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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:05 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you believe presidential candidates pay people to post on DU? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Turnip. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. No |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. True believers |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't know. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hell no. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Hey terry! |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Hey RKZ! |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. No they don't, or they would hire me because I kick me some Hill butt! Jk Jk as my kids would say. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, it would be a total waste of money. nt |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. ...and that's something new? :-) n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nice Work If You Can Get It: A Closer Look at Campaign Blogger Remunerations |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yeah, but those are bloggers. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. semantics my friend |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Actaully, there's a difference between website discussion forums and blogs. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Your Using a Semantical Argument to.... forget it |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. LOL. Paying people to write vitriole is STUPID. DUers do it for FREE!!!!!!!!! |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. No. If they did, I think they'd at least check |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. nope.if they were, it'd be a terrible waste of money... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. No, and yes. |
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Bad Thoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. No |
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nomorewhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. i've worked on campaigns before |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Really? According to This You Would Be Wrong: |
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nomorewhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. if you think campaigns pay ppl to post crap on these boards you're out of your mind |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. OK... I'm Out Of my Mind Because You Say So, and Then Say No Offense? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. But your link had nothing to do with |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. The Dishonesty Here is Amazing |
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nomorewhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. look, the campaigns simply don't allow it... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:33 PM Original message |
nicely said |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. yes, but saying so will get your thread locked. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Some people here like to think |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I've been saying that for years. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Are you accusing me of plagiarism?!?!?!? |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Blue Jay's campaign must be getting desperate. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. He thought it would be wrapped up by his 20,000th post. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. LOL! |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. There's probably over 100,000 who read this forum. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Oh, come on. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
70. Maybe you shouldn't picture such a cartoon... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. I guess I don't think those kinds of posts would change anyone's mind here |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. DU is a cold hostile room full of outstretched index fingers. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Quoted for truth: |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Aw, you're just getting paid to say hi to me. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. And where's my check from them. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. No but there are staffers here in their free time |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. No.. why would they pay people, when they can see that there are enough R A B I D |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. I doubt there is a candidate out there who would pay anyone, but |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Your use of pronouns is very telling. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No sense in beating around the bush |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. So all the invective, requested from on high, flows in one direction? |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. Of course not. What a waste of time that would be. |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. Maybe, but most here are amateurs |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yeah... it never happens |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Well it only figures there would be every kind type of person or job out there....... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. Neither Kucinich or Edwards paid me enough |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. It's humorous how important some people stupidly think DU is. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
52. I believe the DLC pays people to post here in an attempt to suppress |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Really? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. oh yes |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. You're putting it in an oversimplified way. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. I know at least one person is |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. Pay, no. Could a volunteer be told to go work a place where he/she has been anyway, yes. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. hey Koolzip! |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
60. I think the HC campaign just has a robo-smearer that automatically posts smears from drudge on DU |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. No. I find the idea paranoiac. |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
64. I'm making a pretty good living at it ... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
65. People paid by presidential candidates post on DU? SURE! But hey, DU is not that critical! |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. I dis GBV in Lounge music threads because Tobin Sprout pays me to. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
67. I think campaigns pay staffers to support the campaign in any way they can |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
68. Some sites, maybe. But not here. |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
69. Barak, Hillary, I'm available,please pm me |
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