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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:01 AM Original message |
I've been avoiding all of the "This is how we win" threads, but... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Talking About Family Values & Morality Does NOT Mean Abandoning |
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greenohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
101. You will not win Ohio on a radical gay-abortion agenda. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Generally agree, but two thoughts: |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wait a minute |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not quite |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Didn't Bush get New Mexico as well? |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. I agree and would also make a concerted effort to change the south's |
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Nashyra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Strong local issues and strong local candidates |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. I agree on the southern spending point |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. I agree with your analysis |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. Agree with your thoughts about being competitive in the South. . . |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. My .02 cents |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Your $.02 is worth a lot! You really summarized how I feel. |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. Here's another .02 ! |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
80. I'll see your $.02 and add a half |
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diplomats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
93. My sentiments exactly, realfedUp |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. Is this headed for publication... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. What IF |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The republicans are competitive in Michigan and a shoe-in in Mississippi |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I meant in terms of presidential politics |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. If they are one in the same, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Well, if you're going to go back to Reagan.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. If we only take the deep-blue states, |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. But how? |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Start by moving the early primaries South |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. But that doesn't answer Will's question |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. This time around |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I dunno... |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. You know, |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
81. That's a cheap shot |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
83. I think you've hit it on the head |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Kerry won almost all the Southern primaries |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Don't fall for the "red state/blue state" mumbo jumbo |
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evilqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Michigan is really purple. |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
75. Yes. The entire country is purple, though, to varying degrees. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I have family in politics deep in 'the red,' as it were |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. We don't have to win Alabama or Texas. |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. One question that has been on my mind: |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Dean got it right about educating those folks and was jumped on |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
72. I think, without even playing the 'race card' |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ohio is purple, and can be tipped |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. I disagree with most of this: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. The gun issue is big even in blue states. |
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cattleman22 (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
70. Would no Gun Control in Party Platform do anything? |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
87. Well, cattleman22, identify yourself. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
82. I like what geek tragedy said...nt |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. Bill Clinton. What's so hard about finding another Bill Clinton? |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. In the meantime |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Twice in the last 40 years the RW got really organized. Once was in '72. |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Looks to me like he showed us how to lose. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. By winning? Whatever. |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. he really only squeaked in |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Condorcet voting analysis says Clinton would have won without Perot in the |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. You left out the other side. |
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Chili (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. I agree with almost everything you said... |
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BlueMinded (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yeah, that. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. We cannot count on outspending Republicans next time around |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. Stupid question by me |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. That means populism, which means we have to actually look and sound |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Nothing wrong with that |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. My indirect point was that John Kerry is about the furthest person |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. BINGO ! |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
90. Yep |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
50. It's not just about the South. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. The money thing |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Good point, Walt. From a distance, it does seem money wasn't targeted well |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. I agree with RightLaneMustExit. This is a horrible idea. |
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JHBowden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. What about pink states? |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Arizona is hardly pink. |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
57. Run to win the South, and we will win Ohio and some Midwestern states. |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. "run to win Ohio" |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. problem... |
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Mike L (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. I'm talking about the 2008 presidential candidate. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. If I were in charge.... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Grasswire, That Sounds VERY Good To Me & Realistic Too |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. ty |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. I am neutral on Dean as a candidate, but |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 11:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. I agree that Dean would shake things up |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
76. Ignoring the South |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
77. I think the most important missing ingredient here, Will |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
78. Screw the popular vote, it doesn't count and isn't worth the money. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
79. We're on the exact same page |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
85. You have some Southern roots somewhere...from what I've read...can |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
86. the best way to win the south in 2008 is to start with 2006 |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
88. You get a D - |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. The day you get to grade me |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:21 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. I grade this post an F for tact, |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:54 AM Response to Reply #94 |
100. Jesus, Mr. Pitt. You are taking me or yourself too seriously. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
89. I agree with most everything except the "electoral college" strategy |
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TXvote (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
91. Kick Em' In the Knee |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-04 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
92. *Whoops!* John Kerry voted for the war! |
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LightTheMatch (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
96. We have to attack in the south and west every time. |
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tedoll78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
97. How I Pick My Horsey in the Race: |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
99. John Sperling has something to say on this. |
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