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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:24 PM Original message |
It took one of the best Dem candidates ever to beat a so-so Repub |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. And he was a black guy named "Hussein." |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Correction -- It took THE best Dem. candidate ever. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No. |
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ROh70 (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Who's better, and why? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. FDR. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well, okay. FDR was pretty damn good, too. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. LBJ was really something and don't forget Bubba bounced an incumbent out who'd... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Robert Redford doesn't count. n/t |
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ROh70 (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Agreed. It's going to be another 40 years or so until we find the next BHO. |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah... never underestimate the stupidity of the American public... but enough stood up this time. |
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Dude_CalmDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Exactly. We need to now focus on fixing the problems in our media. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. It took a complete burnout of the financial system to tip it. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yes, Obama showed he was the adult in the room compared to McCain. nt |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. ...and he had to work twice as hard to get there. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yes, but the press really really liked him. The Wash Post and NYT columnists... |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. He won it by NOT playing by the same rule books as per past campaigns.. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's the power of a media conglomerated into right wing hands. |
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