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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:44 PM
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CNN says that younger voters are unreliable... I changed the channel...
Edited on Tue Apr-22-08 08:45 PM by nothingtoofear
Now younger viewers are too. Just saying.
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Mme. Defarge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:45 PM
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1. I turned it off
when some idiot said that Hillary won Texas.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:45 PM
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3. I heard that. n/t
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:46 PM
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6. well she got the most votes
usually that's winning, but not in Texas.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:47 PM
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8. We play by the rules, not whine about them afterwards.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 09:39 PM
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13. Am I arguing for a change in delegate allocation?
No. I'm pointing out she got more votes.

That's the truth, and nationwide, it's a salient point when trying to convince superdelegates.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:42 AM
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16. Actually she is still losing in the popular vote nationwide, so what difference does it make.
By your own system she still loses.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:55 AM
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20. Lies

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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:55 AM
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19. It's funny how people have not had...
a problem with the 'rules', until this Primary Season. What is it about this year that is so different from those that came before? Oh yeah. Hillary is losing.
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MUAD_DIB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:45 PM
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2. Did CNN really say that? That pretty dooshy. No wonder I stopped

watching them years ago.
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New Earth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:45 PM
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4. i keep trying to put on the MSNBC streaming video
and every time I do, they are talking about some dumb bullshit, and still trying to say Hillary can win the primary altogether.
I just dont' fucking get this. This is the first primary I have followed and I think it will be my last :eyes:
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:46 PM
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7. I accidently switched to CNBC, it was more interesting... Deal or No Deal, and I hate that show.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:46 PM
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5. Turn it all off!
I only watched for a few minutes until they "called it"

Now I am not watching anything and just reading DU.
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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:48 PM
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9. younger voters are unreliable on tuesdays cos they have to work to pay their mortgage n/t
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:48 PM
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10. I will say I was disappointed how they didn't show up in Wisconsin to keep a rightwinger off the
state Supreme Court. I am one, but my people are not reliable.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:50 PM
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11. Meh, in MA they showed up en masse to demolish MassResistance.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:43 AM
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18. I didnt even show up for that one.
I didnt know until later that night that there was an election
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 08:57 PM
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12. All they're saying is based on history. I'm sorry, but the first election
I ever paid attention to was Jack Kennedy, and all the Dems were so excited about such a young, handsome guy actually getting the nomination, but when it came time to vote in the General, most of the youth voters had lost interest and were off doing something else on election day. I honestly don't think anyone is picking on todays youth. It's that they have simply not come through so many times in the past, it's very hard to ignore.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 09:43 PM
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14. That is based on statistics.
Younger voters are less likely to vote.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:41 AM
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15. Yet dead voters are more likely to vote? An odd occurrance... should be investigated.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:18 PM
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23. Where did I state that dead voters are more likely to vote?
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 12:04 AM
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25. You didn't, I was speaking of election fraud in general having nothing to do with you.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:43 AM
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17. CNN is not a reliable news source.
If you don't turn them on, you won't have to change the channel. ;-)
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BigDDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 09:59 AM
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21. Did you run out and buy an A&F t-shirt?
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 10:00 AM by BigDDem
Maybe you can stand behind him when he loses Indiana.
Just sayin'....
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stratomagi Donating Member (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:04 AM
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22. Actually when I saw the 18 to 24 demographic was
only 12% i got really PO'd. I'm 27 myself and even I was complaining about young voters not being more involved.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 12:07 AM
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26. But then you look at the rallies he puts together...
something is really wrong with this country if they decide not to vote.
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Thepricebreaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 10:21 PM
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24. In general they are..... they get bored VERY quickly... once the polish comes off the crome...
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 12:08 AM
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27. But why is this? We're not talking children but voters 18-25 or so...
Pathetic.
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knixphan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 12:11 AM
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28. they WANT you to be unreliable.
They want the status quo to go unchallenged. Their livelihoods are based on maintenance of status quo.

They fear what can happen if the 18-29's get active.

As a member of the 30-40's, I say do not let them tell you what you are!

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