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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 07:08 PM
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"I have voted Republican all my life. That Bush is making me a...
Democrat..."

An 84 year old former chairman of a local GOP organization told me today.....
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 07:14 PM
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1. Yahoo.......and this 84 year old is in a group that rarely changes
their minds....

Thanks for the report!!
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 07:28 PM
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2. Just anecdotal ....
But very heartening...
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 07:57 PM
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4. Hearing similar anecdotes all over my very Republican county
Only heard ONE person say anything nice about bush in the past year. People getting pretty vocal and that is out of character for my neighbors.
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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 07:48 PM
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3. I am am a life long Independent
who has after 30 years become a Democrat. No way in hell, will I ever vote for ANY of these Republicans, or their agendas.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 08:40 PM
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5. I do hope that he is just the tip of the iceberg...........
That is very heartening, esp. in Ohio......

Thanks for passing this one on......
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 08:57 PM
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6. And from what a Brenda tells me, there are more....
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unkachuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 10:16 PM
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7. tell Brenda and her friends....
....to c'mon in, the water's fine....
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 10:24 PM
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8. Oh Brenda's in the water....
She has never voted for anything but dems...
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MODemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 10:54 PM
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9. Those are nearly identical words to what my repub friend told me
He said he thought George W. Bush was even worse than his Dad George H.W. Bush, and that he wasn't going to vote republicans in.
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nicknameless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 11:02 PM
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10. I had a similar conversation with a life-long repub this week.
:thumbsup:
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DemReadingDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-30-06 11:03 PM
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11. Be sure to read Larry Johnson's latest...
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Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 07:51 AM
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12. That makes him a Bush Democrat* ...
Edited on Sun Oct-01-06 07:51 AM by Drifter
just as I am a Reagan Democrat.

"If it wasn't for Reagan, I wouldn't be a Democrat"

Cheers
Drifter
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:11 AM
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13. We heard alot of these stories In Oct 2004 too
the're still doing the counting.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 11:33 AM
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14. "They are still doing the counting"
Very true, but on the slightly less dark side even fewer people will believe their totals this time. Maybe enough people won't believe them that we will actually fight and catch them at election fraud this time.
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