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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:27 PM Original message |
Al Franken is a terrible candidate. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I like Al Franken. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm not saying he's not smart. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I like Al Franken a lot. He's a smart, dedicated man. He's also a terrible candidate. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Most of Coleman's ads are not postive and his negative ads have |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course he is - he's DLC at heart. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Might as well as that he is a lousy bowler |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. Al Franken is a horrible candidate. He comes off terribly, he's a bad speaker, he has no real |
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Mnpaul (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Bad Speaker? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I've attended somewhere between a dozen and twenty of his events, starting with |
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Mnpaul (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. What makes him a poor candidate? |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. In *The Truth (with jokes)* he came off as so completely... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That was the first of his books that I didn't buy. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Al Can't Be Al |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sorry to hear that. Do you think he'll be a good legislator? |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, but we'd better help & hope he wins. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Disagree, find him about a MILLION times more appealing than Coleman |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yeah, but it's not what you find appealing that counts, it's what Minnesota voters find appealing. |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. You shouldn't lay the blame on Al. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. But that's why he's a terrible candidate. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yup. It's really disheartening. I wanted so badly to be rid of Coleman, but I don't think Franken |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. How Do You Know This? |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. I don't think that Franken is a bad person. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Snide Asshole |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Sigh. |
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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here is a link Franken fans (myself one) might want to see.... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. surprisingly, Minnesota is not that blue |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Agree! That is correct. Minnesota is a lot like Illinois, once |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Pawlenty has won both his terms with a plurality, not a majority |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. If Franken wins he'll be the best US Senator ever |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yep. On paper, he's magnificent. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, there's still time to get out the vote for Franken. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think he's good enough, smart enough... |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. Are You Saying That Democrats Need 60 Senate Members In Order To Accomplish Anything? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yes. They're willing to filibuster anything and everything. We didn't. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. So What's The Problem? Let Them Filibuster .... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. We do. And then nothing gets passed, and DU bitches. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't care Coleman needs to go.. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. There was a terrific progressive candidate |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Jack was my brother's professor. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Progressive have the national party working against them now as well. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. As Jesse Ventura said..... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'd vote for Al Franken in a heartbeat. n/t |
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liberal1973 (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 05:30 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Same here.. |
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