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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 09:58 AM Original message |
"When is the last time we elected a president based on one year of service before he's running?" |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. one year? |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. or desperation, perhaps? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. the DU spell checker is broken |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. Disingenuous |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Fast and simple is often too fast and too simple |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Yes, and what have we got from Hillary? |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Obama has been in the Senate since '05 |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. That's a good point |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. you are ignoring Clinton's experience. |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Just look where all that combined experience in Washington |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. They run as co-candidates for President. |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. What is the answer to Pres. Clinton's last question? |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. He said that Biden, Richardson and Dodd are fully prepared to become President |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I agree. I'd like to see his words come back to haunt him... |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Some would say John Edwards--Poverty Center, Scholarship |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. lincoln had and obama has the same amount of "experience" |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You forget that old expression... |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. A well-analyzed post. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. There certainly is more than one way to gage experience... |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I guess I just haven't heard "those ways." |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Depends on how you weigh perspective gained by different life experiences |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. The comparisons to Lincoln go a lot deeper than the demographics |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Set aside race for a moment and let's call him the Great Lincoln Hope instead |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. That's probably why I'm actually supporting Biden |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. And actually I agree with you about how often true greatness emerges |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I remember. It was Atlee Hammaker |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. Years of legislative service in the top tier |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But you are conflating Major and Minor League records |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That will be for the voters to decide |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. A fair reply |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Webb on the ticket would go a long way to addressing the security problem |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I agree that would help. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Webb's my preference |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. LOL. Don't worry though, Webb's novels have already been fully vetted n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Obama/Hagel may not be DU's preference, but...it would KICK ASS in the general election. |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Hagel may be running with Bloomberg. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yes, that's a distinct possibility. I only hope Bloomberg decides NOT to run |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Yes, he'd be such a wild card it's hard to predict what impact he'd have. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I agree--the Repub field is pathetic, and if they nominate a jackass |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Wasn't Bill Clinton's prior experience also the minor leagues? |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I think there's some kind of official mathmatical formula |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Oh, now I understand |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. What the hell is Bill talking about? The statement is meaningless. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Seems like we took a chance on a small-state governor with NO foreign policy or military |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. "It's less predictable, isn't it?" |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Somebody will parse this interview..." |
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