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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:24 AM Original message |
Do you think there is a danger of Obama being "Dukakised"? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. No. n/t |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Okay, thanks for putting my mind at ease. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Good grief. We know they will try to Dukakis him. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Maybe you are right. I can only hope so. nt |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Not by McCain |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Not only that, McCain has enough skeletons rattling around in his closet. |
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democrat_patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. It's a danger for any candidate |
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mculator (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. If danger means certainty, yes. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, it's clear that.. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think whoever is the Dem candidate will have to expect as much |
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RememberWellstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. The shoe fits |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. I don't know--is he dorky? Unmanly? Mock-worthy? Uncool? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. Obama was involved in setting a criminal on the streets... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I interpret the meaning of "Dukakasied" as "not really an American like you and me" |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Willie Horton was what did Dukakis in.... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Well, I remember people snarking about Dukakis as "that little Greek". |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. My thoughts... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. What's 70% of 237? nt |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. No, but I see him being elected - and then Carterized. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Yeah, that's my worry too. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I have that fear, but I also think Obama has such a wide and diverse following |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. You have a good point about his chance to attract a broader group of advisers. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. All the candidates are "different" |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. well yeah! duh! |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. Name ONE Democrat the RW firebreathers won't lie about on a daily basis. |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. Highly Likely |
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flor de jasmim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. We cannot underestimate the importance of the grassroots movement |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. As long as Obama doesn't have a photoshoot driving a tank. n/t |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
16. At this point, I expect it is a certainty. |
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flor de jasmim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Maybe a cheery, "There you go again" would work... ;-) (n/t) |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. The Duke was a real liberal. So no way Obama will be treated as Mike was. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. 2008 is not 1988 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
27. Obama will be treated like blah blah blah? |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:53 AM Original message |
Absolutely. |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
28. Yes |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. Well I've said for a long time that that's the tactic |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
32. No, he won't be "Dukakised" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Krugman supports Hillary. He was using this example to point out that we know |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. Dukakis wasn't nearly the candidate Obama is |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. No, he's not. And that's the flaw in the argument. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
37. Sadly, Obama is a Democratic disaster waiting to happen. (eom) |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
38. Does a bear shit in the woods? |
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Carrieyazel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's happening right now. "Hussein", the picture, plagiarism, Michelle's comments |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. But it's pretty thin gruel, you must admit. |
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cryte9 (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. He can be Dukakised easier than Sen. Clinton |
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