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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:48 AM
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It would be so much better if everyone were to point out the positives of their candidate
instead of the opponent's negatives. If everyone were really serious they would want whoever wins the nomination to beat the Republican candidate. But the way everyone on this board is attacking every Democratic candidate except the one they are supporting the final winner will be damaged goods. And we all know how good the Republicans are at finishing off the Democratic nominee.

Does anyone even know what the positives are of the candidates they support? Or does everyone have to make accusations or highlight the negatives of those they don't support? Are the positives so low that they need to bash the opponents to make the positives better?
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:52 AM
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1. I have been saying for Months
Edwards talks about policy, Hillary talks about Obama and Policy, Obama reacts to whatever Hillary does and rarely discusses anything else.
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neutron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:00 AM
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3. The Nurses Endorsed Hillary
and I was surprised to read how much work she had
put in for them. Especially given the hype of her being
a "corporate puppet."
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:57 AM
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2. You got that right!
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 09:02 AM by DFW
Some people throw the label "corporatist" around like the radical right
throws around the term "liberal" to dismiss some of the party candidates,
never mind that they would appoint Supreme Court Justices who would protect
the people from harm rather than corporations from responsibility. See Steve
Breyer as opposed to Sam Alito. If Alito is to your liking, then sit the election
out, vote for Nader, or write in Alfred E. Neuman. Otherwise get positive about SOMEone, and if
that's too tall an order, then acquire a LITTLE optimism about prospects for
improvement if we retake the White House. If all you can come up with is despair
if your favorite doesn't get the nomination (and MY favorite doesn't even want it),
then you'll see what "corporatism" is when President McCain nominates (and gets
confirmed) an Alito light to replace John Paul Stevens on the SCOTUS.

edited to get rid of redundancy
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