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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:49 PM Original message |
President Obama has a problem, 49 percent of voters say he doesn't deserve a second term |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Blah Blah Blah, Check Out Where Reagan Was At In '82, This Is So Irrelevant Right Now It Borders On |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:52 PM Original message |
I think you mean '84. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. I am one of the aforesaid smartasses |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:55 PM Original message |
Fixed |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I second Beet's Duh. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
64. Reagan Won Because The Economy Improved |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Mondale proved that honesty doesn't pay in politics. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Yeah But It Wouldn't Have Mattered If Unemployment Was Still 10.8% |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Yes, but Reagan had an advantage that Obama seems to lack |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
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MrsCorleone (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
77. Reagan had the advantage of Big Corp funding his PR. nt |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
86. Yea, WHITE SKIN. |
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de novo (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. This is tedious. Do you really believe it is because of his skin color? |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. America wants a fighter who has convictions, not a weasel/jellyfish. |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The good thing is |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thank you. nt |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. You and I believe that, the public perception is different |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. That's simply not the case |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. The deeds have not matched the words |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Yep. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Poboy, I think you are probably correct. However, I doubt that your |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Well, so far, so good. What is that saying by Orwell? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
58. Agree and if he doesn't start standing up |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh here we go. It just never ends, does it? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Well, should we just stick our heads in the sand and hope that magically it gets better? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. So you think phrasing it that ways prevents you from being alerted on for a personal attack? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. You're accusing DB of being a troll? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I've had worse, some departed members accused me of being a paid Thug operative |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. You might want to take a gander at the new DU rules... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:27 PM Original message |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am worried Obama will lose in 2012 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
71. Dealing us out of MEDICARE FOR ALL ... had to have been a death wish ....!! |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. When do the polls close? |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. This only starts to be a meaningful question about 15 months from now |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. Logically, then, 51 percent says that he DOES. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. 43 percent, you have to read the poll |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. Where is the 51 (or 43) percent? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Right, so this is why any polls these days are useless, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
76. Evidently, 28 MILLION expected voters didn't vote in 2010 .... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. This method of propaganda worked pretty well a few weeks ago. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. They said the same about Clinton and Reagan too at around this time. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Yep! 2 years is a long time, politically. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. And the most fucked up thing about it all is that... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Let's not forget that 'the independents' is not a monolithic group - |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Hear, hear! n/t |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. VIRGINIA LIKES HIM! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. Newsflash: President not elected by popular vote. What states are these people in? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Click the link for the poll methodology |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. But will that give that office to Palin over Obama? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. This should make 20% of DU happy nt |
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AC_Mem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. Comon.... geez |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. One more time, should we just ignore everything negative? |
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AC_Mem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
93. Of course we shouldn't ignore everything negative |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. Now dems are saying they have to cut social security |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Ready to throw the baby out with the bath water? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. We should support his cutting social security for fear of Republicans coming in |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
79. Poster supports Social Security/liberal program -- you counter with RNC? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
80. +1000% .... in fact, deals with Big Pharma and private HC industry were pretty much.... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. Eagerly posting the speculation? |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. There are poll...and there are polls |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. Predicting a loss worked very well for 2010. Let's do it again for 2012! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. "President Obama leads Sarah Palin 48 - 40 percent. " |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. All he has to do is end NAFTA / Free Trade and install fair trade tariffs |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
73. and pass MEDICARE FOR ALL .... 50 million Americans w/o health care .... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. He sure doesn't. n/t |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. He doesn't deserve it. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. And that my friend is the point. Two years to change the public perception |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It's not just perception. He has two years to reach out to his base - |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. You're posting that in a thread quoting an article saying that the base is solidly behind him. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. That's because the past 30 years were so conservative - |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. Again, my point is that most liberals think what you are saying is the opposite of reality. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Yup. Right now I stand in the -- |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. Newt Newt Newt! |
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KeyserSoze87 (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. This poll is bullshit. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. When you form keysersoze polling service, let us know, m'k? |
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KeyserSoze87 (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #61 |
82. Oh, very funny. And just to let you know, I got the approval rating from Gallup. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
59. Presidents (mostly democratic presidents) don't ever really get to govern |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Unfortunately, we've seen 2 years of Obama governing .... and it's |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. K&R .... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
65. 20% of those people are Tea Party fanatics, and another 20% will change their minds when |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
67. "more than eight in ten Democrats saying that the president does deserve a second term" |
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de novo (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #67 |
89. "Does this mean he should move to the center?" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
70. If Obama is in a dead heat with Romney and Huckabee .... I think the |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
74. Three words for people who don't think Obama deserves a second term: |
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mfcorey1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
78. Phony poll. I just saw one that showed he has 80% support from Democrats. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Where were they this past Election Day? |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
83. Team Obama shudders and then starts scolding. nt |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #83 |
92. They sure swarmed here like angry hornets, didn't they? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
84. I'm surprised it is not higher |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
85. I doubt that he'll run for a second term |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
87. This really is not that meaningful a question - as it doesn't account for there being really only 2 |
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Demstud (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
90. Doesn't matter |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
91. It amazes me how pissed off so many of you are at this poll |
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