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KansasVoter
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:54 PM Original message |
Face it....MA DID NOT vote for Brown because Obama is not Liberal enough!!!! |
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Clio the Leo
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Exactly. NT |
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CTLawGuy
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. we lost |
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GMA
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, you are in so much trouble now. |
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HughMoran
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Tue Jan-19-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. :o) |
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DJ13
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. So you're saying MA isnt liberal? |
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KansasVoter
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Remember Romney? |
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quiller4
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Wed Jan-20-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
41. Not particularly outside of major cities. Look at opinion surveys. |
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WeDidIt
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yep, MA has guaranteed this country just took a right turn |
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krabigirl
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Hmm...not sure. I feel the same way about CA (prop 8 anyone), but look at Iowa. |
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panader0
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. So they did vote for Brown because Obama is liberal enough? |
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gravity
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. The GOP was better organized and ran a better campaign |
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thatsrightimirish
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. what has Obama done that is too liberal? |
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sandnsea
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I disagree with the OP - but... |
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TankLV
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Wed Jan-20-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Not to mention all the "bipartisanship" crap jammed down our throats... |
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GOTV
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Tue Jan-19-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. If he won because liberal voters stayed home then that IS what it means. |
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PolNewf
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. High turnout n/t |
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kenny blankenship
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Doesn't mean that Democrats voted for the Democrat. |
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SemiCharmedQuark
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. So liberals voted for the Republican? They didn't vote for the libertarian. |
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GOTV
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Possibly not among all demographics |
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quiller4
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Tue Jan-19-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. I don't think liberals stayed home. Coakley got the liberal vote. |
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treestar
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. +1000 |
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golfguru
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. My take on why Scott Brown won |
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CitizenLeft
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. 2012 - I had forgotten that he has to run again in 2 years. |
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demwing
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. The message is clear, to those who can hear |
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PolNewf
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. So delusional n/t |
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demwing
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Wed Jan-20-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
50. Yeah, well, your argument is nonexistent, let alone invalid. |
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TankLV
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Wed Jan-20-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
54. Exactly!!! |
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Overseas
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. YES THEY DID. They were angry at Dems for kissing GOP ass so much. |
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SemiCharmedQuark
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. So they hated the Dems so much for kissing GOP ass, they voted for the GOP? |
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FVZA_Colonel
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I don't understand this line of "logic." |
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SemiCharmedQuark
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It's not logic, it's wishful thinking. |
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Overseas
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Wed Jan-20-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. That's not logical. Look what grovelling for one republican vote got them so far. |
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FVZA_Colonel
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Wed Jan-20-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And the idea that, out of dissatisfaction with Democratic conservativism, people would elect someone |
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Overseas
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Wed Jan-20-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Not logical as I said. Stupid way to protest. Shooting themselves in the foot. |
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FVZA_Colonel
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Wed Jan-20-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. I'm sorry, it was late and I may have misread parts of your post. |
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GOTV
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Tue Jan-19-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. They might have stayed home. If the bus isn't going your way ... |
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Overseas
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Wed Jan-20-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. They may have been That Angry. //nt |
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enfield collector
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. well we're still ocupying iraq, afganistan and we're still torturing people |
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ShortnFiery
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. We need to be LESS CORPORATE. We need to Stand for "The People." eom |
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frazzled
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. And the remedy to that is to elect Republicans? |
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SemiCharmedQuark
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. *cough* |
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OnyxCollie
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Tue Jan-19-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. In 2008, people wanted change and elected Democrats. |
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Overseas
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Wed Jan-20-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Sadly, it is no remedy. It is a really sad consequence of their anger and disappointment. |
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Clear Blue Sky
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bingo! |
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ibegurpard
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Move to the center? |
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Clear Blue Sky
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Tue Jan-19-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. It's all relative. |
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HughMoran
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Tue Jan-19-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. ...neither does unreccing your thread when you're clearly right |
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marlakay
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Tue Jan-19-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. I heard it was infighting between dems in MA |
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quiller4
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Wed Jan-20-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. The mayor of Boston campaigned for her more than she campaigned for herself! |
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quiller4
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Tue Jan-19-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Ds I phoned who were not voting for Coakley were protesting |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Tue Jan-19-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Populism. Populism. POPULISM. pop-ulism. popUlism. |
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goodgd_yall
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Wed Jan-20-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I do think that's what's missing |
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inthebrain
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Wed Jan-20-10 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
48. You keep that up |
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HughMoran
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Wed Jan-20-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Completely wrong |
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DrToast
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Wed Jan-20-10 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
49. It's very simple |
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ShortnFiery
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Wed Jan-20-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
52. Brown played down his GOP cred. and ran as "an independent." eom |
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RBInMaine
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Wed Jan-20-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
55. Coakley ran a very shitty campaign. End of story. |
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niceypoo
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Wed Jan-20-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. They voted in a conservative because the Dem wasn't liberal enough? |
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Jersey Devil
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Wed Jan-20-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
57. It wasn't about ideology - It was about action |
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LaydeeBug
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Wed Jan-20-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
59. bullshit. We gave them a choice between a repig and a wannabe repig, and THAT is why we lost. nt |
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TheKentuckian
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Wed Jan-20-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
60. In a two party system non-partisans have only one option to express displeasure for whatever reason |
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