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4themind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:16 AM
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Anyone surprised at the number of votes Ron Paul got?
almost 16% in a race that's over for all practical purposes. Here's hoping for a Republican-Nader Barr/Paul libertarian ticket.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:17 AM
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1. I want to know how many votes Higgins The Cat and Goldwater/Miller got. n/t
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:17 AM
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2. He is the anti-war candidate....there are none on the Dem side
so why shouldn't his supporters be loyal?
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BlueGirlRedState Donating Member (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:17 AM
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3. I was surprised
I saw something that made me shutter this morning -- a van with a Ron Paul sticker and a Hillary sticker!
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galaxy21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:19 AM
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5. Paul running would hurt Obama more than Mccain
He's very staunchly anti war, moreso than Obama, that is appealling to many liberals.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:21 AM
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8. Until they find out that Ron Paul is a racist
n/t
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galaxy21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:34 AM
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12. Is he?
Wasn't that a guilty by association deal?
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:38 AM
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15. It was his newsletter with his name on it
And the not-so-good doctor never complained

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/15/124912/740
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:39 AM
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16. Liberals can vote blindly, but not that blindly.
McCain will suffer losses to any Looneytarian candidate much more than any Democrat.
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ScarletSniper Donating Member (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:21 AM
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7. lmao
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:32 AM
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10. you took a picture of it?
Or closed the shutters on your windows?

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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:19 AM
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4. You know if Hillary had dropped out, this would have been the big story
How McCain can't get 80% even when he is running unopposed
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:20 AM
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6. Huckabee got 11%
WTF?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:31 AM
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9. Did they tally the absentee ballots?
I noticed Huckabee got quite a few votes too.

Perhaps these were ballots cast a while back.
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:34 AM
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11. No, I'm not surprised.
There were Ron Paul signs everywhere. There were more Ron Paul signs in PA, than Hillary or Obama signs.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:34 AM
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13. I'm not surprised at the %. I'm surprised at the number of votes: 128K+
That's really a lot of votes.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:37 AM
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14. No. Looneytarians stay looney. nt
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