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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 11:38 PM Original message |
My very conservative, racist dad says he hates Bush now |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. If the dems could borrow a little of whatever it is that makes the repubs |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Get Joe Trippi in charge of media strategy |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Hate to disagree - I think Trippi is highly overrated |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. NO NO NO! Joe Trippi is one of the reasons Dean lost! |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. which Democrats do you think do a good job of navigating landmines |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. For a relative newbie to national politics, I can't answer that. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Get Mark Crispin Miller on it. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 06:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. um, acmavm? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You confuse me. I went through this small thread and in no one's posting |
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emcguffie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. Karl and the media. that's it in a nutshell. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
67. "whatever repugs do to get the message out" |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. figure out what they do that's not immoral and borrow that |
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emcguffie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. You knopw, you've got it there. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. How old are you? If you're young you wouldn't be familiar with the |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. He's probably just not going to vote.... |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I agree. That wouldn't be a bad thing. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Karl Rove and Diebold will make those people magically appear |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's when we need our party officials to be vigilant and demand |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Kerry said he was doing it in 2004 then folded. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Kerry did what ANY nominee would do, trusted the Dem party infrastructure |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Yadda.. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. So you believe the Dem party should do NOTHING about securing votes, since |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. No... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. WE - and every Dem VOTER - got pissed on while the DNC aimed the dick |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. You know.. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. And when Dem votes are stolen again, it will still be Kerry's fault and |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. here's the trick, then |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Doesn't matter who we put up |
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countmyvote4real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. BUT is he still registered as a viable voter in your state? |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think a jimmy carter type would do it. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Do they know when he bought that ranch in Crawford? |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. From my viewpoint as a tired old Boomer |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. 'can't state views in understandable terms' usually means they |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. the Democrats should just attack BuchCo full on . . . |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. "he couldn't imagine someone that stupid rising to that position of power" |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. yep. It amazes me now that people are just seeing that when even in the |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. So by now Bush is too conservative and racist for your dad, or not |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. it sounds like he figured out Iraq wasn't a threat, or if it was, we don't |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. He'll still vote Republican in the fall |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. My dad was like that about Clinton. Couldn't vote for an adulterer but... |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
24. V |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Cowards vote Republican. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I like that. Think of variations too like 'live free or die' |
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timontheleft (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. or "Give me liberty or give me death" |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is why I like Edwards. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Edwards, Dorgan...who else is right on economic issues? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Durbin, Feingold, Kennedy... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. We got Air America and Pacifica. Got to build on that |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. I think Edwards makes sense for 08, as much as I disliked him |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I also wish |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Dean was against the war from the start. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. OK |
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timontheleft (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. "always had a better grasp of economic issues" |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Why? You think the media and the voting machines would have decided to |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Swiftboating the VP candidate might not have been so important; |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Edwards is engaging in small doses and the 2004 race has improved his |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Pardon me, but I live in NC. Local Republicans who supported |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. I live in NC, too. I am fine with Edwards - I just don't think it serves a |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. That's great news! lie-berman |
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Lusted4 (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. The best way to show them the light, is |
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timontheleft (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. EXCELLENT POINT!! nt |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
41. You've hit on why the Pukes use the "Dems hate" talking point. |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. Dear Dad |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. When the republicons trash honorable US Veterans, as they have done over |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
57. But he's still conservative and racist, right, so then what has changed? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
59. This is a toughie. How do you get through to them? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
62. I wouldn't worry about trying to win him over. |
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