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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:40 AM
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Take Heart
Edited on Tue Apr-15-08 11:41 AM by SoCalDem

MOST people are not watching cable "news" shows.. their ratings are quite small..

MOST people don't even read newspapers anymore

MOST people don't watch nightly news shows

MOST people will vote for:

a. the lady, whose husband got a blow job
b. the black guy, with the crazy minister
c. the old guy, who says "my frennnnnnz" way too much

MOST people are not paying all that much attention to PA politics

MOST people who are "in the know", already know the faults & foibles of all the candidates, and have made up their minds

MOST people are more worried about who will win "American Idol", Miss America, "Big Brother", "Survivor" or "Dancing With the Stars", than who will be president.
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:42 AM
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1. We should take heart in that?
Those things make me sad.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:44 AM
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2. Ahah!.. someone who understands irony
Edited on Tue Apr-15-08 11:45 AM by SoCalDem
:)

Basically those are our choices..and as excorcized as WE get..because we GET it, the next president will be actually chosen by the vast majority who don't.

That's why we all need to relax a bit, and realize that WE don't have all that much control over anything..
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 12:02 PM
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14. I need more coffee
brain no work good.

:donut:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 12:04 PM
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17. just for you, baby
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iamjoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:45 AM
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3. I've Got It!
The candidates should all go on either "American Idol" or "Dancing With The Stars" whoever wins gets to be President. If that sounds crazy, hey, look on the bright side - by having the election through one of those shows we'll have the highest voter participation ever.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:47 AM
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4. Do you work on a suicide hotline???
:rofl:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:48 AM
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5. Calm down honey,.. It'll be okay
:rofl:

No.. I am a lazy retired housewife..who does whatever she pleases :)
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:48 AM
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6. Heheh...that's why despite my liking HIllary's health plan more...
I went with Obama.

We won't recognize those health plans after Congress gets done with them.

Perspective. It's a Good Thing.

:hi:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:51 AM
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8. Yep.. all of our angst is just for our benefit/detriment
MOST people are paying little attention to any of it..

A FEW of my friends are political, and they made up their minds ages ago..and nothing will sway them..

one refuses to vote :eyes:
two are for Mccain because they are military
three or four are for Hillary because she's a "girl"
seven or eight are for Barack because he's a smart guy

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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:53 AM
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9. Some of my political friends who voted for Hillary
are now coming around to Obama. Mostly due to Hillary's dishing out RW memes.

Hehehehe. :D
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:51 AM
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7. The broadcast media will decide who will win. They will play with a. b. and c. and
set it up. It's a personality, celebrity driven event.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 01:01 PM
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19. They always DO decide..don't they?
That's how we got you-know-who:grr:
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faithfulcitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:56 AM
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10. Sadly you are mostly right, but the ones who have the real power- the media. btw, LOVE your pic! :)
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 12:00 PM
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12. Thanks.. use it if you like.. here are a few others I did
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americanstranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 11:59 AM
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11. You forgot one....
MOST people don't hang out here and treat every blip like it's a 7.0 earthquake!

:hi:

- as

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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 12:02 PM
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13. so true..
we are "in the know" and tend to obsess on every little detail..

but then I'm sure there are some here, who are more "invested" in which candidate wins..if you get my drift :rofl:
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americanstranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 12:04 PM
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16. I hear ya, SCD!
Sometimes I wish I wasn't a political junkie. Wouldn't life be a lot more peaceful?

- as
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knixphan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 12:03 PM
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15. True. 'We' are probably .05% of the gen. electorate
oops.

That was elitist. :)
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 12:05 PM
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18. rascal
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