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penguin7 (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:25 PM Original message |
What issue makes Kucinich not electable? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. sad to say, he's too short |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Did you notice Hillary was standing on a box so as to appear taller? |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Do we really want Karl Rove like shrewdness? |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Hurts to agree |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Great question! |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. He can't be bought. |
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alteredstate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. I agree! n/t |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I love Kucinich |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. No issue makes him unelectable. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. He did a terrible job as Mayor of Cleveland. n/t |
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Nitrogenica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Why? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I've heard this from people who lived there... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. He put the city in default when he refused to privatize the |
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penguin7 (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. He didn't cave to corporate interests as mayor |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. No. He didn't . The whole "terrible job as mayor" senario rests on the fact |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because you can't change all of those things alone - and that's not a compliment. |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. With all due respect Hillary, Kucinich and Paul and Gravel are readily electable. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. "The MSM has their own agenda" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. He's not an alpha male |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Probably, but it's too bad... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. Of course, but I was giving the reason, not my preference n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I know... |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. you mean like the pampered prince in the Whitehouse? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yeah, but he fooled a lot of people... |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. he still had to get Daddy's friends to steal it for him n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. True dat! nt |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. He didn't fool anybody. The media constantly talked about how |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Well, I won't argue about the media annointing King George... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. This is for me the best proof that 2000 and 2004 were stolen |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. He wasn't the alpha male either time -- Gore and Kerry were. |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Truly studly dudes, both of them. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. And those are some of his nicer qualities lol n/t |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well there are superficial reasons but I'll take this from a campaign perspective. I have 2 reasons |
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penguin7 (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:44 PM Original message |
It is still early |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yeah its early but I don't see the situation improving. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. fund raising? |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Reparations |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. People are selfish as hell. Once their kids are grown, they |
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RFKJr4PRES (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Kucinich is supported by the majority of people |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. The thing that will hurt him is the wedge issues. They won't ask him the big questions. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Indeed on the selection comment. That is why I mentioned reparations |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Agreed and Well Said. |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. Lookism. He doesn't look presidential. |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. The short answer is: |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Very interesting post and quote... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think he can win too |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. He doesn't have what Romney has. n/t |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. Inability to organize an effective campaign. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. His lack of statewide experience. |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sadly, his appearance. |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. What makes him not electable? The media and your believing them he isn't electable. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. it's not an issue |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
37.  Everyone thinks that other people won't vote for him |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That's certainly true, as far as the Dem nom. goes... |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's not the issues. It's him. nt |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. Reason #1, the MEDIA, reason #2 THE MEDIA, reason #3 THE MEDIA |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
56. Ministry of Peace?!?! |
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