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Old 02-27-2014, 04:31 PM
 
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Why?

I mean really Michelle Bachmann, Romney,Perry, Rand, and all those other idiots.

who is a "decent" candidate the republicans should "field"

name 2 liberals.. err i mean candidates you approve of
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Old 02-27-2014, 04:38 PM
 
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OP, You are a follower instead of questioning what Dems say. Of course democrats are going to make anyone who runs against them as evil. Did you think they were going to sing love songs about them?
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Old 02-27-2014, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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So long as the Republicans continue to play scared they will lose nearly every election.
LOL, you missed the last 2 House elections apparently and don't see the liberals quaking about losing the Senate in the next one.
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Old 02-27-2014, 05:08 PM
 
Location: A safe distance from San Francisco
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Why can't either party find decent candidates? The answer is quite simple. The people who become president are selected long before they run and they work for the top 1%, not the people. Things will never change if we just keep voting these politicians into office and keep playing a game that is not rigged in our favor.
Frustrating that I can't rep you again.

I can't remember ever seeing a post of yours that wasn't outstanding.
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Old 02-27-2014, 05:14 PM
 
Location: A safe distance from San Francisco
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So long as the Republicans continue to play scared they will lose nearly every election.
They are playing scared on the wrong issues.

When they start playing scared on the economic interests of average Americans, they will have a chance.
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Old 02-27-2014, 06:39 PM
 
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Because they can't please their base and moderates at the same time and Democrats can. Maybe when the Right gets its ideal true conservative candidate and they lose 45 states things will change as folks get the message, but in the interim I don't see it moving much.
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Old 02-27-2014, 08:04 PM
 
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Because in the GOP it is more important that a candidate they control be nominated as opposed to a candidate that can win.
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Old 02-27-2014, 08:20 PM
 
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Because the ones forwarding candidates judge them by how many people the Democrats tell them they offend, not by how many people actually support the candidate's positions.
The other point is why announce that you are running for President early? The DNC Machine will see if that person cheated on their 5th grade test. Don't worry as we get closer you may be surprised by who runs.

The Dem's and Hilary have not even official announce if Hilary is running or not? No Democrat's to date is going to put him or her self out there too early forth as the same reasons stated above.
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Old 02-27-2014, 08:53 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Kerry, Edwards, Dean, Biden or an unaccomplished senator like Obama, on the democrat side. Why do we get these people running for president?
Biden, a 35-year Senator, chairman of the Foreign Relations and Judiciary committees, is your idea of a response to Bachmann? Seriously?
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Old 02-27-2014, 09:54 PM
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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Why?

I mean really Michelle Bachmann, Romney,Perry, Rand, and all those other idiots.
Perry honestly isnt a bad candidate, he just sounds like an idiot when the cameras and a live audience are around

You ever watch him debate on CNN when it is just him and 4 other people in the room, he actually sounds like he knows what he is talking about
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