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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:19 PM
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Poll question: Okay, the shit has come to this, in a three way race, with Obama
running as a third party candidate, who wins?
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:20 PM
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1. Who's on third? nt
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:21 PM
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2. McCain wins, easily.
I would never forgive Obama if he ran as a 3rd party candidate, however.
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MediaBabe Donating Member (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 09:53 PM
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20. McCain wins easily
Third partys have no support groups and no one will donate money to a lame duck nominee who will HAVE NO POWER in Washington DC. No one will give money when it has no chance of gaining anything back for the donor. No one. No power means no legislation in their favor. No money for advertising. No money to stump for signatures to get on the ballot. No money for letting the people know what is happening, why to not vote Dem or Rep.

Another thing the maker of this poll does not acknowledge is that in many states it is too late for a third party to even get on the ballot.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:23 PM
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3. There is only one response to your BS poll....
:eyes:

Do the math. Hillary can't get the nomination.
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:25 PM
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4. But Obama can't run as a person who "loves his country." The
Edited on Fri Mar-21-08 05:49 PM by rzemanfl
media and the party seem to be intent on doing things "their" way.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:29 PM
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5. I sure hope you meant that as sarcasm
because anything else is disgusting beyond words.
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:53 PM
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11. It wasn't me who included Obama out of the candidates who
Edited on Fri Mar-21-08 06:06 PM by rzemanfl
"love their country." Jesus, but people are sensitive around here. It seems to me that the powers that be will not let someone who might change things have a chance to play the game. Is there a "not sarcasm" emoticon?
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:34 PM
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6. Wow, this goes to show that GDP is now an echo chamber of Obamacan nuts.
Do you really think that someone who can't even cinch the nomination in a landslide will WIN as a THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE? Let's do the math. The close to 50% of Democrats who are backing Clinton at this point vote Democrat. 50% of Obamacans stay loyal to the Democratic party and the others vote 3rd party Obama. The progressives who already abandoned the party still vote Green because the Green party wants nothing to do with either Clinton or Obama. And all that adds up to.... a GINORMOUS WIN for John McCain.

Sure a few African-American conservatives (and liberals) will abandon the party to vote Obama. Sure a few Republican women and possibly even some Green women will vote Clinton. But that still spells a GINORMOUS WIN for McCain.

Support Obama. Hate Clinton. Whatever... but don't be delusional. If you really think Clinton and McCain are equal and Obama is some kind of progressive saint, then by all means, do what you gotta do--but don't say you didn't realize that McCain would win.

I can't stomach Obama, but if he wins the nomination, I'll pull the lever for the pompous ass.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:38 PM
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7. Don't get your panties in a twist over something that will never happen.
It's a BS poll and shouldn't even be posted here.
No one should have even voted in it.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 07:41 PM
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17. No one is thinking of it happening. Conceiving it speaks volumes about who
the BO supporters really are.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:40 PM
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8. I name thee BOU! It's official. The "D" is obsolete.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 08:19 PM
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18. Yup
Not a doubt in my mind.
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RichardRay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:42 PM
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9. In the words of the illustrious Sniffa...

LET IT SINK

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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 06:10 PM
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16. But why? It's clearly meant to show us the postpartisan society BO will rule
(in the same country where the post-racial society lives)
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:44 PM
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10. I see that 45 of the stupidest people on Earth have already voted in this poll
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 06:06 PM
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15. They only TS you if you don't pledge to vote BO. Party is irrelevant now
Edited on Fri Mar-21-08 06:08 PM by robbedvoter
as Bo volunteers gibe GOP-ers 2 forms now - one to switch party now, one to switch back later.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/tenbedroom-house-now-home-for-obamas-volunteer-army/2008/03/20/1205602581838.html
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:56 PM
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12. not happening.
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Texas Hill Country Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:58 PM
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13. you are seriously asking for a poll on the Obama Underground?
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 06:03 PM
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14. Now it is a proven fact--They believe in their own myths!
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IsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 08:43 PM
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19. The only one I see running on a third party is Hillary
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 11:19 PM
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21. Your fellow BO supporter (OP) thinks differently...Her supporters disagree with you
but, het, that's the BOU rule - anything negative - blame it on Hillary.
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