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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:18 AM Original message |
I was too young to remember the early 90s, so just wondering... |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. We'd had 12 years of Reagan/Bush I. The Cold War had ended. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. nothing like this at all, Clinton won't have made it in without Perot |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That, too. Sums it up perfectly. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. but he did give a damned fine speech |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree 100%. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Agreed |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. complete bullshit. Rightwing myth that Perot won it for Clinton |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. We've been seeing a lot of right wing myths on DU this past year or so. n/t |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. A Lot Of Revisionism |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I must have been drunk and imaging the tears of joy on the faces at the party I was at. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Yeah, and I must have imagined partying all night after Bush conceded |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. A Lot Of Revisionism |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. It really is a site to see |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I think many of our loudest posters were still a gleam in Daddy's eye |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. that's a good way of putting it |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It's the most charitable explanation for the prevalence of cigar jokes and "Billary" |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
58. I call Bullshit on your Bullshit |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. oh, goody! Let's debate it! I have facts, figures, and exit poll data. Ready? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. the OP asked for the 'mood' and excitment level compared to now |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. your reply to me was in regards to Perot's influence in the outcome of the '92 election. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. the numbers speak for themselves I think |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:33 AM Original message |
there are no numbers showing Perot cost Bush I the election |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. but you know, I'd love to see the polling data from that election |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Sure |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. thanks! that was very informative |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
61. Thanks for vomiting up completely baseless Republican lies |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. completely baseless?? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. why are you pretending you didn't write post #2? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
63. Disagree 100%... the Reagan/Bush nightmare was over |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. true, but it's nothing like the giddy goofiness we have today |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #74 |
89. It's different because the situation is so different... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
91. Reagan/Bush nightmare WASN'T over - Jan1993 began the coverups for BushInc by a Dem president |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's when it all started my friend |
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gaijinlaw (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. I had heard of him... and actually thought he was quite funny. |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. That's how I remember it, too. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. I forget how young the Clintons and Gores were. Then again I was only 16. |
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Rincewind (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Clinton 1992 |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
36. That's right. I lived next door in Indiana and it was so bad I had to leave. |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. Usenet and IRC were much like today, just not as many people |
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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Yep, Usenet and IRC were shiny and new to me at the time. |
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gaijinlaw (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Hey! Remember that amazing browser, Spry Mosaic? |
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VPStoltz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. It was a little rocky but exciting... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. We were happy. Then we were scared as hell. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. Not even close |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. I was as excited about Clinton |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
55. I wonder how many other cautious hopers there are because of Bill |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
81. I fully understand. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. No cable news! |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. There was cable news. CNN made its reputation |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. yep. and the 1996 Telcom Act, for all of its flaws, it had no direct impact on cable news |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. I was very enthusiastic to vote for a Democrat after enduring Poppy Bush. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. No internets-maybe only one all day news channel. |
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xenussister (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 04:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Yeah, there was Internet |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
82. Sure- and there were airplanes in 1911- but that doesnt mean many people flew in them! |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. Everything was centered around the handshake a young Clinton gave to President Kennedy. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. Excitement levels were nowhere near what you're seeing today. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. Bill was the comeback kid. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. Personally, Clinton's election was a grand relief |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. I was 21 in 1992 when Clinton was elected |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
87. And you know why his transition was so erratic? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. I was 35, it was nothing like this |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
67. exactly! I was 37 and the Repukes were gone but they hadn't left |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
25. I turned 21 (voting age then) the year Johnson ran. I voted for LBJ, even |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
27. back in those days when you cast a vote in a voting booth.... |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
28. I worked for the Clinton campaign in NY, we were very excited about.... |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
29. I was 20 years old. I didn't care who was president back then. |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. Nothing like 08 |
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happychatter (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
31. I said the same thing I said in 76 |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
51. If It Wasn't For A Southern Democrat Named Lyndon Johnson There Would Have Been No Barack Obama |
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happychatter (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. I caught your act months ago... you need to take that show on the road |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
88. Not all southern Democrats are/were bad |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
92. "...a tale told by an idiot , full of sound and fury signifying nothing." |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
33. very similar among mainstream Democrats |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
35. it felt good, but nothing like this. |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
38. Pure excitement! Finally a viable Dem who |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
41. I remember Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant singing "To Sir With Love" |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
43. I remember being much more excited in 1992, but then I was much younger |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
50. It was very exciting |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Yes, I remember that. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
96. I remember than convention. The Repukes always have hateful |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
59. Clinton was the perfect guy to push the corporatist agenda. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
60. We were happy and hopeful ..... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
62. I had a low-paying job in a small company that was spiraling downward due to falling real estate |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
68. Elation, yes, but not as much as we had with Obama. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
72. I was 12 |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
75. Not even close, 41 wasn't the wrecking crew his son is and there was the Perot factor. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. there was no Perot factor |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. not true, check the numbers. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. everytime I check the numbers, I get the same result: No Perot factor |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
83. The best part about it was that MTV was still playing music videos... |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
84. I wore an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
94. lol. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
85. It was my first time voting and I think a lot of the ambivalent or negative responses |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
86. Congress fought him every step of the way, as i recall |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
90. For me, it was a lot like now |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
93. A lot of hope followed by a lot of disappointment. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
95. Can't remember the 90s. Gosh you are young! |
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