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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 12:58 PM Original message |
Super Delegates: Won't Let the People Make That Stupid Mistake Again by Nominating A Liberal |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Everyday my heart gets a little more shattered. I wanted to |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. when i read about the purpose of superdelegates |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't think our votes have counted since Kennedy. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. thanks. and thanks for the link to that other post n/t |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You're welcome, for sure orleans. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. SIGNED - click on "join this action" on the Right to sign on to the lawsuit (n/t) |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Thank you for the extra info. We don't want anyone here to miss |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. malloy is talking about voting for kucinich if his name is still on the ballot |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Of course it does. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R. It has all been decided for quite some time now. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. "avoid a mistake by voters" |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yet the superdelegates were dumb enough to give Mondale the nomination |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. BINGO FOR YOU, REMEMBER THE MEDIA IS THE PROPAGANDIST |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. BINGO FOR YOU, REMEMBER THE MEDIA IS THE PROPAGANDIST |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. No |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. They had the option to throw it to either candidate |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Hart won more primaries. n/t |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Doesn't matter really |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The super delegates were with Mondale from day 1. They didn't wait for the convention to choose. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The superdelegates went |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. He was short the needed amount of delegates to get the nomination w/o super delegates |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Mondale kept losing primaries, but gaining delegates. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Mondale had 2191 delegates at the end |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yes, and at worst it would have been close, no 49 state loss. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You keep ignoring my point - |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. YOU are ignoring my point. The superdelegates didn't do the job for which they were created. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Because they didn't have a crystal ball |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You want to defend the process that gave us the worst defeat in the Electoral College ever |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. HE WON!!! |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Mondale lost 49 states. HE LOST! THE PARTY LOST! |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. yes |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No it wasn't a brokered convention |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Correct about the convention but Mondale was short the delegates needed to secure the nomination |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. yes. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I believe he had many superdelegates in the total that left him 40 short |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Correct, Mondale started out with over 500 superdelegates. He was still short at the end in June. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So? |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Bought off, perhaps, but not won. n/t |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. In the primaries... |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. No, Hart won the primaries, 26. Mondale won the caucuses and the superdelegates. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. So really only people in South Carolina, Iowa, and New Hampshire vote for our candidate. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. It's one of those "just in casers", like choosing to "be saved", |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. That's disgusting. |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Superdelegates" -- another US anti-democratic "tradition" |
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my3boyz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I tell you... |
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