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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 08:54 AM Original message |
If John Edwards had $100 million, he would get more attention... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. NO! - not with his stand against the corporate status quo |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not many years ago, taking the money was a rallying cry for all |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. If JE had put |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Then the MSM would say he is buying |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They didn't say it about Kerry, and who cares anyway? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The heck they didn't, the Repubs |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Kerry didn't "give" his campaign money. He loaned his campaign money. But his wealth was a problem |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. They absolutely would .They already said it about his Senate race! |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Did Kerry "give" his campaign that money, or did he loan his campaign that money? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. He loaned it. JE has not loaned his campaign any money. n/t |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. My mistake, but he did take out a loan for 9M secured by the federal matching |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Have you ever been poor? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Immaterial. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. And that is very true. It is also true of many people of inherited wealth. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is true. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. ironic to his philosophy of reducing moneyed influences |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. How do you propose to do that? |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. Lets be honest now. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The media has many more influential interests other than the ad money |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Have you ever noticed |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. that's not true |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Holy shit. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Edwards was ahead of Clinton in Iowa and was never treated like a front runner |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 04:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. because he had no $ |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Wouldn't that make the story better? Spending much less money, he beats HRC, people must like him? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Just how do they get that support? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Edwards touched the third rail of politics: the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Hillary was labeled the front runner for |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. of xourse |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. He discussed breaking up the media monopolies. n/t |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
26. Edwards Isn't A "Sexy" Storyline |
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NoBorders (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. What should he have done differently in order to raise that much? |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
28. Hedge fund investors aren't poor, he has that kind of money but he's not dumb |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
31. Circular reasoning, proven wrong by the recent past. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. Are we talking campaign funds or personal wealth? |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
34. If Edwards TOOK $100 million from lobbyists and corprats then he might get more attention... |
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7 of 11 (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. He can always |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Finding gold/silver coins in shipwrecks, too. |
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