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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:20 AM Original message |
Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and nutcutting time |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Do whatever it takes." Because the nation, the WORLD, demands it. |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Agreed- DO WHATEVER IT TAKES |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why is the assumption always that if Obama loses this year, he won't |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No way is he done forever |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Because if he blows it in a year like this, Democrats |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That's not true at all--he's still a relatively new presence, and people |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I won't. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. We got your point...I was hoping to avoid a primary-oriented flamefest |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Me too ~ |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Until Obama has lost, you really have no reason to be so relentlessly negative |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Well... |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. The one virtue of the long primary was an early |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. agreed. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. If Obama loses this year (perish the thought) I would expect him and Hillary both |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I Want Obama To Win ...The Alternative Is Unf-ingimaginable |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. "In this environment"? You mean where the media starts and ends |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Every Available Metric Favors The Democrat |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I agree a loss would be terribly demoralizing to the party, and set us back |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. It would be wrong for him to try again in 2012, IMHO |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. He won't be able to run in 2012. It'll probably be 16-20 years before he's able to |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. What the phrase nut cutting time means literally (It's not what it sounds like) |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Thanks...LBJ took the more anatomical view of the term |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. LBJ was big on "earthy" |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. What Advice Would He Give Obama? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Not to run. LBJ was also a master political realist and vote counter |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Harold Ford Got 49% Of The Vote In Tennessee...Why Can't A Man Of Color Get 50.1% In America? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. A black man can easily win. If Colin Powell was running his only handicap would be being Republican |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's time to expose and destroy mccain/palin. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. He needs to take Bill's advice. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Bill can say some of the shit that Obama can't. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I would say he needs to listen to Clinton's advice AND the advice of others |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. Support Hillary if it doesn't work out would put the Clinton machine in overdrive |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It would be based on actual behavior, nothing in writing just a mutual understanding |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'd let Clinton now that IF I lost and I felt it was due to undermining by his group that |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Nothing wrong with leaving a hint of that in the air |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I would not be explicit but I would get my message across. In fact, |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That's fine, too |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. bwaaahaha...pre-whining. nt. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
38. We Must HIT HARD....with FACTS and ISSUES affecting Voters |
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tpi10d (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
39. "mark my words-it will be more of the same" |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
40. It's throw everything at them including the kitchen sink time. |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-11-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
42. I hope the Big Dog gives him some pointers on fighting the GOP Rove Machine, 'cause we |
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