you quit your day job after winning a NPP for doing it? |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Hell, no! |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. so, the last few months haven't been bad enough... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'll take that |
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cyndensco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. I doubt seriously a Gore/Edwards ticket at this point |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm afraid that on 11/5 a lot of us are going to wish we had gone that route when we had a chance |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. Spoken like a truly desperate Hillbot running from his candidate. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. Funny as hell that anyone would seriously contemplate it |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think you misunderstand what the verb "compromise" means. n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think a compromise candidate Dems best (and perhaps only realistic) hope of winning in November |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. What would you do with all the pledged delegates? |
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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. OK-explain to me then how.... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
79. hmm. let me explain something to you. Most negative crap is |
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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Dupe |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. i think that it will never ever ever ever ever ever happen... ever. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. I would wholeheartedly embrace a Gore/Obama ticket |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. Two white guys knocking off the woman and the black guy. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Strongly agree |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. exactly. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. Only the idiots who vote according to a candidate's race and gender wouldn't vote |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Or the ones who thought we had something called RULES |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. Uh, the "rules" say that a candidate can be chosen on the second ballot |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #61 |
80. bullshit. people who object to bigwigs installing a candidate |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. While I would vote for any Democratic ticket without Hillary on it |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. I didn't vote for either of them |
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colonel odis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. whether it's framed as a compromise or not, gore/edwards would win and win big. |
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Tropics_Dude83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. And Gore/Edwards are far more left-wing than either Clinton or Obama, which is good n/t |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. You don't know that |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
81. that ticket would lose. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. Both candidates are not fatally flawed, only Senator Clinton. n/t |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. No. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
49. It will be Obama, but as long as Hillary isn't part of it I'm fine with it. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
50. No thanks, I want CHANGE |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #50 |
85. i personally don't want CHANGE. i want a FIX IT ticket. and that's GORE/EDWARDS |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. That or a Gore/Feingold ticket... |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. Gee, talk about changing the rules |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. Sorry, tropics_Hillarite. She has lost, get over it |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. There may be some Belittling of the Chicken going on here (Ba-rok-bok-bok-bok-bok!) /nt |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. does your name refer to your brain capacity or your privates? |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
58. Talk about MAJOR disenfranchisement! Edwards kept losing because the people did not vote for him. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I agree - and you can't really blame the media |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
60. For the trillionath time, Edwards has rejected any notion of being a VP candidate again |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #60 |
86. he would do it if GORE asked him to. they are the best of friends. |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
64. No way. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
67. I think we should stop buying the media's electability meme |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. Gore can be swiftboated too, again |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
69. I think it's the ticket I want to support in November. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
70. It would be so totally undemocratic. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
71. How would Gore/Edwards keep 90% support among AAs...? |
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Sabien (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
72. uh...NO n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
73. mmmmm .... The All White Men Ticket! |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Why not alienate both women AND African Americans? That will win the day! |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #75 |
90. Since when do we choose candidates on the basis of race or gender? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
74. It's a sure loser. it's fucking insane. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
76. so we are completely ignoring the Dem party rules now??? |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #76 |
83. exactly. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
77. So you see an all white male ticket as a compromise that AAs will welcome? |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
84. i'd feel like i died & went to heaven! this is a dream ticket for me! |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
87. And destroy the credibility of the Democratic Party? Um... no. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
89. For the umpteenth time, NO, NO, NO. |
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LVjinx (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
92. Yeah, let's pick two candidates who got ZERO percent of the vote. Smart. |
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oviedodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
93. It is almost too liberal a ticket in a sense that the right will hammer on the |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
95. Not much. One who wouldn't fight for his Pres. win and one who |
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