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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:58 AM Original message |
Why don't Democrats like John Edwards? |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. The MSM has been very negative. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Do you really want me to tell you why? |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lieberman was leading at this point in '03 |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. He cares too much about the poor and not enough about |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. To be honest, acmavm, a number of people I know feel that his |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. very few outside of here doubt his sincerity on poverty |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
160. Reinvention? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
176. Uh, in his 1998 Senate campaign, Edwards was already sounding some themes you call "reinvention" |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
88. No one has yet still been able to explain to me his vote on the Bankruptcy bill. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is it the hair thing - or his accent? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe they're not sure if he's real... |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. This is what most of my friends who are voters seem to be concerned about... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Maybe it's just feminine intuition... |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I think so, too... |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ummmmm |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You sum it up well. I think he's a good guy, but he never struck me |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
60. he has the best chance in the general |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
114. The only Dem in that particular poll. |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
135. Ummmmm |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
145. It good to see that you take into account the expected preformance in the |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
178. (9) makes other rich people uncomfortable 'cause they think that he |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. I supported him until he came out with "universal health insurance." |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
91. Yes, he indeed lost North Carolina in the '04 primary |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #91 |
159. Thompson, Edwards Lead in North Carolina |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #159 |
164. This has what to do w/the 2004 primary? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #164 |
171. Thread title "Why don't Democrats like John Edwards?" and subthread apparently discussing |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. The subthread is about the 2004 primary |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. (1) Edwards was an exceptionally available senator during his term: |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #175 |
184. You met him fact to face |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #184 |
186. He answered my letters, and I wasn't a big donor. |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. Why would I have written him from Oregon |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #189 |
190. Seems ya didn't live in NC either back then, since ya invented a 2004 NC primary ya say Edwards lost |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. Wrong |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. Ana lil lesson fer ya: yer more credible if ya don't make up phony history |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #192 |
194. lol |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #194 |
195. Yawn. Point raised earlier in #190. |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #195 |
196. What point? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #184 |
187. Whether you want to "call bullshit" or not, it is true that Edwards regularly scheduled |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. 08 is the year of change. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Hillary and Obama represent CHANGE? |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. First woman president, first black president |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's it. There is no actual substantive change in their platforms |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
134. Just because they are a woman or minority doesn't mean they will change things. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. What crappy reasons to vote for either! |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. And, that's about it. Period. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Let's be "real"--shall we? |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
86. I know, right? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Hillary represents change?!!!!! How do ya figure? |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yeah, but she's a female DLC shill.... that's change of a kind, I guess. |
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edwardsfeingold08 (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. By change, do you mean things like speeding up global warming? |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
62. wow. please take a look at their policies, and tell me you believe this |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
73. Hillary represents change? |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. If I say I'll be accused of being a freeper, being a tool of the MSM, repeating right-wing |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'll tell you why I don't like him... |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. You are correct.Your reasons are "shallow" and silly. If I didn't personally like Edwards the fact |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. I know. I admitted it... |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Don't feel bad jenmito. Some students from a nearby |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
87. Thanks, durrrty libby... |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Somebody likes somebody enough to marry him |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
115. oops |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #115 |
127. I gotta agree... |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
128. But it isn't just anybody who married and supports him.It is Elizabeth Edwards who is one of the |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
64. he is right to bash them for the tardiness of their vote, as he led earlier |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
143. I had to read this because I am no where close to deciding |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #143 |
158. No problemo... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'll give you my two cents |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Interesting. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No more questions than those regarding Obama. |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. I would agree that experience is an issue with Obama as well. |
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ksclematis (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
157. It's hard to believe.... |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #157 |
183. Experience is overrated, really |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I don't think many would answer that way if you asked them, but I'm sure it is a motivating factor. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Yet... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
116. This is unfortunately true |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 07:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
144. Let me share something that I just read from poster Wilms. It |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
177. So who is the super vote getter? |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think he would be a good president as well as all the others. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. We have better alternatives. |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
65. he would have won NC in 04 |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
93. What polls? |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #93 |
105. Brilliant, you put something in bold and get it wrong |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #105 |
119. Did you live in N.C. from 1999-2004? |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. I moved from there in '97 |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #119 |
129. He first went to Iowa in January of 2001. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #129 |
161. Dole's the worst |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #93 |
170. Well, it wasn't a real primary, but he did win it |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #170 |
188. Yeah, the real primary was canceled due to the Rs eternal redistricting lawsuits |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's not that Democrats don't like him. They just like other candidates more |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
118. I agree with Freddie Stubbs, it's a matter of comparison. |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. He comes across as too much as a salesman |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I find it somewhat disconcerting that any Dem would utlise such |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You mean swiftboating like the OP?? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Discussing Edwards poll numbers is swiftboating? |
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edwardsfeingold08 (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. The thread title is baiting. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Perhaps, "Why Don't Democrats like Edwards as their Candidate" may have been better. (nt) |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. It was an honest assessment |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. "Car salesman" is a cheap shot, but it's hard to argue against someone's feelings |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
96. That's it for me |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #96 |
123. well, that's your opinion, but many feel otherwise, including those who know him well |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #123 |
168. And that's fine |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. First, tens of millions of Democrats like John Edwards |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Thank you. I like John Edwards, but I respect and appreciate your opinion. n/t |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
67. great post TR |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
179. Don't take this the wrong way anyone |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. They do. You people are just gullible. You've no sense of the |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. I want to like him. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Gore is hanging around with 15% when included in polls (nt) |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Actually when formally included in polling |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
149. No, coming to reason about Iraq late |
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sneakythomas (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. I don't like trial lawyers. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I agree. Victims shouldn't be allowed lawyers. |
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sneakythomas (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. No, I did not forget my sarcasm |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. that is not true - malpractice premiums are tied to the stock market |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. And you can find proof of that in Texas and Florida |
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sneakythomas (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
89. Explain that to the doctors in my family. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. And ZERO of whom are in the insurance industry. |
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sneakythomas (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. So why |
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sneakythomas (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. So why |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #95 |
125. the insurace complanies were given free rein to do what they wanted |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #95 |
180. They were making up for the money that they lost in the '80s, |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #89 |
103. what do you hear? that malpractice suits raise premiums? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #103 |
133. Malpractice premiums are based on what your specialty is. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #133 |
167. Its a similar problem to that of attorneys then (sorry don't take it personal) |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. To start, John Edwards generates a certain aura of contradiction |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. This has been a very interesting thread. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Congrat on the Bebe! She is adorable! a real honest to goodness CutiePie! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Thank you! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #68 |
98. Please take it easy then....enjoy the new babe, and kiss those fat cheeks! |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 03:43 AM Response to Reply #68 |
139. Welcome to the world precious Hannah! |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
152. Wow! What a cutie pie! |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. oh, my word! You had the baby!!! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. More pics |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #85 |
99. Congratulations, Mom! |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #85 |
109. Congrats to you |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. I think flame wars happen when people are passionate |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
78. Incredible! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. LOL!! |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #83 |
120. Ah! A Sleeper! |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
57. Cause he is phony |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. pandering? the man who is proposing the most progressive program |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Thats the guy |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #77 |
107. Huh? This election is Iraq, Iraq, Iraq ... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
58. It's amazing the way the polls decide for us. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
66. This is a veiled attack. Mostly supposition. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. I agree this board is being used |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I have problems with HIllary. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Meh I have to go out |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
84. You attack Hillary Clinton almost every day with innuendo. Spare me the crocodile tears (nt) |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. You nailed it. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #84 |
100. Find an attack post. Find it an post it. I mean an attack. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Inevitability ring any bells? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Inevitability is an attack? How? |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
80. I Like John Edwards Just Fine, And I'm A Democrat |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
81. alot of dems like him. he is just going through a rough period. chin up |
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abburdlen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
82. I was turned off |
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november3rd (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
92. Why don't they like JE? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #92 |
112. What's "Brand X"? |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
104. Whenever something happens in Congress, he comes out the very next day and says how HE |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. The pointing fingers thing bothers me too, |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. But the fact is he voted against the first war supplemental budget |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. He's got a mixed bag on war supplemental votes, |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. it was the very first supplemental - the famous 87B |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. What was the date |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #124 |
132. the vote was in Oct 03 |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #132 |
150. Right around the time Dean was riding an anti-war wave to frontrunner status. |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. Ah thanks. |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. yes, the first of the many supplementals |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
106. I have given Edwards a hard time on policy shifts and self-inflicted style wounds |
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venable (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. agree 100% |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #113 |
153. Yes. Interesting. |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
108. Democrats are lousy handicappers |
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The_Progressive (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
131. I don't trust him. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
136. He's apparently smart enough to ignore Iowa polls and focus on the local party structure |
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19jet54 (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
137. It is not that he is not liked... |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
138. Personally, the more I see him, |
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cqo_000 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 04:31 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Edwards knew that Bush was misleading the public |
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Alpharetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
141. He seems likeable, but not tough |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
142. Somewhere down the line, he lost the trust |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
146. Democrats like him just fine |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
147. There has always been something about him that I havent liked |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #147 |
181. Another understandable alternative |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
148. LOL. |
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jenmarie (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
151. What I don't like about him |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #151 |
155. Well said! |
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BringBigDogBack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
154. I like John Edwards. I'm a democrat. n/m |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
156. Because his brand isn't "edgy" and "authentic" |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
162. Beacuse he could actually win the general election |
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churchofreality (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
163. He is a pussy. Just being honest. |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #163 |
169. I'm just curious as to what the hell you mean by that |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
165. Because he's a lawyer. |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #165 |
172. Clinton, Obama, Biden and Dodd are also lawyers |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
166. He's doing well in MI |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #166 |
182. Michigan is in a recession, |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
174. He got a little sympathy vote with Elizabeth's health situation, |
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peacetheonlyway (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
185. he promised the american public to count the votes |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
193. I like him, and I'm a democrat |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
197. The Dems will! Give it a chance... |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
198. Can't speak for everyone but Edwards is currently number four on my list. Here's why. |
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