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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:30 PM Original message |
If we need the president with the MOST political experience |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's why Hillary latest manuevers don't make any sense. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Maybe she's being sexist? |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh, they make perfect sense. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. she appears to be out of control at times |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. hilary isn't about "making sense" hilary |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dick Cheney can still run |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. a democrat with experience. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hey, maybe we can nominate Robert Byrd or Dan Inouye! |
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tibbiit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. doesn't Al Gore trump John McBush? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Last time I looked |
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tibbiit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. for his personal sake (al gore) |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Experience |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Exactly. nt |
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ctaylors6 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. to the extent "experience" matters to me, I think of it as "enough" thing, not the "most" |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. And if we are going by experience, after McCain |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Obama has 2 years at the national level. Not nearly enough. nt |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Ha...riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. What do you mean..."riiiiight"? Do you know of some stealth federal level office |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. He's got 10 years in elected office. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The state senate is NOT an executive office. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Riiiiiiiight |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Again, he has NO executive experience. None. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. ROFL |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. There's no reason to think the man can govern effectively. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Are you joking? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Obama promised to stand against the war, but has instead voted to |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. And as against the war as I am |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. He came out against the war when it was of no consequence to him politically-- |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. oh stop |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Like I said...lacking in courage. nt |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And like I said |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. At least she's met world leaders and their wives. More than Obama can claim. nt |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. yes, and served them tea...so what |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Obama is a blank slate. Who avoids controversial votes |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. 10 years is not a blank slate. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Two years at the federal level. Most of that time spent campaigning |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. You can say it over and over again |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Speaking is one thing. Voting is what matters. nt |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You are correct |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. And Obama voted to keep us there, |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. No, Obama voted to continue funding the troops |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I want them to come home. I want people who claim to oppose this war |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Voting not to fund the war is not going to bring them |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. It's disastrous either way. It's time for the troops to come home. nt |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I agree, but we need to get them out safely. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Where have I shown support for her? I see them both as weak candidates. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Listen, I voted for kucinich in the 2004 primaries |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Ummm....Obama didn't vote against Kyl-Lieberman. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. OK, well he certainly didnt vote for it. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. That is the LAMEST reasoning I've seen |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. If he opposed the war, as he claimed (when it was easy--in the state Senate), |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Someone else covered that in this thread |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. And your candidate has done what? Always been a Hawk? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Not a Hillary supporter. Before the media and the centrists told us all otherwise, |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. I am against the war, but our soldiers and support staff need equip. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. HUH??? |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. Obama |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. By your logic, Abraham Lincoln wasn't qualified either |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yes, I still say Obama is not qualified. nt |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. And doesn't he belong to some kind of screwed up denomination? |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. She wants McCain to win so she can run again in 2012, that is the only explanation |
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mculator (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hillary Clinton. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. that would be al gore instead of the war supporting obama and clinton nt |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. How about Robert Byrd? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I'd feel better about Byrd. nt |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
48. wh said anything about political experience? |
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