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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 11:44 AM
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"I am a Democrat and I will fully support the Democratic nominee -- whoever he or she may be."
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 11:57 AM by Radio_Lady
This is from an original response in February 2008.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4649679&mesg_id=4649752

I'm going to add to this today.

I hope these two excellent candidates see fit to form a united ticket. "The people, united, will never be defeated..."

Either O-C or C-O works for me. The Democrats absolutely have to unite to work against the Republicans during the short weeks between the August Democratic Convention and the General Election on Tuesday, November 4.

This is a "King Solomon" decision and my husband and I have not come to it easily.

The two sides of our party are TOO STRONG to bury either of them. Call us cock-eyed optimists.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon



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BurgherHoldtheLies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 11:48 AM
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1. Either candidate works for me. I will vote for the the Democrat in November.
GUARANTEED!

Sorry to those who wish to just hate on each others choices but I'm with the Democrats this November. There's too much at stake.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 11:51 AM
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3. Thank you, Burgher. "There is too much at stake," says it all.
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 11:57 AM by Radio_Lady
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gsaguyCLW54 Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:11 PM
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11. YEP...AMEN TO THAT
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:19 PM
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14. If it takes TWO GOOD DEMOCRATS on the ticket to beat McCain, I can accept that.
No way to test it, and let's hope that POSITION does not become a problem, God (as you experience her/him) forbid.

Obama-Clinton has its merits.

Clinton-Obama has its merits.

BTW, we sent donations to both candidates last night.

That may be our way to feeling that we've done all we can.

Peace, love and happiness,

Radio Lady in Oregon

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demwing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:22 PM
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39. It doesn't take two Ds to beat one R
It just takes a united Democratic party.

I'm behind your suggestion 100%. I don't like Hillary, but I don't want McCain, at any cost.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:24 PM
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40. Thanks, Demwing. We are standing in the only positive future I can see today.
It's either accept both or wrangling ourselves until there is a trainwreck on election day.

Al and I didn't come to this decision easily. We have donated to BOTH candidates as a show of faith in each of them. They are the best and the brightest.

This is a King Solomon decision.

Thanks for your comments.

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen in Oregon

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demwing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:58 AM
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60. I take it back
A united party doesn't require a deal with Hillary.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 01:07 AM
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61. OK. Your mind changed because of what I said in another thread? No problem.
Thanks for posting and have a good day Thursday. I'll throw in Friday and the weekend, too.

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen Kimball

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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:27 PM
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17. Guaranteed here, too. All I need to see is the "D".
I don't care who it is, Barack or Hillary.

Because I am NOT voting for mcsame!!!!!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5639501
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:32 PM
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21. Hi Mary. What do you think about a UNITY TICKET? As a journalist,
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:19 PM by Radio_Lady
are you hearing it? Last night, I was washing dishes and SOMEONE mentioned it.

Both sides are too strong to ignore.

Do you remember the JFKennedy-LBJohnson situation? I would have to research it, but John F. Kennedy (from Massachusetts) was not at all thrilled to put LBJ on the ticket. However, by choosing LBJ, who was from Texas, he picked up an important Southern Democratic voting bloc.

Perhaps you can add to this thread if you have time.

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen in Oregon





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dansolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:20 PM
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52. That didn't work out too well for Kennedy, did it?
There is still some speculation that LBJ had something to do with the Kennedy assassination. Obama will not pick Hillary for his VP,and he will not be her VP, assuming she would even ask. Obama has nothing to gain by picking Hillary as his VP. Any voters that he picks up who are too short-sighted to refuse to vote for just him, will be more than offset by the voters he will lose by putting her on his ticket.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:33 PM
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57. I lived through the Kennedy assassination, interviewed many of the conspiracy theorists,
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 10:34 PM by Radio_Lady
and give no credence to any of those who made their living trying to add insult to injury from November 1963 to now.

Read about many of them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_assassination_theories

I appreciate your viewpoint and disagree completely.

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen in Oregon



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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 01:41 AM
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66. Let's see - today (Wednesday the 23rd, the day after the PA primary, I was watching
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 01:42 AM by calimary
MSNBC and listened briefly to Stephanie Miller and Randi Rhodes - and this very conversation came up.

Lots of talk looking back at the unlikely and unholy JFK/LBJ alliance - evidently they really did not like each other but agreed to make a "deal with the Devil" and partner up anyway. And, we were reminded - same thing happened with ronald reagan and george hw bush. They were originally opponents and finally gritted their teeth and teamed up. But reagan was always haunted by george-the-first's famous slogan: "Voodoo Economics" - which certainly turned out to be true. ALSO: I remember when there was talk of teaming jerry ford and ronnie up in 1976 against Jimmy Carter. reagan, nice guy that he was, ran against ford, and begrudgingly conceding defeat to him for the GOP nomination, promptly took his ball and went home. He'd campaigned for the nomination back then, didn't get it, and didn't lift a finger to campaign for ford, or help him in any way. Even before I became aware of much of what reagan had been up to, at that time, THAT made a big impression on me. Obviously a poor sport. Couldn't put out for his colleague and party standard-bearer - "it's me or BUST!" Nice team player there, 'eh? That, by itself, told me an awful lot about ronald reagan, emphasis on the word "awful."

Look, as I like to say, I'm as machiavellian as the next guy. I don't have a problem with hitting below the belt or fighting really dirty if it's needed - mainly because it's the only way to win anymore. I see no reason to play by the rules if the opponent refuses - because then you're not equally matched, it isn't fair, the playing field is not level, and the results are inevitably bogus. I think as long as these bastards we're up against refuse to play fair, we're chumps if we still do.

And okay, okay, we can do it once-removed - like mccain now has the luxury of doing with the North Carolina GOP - telling them not to go sleazy on Obama, knowing they'll ignore him, and then leaving it at that, and getting all innocent-eyed and shrugging and saying - well, I tried... (wink, wink).

I don't think WE have the luxury of ruling out the so-called "Dream Ticket." Now, I kinda like bringing Al Gore back into the picture, but I doubt that's going to happen, and it's a damn shame because I think he'd mop the floor with mcsame. But it may come to a point where we HAVE to cobble something together. I mean it. Hold your damned noses and just DO IT.

And yeah, it'll look funny, and the Pox Noise contingent will try to hang on every second of it and twist the heck out of it. They'll spin it to death. But SO CAN WE! WHY CAN'T WE SPIN IT - OUR WAY, TAKE CONTROL OF IT and handle it ON OUR TERMS? Obama already has demonstrated this lovely little ace in the hole - the way he's able to confront dicey subjects head-on, like the race issue. For her part, Hillary seems to have turned richard mellon scaife. Whooda thunkit? So what they'd need to do after teaming up is just admit it. ALL of it. "Look, we said things about each other during the primary campaign. Of course we did. Unfortunately that's the way the game is played anymore. But the more important thing is what both of us together can bring to America as far as a new direction and healing and a new mindset to replace the old, stale, out-dated and utterly toxic one that's gotten us into the mess we're in now." And they should certainly remind people of the unholy alliances of history - JFK/LBJ and reagan/bush-1. This has happened on both sides of the aisle before, and the outcome proved to be successful both times (in that, it produced a win). The problems this country faces are SO grave that it's important that WE (Barack and I, Hillary and I) DEMONSTRATE how you come together, to work together, to salvage and heal the bruised and battered country we both love so much. It doesn't just take a village. Things are so bad by now that it's going to take TWO villages - uniting for a greater good. With such staggeringly lopsided majorities of Americans agreeing that our country has veered off onto the wrong track, we've both realized that America needs us both. Both of our sets of ideas are so good and present so much hope in this time when our beloved country is in such trouble, that we have to make sure they ALL get used. America needs BOTH OF US.

And then that message - things are SO bad that America needs BOTH OF US on the case - should be repeated and repeated and repeated and repeated and repeated and repeated and repeated until it's literally ground in. America's problems are big enough for both of us.

If we started, and THEY started, pushing that meme - the job's big enough for both of us - BOTH OF US, the best of BOTH WORLDS, a new twist on "buy one, get one free" (which did sell pretty damned well when Clinton was first running), we could start readjusting the public mindset. And we'd have to jump on it straight away, so that it's OUR spin, OUR way, and make everyone else including our opponents have to react (instead of it being the other way around - where they move first and we're forced into the reactive position).

I'd love to see it because of what it would mean: that we've put our separate-camps bit behind us, we've grown up (as Obama has already invited us to do with the race issue), and frame it IN THAT WAY - that we've grown up, as a nation. Look, we battling Bickersons can grow up and put it all aside. Our nation's problems are just too large to keep fighting amongst ourselves. If we can find our way through the weeds to the olive branches, ALL of America can, too. And we need to, rather desperately.

I'd love to see it. I'm not sure it'll happen - a LOT of egos have to be tamed and tamped down. But Quincy Jones once got half of Hollywood to "leave your egos at the door" to come together for a greater cause bigger than any one of them (for "We Are the World"). I believe we can do it here, too - simply because the problems we face demand it.

Those problems are bigger than us at the moment.

So - let's be bigger than them for a change.
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Audio_Al Donating Member (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 02:13 PM
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68. Calimary, I agree. "So - let's be bigger than them for a change."
Hi Mary. Thanks for posting your views here. We both appreciate the PM you sent my wife last night.

Radio Lady and I have been trying to get new eyeglasses. She finally went to the doctor for the first time since 2005. Then maybe we'll both get to see the forest, and not the trees.

Call me Al -

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Audio_Al

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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:52 PM
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75. Cheers, Al!
Here's to clear sailing and clear viewing in the days ahead, for both of you!

:hi:
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Audio_Al Donating Member (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 01:03 AM
Response to Reply #75
76. Mary, we both thank you. Your site looks great...
Have a great spring.

:hi:

You can call me Al.
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DianeK Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 11:50 AM
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2. finally!
A little sanity
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 11:53 AM
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5. "A little sanity" is right. How can we NOT afford to get this election together...
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 11:58 AM by Radio_Lady
and stop the backbiting and infighting.

Please, fellow Dems, let's get to the goal intact. That's the only way we win.

It's happened before, to those of you who don't remember Jack Kennedy-Lyndon Baines Johnson and others.

Please, before it's too late...

Peace, love and happiness,

Radio Lady in Oregon



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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 11:52 AM
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4. "the two sides of our party" - huh? What about the democratic wing of the Democratic Party, which
doesn't like either one of these candidates, and feels totally marginalized and silenced by all the DLC and corporate bullshit?

WHat about those of us who still remember when the Democratic Party was the party of and for average working people?
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 11:56 AM
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7. Very honestly, I don't know how to advise you. Maybe you have to sit this one out.
But I hope not.

If this is the lesser of two evils for you, then perhaps you have another suggestion?

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen Kimball in Oregon
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 11:54 AM
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6. I'm in a safely red state, so I don't have to.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:00 PM
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8. Sorry to hear that! Unless you are a closeted Republican!
Editor's note: The subject line was intended as :sarcasm:.................

Red Queen, will you vote at all in the General Election? Has your state held its primary yet? Not prying, just asking.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:05 PM
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9. Hehehehe... thanks for the warning!
Hard to tell sarcasm from sincere flames sometimes. :)

Yup, my primary has come & gone... and yes I'll vote for sure... just maybe not for the Dem candidate for Pres... not sure yet.

:hi:
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:21 PM
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15. I would love to hear more about your thinking on this subject. Do you have time to PM this to me?
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:20 PM by Radio_Lady
You said, "..yes I'll vote for sure... just maybe not for the Dem candidate for Pres... not sure yet."

:hi:

Thanks for your comments, RedQueen.





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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:29 PM
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19. Ah I just mean that I might vote for the Green candidate.
Since I'm in a safely-red state, I might use that vote to support a more progressive agenda, even if I don't really want their candidate to win. It's sort of a protest vote, I guess.

Downticket it'll be all Dems though. :hi:
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:35 PM
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22. RQ, I understand. Thanks for the information. You're right, there are local races in play here in
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:20 PM by Radio_Lady
Oregon too.

We're trying to defeat Senator Gordon Smith (R) in this state.

We'll be out there at the Farmer's Market to hand out literature starting in June.

I just wish we had a FIRM Pres.-VP TICKET by then but I guess it's not to be.

Peace, love and happiness,

Radio Lady Ellen in Oregon

:hi:

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gsaguyCLW54 Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:10 PM
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10. I support the Democratic Party always and forever.
I think Obama will make a terrible president, but if he gets nominated Ill vote for him. that simple. its us versus them and Democrats need to get their minds wrapped around this is a damn hurry. Fuck your ethics and fuck the phony moral outrage. Vote DEMOCRAT of be a republican.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:24 PM
Response to Reply #10
16. I love it. You said it! "Vote DEMOCRAT or be a Republican."
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:20 PM by Radio_Lady
(Edits are mine...)

Thanks for your post.

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen in Oregon

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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:12 PM
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12. Twice a day someone asks me to give a blood oath
I've been fighting fascists since I was a kid, about a million years ago

PLEASE STOP YELLING AT ME AND GIVING ME MORAL INSTRUCTION

thank you... you may go back to wringing your handkerchiefs now
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:28 PM
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18. Crankychatter, this is a UNITY post. I have to say your thinking does not belong
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:21 PM by Radio_Lady
in this thread. No one is yelling and no one is giving moral instruction.

I am not wringing any handkerchief. (All I own are scarves and Kleenex!)

Thanks for your comments.

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen Kimball in Oregon

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joshdawg Donating Member (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:17 PM
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13. We MUST unite behind either one
to derail the right-wing express. Whoever wins the nomination has my vote.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:37 PM
Response to Reply #13
23. Joshdawg, can you envision a unity ticket? O-C or C-O?
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:22 PM by Radio_Lady
Try and think about it just for a minute.

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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:29 PM
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20. I wouldn't call you a cock-eyed optimist. I'd say you were grossly out of touch. n/t
PB
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:39 PM
Response to Reply #20
25. OK. I have been called MUCH worse, believe me.
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 12:41 PM by Radio_Lady
With apologies to the musical "South Pacific"

"I'm only a cock-eyed optimist,
Immature and incurably green.
I hear the human race
Is falling on its face
And hasn't very far to go

But every whipporwill
Is selling me a bill
And telling me it just ain't so."

Thanks for your comment.

Peace, love and happiness,

Radio Lady Ellen



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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:55 PM
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30. You miss my point- I'm saying that the situation is much more complex, and damaged, than...
...joining forces with the guy you don't like, swallowing a healthy dose of pride and marshalling the troops to fight the common foe.

  Clinton and her surrogates including Bill and Geraldine along with James Carvelle and an entire host of others have set a tone which is incompatible in every way, now and in the future, with running with Obama.

  Senator Clinton's comments alone have set her up to be one person's VP, and that's John McCain. When you say numerous times on national television that McCain is better than Obama, does that really lead you to belive that a joint ticket would work?

  This is territory not often charted in such an important political race. This thing is coming off the rails and it's because of the Clinton campaign. They will take the whole thing down if they are allowed to, the convention, the party, all to get back at Obama.

PB
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:59 PM
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32. My point is that these attitudes are ones of divide and conquer.
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:22 PM by Radio_Lady
We are dividing ourselves and we are in danger of being conquered.

You need to examine history.

The Republicans are watching and waiting -- while they are laughing up their sleeves.

I am for unity.

That is all.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon


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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:38 PM
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24. No matter who it is, vote for the Dem nominee in November.... SCOTUS.


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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:42 PM
Response to Reply #24
26. Hi Swamp Rat. Of course, that works for me.
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 12:42 PM by Radio_Lady
But I am taking it a step further today.

Can we dare to ask or hope for a unity ticket?

We need a King Solomon decision here.


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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:51 PM
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28. You may be right.
However, I doubt either of the two current Dem candidates will share the bottom half of the ticket - too much 'bad blood' has developed.

I think we need a strong VP candidate from among the previous Dem contenders, or someone else like Sen. Barbara Boxer, RFKJr, or Bob Graham.

However, I would drop everything and root for Al Gore if he jumped in at the convention. :D


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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:54 PM
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29. Al Gore closed that door a few days ago. He has other fish to fry!
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:18 PM by Radio_Lady
That is, if there are any fish left due to climate change and pollution of the waterways!

Yikes!

Thanks for your comments, and of course, your excellent graphics posted frequently but not always complimented by this busy DUer.

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen Kimball in Oregon



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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:05 PM
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34. Thanks a lot Radio_Lady!... no matter what, we will win in November!!
:hug: :patriot:

:kick:



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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:47 PM
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27. Radio Lady: Can we ever get beyond these UGLY holes in the fabric of our party?
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:12 PM by Radio_Lady
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WA98296 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 12:57 PM
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31. Sorry, the party doesn't run me, either put up a real democrat or I'll vote Nader
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:01 PM
Response to Reply #31
33. Nader will be happy with your choice.
He has tried to ruin elections before, but hopefully he won't ruin this one.

I had him on my show once upon a time and he was very much admired and respected. IMHO, those days are gone forever.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon
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BrklynLib at work Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:37 PM
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47. So will McCain and the rest of the Repuke establishment.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:17 PM
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51. McCain wins if we are split down the middle and 50% of us walk away to
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 10:18 PM by Radio_Lady
a third party, a write in vote, the Republicans, or no vote at all...

They will certainly be more united than we are.

O-C or C-O.

Something's got to give.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon



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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:09 PM
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35. Radio Lady: Who would have thought that John Kennedy would select Lyndon Baines Johnson?
Who would have thought that Ronald Reagan would select George H.W. Bush as his running mate?

These are but TWO examples of primary wars that gave way to amazing reconciliations and General Election wins.

A rush to judgment leaves too many voters unrepresented and creates the vulnerability of a candidate for whom too many questions remain. So, the bottom line for me today is that I believe the strongest ticket will be either C-O or O-C.

How can any Democrat reject the idea of a ticket that incorporates our two best candidates?

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

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Tresalisa Donating Member (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 01:26 AM
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64. I'm voting dem all the way down the ticket, starting at President and VP!
SCOTUS! There might be a vacancy in the next 4 years. (Not trying to be gruesome!)

Whether it's Obama and Hillary, or Obama and someone else, or even if it IS Hillary (etc.) I'm voting for our nominee and whomever they choose for VP! (Does that sound like a statement from The Department of Redundancy Department? Sorry, sipping on a tasty adult beverage as I post!)

:kick:
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 01:33 AM
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65. Hi Tresalisa (what a pretty screen name!) -- thanks for posting.
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 01:35 AM by Radio_Lady
I've been at this all day, and am still thrilled to find someone who is willing to give the other candidate an olive branch! I'm going to have some sangria-flavored oranges right now... 11:30 PM PT

Please -- people! We have to get past ALL of this to win in November 2008.

"We SHALL overcome some day..."

"An irresistible force has met an immovable object."

What will the future hold for a party so bruised and bloodied that it is eating its own... alive?

Hold on to the light....... hold on to the memory....

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen Kimball in Oregon



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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:14 PM
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36. agreed/ o/c or c/o works for me, have been saying this for months.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:17 PM
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37. Thanks, niyad. I know we are not the only good, solid Democrats thinking about this.
A ticket that incorporates our two best candidates could be the best of all worlds.

Pie in the sky?

Unable to comprehend it?

Can't accept it?

Want to fight it?

Want to vote for the other guy or not at all?

or do you...

Agree with it?

Cordially,

Radio Lady Ellen in Oregon

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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:19 PM
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38. same here (Obama supporter! NT
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:27 PM
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42. Appreciate your posting, Caledesi...
Each of these candidates has his/her strengths and weaknesses.

We must unite somehow or these will be "blood on the floor" at the August convention. I agree with Senator Bill Nelson to that extent, although he made this comment about the seating of the Florida contingent to the Democratic convention.

The unity has to go farther than that.

Peace, love and happiness,

Radio Lady in Oregon

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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:27 PM
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41. I agree, Radio Lady! K&R
I'm happy to give this the 4th rec.

More recs, please, for Radio Lady's voice of reason!
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:30 PM
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44. Well, thank you very much, from the bottom of our little Democratic hearts!
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 01:34 PM by Radio_Lady
Audio Al (my husband) is on board with this, too.



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dancingme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:28 PM
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43. Yes! We have to beat McCain
I want to end this war and bring the troops home.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:35 PM
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45. REPEAT this everywhere: Our ticket will be air-tight with O-C or C-O..
I want to end the war and bring the troops home.

Between the two of them, they will figure out the best way.



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BrklynLib at work Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:35 PM
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46. We cannot lose if we all agree with that.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:38 PM
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48. Beautiful! BrklynLib, we will have many more in this mind-set as the days go by.
It just feels right to me today.

I also humbly thank everyone who has recommended this thread.

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Irishonly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 01:43 PM
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49. We Must Have Unity
Our goal must be to defeat McCain and to get as many democrats elected as we can. Only then, can we hope to start taking our county back.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:14 PM
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50. Thank you, Irishonly. Just a little typo at the end...
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 10:15 PM by Radio_Lady
Only then, can we hope to start taking our country back -- county by county!

Appreciate you post.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

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Irishonly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 11:06 AM
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67. Amen
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 11:07 AM by Irishonly
:hi:
LOL I even proofread this one and missed it.
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Audio_Al Donating Member (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 02:15 PM
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69. Don't worry about it. Ellen is just meticulous about spelling.
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 02:18 PM by Audio_Al
It comes to her naturally. It's just what she does -- the errors just jump off the page at her. Oh, I catch her once in a great while. She's actually pretty humble about the whole thing, although our children used to grumble when she got out that red pen.

Call me Al --

:hi:
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Irishonly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 02:53 PM
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72. Thanks
I just hate when I don't catch a silly mistake and I wasn't upset. I was embarrassed but I had to laugh when I saw what I wrote. What a difference a letter makes.:hi:
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Audio_Al Donating Member (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:31 PM
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73. I am not telling tales out of school -- she feeds me meals that DUers help her prepare!
I like the DU for that reason alone.

Call me Al --

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Audio_Al

:hi:
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:22 PM
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53. You really think it is a good idea that Obama's VP is starring in GOP ads against him????


Not going to happen.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:28 PM
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56. Let's wait for some time to fill. I still stand in the same place as I did on Tuesday night.
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 10:30 PM by Radio_Lady
This irrepressible anger and disappointment within our party against the opposite Democratic candidate could possibly mean the defeat of the Democratic party.

Politics makes strange bed PERSONS. (Altered to fit the current situation.)

I keep thinking of this song....

"When an irrepressible force such as you
Meets an old immovable object like me
You'll find out as sure as we live
Something's got to give, something's got to give
Something's got to give."

Please do not excuse this as nonchalance on my part -- the whole thing is fast turning into a very ugly farce and I am seeking real solutions that do not destroy everything we have worked for on the Democratic Underground.

Peace, love and happiness,

Radio Lady


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Thepricebreaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:22 PM
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54. Not me... If Clinton is the nom or VP.. I leave the ticket blank.. as well as many of my family. n/t
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 10:22 PM by Thepricebreaker
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:23 PM
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55. Obama is too smart to saddle himself
with hilary.. No worries.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:41 PM
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59. You could be right. Or not. I'm just presenting my point of view.
I have donated to both campaigns. I am also still committed to a Democratic ticket and nothing will stop me from voting straight "D" all up and down the ballot.

Hillary has proposed debates in North Carolina and Oregon. Sounds as if Obama does not want to debate. I can't say that I blame him. He's taking his campaign "to the people" at least in North Carolina.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:37 PM
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58. This is my response to ThePriceBreaker: Your choice is just that...
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 10:43 PM by Radio_Lady
your choice. I don't have to agree, and I do accept the fact that you feel that way.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_assassination_theories

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GetTheRightVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 01:08 AM
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62. I will not vote for her ever, she has done to might damage to herself now
Obama is the only class act in town now and he will, must be the nominee of the Democratic party if it wishes to survive what she is doing to it period, end of story for many of us out here watching and listening.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 01:22 AM
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63. Thanks for your comments, GetTheRightVote.
Obviously, I disagree with your assessment, but I honestly hope we can get together behind a WINNING ticket in November 2008.

We have a long way to go.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

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barack the house Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 02:17 PM
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70. The world is counting on Democrat voters, so it is wisest to reject any bickering and support the
nomine. The world wants a Democrat as they know either of the 2 will save the day evne despite the direction of the campaigns.
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Audio_Al Donating Member (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 02:20 PM
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71. Your voice of reason is very much appreciated here. The chaos and confusion are
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 02:21 PM by Audio_Al
too much to endure. At 73, I've seen a lot of people come together over a common issue. This may prove to be the most important election of our lifetime.

Call me Al --

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damonm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:33 PM
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74. Damn straight - and all because of 5 words...
"It's the Supreme Court, stupid!"
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Audio_Al Donating Member (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 01:04 AM
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77. Here's hoping this all comes to a quick and positive finale for us.
That is the US -- United States.

Respectfully,

Audio Al
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