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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:04 PM Original message |
We blew it when we allowed TPTB to diss Edwards. Actually we really blew it when we allowed TPTB to |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. TPTB = ? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. the powers that be |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Way past time! |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Okay, I'll bite. WTH is TPTB? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. the powers that be |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. thx |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. It started with... |
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JayFredMuggs (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Yes, exactly, I think you should start a thread with that as the title |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Does he even deserve an entire thread? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. I wouldn't go that far, but both are most definitely centrists. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Edwards was ready to stand up and that is why he was struck down. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Edwards did less to stand up to corporate America when he was in the Senate than the 2004 nominee |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Well Kerry chose Edwards for his running mate so I guess he believed in him |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Note that I did not say that Edwards was NOT trustworthy |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. The MSM stopped Edwards in this campaign because they found two shinier objects... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Bingo! |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Stood up to corporations in THIS campaign in his platform. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Yes they are centrists but they are coprat enablers and as so, they don't have |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. WWJD With My GMAC SUV, OK? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. would jesus drive an suv? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Toilet Paper Tuberculosis? |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Phantom Menace? |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Then vote Nader in '08 so you won't really really really blow it. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The point was that Obama and Hillary are beholden to the Corps whereas |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Oh and I not only would I never vote third party, ever but I would never vote Nader the GOP spoiler |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. You're right. n/t |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Well thank you but most here don't agree sadly. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Most here wouldn't agree |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. True. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah, but Edwards and Kucinich didn't have a talk show host attached to them, |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Get rid of the talk shows? It's a start! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Oh and not to put to fine a point on it but Edwards is a cutie! |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Bah! Democrats have spoken. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. They spoke a lot since 1976. How did that work out? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Just wondering... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I didn't say he should be admired or not. |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. John Edwards had the electability and the platform we needed. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. And TPTB shut him down, would you agree? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's extremely naive to think Kucinich ever had a realistic chance. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Well of course he didn't but Edwards might have had a chance if it weren't for the |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That's just silly. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Really? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Hillary chose herself. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oh really? I think Hillary always had thoughts of running for the Presidency. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. Before I get banned and I don't care if I do I will say this. |
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