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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:00 PM Original message |
If Obama loses the GE.... |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Lol.. I have been making posts like this for some time now... If the American people... |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. The media wants to elect Obama, so as long as they don't start falling |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. and don't forget Reverend Wright!! |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
67. Where is This Media That Wants Obama to Win? |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Calling American people stupid is not a good way to win votes. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Case in point. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. McBush is running. n/t |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. should I ignore reality ? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I wouldn't put it that way, but you are right. After the horrible things * did, they voted him in . |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. I remember that headline. I remember never having felt so bewildered and heartbroken |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. I can assure you that most Europeans |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. You prove the OP's point. |
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stratomagi (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. Would you prefer masochistic then? nt |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. no way in hell! |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is exactly the sort of attitude that leads people who aren't already Obama fans |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. What is wrong with his post? He's pro-Obama and optimistic, to be sure..... |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. He's saying Americans are idiots if they don't elect Obama. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. 70% of the people in this country, at one time, believed IRAQ was in 9-11 |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I doubt the electorate will be intimidated by a post hidden away on DU. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. You're objecting to a monkey ref. to "the chimp" after all these years of comparisons |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. You are reading way too much into this. |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. If Americans vote for a third Republican term after |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Well in this realm i have always said |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. I agree. I have to keep distinguishing between Obama and many of his supporters here. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. If you can't get the point of this post, you ARE an idiot. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't know about a landslide. But I agree w/your assessment of the public... |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. We'll never win a Presidential Election again if this country elects Grandpa |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Fixing elections, more like. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. If Obama loses the GE, |
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swishyfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. America elected Bush for a second term. DUMBASSES!! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. If you try to teach me calculus |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I wouldn't fail at that. You'd be wondering why you never learned it earlier. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. nope, you really couldn't |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I hear you. But you can. :))) |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I think there's a communication gap |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No communication gap. We just disagree on your abilities. :) |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I personally knew that I was reaching the end of my limit |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Hah! Completing the square RULES! :)))) |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. AAAAHHH!! Flashbacks! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Heh. Not to spoil it, but it turns out to be constant. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Well that is true. I have to admit... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. That's hawt. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. If that were true |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. A complete answer would depend rather heavily on the details of everyone's personal history.... |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. You sound just like my previous Algebra professor. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. "it was assumed that if you had a fully-functioning brain, you could do math" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. A country of lousy teachers |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Basically, yah. Except that there's no gap to be bridged in the first place.... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. It's like learning a foreign language |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Yup. It *is* learning another language. It's definitely easier to get 'em while they're young... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
70. This reminds me of when I introduced the idea |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. "blind are leading the blind"=No Child Left Behind |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Yah - like education was soooooo grand before nclb ruined it. Not. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. And how many teachers do you know? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Sigh. There are *numerous* problems. One is NCLB. Another is that teachers are stupid.... |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Teachers are not "stupid" |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
72. Calculus, easy! Basketball, forget it! |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. It's all about having the right teacher. :) |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Well, it's a good thing that America's issues are easier to grasp than Calculus. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Foreign policy is easier than calculus? |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Sure there are complicated issues out there. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. (shrug) Every election is a referendum on the American character... |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. He will probably lose--partly his fault, partly another victory for the Arkansas Project. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. Huge K&R! |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes, Hillary's fault...because she would win it! |
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lojasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Um, no. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. If Obama loses the general election, it will be his fault and his fault only. |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Why are you doing this? Maybe it's time for a little self-assessment... |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. If he loses, it will be because it was STOLEN....again. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. I see the Obamites have their excuses ready-made and sealed already. n/t |
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hopein08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. Oops, I've likely failed already. |
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avenger64 (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. Wrong. It will be his fault. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. largest landslides in recent history.... heh. bookmarking. nt |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
68. actually, it will likely be the fault of the vote tabulators . . . |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. yup, windows platform, easily hacked - MSM not reporting exit polls anymore |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
71. Virginia will be BLUE this fall!! And possibly the tie breaker!!! |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
77. This post sums up what is about to happen to us. "It will be the fault of the American people" |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Too bad you don't just get behind 'whoever' |
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