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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:30 PM Original message |
Why don't more people support Kucinich? |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. because then they couldn't call him unelectable |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. The truth is that over the past 30 years, ... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Really? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. There was an article in either Scene or the Free Press a couple... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I didn't want a term paper |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because we can't afford to lose again... |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
85. Obama...Freidman's choice. If Obama wins the primaries... |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, he's an idealogue. Don't get me wrong. I voted for him in the 2004 caucus |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I've wondered about that |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Dennis does compromise...two recent examples |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
80. What about the first SCHIP vote? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #80 |
87. "...the Democrats left out up to 600,000 children..." I'm glad he |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because our media puts personality over issues |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because BIG MONEY (Corporate America) Doesn't Want Him |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Ding Ding Ding We have a winner! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. We Need to be The Media |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. No, we need to reform the MSM. Not everyone has a computer |
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madisongrace (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
90. Agree |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
137. They Know He Can't Be Bought Either (nt) |
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Cornfields_4_Peace (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Maybe because his supporters get banned. |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. supporters or disruptors? |
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Cornfields_4_Peace (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
68. Are anti-war protestors "disrupters"? |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #68 |
119. what did you say that led you to be banned? n/t |
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Cornfields_4_Peace (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #119 |
150. Glitch or something said |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. There are some real problems with his campaign this time around |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. False. There are MANY vocal DK supporters on DU. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #63 |
98. I don't believe he's referring to DU. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. My apologies - I misunderstood. Thanks for the correction. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because he was anti-choice, and because he's a loon. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Why is ending a war based on lies looney? |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. He believes in aliens, and he wanted a Dept of Peace. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. seeing a UFO is not the same as believing in aliens |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You're right, that's so much better. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. tens of thousands of people--cops, pilots, presidents, doctors . . . |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. yep. Just ask President Jimmy Carter |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
81. Sell this to a nation where a large chunk still believes in Creationism... {nt} |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Believing in peace, a sure sign of lunacy. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. What have you got against Peace? Do you love war? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Explain what a Department of Peace will do. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. I support a department of peace. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #64 |
79. I'm another who supports a Dept of Peace |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #79 |
107. I've noticed that many people |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #107 |
149. I agree..if they'd take a few minutes to read about it.... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. We're hanging in there. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
77. and he's a gun-grabber to boot. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. I thought y'all called him a "Keebler Elf?" |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ron Paul |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Yes, those reasons too. |
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Kucinich4America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Drop that broken record already. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. Slandering? |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
58. He said he would accept Ron Paul as VP? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. That was the rumor that was going around |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. I support him in congress, but I don't think he would be a good president. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. But why don't more of the candidates support issues |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
83. A few to name... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
145. Bullshit! Try getting your information from real sources, not Kos. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. The same reason more people don't support Ron Paul. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Kuc is not a nutter like Ron Paul |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. To Joe Six-Pack, yes, he IS a nutter. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. When it is explained, |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. How many average people wait around to hear it explained? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. I've generally found that |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. You missed the point. Kucinich is not meeting face-to-face with |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. But a candidate gets his message out |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #59 |
100. How do you figure that? - Kucinich treated like a rock star in Troy campaign stop |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #100 |
129. Great. 300 of his die-hard fans. That's gonna win an election. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. That's just one event, silly!! |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Maybe Dennis can be e-elected as our Internet President. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. My name is Breeze and I'm against the war in Iraq and NO war with Iran |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. "And you call people supporting a peace candidate fanatical?" |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. My, my; you do think awfully highly of yourself. Why? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #142 |
148. Write me back when Dennis wins something real. |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #148 |
157. I guess that congressional seat he sits in was a birthday gift. n/t |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #157 |
160. I'm sorry, I thought we were discussing Dennis' PRESIDENTIAL campaign. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I wasn't referring to Joe SixPack but my own impression |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because he's outside the mainstream and (gasp!) "Too liberal". |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. Are you talking about DU or the nation as a whole? |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. both. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. because he's "my way or the highway" |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. He would lose in a 49 state wipeout |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. What state do you think he'd carry? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:37 PM Original message |
The State of Confusion. nt |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. It doesn't matter what the people want |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. To some degree. |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
158. Uh no he didn't get plenty. |
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geiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. because he's a goof ball |
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tandem5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
88. wow that's always been my wording exactly! |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. Because the guy down the street could say what Kucinich does |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. I see this question so very often. It seems most of us understand |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. Because Presidents are more than Ideas |
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riqster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Bottom line? People don't understand how primaries work |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hmmm |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. because the oligarchy and their corporations don't want him or his ideas |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. Oh, a great many reasons, I suppose. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
82. I agree with numbers 1 through 5. Unless those change, 6 is irrelevant |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
86. [More] |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. He's too short to be President. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. Because they don't see him as the obvious choice that you do |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
57. They obey the teevee rather than voting in their best interests. |
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libbygurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
60. Seems to be too uncompromising in his positions, and more of an ideologue. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. Zero chance of winning. |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
66. Because he tells the truth and isn't good looking enough |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
71. Not willing to adapt ideas |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
72. I'm going to try to give an honest answer |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Well if |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Actually, you're dead wrong with your snarky assumption. |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. No snark intended my friend |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #78 |
116. We see things differently? Do tell. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #72 |
84. I remember the first time I was called a "ni___r-lover" ... |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #84 |
123. There are, indeed, thjose who vote - or don't vote - for a candidate for a variety of stupid reasons |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
73. You can always tell who the neocon supporters are here. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
75. because he's not "TV friendly" |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
89. Because he is nuts! (nt) |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
91. Watch how much success he has with his recount and impeachment and then ask me |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
92. Because immediately pulling out of our trade agreements would be a fucking disaster |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
93. Sadly, the main reason more people don't support him is looks. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
94. 3 decades of rightward propaganda/corporate "values" = true liberals appear out of touch |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
95. People want change. They don't want Kucinich. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #95 |
101. If they want change, then they should vote for Kucinich...the rest will be |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #101 |
117. It's funny - you ACTUALLY believe Kucinich can get legislation passed. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Kucinich 2008 !! |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #120 |
121. He can't sign legislation that Congress has not passed. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #121 |
124. 15 yrs. later, he was elected to the Ohio Senate - “Because he was right.” |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Thanks for the research. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Rise up and be brave |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
96. Because the media tells them |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. People are quite malleable, easy to manipulate via the power of suggestion |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Suggestion? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #102 |
118. It's a psych term for a particular phenomenon |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
103. After this thread, I have to add another reason. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. That is bullshit. You're the one being an obnoxious, close minded insulting twit. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Read the thread. The only people being insulting and obnoxious are DK's supporters. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #106 |
110. Oh, yes...your post was like flowers and candy! |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #111 |
112. Again, I don't disagree with you; it is a shame that we have to settle |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #112 |
113. I thought the question was more directed to why don't more DUer's support him. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #113 |
114. Fair enough. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #114 |
115. I did, up above. |
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elaineb (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #106 |
128. I've seen you on a number of threads trashing Kucinich |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
104. Because he's batshit crazy |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #104 |
122. PEACE.... |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #122 |
146. I can do pictures! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
108. slavophobia |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
109. I support his efforts and I admire him greatly, but |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
127. Because he runs a poor campaign, organizationally |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. It's the M$M doing the shutting out. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. No, it can't all be blamed on the media. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. No it's not a fair assessment at all! They've been shutting him out. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. Dennis has had a few opportunities to break through |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. DK has been |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. Maybe, but it wasn't the MSM that made him never even email me |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Wah! You lost your e-mail ! - He has plenty of organizers and supporters! |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #138 |
147. Hell, he couldn't even manage to get on my state's primary ballot |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. Based on the way he runs a campaign |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #133 |
144. If I thought this all was best understood as purely being an exercise in expressive individualism |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
152. Various reasons, but.. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
153. I do- "universal single-payer healthcare" |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. I'm doing the same in MA! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
154. Lots of reasons |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
156. the "electibility" crap |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
159. Well if anything, this thread certainly provided some answers for us. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #159 |
161. You forgot: 10. People think he's a kook. |
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Indi Guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
162. The (transnational corporation owned ) MSM finds Kucinich to be too much of a true Democrat... |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
163. I don't support him because he is delusional. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
164. I don't support him because he said that he would implement change through Executive Orders. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
165. Because he has absolutely no chance of ever being elected (nt) |
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Indi Guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
166. K |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
167. Because the TV tells them not to. |
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