2 more votes for Obama in AZ
ChimpersMcSmirkers
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Wed Oct-22-08 06:17 PM
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2 more votes for Obama in AZ |
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My best friend told me last night that his father and probably his mother who live in Phoenix, are voting for Barack Obama. The thing is that Barack is the first democrat that they will have ever voted for for president. The main reason: Competence is more important then ideology at this point to them.
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Hope And Change
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Wed Oct-22-08 06:19 PM
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Wed Oct-22-08 06:20 PM
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2. Bad news for all republicans |
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<<Competence is more important then ideology at this point to them.>>
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Wed Oct-22-08 06:20 PM
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3. I think that "Competence is more important then ideology" is going to |
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Edited on Wed Oct-22-08 06:20 PM by GreenPartyVoter
drive a lot of votes into Obama's column.
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Wed Oct-22-08 06:23 PM
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4. I hope so, and I hope the trend sticks for a few generations |
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Republicans have been offering up idiots with good fascist speechwriters since Regan. I see no reason that the trend won't continue.
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Wed Oct-22-08 06:25 PM
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5. The Repub trend will only be broken if two things are made to happen. 1) The |
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media has to be brought to heel under a new Fairness Doctrine, and 2) the education system has to be repaired so that it produces well-informed independent thinkers. (Well, in my opinion, at any rate.)
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Wed Oct-22-08 06:28 PM
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6. I agree, especially with #1. That's the most important issue that can't be talked about |
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until after the election... but damn it's impossible to have a Democracy without a free and fair media.
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