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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:41 AM Original message |
So experience doesn't matter anymore |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Out of curiousity |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. He had completed one Senate term |
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michaelwb (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Actually even more than that. |
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KennedyGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Lots..unlike Obama's paper thin resume (danger..facts involved) |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Out of curiosioty.... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. You are assuming |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yeah, charisma should be the most important |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I didn't say that either |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. You're probably right about that... |
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KennedyGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. even Hillary as many more years in the Senate... |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. That Pulitzer Prize and decorated WW2 service was experience, too. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. All of the fence-sitters will go for McCain, including a fair number of the professional |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. Other than being Vice President, what experience really helps? Sitting on committees? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. None. Just wishful thinking phrased in flowery language. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Anymore? |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Yep. This is American Idol....remember. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. You said it sister. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. and they're about to pick Taylor hicks, the one trick pony. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Yep. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's this generations four letter word... |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. With McCain....He's got a long Senate record of votes |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Obama has as much experience in government as Adlai Stevenson |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Don't forget his work as a community organizer. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Adlai Stevenson had tons more experience |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. He certainly had more foreign policy experience |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Governor of Illinois is not a high position? |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. If experience and qualifications matter we'd all be backing Richardson. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. but he was terrible in debates |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. If it did, our nominee would be Biden, Kucinich or Richardson |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Byrd '08! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
15. The only two republican candidates that worry me are McCain and Huckabee |
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Araxen (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Romey |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. And Michelle? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. Repukes aren't motivated by McCain, if they were they would have |
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vee (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
24. The Most Experienced |
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soundguy (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
25. But Shrub Had Daddy and The Snarl, Good Red Meat Credentials |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. LOL- pretty hard to be a 'closet chain smoker' |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. It seems that voters are going out of their way to reject experience. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. The usual standards of experience are exactly what is wrong with country. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Depends on what kind of |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. Experience doing what, though? |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Right. But it's the foreign policy thing |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I think that if McCain keeps talking about attacking and bombing all |
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