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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:08 PM Original message |
"Obama is Unelectable" |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tough question |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. I had an epiphany on the flag pin the other day also |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You may be right ... and, if so, it's not 'God damn America' it's the color of the people who |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. when you hear some of the stuff a Falwell or a Parsley have said |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Exactly |
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beezlebum (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. yep- falwell vs. wright |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. yEP, k AND r |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am so tired of race being an issue in this primary. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. nice rant! |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Another way of translating it is one is unelectable if one doesn't appeal to those who don't think.. |
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potone (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I wanted Edwards, too. |
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DrBlix (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. Edwards was my choice but we have what we have |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Me 2 on all counts Carolina! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Except Edwards and Clark would never have agreed to be |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have heard Clinton supporters |
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MikeDJohn (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Remember, many Hillary supporters seem to be |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That's right, experience does not matter to whites |
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Nitrogenica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. All he did was beat the candidate who was the "presumptive nominee" for years. |
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MikeDJohn (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Very insightful. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. That is a racist statement... I am sick of voters being grouped into |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It's easy to see that -- for a large number of the "he's unelectable" people - the problem IS racism |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You do the very thing you depise... You group together a certain |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Racists self-select -- I'm discussing racists. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Not exactly...... I can't tell you who is who till I speak with people, and even |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I did not say all people who don't support Obama are racist ... you did |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I never said they were racists, I said they were being labeled as |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You're reading "labels" that aren't there because you wish to |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I don't support Clinton though, and yet you place another label, |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. So YOU explain why they say Obama is unelectable |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I should explain that to you? Why? Who are these people you are |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. BO is vulnerable on several divisive, polarizing issues such as RKBA, LGBT, DoD. It remains to be |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. As a woman I can tell you that Clinton being female is an even larger problem |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. IMO BO will be the Dem candidate. What we can discuss now is his campaign strategy not that our |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. This is not the same country now as it was in 2004 |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Good point about "being able to eat" because BO has yet to provide details for a viable recovery |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I'm a Yellow Dog Democrat. Your accusation of "GOP Troll" is inappropriate. n/t |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I doubt it n/t |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Yes it is and it is labeling, something this poster excels at... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. Anyone who says this and adds they're voting for McCain is a Republican |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I really don't care what |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes. Clinton supporters are in favor of racism, as long as they can point the finger at someone else |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. What does it say about Hillary that she can't win a majority in the primaries? n/t |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. How about when you hear if from a non-HRC supporter? n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. A cynical opinion of a cynical opinion, perhaps. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. Obama is unelectable, Hillary is Unelectable |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Balderdash. People have been calling Hillary "unelectable" at DU since forever. You started it! |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Our "victims?" Oh please. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. What? Everyone on the planet... |
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Secret_Society (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
50. Obama hasn't shown that he can connect with blue-collar workers... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-12-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
51. Who's "unelectable"? |
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