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TalkingDog

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5. Thank you. The fact that there were 3 announced winners really does undercut the ZERO chance.

Reply to oldhippie (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 10:37 AM

Apr 2012

If only one person won, it still can't be zero.

And that's what the OP doesn't get.... as reactionary and frightened as conservatives are, if there is one chance, no matter how small, then it is both real and immediate to a conservative that the one chance "could be me".

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