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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:47 AM Original message |
Why has there been so little love from Democrats for Cynthia McKinney? |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. she refused to hold the cabalists in both parties responsible |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Her constituents would be the ones to ask. They chose Mr. Johnson over |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I wonder about that election. It just happened to be my turn |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Do you know that those Diebold machines are wireless besides no paper copy? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. And you shouldn't feel right about an election with invisible vote counting. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. I was voting at 11:00PM in Buckhead and there wasn't a big line but it didn't move very quick |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. A can of spraypaint can fix that. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. In the corrupt world, I won't discount that as a possibility. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. The thing is, those vote totals are based on black box voting |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
57. I agree |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Republicans voting in the primary swayed the results like they're doing now. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. By some percentage, but the question would be whether voters |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Did her constituents ask you? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. They did, yes. I had several thousand of them up for a lovely pizza party |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And here I sat with no invitation. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It's by voting district. We tried having all 300 million Americans over |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. LOL. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. LOLOL! You're killin' me here. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. I live in Ga. amd O think McKinney is an idiot! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Who do you have to be not to recognize one of the few black women |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Especially with all those wacky and controversial hairdos the media talks about |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It's crap. I don't have the link anymore but a capitol cop told a reporter |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Why should I care if she's black? I think John Lewis is a much better |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. My point was, there are only a handful of black women in Congress |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. Well, she's no longer a Democrat, for starters. NT |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Do you blame her? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I'll be plain. I haven't followed her career CLOSELY, but I always had the |
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SmellsLikeDeanSpirit (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. So what? She's more democratic than most in congress. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. But she is no longer a member of the Democratic Party. NT |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. But that is not a reason not to support her -- especially if she is more Democratic than most |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Yes it is, for me. I believe that the party is strongest when it acts |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. The Party is not a cabal or a herd of sheep -- it is its PRINCIPALS. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yes, the party is ideas, and it is a platform. |
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SmellsLikeDeanSpirit (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I'm a liberal first and for most. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I'm a Democrat first. I realize that even a bad Democrat is better than |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. The Party is Always Right. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Well, that was pretty uninspiring. Snarky, but not swift. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. I met Cynthia in Berkeley when she came out to our last Beach Impeach. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. An American Cassandra |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I think you may be right about that. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
63. Exactly... I may not always agree with her, but I respect her for that |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. Because she's a splinterist. n/t |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. because she is simply a truthteller ... truthtellers are vilified, crucified, and given hemlock to. |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. My thoughts exactly. n/t |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
35. Because she's a PHONY, self-aggrandizing LOUDMOUTH whose views match mine only due to RANDOM CHANCE. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. I sure didn't get that from her. n/t |
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Vexatious Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. She's a goddamn moonbat |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. "Goddamn" your namecalling nt |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
37. Because she's now running under a different Party, the Greens n/t |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. Great video of McKinney grilling Rumsfeld. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. McKinney was subjected to the same form of assassination by media... |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. LOL..yeah she'd make Obama a great running mate. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. I love McKinney, but she's a Green now... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Did anything happen to prompt that? |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I'm not saying it's right. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. Cynthia McKinney is TOPS! |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. i think she's great n/t |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. She has a pair and moderates do not! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
53. We need more Cynthia McKinneys in DC |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
55. Because Party comes before issues. nt |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. I think she's batshit crazy. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
60. because she stepped outside the "lines"..and was roundly |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
61. I Always Liked Her |
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