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Scott Richards
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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 6:50am | IP Logged | 1  

It just annoys me, because the statements they keep going after him with are penny-ante stuff.

And the sniper fire thing with Hillary isn't?

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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 6:59am | IP Logged | 2  

In many markets, the debate beat American Idol.

Which markets?

As for the networks, they have to spend money to get anything on the air.

Yes...and they get a far better return on things that are watched.
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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 7:13am | IP Logged | 3  

And the sniper fire thing with Hillary isn't?

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Nope.  It's a boldfaced lie and contradicts her argument that she has "experience".

A lot of the crap Obama has had to deal with is petty stuff and, in the grand scheme of things, matters very little as to whether he can lead this country or not.  Yeah, we can call into question some of his friendships of the past, but every President has had questionable friends or family.

Clinton, on the other hand, was using such scenarios as Bosnia as her proof of being able to come in and lead on "day one".  It's "proof" that went "poof" on her....

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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 7:14am | IP Logged | 4  

Yeah, we can call into question some of his friendships of the past, but every President has had questionable friends or family.

Isn't Bush tied to the bin Laden family?

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Isn't Bush tied to the bin Laden family?

I think the connection was the Bush family to the Saudi Royal family which in turn has ties with bin Laden's family.

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No need to cast so far afield for questionable connections with good ol'
Dubya. After all, isn't he friends with Cheney & Rove?
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The Bin Laden family is a huge family. Osama has more than 50 brothers and sisters and yes some of them are as evil as he is but most have disavowed him.

Check out his niece's website. I don't think Osama would approve of her.

http://www.wafahdufour.net/home.htm

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Obama fans may enjoy this.
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Tom French
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Posted: 22 April 2008 at 10:03am | IP Logged | 9  

Pandora's Box

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Scott Richards
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With Clinton winning in Pennsylvania by 10 percentage points, in my mind, it shows why she should be the candidate.

She wins the big, high electoral count, states.

In the primaries, the counts are apportioned to the candidates.  A 51% to 49% win in a state primary garners an almost equal number of delegates for both politicians.  That's not true in the general election.  A 51% to 49% win in a state general election gives 100% of the win in that state to the 51% guy.

Clinton has shown she can carry the states that are necessary for a Democratic win.  Obama has failed to do that.

If you took the primaries and gave all the delegates in the state to the candidate that won the primary, rather than apportioning them, you would get a very different picture than we have now.



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Luckily, it doesn't work that way. Obama is still going to win it. 
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Tom French
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Unfortunately, Scott, Pennsylvania isn't a "winner take all" state, meaning that delegates were split, bringing Obama that much closer to an insurmountable lead (most claim he already has that).  More, Obama is flush with money while Clinton is bordering on bankruptcy. 
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