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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:52 PM
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As an Obama supporter I have no idea why John Edwards is not...
running away with this whole thing. What an amazing candidate. Obviously, I think the same of Obama but that Edwards has not won any states yet is beyond me. I think that he and Obama are the future of the Democratic party, the one with its head out of its ass, which admittedly may be hypothetical.
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CyberPieHole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:55 PM
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1. Self-Delete...
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 11:21 PM by CyberPieHole
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NJObamaWoman Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:55 PM
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2. what does that have to do with the post?
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:57 PM
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3. I was saying something positive about Edwards...
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 10:57 PM by usregimechange
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:57 PM
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4. What a hateful post. Right out of Bill O's play book. As a Democrat you
should be ashamed. If you want to debate issues, ok. you are not doing Sen Clinton any favors by being so hateful.
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:02 PM
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6. agree 100%
If Dems are going to win, we have to start acting like winners and that's not the way winners talk.

Maybe some people would rather our party lose so that they will have a good excuse to complain.

But I want any one of our excellent Dem candidates to sit in the White House, not Romney or Rudy or Huckabee or McCain.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:58 PM
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5. Um wow
:eyes:
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BringBigDogBack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:09 PM
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13. you're worthless
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 11:09 PM by BringBigDogBack
much like your contribution.

fitting handle
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:13 PM
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16. It sort of shocked me, didn't expect that...
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 11:14 PM by usregimechange
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:20 PM
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20. I have it on ignore so I can imagine..
I only put the venomous vipers on ignore but there's a surprising number:(
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:11 PM
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15. It is amazing to me how someone can say something so hateful...
and then show a picture of their candidate right underneath that asinine statement and not think that it is only going to relate that hatred with the person in the picture.

Is that your intent? Are you really anti-Hillary? Sure seems like it to me.
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whatdoyouthink Donating Member (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:15 PM
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18. I'm a Edwards Supporter
But Wont Answer - because - I don't want to be dragged into this / Now, that thread has gone into the gutter

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razors edge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:04 PM
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7. It's the media. n/t
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:05 PM
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9. I think that is a good part of it...
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:04 PM
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8. Edwards is a populist candidate
so he's not going to get the kind of corporate funding that either Clinton or Obama are getting.
He's not anti-corporations; he's anti-corporate practices that are bad for the country especially the people of the country.

He's also overshadowed because he's a 2004 rethread.
Both Obama and Clinton are groundbreaking candidates in their own way.
If either Obama or Clinton was running as a populist, I would be excited to support them.

But I'm happy to support my less exciting but back to the basics candidate.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:07 PM
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10. Let's see...the corporations own the media.
And John Edwards has told the corporations there is going to be some "changes". Perhaps, that is why corporate media has ignored Edwards. MSM certainly hasn't ignored Republican second and third place finishers.



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VotesForWomen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 05:23 AM
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22. pretty much. nt
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:07 PM
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11. The media blackout is the main reason
He got less than one fifth of the coverage Obama and Hillary received even as early as the first five months of 2007. Much of that coverage was negative while Obama's coverage was overwhelmingly positive. Hillary's was mixed.
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andyrowe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:08 PM
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12. Agreed
He (AND his spouse) have run a tough yet fair campaign. I really hope he tops Hildog in SC.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:10 PM
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14. He is not willing to sacrifice his principles just to win, I appreciate that
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andyrowe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:13 PM
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17. If Obama wins I'd like to see Edwards tapped for AG
He'd make a better VP than Hillary as well.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:16 PM
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19. If he runs like he debated Monday night
He will be in short order. He's spent too much time on the corporations and bad government. He needs to show people the part of him they remember from 2003. He did that Monday night and he needs to keep doing it.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 03:04 AM
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21. I thought he did well
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