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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:53 PM Original message |
Obama's biggest problem is that he lacks sufficient qualifications to be POTUS. |
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thevoiceofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think you are racist. |
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TML (749 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I second that |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Well said, and succinct, what more could be asked for. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
75. agreed. What a pile this is. |
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eileen_d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I just want to say |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. I rarely see Obama supporters calling anyone Racist but I do see Hillary supporters |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I've experienced it first hand. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I bet you have black friends, don't you? nt |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. What difference would that make? |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I have experienced being called sexist once or twice on DU |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Where were you when Obama supporters started accusing Bill and Hill of racism |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. They were accusing them of Race bating, which is a fact |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. But Obama labels himself the "black" candidate. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. Wow....it did not take long IMO for your to out yourself.... |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
70. I don't think he has much choice about that |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
88. He certainly does NOT. He's identifies as a black man |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. You gotta be kidding me! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
89. bullshite. The Clintons had a lot to gain, and it was Obama who had |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Gee, I gave you more credit than that! |
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Drachasor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. "Experience" as Hillary and McCain use it, basically has no correlation to being a good President |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. I think you should expand on your definition of experience. |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Yeah, a well spoken constitutional scholar and community activist |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
76. W is your only "experience" example? |
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bellasgrams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. Q-He has called out both Cointons with racist charges and it was. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Do you have a link for that? nt |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Like a broken record... |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Sorry, but Illinois is pretty much the same state as it was pre-Obama. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Excuse me? |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Um...he was a little boy at the time. |
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avrdream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Did you notice that little asterik way at the bottom of your graph? |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. oh snap! |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
74. ... |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good points |
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laugle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Excellent analysis! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ahem |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. That may sound cute, but to a serious thinker that is nonsense. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. So am I. |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. I've been reading your posts for some time now... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. Perhaps He Could Be More Experienced. But The Alternative Is *Far Worse*. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Article 2 says... |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I really wouldn't argue the point because I mostly agree, however... |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
66. similar to me |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Your are not a racist. As far as I know |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Politically precocious, IMO. |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. GOP sound bites |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Hmmm...so you're saying that we shouldn't be allowed to analyze the candidates? |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. You might try looking up his record in the Illinois Senate. |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't agree.. |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. Of The Three Candidates He Is By Far The Most Qualified... |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's true. We Illinoians expected to rise to international superpower status |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. You didn't say anything racist |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. Hillary's biggest problem is that she lacks sufficient qualifications to be POTUS. |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. I believe the only qualification is that you are a U.S. citizen and are at least 40. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I thought it was thirty-five. n/t |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. you are correct. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. Please tell me who the last President was who did have |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. Say what? |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here's a guy with terrific experience |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Are you talking about Kennedy? He was NEVER VP! Just saying! |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. No, not Kennedy |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. Clever. The Navy Lieutenent threw me. I forgot Nixon was one! |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. He's referring to Nixon. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Who? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Nixon. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. OK. I get the point about that. |
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Freida5 (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. Excellent post |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. Pray tell us about Clinton's fantastic experience? |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. how sour are those grapes? |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Ask me again when McCain is being sworn in. |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. oh yeah i forgot, the candidate with the 50% unfavorability rating is more electable |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
79. Speaking of McCain, let's all vote based on "experience"! |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
56. Opinions offered as facts.. again... nice try but those of us with the ability to think reject this |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. The "qualifications" to be president: |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. could you point me to where in the constitution they discuss the "threshold" |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
78. Thank you. I was just going to post the same. |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
63. you know what I like about Obama? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. You would be shocked at the percentage of even Democrats who think he is unqualified |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
69. I believe he is likely the next President of the United States. |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
72. "qualifications to be POTUS." One must be at least 35yrs of age. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
73. I don't think Hillary is any more qualified than Barack. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
77. correct; he's got plenty of probems. definitely not ready for prime time. nt |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
80. This was one of the first arguments against Obama last Spring. |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
81. Biden for VP! |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
82. I know he should of married Bill Clinont if only he had thought o fthat. whatever. |
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windowseat (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
83. All candidates are ambitious |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
84. Please post a link to the prerequisites for being President. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
85. Sorry, but the unqualified angle seems bogus. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
86. Hillaryis a war hawk that is how she voted that way. Barack spoke against the war.. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. Hillary is a war hawk that is how she voted that way. Barack spoke against the war.. |
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PerfectSage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
90. So what are the qualifications of a good Potus? |
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