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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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Howard Fineman said: "And, to a degree we cannot measure and may never fully know, because Obama is an African-American---and one with a Swahili name at that."
McCain says racism will barely affect election
TAMPA, Fla. � Republican presidential candidate John McCain says racism will play virtually no role when voters head to the polls next Tuesday because it will be trumped by the nation's economic problems.
In a transcript of an interview taped for broadcast Wednesday night on CNN's "Larry King Live," McCain said people will vote "for the best of reasons, not the worst of reasons." He said most people will vote based on who they want to lead the country.
Referring to people who might vote against Democrat Barack Obama because he is black, McCain added: "It would be a tiny, tiny, minority. Because people are hurting too much now. I mean, they're worried about staying in their homes, keeping their jobs."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_el_pr/mccain
I wish I agreed more with McCain on this point. Last January, when Obama won Iowa so decisively, I thought 'Wow! At last we really have progressed toward MLK's ideal'. The last couple of weeks leads me to think that I was over-optimistic. Better than before, but not as far as we should have. |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
... the popular vote tally, which doesn't really count...
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You weren't screaming that in the past couple of elections, were you, hippie? |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
If McCain wins, I predict the Dems will cry "VOTER FRAUD!" and then demand recounts.
Typical Democrat strategy. If a Democrat wins, election is fair. If they lose, then they MUST have been cheated. |
Last statement: true.
They'll do more than cry "fraud" here in Atlanta. Folks all over the 'burbs are preparing, just in case America comes to her senses. |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| head-in-the-clouds wrote: |
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It ain't over until the Diebold voting machines in swing states run by a renowned Republican supporter indicates the "results".
2000 and 2004 were the first national elections with the machines in use and they seemed to work "fine", except they didn't, and it was a minor news story. |
...and faires dance around at the bottom of my garden... |
are you ignorant of it or just an ostrich |
*Ahem!*
| pkang0202 wrote: |
| If a Democrat wins, election is fair. If they lose, then they MUST have been cheated. |
No Shiite. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
... the popular vote tally, which doesn't really count...
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You weren't screaming that in the past couple of elections, were you, hippie? |
Are you calling me a hippie?
I bet you will not find a single person on this board who would agree that I am anything like a hippie. And hippie? That is so passe. |
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head-in-the-clouds
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
... the popular vote tally, which doesn't really count...
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You weren't screaming that in the past couple of elections, were you, hippie? |
Are you calling me a hippie?
I bet you will not find a single person on this board who would agree that I am anything like a hippie. And hippie? That is so passe. |
your a hippie |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| head-in-the-clouds wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
... the popular vote tally, which doesn't really count...
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You weren't screaming that in the past couple of elections, were you, hippie? |
Are you calling me a hippie?
I bet you will not find a single person on this board who would agree that I am anything like a hippie. And hippie? That is so passe. |
your a hippie |
Who the hell are you? |
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head-in-the-clouds
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| head-in-the-clouds wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
... the popular vote tally, which doesn't really count...
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You weren't screaming that in the past couple of elections, were you, hippie? |
Are you calling me a hippie?
I bet you will not find a single person on this board who would agree that I am anything like a hippie. And hippie? That is so passe. |
your a hippie |
Who the hell are you? |
'a single person on this board' |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
... the popular vote tally, which doesn't really count...
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You weren't screaming that in the past couple of elections, were you, hippie? |
Are you calling me a hippie?
I bet you will not find a single person on this board who would agree that I am anything like a hippie. And hippie? That is so passe. |
I was going for passe.
"Hippie" may have been a bit much. I've read your posts; you don't really strike the reader as a hippie at that.
You didn't address the meat of my post, though. I mean, wasn't that the big deal in recent elections? The idea that one candidate won the popular vote, but the other won the college? The left has been howling about stolen elections for years, now. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
... the popular vote tally, which doesn't really count...
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You weren't screaming that in the past couple of elections, were you, hippie? |
Are you calling me a hippie?
I bet you will not find a single person on this board who would agree that I am anything like a hippie. And hippie? That is so passe. |
I was going for passe.
"Hippie" may have been a bit much. I've read your posts; you don't really strike the reader as a hippie at that.
You didn't address the meat of my post, though. I mean, wasn't that the big deal in recent elections? The idea that one candidate won the popular vote, but the other won the college? The left has been howling about stolen elections for years, now. |
Yes, they have. I'm a supporter of the Electoral College and the Constitutional process.
2000 wasn't stolen. SCOTUS was 5 GOP and 4 Dem when Bush v Gore was decided. Guess what. SCOTUS is partisan.
2004 definitely wasn't stolen. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
Reesedog, prepare yourself for a Republican ass-whooping. |
If 538 is at all correct, it is such that the repubs can't even steal it now. I've got a pretty penny riding on them being able to steal it. I've gotta go in and cover my positions now, if even possible. |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
... the popular vote tally, which doesn't really count...
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You weren't screaming that in the past couple of elections, were you, hippie? |
Are you calling me a hippie?
I bet you will not find a single person on this board who would agree that I am anything like a hippie. And hippie? That is so passe. |
I was going for passe.
"Hippie" may have been a bit much. I've read your posts; you don't really strike the reader as a hippie at that.
You didn't address the meat of my post, though. I mean, wasn't that the big deal in recent elections? The idea that one candidate won the popular vote, but the other won the college? The left has been howling about stolen elections for years, now. |
Yes, they have. I'm a supporter of the Electoral College and the Constitutional process.
2000 wasn't stolen. SCOTUS was 5 GOP and 4 Dem when Bush v Gore was decided. Guess what. SCOTUS is partisan.
2004 definitely wasn't stolen. |
I stand admonished, sir, and you have my apologies for the hippie comment. |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| What's wrong with Hippies? |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Jandar wrote: |
| What's wrong with Hippies? |
Where I'm from, it's not a good thing to be called a hippie. I misunderstood my man Kuros and offered apologies for getting onto him like I did. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
It ain't over until the Diebold voting machines in swing states run by a renowned Republican supporter indicates the "results".
2000 and 2004 were the first national elections with the machines in use and they seemed to work "fine", except they didn't, and it was a minor news story. |
Absolutely, especially since
Diebold Voting Machines Are Designed To Be Hacked |
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