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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:55 PM Original message |
Tell me again: Why Can't Obama Win? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fear mongering. Makes people fall back to their default positions |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Good way to put it... |
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DarienComp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. because, um, Rezko! |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because Hillary says so. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. I strongly suspect he might be black. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, he didn't "rise up through the ranks" |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Lincoln was a one term congressman |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. 1860 isn't 2008 |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. He is RUNNING an infinitely better campaign than Hillary. I see much better leadership on his side. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. You're right, 1860 isn't 2008 |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Well, a LOT of people don't seem to find that unnerving in the least. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. I'm thinking you need to look at his real resume and not the one |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. The "thin resume" line has been debunked time and time again. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Nothing's been "debunked" |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:22 PM Original message |
I think 'experience' is in ... |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. OK then. We will never agree on this. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. he did too |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Edwin Gray.........coming soon to a MSM near you |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. You might want to look Edwin Gray up on Wikipedia under |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Could it be skin color? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Nah. White folks tell me it's not. |
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terrell9584 (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I have seen race used in the following types of campaigns |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. ask Tellurian |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. He rose up in the ranks of like minded people..... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. A very risky candidate, in almost every way possible |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. He gets far more crossover independents than Hillary does |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You're missing the point. He's beaten the odds in taking on Clinton. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. They expected a cakewalk Hillary Coronation and they are bitter to have been so wrong. nt |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Truth of the matter is that none of us know... |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Sorry, but that's the same concept as thinking Obama will lose New York. |
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terrell9584 (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. And to disprove this. 1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Your premise is completely flawed, though. |
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terrell9584 (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. I never said we shouldn't run black people |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I don't buy that. |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. One added Plus is that all 50-states get to meet Obama in person which makes him even more stronger |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's the mulberry bush. |
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phrigndumass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. It's also projection ... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because he just CAN'T!!!!!! |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. Because he's such a terrible candidate. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
36. he`s going to be in jail by the end of july |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. Don't know...I'll have to listen to Rush and get back to you |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
39. I think Obama will win |
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