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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:42 PM Original message |
What's wrong with Harold Ford? |
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gcole
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Amen. I see Ford as one of our up-and-coming Dem stars |
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babylonsister
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I also like Ford; I think he's intelligent |
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Romulus
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Fri Dec-17-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. I w-a-a-y- prefer Ford over Barack Obama |
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salin
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Sat Dec-18-04 08:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
72. Opposite view, here |
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JI7
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. i love Harold Ford |
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mattclearing
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm still irritated at him for that whole Congressional leadership thing. |
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JI7
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Eliot Spitzer is a member of the DLC also |
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mattclearing
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I haven't given much thought to Spitzer as a candidate. |
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GOPBasher
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. I like him a lot. |
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IrateCitizen
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Fri Dec-17-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's because he has no real principles outside of his own ambition |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Or, John Lewis, Cythia McKinney, Maxine Waters, etc. |
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IrateCitizen
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No, none of those politicians would win outside of a House race |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. We've been running "marginally" better candidates for years. |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You need to see the grays |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Grays? Right now all I'm seeing is Green. |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. No. |
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AmerDem
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Fri Dec-17-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
60. pure bs |
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KoKo
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Sat Dec-18-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
64. I agree with what you say Irate...can't add anything...well said..n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. He's a Republican with a (D) after his name. |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. So what? |
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IrateCitizen
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No, him as Senator will not destroy the party... |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Fair enough |
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IrateCitizen
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Agreed. And Daschle should point out the problems... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The same argument about "electability". |
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Gayla
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I like Harold Ford |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Welcome to DU from a fellow Alabamian |
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JI7
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Roy Moore is running for Governor ? |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. He hasn't announced yet |
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liberalpragmatist
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Fri Dec-17-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. I wonder if the Democrats Should Offer to Endorse Riley |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Riley won't leave the GOP |
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Gayla
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Thank you quaoar! |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I'm in the Sixth District |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. BTW |
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FrenchieCat
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't line up with some of his views.... |
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Catchawave
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'd like to see him run for Gov :) n/t |
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spanone
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. I like Ford but he is totally behind the Iraq war. |
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IrateCitizen
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. He's also never held a "real" job in his life... |
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AntiLempa
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Fri Dec-17-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. I share that concern |
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WI_DEM
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Pragnatism or principle? |
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FrenchieCat
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Fri Dec-17-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Again.... |
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Radical Activist
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. Supported Iraq War, conservative corporate sell-out |
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Geek_Girl
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. I thought the same thing until I actually listened to him |
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sampsonblk
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. Pragmatism is a worthless principle |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. (like yours, apparently) |
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sampsonblk
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Fri Dec-17-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. I apologize |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Fair enough. |
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FrenchieCat
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Fri Dec-17-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. See my opinion if you care to on that theory.... |
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sampsonblk
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Fri Dec-17-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. That's not the choice we're faced with |
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FrenchieCat
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Fri Dec-17-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I don't know Ford's |
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sampsonblk
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Fri Dec-17-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. He is well-liked on Fox |
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MISSDem
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Fri Dec-17-04 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. When did Harold Ford announce that he is running |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 02:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I found it here |
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MADem
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Fri Dec-17-04 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. He's just dancing with the ones what brung him...! |
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IrateCitizen
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Fri Dec-17-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. What brung him was his father... |
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MADem
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Fri Dec-17-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The voters brought him |
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IrateCitizen
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Fri Dec-17-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. His name got his foot in the door, that's true... |
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quaoar
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Fri Dec-17-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I can think of a few other people who held office |
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IrateCitizen
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Fri Dec-17-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I think that rarely is it a good thing... |
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deadparrot
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Fri Dec-17-04 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
55. Yep, baby steps. I am 100% for gay marriage, |
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ieoeja
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Fri Dec-17-04 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. We have a DINO here in Chicago too. |
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FrenchieCat
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Fri Dec-17-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I don't know if blaming Clinton |
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AmerDem
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Fri Dec-17-04 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
57. Ford is a good guy |
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tjdee
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Fri Dec-17-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. He's really cute. |
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Cha
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Fri Dec-17-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. I'll grant you..he is |
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Cats Against Frist
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Sat Dec-18-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. You stole my meaningful contribution |
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geniph
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Fri Dec-17-04 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. Ford came and spoke to our delegation at the Convention |
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Tinoire
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Sat Dec-18-04 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
66. "He speaks so well, he's so well spoken, he speaks so well." |
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Disturbed
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Sat Dec-18-04 07:44 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Thank you, Tinoire. |
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quaoar
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Sat Dec-18-04 07:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Greens are essentially irrelevant |
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Disturbed
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Sat Dec-18-04 07:53 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Thanks for the compliment. |
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quaoar
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Sat Dec-18-04 07:56 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. No, just an observation |
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Disturbed
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Sat Dec-18-04 08:04 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Fair reply. |
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