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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:40 PM Original message |
Why did the Repubs choose Bush over McCain in 2000? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because I think McCain would have been less likely to allow |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. bingo! |
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hadrons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Dumbya was the 'establishment' candidate ..... |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. McCain is too unpredictable and can't be controlled by |
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olddem43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Well, at least since the Keating deal. n/t |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. dirty tricks |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. McCain's candidacy was destroyed in S.C. by dirty tricks... |
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Killarney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. McCain is too moderate for them. They call him a RINO. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:49 PM Original message |
* is an empty vessel |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because they tend to lean toward the idiot side of the spectrum |
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hippiegranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. because of PNAC |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because McCain was a maverick and the powers to be in the GOP |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That and the money |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. You are all wrong |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Also, I think somehow * managed to get the word out to the fundies |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Here's how the founder of Carlyle explains it: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. bush had the christian coalition |
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