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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:31 PM Original message |
Let's get something straight about Michigan.... |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've been ranting about this all day |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. If Michigan |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Broke the rules. In these days that is such a lame explanation. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Counting a Primary |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yeah! Rules don't matter! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Oh, yes, all rules make sense. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Soviet Elections |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Well, my ultimate point is about enfranchisement |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. and how, exactly, were Michiganders who wished to vote for Obama |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Their only choice was to vote uncommitted and hope delegates got seated. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
79. And you don't legitimize two invalid elections in important states |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
84. They aren't being excluded |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Seated? Where? On the roof? |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #89 |
98. At the convention in Denver |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. "You just don't get an unfair advantage since you broke the rules." |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. Did you happen to catch |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. And have you given similar attention to Levin, Granholm and even comments from |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. Not just any guy on a comedy show.. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. Oh please, I have listened to Dean and many, many others. |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. He's being slimed in several threads right now.. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. I neither like or dislike most politicians, present admin. excepted. I loath this admin. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. The Pukes didn't compromise, they were punished differently. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. The followed their party rules kiddo and settled on a 50/50 split. Something the Dem's |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. The Pukes broke the rules, and were punished by losing half their delegates |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
77. You don't believe in following rules? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #77 |
88. Is that what I said? |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. Well, you described rule-breaking as a "lame explanation" |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. You are indulging in hop, skip and jump logic.... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
136. If elections are not about rules, then what? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. But If. .If... IF.... IF..... |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. DNC Rules state that candidates may not "campaign or participate" in unsanctioned primary |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. OK............since that was the case......... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Florida |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. As far as I know, the Obama campaign never asked to be removed from FL. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Really? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Because the deadline for removing one's name was months before the election. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Biden and Richardson were NOT on the ballot. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. We are discussing the FL ballot not the MI ballot. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Sorry, got mixed up between the post and the OP.... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. Not a problem |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
73. In other words |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. IOW, claiming he asked to be removed is making shit up. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #80 |
106. That would imply |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. The question may have been asked internally but I doubt they asked the state. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
127. Hey, thanks! |
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DMorgan (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. You might want to read up before you post |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. Perhaps you should have posted your supreme knowledge to the one that said they tried. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Chris Dodd, 1st signer of the pledge and key to getting others to do so did not remove his name. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. But they had a property tax proposal in MI, didn't they. |
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Henryman (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. You might be right that no one told him.... |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Or maybe I'm right and you're afraid of the truth? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Because Florida |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Florida rules stated that if they removed their names from the PRIMARY, that they ... |
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Henryman (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
144. You're real good at knowing what other people are thinking! |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Michigan doesn't count for anything. We all know that." -- Hillary Clinton |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Uh....ok...so guess all the Michigan voters don't count for the Dem's either? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Don't talk to me... HILLARY said it... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Yes and surely she is the only one...not a single Democrat on this board or elsewhere |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. are you okay with pretending that there are no Obama supporters in Michigan? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
60. What kind of sense are you trying to make anyway? |
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wileedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. For the Primary, no they don't |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. Then what are you going to do when Dean seats delegates from these states? |
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wileedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. He is going to seat them after the fact |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. You don't know that to be anymore true than I do. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
86. You got it. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:40 PM Original message |
Tain't going to be any smoothiness for Mi. voters folks. I should know, I live here. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
93. Its not the voters per se but the party apparatus in MI & FL that needs to be smoothed over. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
90. if any delegates are seated from Michigan, they will include Obama delegates |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #90 |
103. And they should. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. He would have removed his name from the Florida ballot |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sing it Boo...but I doubt many will listen here. |
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Avalon6 (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. This has been discussed to death, get over it |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. LOLOL |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Removing his name was the HONORABLE way to follow the rules. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Oh gag me. He's a politician isn't he? Aren't they all? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Mr. Honorable before the IA caucus & NH primary. Afterward? Not so much. |
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wileedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. "The removal of his name from the MI ballot was a political stunt." |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Oh you can definitely classify that as a political stunt. |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Kick and Support This Thread. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Deleted sub-thread |
BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. (shrug) No one told the MI Democratic Party to break the rules either. |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. If you're so willing to take away my vote in the primary then don't expect it in the fall. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. Your Candidate Signed a Pledge |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. As a Michigan voter, I can't possibly express how I appreciate OUTSIDE opinions. |
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DMorgan (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. You mean like this OUTSIDER told us a few months ago? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. You got it. Indeed. |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
74. What does "sheerly" mean, please? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #74 |
101. ESL? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
126. I guess they don't teach English in Louisiana, huh? |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. I'm a native of Louisiana and I take offense at your remark. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. How, then, does one explain the behavior of someone ... |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. "Bu...buh...but the others boys said if we did we'd make Hillary look like a loser" waah! |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's like there are rules for Hillary and rules for everyone else |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. No one told michigan that they could move their primary up. Fuck them! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. How DARE he try to negate a "win" in a contest that wasn't supposed to count? |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. Boo-hoo. One knows the desperation of the HRC boosters is getting bad when they dredge this stupid |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
48. Do you have to practice or take lessons to... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
49. WRONG! |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. So, another HRC booster is caught in another lie. Don't look for the OP to apologize, or ask the |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Since Dodd, Kucinich and Gravel were on the MI ballot, it would appears Shay has it wrong |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. You need to learn to read better. Or slower. Or simply learn to read. Shay is spot-on. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. How is he spot on? |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #78 |
122. The distortions and falsehoods just keep on coming. Shay was spot-on; you need to learn how to read. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #122 |
128. So Dodd, Kucinich & Gravel were not on the MI ballot? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #128 |
135. Like Clinton, Dodd and Gravel refused to comply with the request |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. So they were on the ballot and Shay is obviously wrong on that, correct? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. No, they were on the ballot and Shay wasRIGHT |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Shay claimed only Hillary & Uncommitted were on the ballot. He was wrong. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Only Clinton and Uncommitted got any meaningful number of votes |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. But they were on the ballot so claiming only Hillary & Uncommitted was on the ballot is wrong. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. Dodd, Kucinich & Gravel also appeared on the ballot. The DNC had nothing to do w/ 4 state pledge |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. "Let's get something straight" means lets spin some more... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
65. Why can't Michigan have their Presidential primary on August 5th? |
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REACTIVATED IN CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Do you really think that 3 more months of this "primary race" |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. The "push the other candidate off the stage early" |
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REACTIVATED IN CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. Not "early" - just as soon as it becomes mathematically |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Have you looked at prior candidates that took it to the convention? |
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REACTIVATED IN CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #97 |
143. They weren't sucessful, were they ? n/t |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
68. Let's get something straight about elections |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
81. Maybe when they wake the hell up. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #81 |
95. And if you keep snarling at them |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
70. And Hillary said that it was clear Michigan wouldnt count for anything |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
83. Nobody forced Hillary |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
87. I'm in Michigan and here's what I suggest. |
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DMorgan (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. If I understand you correctly, |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. Punish the people who screwed it up |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #87 |
112. That's the Marcy Wheeler suggestion. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #112 |
119. It's a good compromise |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. I don't believe the damage can be undone. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
94. sure! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #94 |
107. you folks need to keep your heads in the sand don't you. |
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futureliveshere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
108. I guess thats why "Uncommitted got 45%" |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
110. Quit LYING. Headline 9/2/07: "Clinton, Obama and Edwards Join Pledge to Avoid Defiant States!" |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. In September Obama was way behind in Michigan. That's why he took his name off. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. In September |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. But this one took it away from Clinton. Win/win for Obama. Politics as usual. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
114. Incorrect. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
123. thank you. this is correct. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
124. yeah. Fuck the constitution. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #124 |
131. Well, it is not the Constitution at stake here |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. I believe that is a reference to MI's primary being declared unconsitutional. |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
125. TOTAL DISINGENUOUS BULLSHIT |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. Speaking of disinfo the DNC did not ask the candidates to remove their names. |
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mckeown1128 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
134. Stop spinning. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
139. It's true. Gravel and Dodd stayed on, too. They are not rule breakers. |
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