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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:46 PM Original message |
Can someone tell me what difference it makes if Obama wins by one vote or by 10 million votes? |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. It means nothing |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Okay, but then answer the same question as it applies to electoral votes. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. If it's close the repukes steal the election like in 2000 |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. What nomad said. nt |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. exactly! |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. 10,000,000 is harder to rig-in fact it should be not rig-able |
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PermanentRevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Lemme get my chair... |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. yeah |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. winning is winning, pandering is another thing entirely |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. HE can even lose the popular vote AND take fewer electoral votes AND still win |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Talk to Al Gore and John Kerry |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Not really, but it'd be nice to have a mandate. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. M-A-N-D-A-T-E |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thank you! n/t |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I like that word. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yup. nt |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Indeed. A mandate has never been more important. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. The only strategy that counts is to make sure it's NOT that close. If it's close, |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. Easy answer: It makes it MUCH harder to steal the election |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. The media will harp for four years on how he "squeaked" into office. There will be less |
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