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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 05:53 PM
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Didnt see one of these coming.....
Obama team weighs Nunn, Edwards as running mates


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_el_pr/obama_veepstakes

I think Nunn would be a terrible choice, but what the hell do I know.


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Mike Nelson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 05:55 PM
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1. i don't expect him to pick Edwards...
Nunn might get his some votes; although, Clark or Webb would be better at the same crowd.
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Mike Nelson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 05:55 PM
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2. i don't expect him to pick Edwards...
Nunn might get his some votes; although, Clark or Webb would be better at the same crowd.
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 05:55 PM
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3. God. What are they thinking?
NO NUNN
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 05:59 PM
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5. I seriously doubt Nunn is anything more than an early name
to keep the attention.
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 05:58 PM
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4. Edwards won't accept--he's made that clear. So that leaves....
Nunn. I don't think he would make a good VP for Obama.

I suspect this is the first of many such articles mentioning two or three possibilities. I believe, if I read Obama correctly, he does not want anyone to find out ahead of time who is his VP choice, and may be casting a few red herrings for the MSM to chew on, to keep them occupied and confused.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 06:00 PM
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7. Edwards changed his tune a little. He said, last week, IIRC,
that he would accept if asked.
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griffi94 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 05:59 PM
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6. watching charlie rose last night
charlies guest was ralph reed.
reed was saying obama should choose nunn or webb, or any good southern conservative democrat.
it's hard for me to be objective, given that i really dislike reed, but there is some logic in his statement if obama wants to be competative in southern states.
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 06:06 PM
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9. May I respectfully disagree....
In my opinion, and thats all its worth, BO does NOT need a conservative to win the South. I live here, as far south as you can go in Alabama, and no one but the bigots are voting for McSame. And nothing will change their minds.

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griffi94 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 07:00 PM
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11. i'm with you
i was just stating what i had heard on teevee last night.
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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 06:05 PM
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8. Damn. I'm hoping Barr picks him so it's "Barr-Nunn"
:rofl:
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 06:08 PM
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10. Some people who are supposedly "on" the list are there as a
courtesy as much as anything. Take Nunn, for example. If Obama were to consider a southerner with strong nat'l security credentials, Nunn is an obvious name that would pop up. And for obvious reasons, it is one that will probably be crossed off pretty soon, too. But out of respect for the man, he has to at least be floated out there. Also, out of respect for the state...

Little things like that do not go unnoticed, especially in the south. We also have to face the fact that democrats are pretty conservative down there.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 07:00 PM
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12. Nunn is an awful choice.
:puke:
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Kceres Donating Member (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 07:37 PM
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13. Thought Nunn was anti-choice?
Maybe I'm wrong.
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 08:12 PM
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14. Nothing says "change" like a crusty bigot.
Edited on Thu Jun-19-08 08:12 PM by SemiCharmedQuark
Boo to Nunn.
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davidpdx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 08:37 PM
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15. I don't think Nunn's name on the list means much
he's too old (almost as old as McCain) and entirely too conservative. Clearly there are other names on the list besides Nunn and Edwards, people were just confirming that these two were on the list, not that they were the only ones.
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