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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:23 PM Original message |
A tale of two ways of running a campaign |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. just imagine if we ACTUALLY had a liberal media. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. (Ahem!)..........Kerry won! |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He lost the popular vote |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Yeah, that's why he's sitting in the White House |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. "keeping using the Diebold excuse if it makes you feel better." |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. "It was fixed by Blackwell and his goons, pure and simple" |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Yes, we're all "conspiracy theorists"... |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I don't deny the possibility of voter fraud, |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kerry won the debates & election but not the dirty tricks campaign. nt |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think Kerry failed as a candidate -- We can do both |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I disagree with that. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Kerry's problem was that he wasn't being his true self |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. This is what the party wanted |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Irrelevent. As it will be irrelevent going forward |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I'm not sure of your point |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Why attack Bob Schrum? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Yup, that he did. Kerry the honorable man, the war hero, & fine Senator |
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jackpan1260 (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bush appealed to more than his base |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. In 2000 he did run more as a centrist |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. 72, and 84 |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. They Only Need Their Base and Diebold |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. i disagree, sort of ... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Right-- and will they get real or hang on to their handicap? |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. exactly right |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bush's base was firmly behind him. Kerry's wasn't. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. that is largely my point |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. We completely agree, then. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. I'm noy ready to blame Kerry for that. I'll blame the person who invented |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. and Bob Dole in 1996 |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. exactly. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. I was a Dean voter. I became an ABB voter after Kerry became the candidate |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. In some respects, Dean was an ABB candidate. Have you read Cornell West's |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 05:15 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I'd disagree with West. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Bush, Repubs and the MSM distorted reality. Was ANY of it true? n/t |
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leyton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Democrats need to just show a spine. |
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f-bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kerry actually won...bush has cheated twice! |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. Bush turned soccer moms into security moms using fear. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. Cut taxes, kill terrorists, free market |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. The GOP and Bush made a concerted effort to appeal to swing voters |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 07:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Tell me one thing they did to get swing voters |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. He did the same thing he did to get all the voters he got. He scared them |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. exactly. The swing voters were snowed. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. They advertised on Will & Grace and in health clubs. They abandoned the |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I actually don't agree |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Where are you geting your info? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. moderate woman who live in cities |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. In any event, Republicans used innovative strategies to reach into the Dem |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Bush won with women's votes (ie, with the DEMOCRAT's base): |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That was a four point, not an eight point swing |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. 14% MOV down to 6%MOV for Dem = 8 point swing. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. that is voodoo math |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. That shows that you don't care about the facts. Read that article. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I don't think Kerry gaining a 6% lead was "luck", it was |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Kerry had a terrible August |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
24. um, you are fighting the last war... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
30. if democratic candidates were direct, muscular and |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. thank you for your post. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Have Al Gore and Wes Clark come out for the Murtha plan? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. I'm not really talkin about the war |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Dean was saying something better - we were wrong to go in. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
54. There were major difference as well as that difference |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
55. You are about half right--problem half pandering, half money |
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