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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:35 PM Original message |
Why doesn't Obama concede? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because he's winning. |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Kind of like that scene in The Search For The Holy Grail |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That's SO "Old Politics" |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. He's winning by too much though |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. He's winning by over 100 delegates. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. You are not thinking strategically |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. SERIES! OMG! |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Well my reasons are better than.......... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't worry. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. He'll concede in an argument with his wife in 2016 about where to build his presidential library. |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've said this before and I will say it again... If Hillary's name were Rodam... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Doesn't it drive you slightly nuts that on the one hand Hillary says |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. You can make the same argument |
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mathewsleep (824 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. correct. |
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easy_b94 (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. WOW give it up all ready |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. noooooooo..... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
69. Who made that point? |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Gotta give you points for chutzpah |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I was thinking more like stupidity actually! n/t |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. Naaaaaaaaah..... |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Thanks....... |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wasn't Kerry more of a "head" guy? |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Yeah |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. No, the Republicans have never had any brains. |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Or hearts, for that matter. |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
70. You are correct |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. He surely does concede |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. That would be rather unprecedented. Win 8 states in a row and then concede... |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. I inhaled........ |
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csorman (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. That explains it all. n/t |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. because some of us want an actual electable candidate to represent the Dems |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think they should both concede |
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IndieLeft (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Um........ I know why! HE'S WINNING! |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. Those Obama folks--sharp as tacks. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Quick on the uptake, too! |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think Clinton and Obama should both concede |
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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. there is one issue that Lee L Mercer Jr does not address |
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RunningFromCongress (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Dems went with their brains w/ Kerry, don't twist history |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Looky.... |
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death to the DLC (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not tough enough? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Why don't we just keep Bush? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. Umm...because THE VOTERS want him as the nominee? (more & more overwhelmingly now) |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Actually, if you remember 04 a little more closely, Kerry's MAIN selling point in the primary ... |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
62. Which is exactly what happened |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. he seems to have held up well against the Clinton "Smear & Dirty Tricks Machine" |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. So a candidate who can't beat him can beat McCain? |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. As Steve Martin said to Lily Tomlin in All of Me, "Ahhh...good plan!" |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. We supposedly went for "electable" with Kerry. |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Soooooooo if Kerry was 'electable'...... |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Well, that's my point - "electable" is a term injected by the establishment |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Clintons did a GREAT job of trying to help Kerry in 2004 |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. huffing is bad for you... |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I'm a fat old babyboomer....... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. lol! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
43. Frustrating, isn't it? Why doesn't he just realize he's a loser after all those wins? |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. "It's time we start using our brains for a change." |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. We're using out heads. Thats why we're not going to nominate someone |
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miceelf (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. LOL |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. Because he has always had more elected delegates. Why doesn't Hillary step down, she can't win |
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sueh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
56. If he's not tough enough why is Hillary behind?? |
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sloppyjoe25s (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
57. Pure Joke Thread |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. This would be funny, but do you understand what would happen to the party is Obama conceded now |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
60. Because, as noted, he's winning... |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. Because Obama is the front runner |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. He is the front runner this week. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
63. good post--Shows the utter stupidity of Obamacampers and their 200 plus |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
64. Why doesn't the sun just take a day off |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
66. If he is so weak, then why drop out in favor of someone who hasn't beaten him? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
67. Concede, he's in the lead? |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. It occurs to me |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. I agree, the Hillary machine is mightier than the McCain one (n/t) |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
68. Because he's winning? |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
72. What a waste of a thread. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
73. Why should anyone listen to you? |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
74. Your post makes sense... |
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