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GarbagemanLB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:27 AM
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More women support Obama now?





Guess that puts a dent in the arguments of some of the Hillary supporters here claiming to speak for all women...
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:29 AM
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1. makes sense that women should come to Obama
if they or any Dems, "protest" Hillary not winning by not voting for Obama in the Fall is a vote for McCain, a vote for two more Supreme Court justices, and a vote for the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

It's all about Choice, and the Choice should be for Obama, else you may lose the ability to make a Choice when it comes to your body.
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Cheap_Trick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 11:08 AM
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11. as long as they help make Obama lose
it's a sacrifice they're willing to make, for ALL women. How kind of them, eh?
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Andy823 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:33 AM
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2. The majority of women
In this country are not going to let this primary race stop them from voting for the democrat in November, it just isn't going to happen. Sure some are going to be really ticked off that Hillary didn't get the nomination, but that's just a handful of women who won't make a difference come November.

This country is in big trouble and we need a drastic change to get us out of the mess that Bush and co. put us into. Nobody in their right mind would allow McCain to get elected, put his kind of judges on the supreme court, get us into another war with Iran, continue the war in Iraq, initiate a draft or our young men and women, destroy the economy, and put into effect the Bush family agenda of their "new world order" where the rich run everything, and the rest of the world suffers in poverty!
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:39 AM
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3. According to Gallup, women under 50 tend to support him and women over 50 tend to support her
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:44 AM
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4. Kiss off women over 45 and seniors and have a great fall election with your VP choice
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:46 AM
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6. sure, and McCain will help women over 45 and seniors too.
He'd be a great CHOICE.
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GarbagemanLB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:47 AM
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8. Lucky for us you don't speak for them! You and your small band of loons can go bang pots
and pans outside the DNC all summer til November, for all I care. The mature and intelligent voters will vote on ISSUES rather than gender, unlike you idiots.
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:59 AM
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10. no one is "kissing off" these voters
you all are REFUSING to HONOR the will of the majority of democrats. Obama, as of the 18th, has a 16 point lead over Clinton among all democrats.

She lost this nomination and the sour grapes and pouting from her supporters is truly obnoxious to see. As a middle-aged white woman she doesn't speak for me and I am sick of the argument that only she can bring in the older voter. She is using you and them to destroy this party -- for whatever reason.

I voted for Bill Clinton for two terms even tho I didn't like him at all. He wasn't my candidate. What makes you and other Hillary supporters so goddamn special in your own minds that you cannot also support the nominee? All you are doing is making sure Hillary's negatives are as high among democrats as they are among republicans.
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:45 AM
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5. There you go!
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:46 AM
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7. I'll never support Obama, that sexist pig...
didn't you hear he called a female reporter sweetie? And he did this....
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GarbagemanLB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 12:20 PM
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18. That 'brushing the dirt off shoulders' sign is a secret signal to fellow sexists, didn't you know?
It's sort of like a greeting between misogynists.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 12:45 PM
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21. Now you've done it...
you let the cat out of the bag to a WOMAN! They're gonna revoke your membership to the he-man woman haters club for sure;)
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Zachstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 10:50 AM
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9. Bingo!!
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 11:09 AM
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12. I guess only 'real' women support Clinton
and the rest of us don't count.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 12:46 PM
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22. We must all be like the caucus states....;)
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 11:26 AM
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13. AND Hispanics!
:rofl:
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 11:29 AM
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14. Here's an estimate for primary voters
How many people voted?

34,000,000?

How many women voted?

17,340,000? (51%)

How many voted for Hillary?

9,537,000? (55% because in the 12 states where Obama got 65% or more of the vote, he got more women votes than Hillary)

How many voted for Obama?

7,803,000?


Hillary doesn't speak for the millions of women who voted for Obama.








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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 11:33 AM
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15. Thanks, ProSense
That is helpful.
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yourguide Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 12:22 PM
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19. very nice. thank you!
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GarbagemanLB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 02:07 PM
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24. thanks.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 11:37 AM
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16. I'll speak for MYSELF, thankyouverymuch. I won't be defined by anyone else...
...I'm a 48-year old white working-class woman who supports OBAMA.

Let 'em stick that in their demographic pipe and smoke it! ;)
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yourguide Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 11:59 AM
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17. K & R
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 12:26 PM
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20. The truth is clearly sexist.
:D
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yourguide Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 12:47 PM
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23. clearly hahahahahahaha!
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 02:10 PM
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25. That's a Sign of Great Marketing
Peddling all those "I'm a woman, but I'm not voting with my vagina" stories doesn't hurt.

I wonder why it doesn't separate out white men?
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GarbagemanLB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 02:13 PM
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26. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for you to see you speak only for a small group of loons.
The majority of women apparently don't buy your bullshit, sorry.
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Bread and Circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 02:14 PM
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27. The graph not shown is white women, where she'd still be ahead...
and even pronounced would be white women over 50...

That is her last bulwark and the ONLY reason she is still holding strong in certain areas of the country.

If she were a man her support would have collapsed a while ago.
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