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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:29 PM Original message |
What do you say to a friend who wants to vote for Nader??? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. How do they usually vote?? |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No, would-be Dems |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. What are their reasons for not voting Obama?? |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Protesting the two party system, |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, at this point, my contempt for someone voting Nader in OH or PA |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just compare the Clinton economy and the Bush economy nt |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. You tell him to consider the alternative which could be McCain, or did they actually enjoy |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. One says he's interested in "protesting the two party system" |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. Noble but unrealistic if you're in a battleground state, he'll just help McCain, & if McCain wins |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I LOVE that analogy!!! |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I would start out by saying that they have to vote their conscience but... |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have a friend who says he'll vote for Nader |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Have your friends swap with someone |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I thought that was illegal..? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Is it? I never heard that, skooooo. I wonder how it would be illegal. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. I swear to god there's toxic stupid-fumes coming from Lake Erie. |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Hey! I resemble that remark! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. I'm downwind, too |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. As them if they support four more years of the last eight years. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. At least, don't vote for McCain. |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. well, first of all you don't call him a friend. |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I just think if the last 8 years didn't convince them |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. well, they don't sound like the sharpest tools in the shed... |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Tell him he will needs a laxative |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. We can't get every vote, and I'd rather see it go to Nader than to McCain. nt |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. What state are they in? |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. OH and PA |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Simple, follow my surefire three step process: |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Hahaha |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Seconded. |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'd probably start by finding out why they plan on voting for him in the first place. |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Protesting the two-party system |
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frickaline (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Is that really the only reason? |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. "It's time for your lobotomy now..." |
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tigervalentine (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Had Nader not run in 2000 (and received all those votes in Florida) |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. I show them a picture of the returns from 2000 |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. You have to break it down for them. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ask them to think, long, hard, and seriously, |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
33. simply tell him if nader voters voted dem in 2000, we wouldnt have had bush |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. "NO FUCKING WAY !!!" |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. Punch them |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. Tell them to imagine where our country would be if the 2000 |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. Explain that since Nader will not win, you must choose the person closer to your ideology. |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. This is a really good point |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. "It's folks like you that put George Bush in the White House. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. "We'll catch you later. |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. ALSO... tell him that parties are built from the ground up, not top down. |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Exactly -- what i wrote in post 10 above |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. "Do I know you?" |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. I just shake my head at this point. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. Ha-ha-ha. |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. ... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. "Thin mint?" |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. I would tell them to vote Barr if they want to make a statement. |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Ooh, i like this train of thought |
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Liberalboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
56. "So....have you enjoyed the last eight years?" |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
57. I would say these 3 small words. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. Tell him Nader is pals with Ayres |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. If you're in a battleground state, please vote Obama/Biden - we will make sure that our voices |
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CarlB (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. Here's what I say: |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. I tell them they are voting for McCain, plain and simple. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
62. Here's what I'd say |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
63. Tell him/her that I voted for Nader in 2000 |
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