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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:42 PM Original message |
Why are we so obsessed with an election that is 15 months away? |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. it's all they cover on the tv, so it must be all that is important. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Elections have become a money making arm of the entertainment industry. |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. It's manufactured hysteria, normal daily events are slow-motion and bland |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. I know. I'm tired of it already. |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am not sure myself considering that the best case scenario |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. I so fucking agree with you! |
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pwb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bacause we have cable news that is all politics all the time. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Look at the sticky of Bachmann and the foot long corndog!! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hey the TV people can't talk about themselves ALL the time. nt |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. It started the day after the last election. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. m e d i a |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because that is what TPTB want us to talk about so that we don't talk about other stuff... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. a billion dollar industry is persuading us to think about what it wants us to think about |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. No doubt. nt. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. People are obsessed with the top |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because we have 2 major problems |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because we care about and are interested in the outcome of a process where one man is projected to.. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. We should throw out the whole system and start over. |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's silly. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, it's just ~4 months to the Iowa caucuses and the NH Primary. |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's the American way - betting (and hoping?) that the next round of |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. August |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because the Prospect of Any of these Wingnut Repiglickins Getting Elected Scares The Hell Out Of Us! |
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