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RiffRandell

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21. Look, I don't want to hijack the thread but a couple things.
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 06:31 PM
Nov 2013

I agree that Gore was too soft and the media annihilated him and he let them (he invented the internet) but in 2008 and 2012 Republicans were so against Obama here...after his first election when he gave the speech on education my son's school were getting so many calls about it a letter was sent home saying you could pull your kid out.

I asked my son and he said half the kids in his class were pulled out by their parents; most of whom lived in the gated golf course community around the corner.

In 2004 Rove pulled the terrorism card and people fell for that BS...I believe Ohio was rigged...the Swiftboating...and Kerry did screw himself with the Iraq war vote.

I was 22 when Bill was first elected and campaigned for him...met him and shook his hand. I grew up with Dem Reagan-hating parents.

I know some people think he's Republican-lite, but I loved him. If you want to fight/discuss feel free to pm me. I grew up in New England and now live in a very red state and it's depressing. We have friends here that loved Clinton and thanks to RW radio are now hardcore RW. Perhaps I am coming across too negatively...my apologies as I know I have become very jaded. I miss New England so much.

ETA: If Hillary is the nominee I will definitely vote for her...and I wouldn't be holding my nose. I'm not a third party voter even in a red state. I remember reading a post on a now-defunct left site in 2012 that said vote 3rd party (against Obama) if you live in a safe state. That poster is alive and well here.

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Only on DU do you see this Major Nikon Nov 2013 #1
I expect that from people who don't care about Democratic Party politics. nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #2
It's the mens group's fault Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #3
If I didn't know better... Bonobo Nov 2013 #4
Of course they're upset.. Upton Nov 2013 #5
Less? There is never LESS. nt Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #20
Results of your Jury Service LittleBlue Nov 2013 #6
Thanks for the info Major Nikon Nov 2013 #7
Oh ffs. HappyMe Nov 2013 #8
I think it's coming from people who don't much care about party politics ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #9
I think it's as you said. HappyMe Nov 2013 #10
And mind you, I'm not pushing for Warren to run ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #11
As far as I'm concerned, Clinton isn't all that electable. HappyMe Nov 2013 #12
For better or for worse, running is encoded into the Clinton DNA. I would be shocked if she didn't. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #13
I don't know. To me, the ability to fling an insult, HappyMe Nov 2013 #14
If Bill's recent potshot at the ACA and Obama is the sort of "triangulation" we can expect from Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #15
Yeah, that really pissed me off too. nt RiffRandell Nov 2013 #19
I honestly wish she wouldn't. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #16
But Bill Clinton would have easily been re-elected if he could have run again ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #17
Living here is a different story, and has made me extremely pessimistic RiffRandell Nov 2013 #18
Look, I don't want to hijack the thread but a couple things. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #21
No worries ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #22
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