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newtothegame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 01:27 PM
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Voting Present
Edited on Wed Dec-16-09 01:29 PM by newtothegame
The amazement of so many DU'ers at what has happened in the last year blows my mind. Just a year and a half ago, these same DU'ers were breezing past Senator Obama's countless "present" votes without a second thought. What did you think was going to happen when you cared less about a politician's actual voting record than how he looked in sunglasses?

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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 01:28 PM
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1. They will let you know, when they get the memo.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 01:28 PM
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2. He showed no signs of being a fighter on issues. True. nt
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-16-09 01:42 PM
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3. voting present is a technique used due to unusual rules in the Il legislature
and has nothing to do with the current inertia he's displaying on HCR
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