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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 05:22 AM
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At my age and with my infirmities, I would not walk across the street to see either Democratic
Edited on Wed May-07-08 05:42 AM by Bobbieo
candidate, BUT I do believe the time has come for Hlllary drop out of the race.

Let's spend the next six months before the election to heal the party's wounds and ensure a Democratic victory in Novemeber.

Again, I will vote for the nominee!!! This is the only way we can save our country from disaster!!!
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 06:34 AM
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1. I'm still young enough and healthy enough to walk across the street,
but I wouldn't make the journey to meet Hillary or Barack either.

I believe Democrats lost all focus on what's really important this election, and let the media frame it for them. They are more interested in making history than nominating someone who can actually win against the GOP, and then set about repairing the vast damage caused by Bushco.

No, let's not elect someone capable, who will put the American people first (for a change), and tell the corporations to go f*ck themselves. Let's instead make history, and then wonder why things aren't getting better.

McCain/Clinton/Obama: they all represent the powers that be. Nothing is going to change. New carpeting, new promises, but the same old politics. Mark my words, some of us know better than to fall for this sh!t again.
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SparkyMac Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 06:41 AM
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5. Amen !
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 07:12 AM
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8. That's why I wanted Edwards. But between the two left, Obama is the lesser...
..of two evils, IMO. Clinton is a Republican. Obviously.
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SparkyMac Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 07:51 AM
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11. You should have stopped at .."is the lesser." while you were ahead.
Edited on Wed May-07-08 07:52 AM by SparkyMac
Do you realize that when you vote for the "lesser" of two evils, you are still voting FOR evil ?
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 07:15 AM
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9. Amen!
I fear meaningful health care reform is going to be off the table for another four years.

Someday I hope we get candidates who will work to drag America into the Twentieth Century. When that goal is accomplished, we'll be positioned to move into the Twenty-first Century, which shouldn't take more than two or three decades of hard work.
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Craftsman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 07:42 AM
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10. Yep, we are screwed.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 07:53 AM
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12. What else is new?
It seems like every election I can remember was framed by the media instead of what was wanted by the people, with the slightly possible exception of Carter. America is a land of marionettes.
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SparkyMac Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 06:38 AM
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2. self deleted
Edited on Wed May-07-08 06:40 AM by SparkyMac
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 06:40 AM
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3. bOOYA!
Let's DO IT! Get this party started.

McInsanity needs to be defeated. Come together now.
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Butch350 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 06:40 AM
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4. "At my age and with my infirmities

I would not walk across the street to see either Democratic"


Why, because Harry S Truman is dead.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 06:42 AM
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6. Hell, I'd walk across the street to see either one, and I can't stand her.
I am not accustomed to liking everyone I meet, but I still manage to do so without puking on them or screaming "oh my God, I hate your guts, you turd blossum!!" It's called ACTING, and we all do it when we meet people we don't like.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 06:43 AM
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7. I'd walk miles to see Dennis Kucinich
but not to see either Obama or Clinton. I'll vote for the nominee--but like you I want the bloodletting to stop and to get on to the real challenge--to kick the GOP out of the White House AND Congress. It is to the latter end that I urge all those who are not enamored with Obama or Clinton to work down ticket to make sure that good progressive folks wind up in our national legislature.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 08:00 AM
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13. I'm healthy enough,
but I won't walk anywhere on behalf of either of them.

I don't think we save our country by destroying the party. I think putting a neoliberal at the head of the party is a death knell for the party, and I don't think anything could be worse for the nation.
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