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PondoNavyNuke Donating Member (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:48 PM
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Was Oprah responsible for the results in SC?
Edited on Sat Jan-26-08 11:48 PM by PondoNavyNuke
Maybe it wasn't the candidates themselves but Oprah who cause such a high turnout?
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:49 PM
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1. I doubt it.
She may have had some effect, but I would venture to say that it was more an Obama effect, than an Oprah effect.

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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:10 AM
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33. This person is no longer with us.
Such a short stay. :hi:
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:49 PM
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2. No.
Apparently Obama had the best organization on the ground in SC that anyone had seen.
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SayitAintSo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:55 PM
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11. He absolutly did...never seen anything like it....
VERY organized. Many volunteers from out of state came in to work the primary.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:51 PM
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3. I'll be soooo glad when my ignore button is restored to me....
till it ain't even funny!



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CatnHat Donating Member (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:55 PM
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9. Are you actually
comparing Clinton to Bush? That's really funny. What's is the attraction with Obama anyway. His policies are more or less aligned with Clinton, He is running as a "democrat" right?
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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:10 AM
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32. Don't worry. Looks like navynuke has been nuked himself.
:nuke:

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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:53 PM
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4. Ha Ha, you're dead.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:59 PM
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17. and they dont know it
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swoop Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:05 AM
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23. For asking that silly little question he got nuked?
wow
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:06 AM
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24. Maybe you can make an appeal to the Admins on his behalf?
It might work.
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swoop Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:34 AM
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35. I only have 74 posts.
Why would the admin. listen to me?
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:38 AM
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36. It can only help, no?
What's the worst that could happen? They don't listen?
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:53 PM
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5. WTF?
:eyes:
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SayitAintSo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:53 PM
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6. No - Iowa did it - I'm from SC - Many blacks shifted to BO from Hil
When they realized the possibilities. The race/anger thing just kept folks motivated to turn out as well as shifting some fence sitters to BO. IMHO
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:54 PM
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7. I was soaring ever higher / but I flew too high.
Edited on Sat Jan-26-08 11:54 PM by Occam Bandage
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:54 PM
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8. Oprah's audience is mainly old white ladies...
A demographic Obama did NOT pull alot of votes from in SC, so no, she did not have an effect on the vote in SC.
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LowerManhattanite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:55 PM
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10. Turn Out The Lights...
The Disruptor's overrrrrrrrr! :)
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dailykoff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:55 PM
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12. Mistah Troll, he dead.
:hi:
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Tulkas Donating Member (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:56 PM
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13. Bill Clinton Was.. stop trying to blame it on Black People, even a specific one
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:56 PM
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14. Maybe McClurkin emceeing the SC event let all those Repubs know their interests would be protected
in Obama's "bipartisan" America.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:57 PM
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15. Actually I heard Oprah owns the voting machines that were used /nt
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angie_love Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:58 PM
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16. later!
bye troll!
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:00 AM
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19. For gosh sakes, I was making a joke. If you look at any of my posts
Edited on Sun Jan-27-08 12:00 AM by still_one
you will see my bias goes toward Obama


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angie_love Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:08 AM
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29. Not you still_one.
Talking to the OP not you Still_one. He is the troll you are not.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:12 AM
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34. sorry /nt
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-26-08 11:59 PM
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18. I think everything plays a part. Look at how the media plays a part.....
.... did it not shut Kucinich out with no regard for voters? Everything plays a part... sadly.
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BenDavid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:01 AM
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20. Nope, the mediawhores that blew this state up so big that obama
Edited on Sun Jan-27-08 12:03 AM by BenDavid
had to win big and how was he to do this. Play the race card and then blame the clintons and as bill said the media will take anything from the obama camp and run with it and believe it to be true...So the mediawhores ran with it and they pounded and pounded the clintons and even getting so close to calling them bigots and racists....

whereas the black community in south carolina never got to hear the truth about what was happening from folks like John lewis and many other powerful people in the black community. It was the mediawhores that invented this and I tip my hat to them cause they sure helped obama win....and this will be the last state these mediawhores sombitches will be able to influence the outcome of in a state election,.....

and I will not go into detail about this bogus ass poll that said oabma would only get 10% of the white vote....anyone that follows poltics would know that was one bogus ass poll that was thrown out there so that when obama recieved a larger percent these same mediawhores could run with it by saying obama receives a great percent of the white vote in south carolina instead of blacks turn out large vote for obama....

so you obama folks enjoy tonight and sunday and monday cause come tuesday you are going to get a lil taste of what it will be like on 2/5 when HRC just about runs the states on you.
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swoop Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:03 AM
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21. No!
Nobody is thinking about Oprah.
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:04 AM
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22. Wow, this guy gets tombstoned for this?
Holy shit.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:07 AM
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25. Maybe you can make an appeal to the Admins on his behalf?
It might work.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:07 AM
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26. this was his 2nd or 3rd flamebaiter
a pattern and only 20 posts
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:08 AM
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30. I checked his past posts and I didn't see anything like that.
Which posts are you talking about? I sure didn't see any.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:09 AM
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31. I think it was a fair question, since Iowa and SC are the states that
Oprah campaigned in. And I'm an Obama/Clinton supporter but I have no problem responding to a reasonable question.
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creeksneakers2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 01:07 AM
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37. It was an interesting topic
A little far fetched but it got plenty of serious responses.
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RoveRage Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:07 AM
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27. No, I give credit to Billy Clinton.
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-27-08 12:08 AM
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28. Not at all. Hillary and Bill were responsible.
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