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lastlib

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6. Never underestimate the potential stupidity of the American Voter....

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Thu May 10, 2012, 11:16 AM

May 2012

....cases in point:

George W. Bush (twice)
Ronald Reagan (twice)
Dan Quayle
Jesse Helms
Strom Thurmond
Phil Gramm
Michelle Bachmann
Allen West
Dan Burton
Rick Perry
(add your own troglodyte idiot here)
......

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Looks like Lugar's seat will go democratic. [View all] Archae May 2012 OP

Let's not get ahead of ourselves... brooklynite May 2012 #1

Agreed. Won't a lot of out-of-state $$$ flow in for the teabag candidate? FSogol May 2012 #3

Mourdock raised more than Donnelly in the 1st Qtr... brooklynite May 2012 #9

Let's make that happen. Any chance Lugar will run as an Independent? Scuba May 2012 #2

Can't - Sore Loser law brooklynite May 2012 #10

Maybe and maybe not. It makes it more winnable but we haven't won it yet. WI_DEM May 2012 #4

Yeah, just like Pennsylvania would NEVER vote for a nut like Toomey in a general election! ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2012 #5

Never underestimate the potential stupidity of the American Voter.... lastlib May 2012 #6

Agreed! Lint Head May 2012 #7

K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #8

you don't know the average Hoosier voter; provis99 May 2012 #11

You base that on what? LiberalFighter May 2012 #13

Being a Hoosier, I do know the average Hoosier voter. DefenseLawyer May 2012 #14

That would be awesome! MoonRiver May 2012 #12

I'm not so sure about that. I think it's going to be pretty close RZM May 2012 #15