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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 06:58 PM
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OH GOP voters crossing over in record numbers
So the idiots who gave us 8 yrs of misery under Bush now think they can choose our Dem candidate for us? FU GOP.

In Chagrin Falls, 70% of voters took Dem ballots - that's one of the biggest GOP bastions in the area..

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/03/gop_voters_crossing_over_in_la.html

"In the Republican roost of Chagrin Falls, veteran poll worker Liz McFadden was amazed at the number of people jumping the party's ship. Democrats accounted for 70 percent of the voters in her precinct, one of seven at the village's high school.

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The defectors had motives both pure and sinister.

One woman voted for Clinton in hopes of delivering John McCain a weaker debate opponent. Another picked Obama because her vote could help deny Clinton and her husband a return trip to the White House.

A 69-year-old Catholic nun, Sister Ann Marie, was converted to the Clinton camp because of the former first lady's experience. John Baggett, another ex-Republican for Clinton, said he simply wanted to switch, and Clinton represented a known commodity."
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:02 PM
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1. they can't get their anger straight ...
(Hillary a weaker debate opponent? bwahahahahahahaha ... McCain can't even keep his positions straight for the Repukes, let alone the independents ...)
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:16 PM
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2. They're idiots
sounds like many only want to go with the candidate who is perceived a winner - regardless of party affiliation.
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HeraldSquare212 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:44 PM
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6. It is amazing how scattered Rep efforts are across the board.
If there was ever a party ready to be beat, it's them.
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Tarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:20 PM
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3. This accounts for much of the faux Obamamentum
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:22 PM
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4. Yes it does
Nothing like a bunch of professional GOP hatemongers to fluff up Obama's campaign.
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NJSecularist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:23 PM
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5. Most of them are voting for Hillary
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:49 PM
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10. Bingo! n/t
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:48 PM
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7. edit
Edited on Tue Mar-04-08 07:49 PM by Fran Kubelik
i need to read better.
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:49 PM
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8. A Republican stronghold called Chagrin Falls? That's AWESOME!
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:49 PM
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9. Hillary doesn't seem to be rejecting or denouncing them.
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:50 PM
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11. what would you have her do?
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:51 PM
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12. Nothing. OP has in the past frequently bitched about Republicans voting for Obama. Now they're
breaking Clinton.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:51 PM
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13. Guys, The RW Radio Hosts put out the word all day to vote Hillary
I listened to 3 of them all day and their message was exactly the same. They are voting for Hillary to keep her in the race to beat up on Obama.

The memo went out and they are responding.

Listen. Know thy enemy.
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:52 PM
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14. They are doing this in TEXAS as well. n/t
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UALRBSofL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 07:52 PM
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15. I think most of those that voted democratic
voted for Obama so McCain can run against him in the GE. They think they have a better chance against him.
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JeanGrey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 08:08 PM
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16. They KNOW Hillary is easier to beat, that's why.
Lord help us......
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