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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:25 AM Original message |
A pernicious Right-Wing myth one sees on DU almost every day |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for that |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. IIRC, at least 8% of Florida Dems voted for Bush. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Looked it up: 12% of FL Dems voted for Bush |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. They would have just spoiled another 50,000 ballots. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. In other words, even if you divide the Perot votes down the middle, Clinton wins |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. If Bush won Perot voters by 60+% Clinton would have still won |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes-There Are Democrats Who Want To Deprive Bill Clinton Of His Much Deserved Victories |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. And, unfortunately, doing so puts all Dems in a bad light. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yup |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Thank you very mcuh! |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It's always alarming to see history re-written within one's own memory. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. recommend |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. Perot never had any effect on that race. It was GHWBush expecting impeachment after |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's just too damned bad that myth trumps fact every time |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I apologize sincerely for my very rude comment. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Accepted |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Thanks. Dylan is, unfortunately, kind of hard to listen to these days. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. "I imagine some other Elvis Costellos get blamed for some of my own controversial comments." |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. I knew liberals who voted for Perot. |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I voted for Perot in '92 (eom) |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. I have crunched the numbers before |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. I've never seen that here, nor have I ever heard a Democrat say it |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I've seen it literally dozens of times. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Those are the kind of threads I ignore. |
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Bad Thoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. I was a Perot voter -- twice |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't think Perot cost Bush the election. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R! |
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