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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 2:27:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am all for getting everyone out to vote.  But it amazes me as to how being a great & electrifying speaker for the masses equates in people's minds with being a good leader.  Kind of reminds me of an old time snake oil salesman, but that is just me. 

I heard a true story recently of a man who became a doctor in the US in the 1800's.  He was a great speaker & had a way about him that made people believe in him & what he said.  He implanted goat testies into many men at quite a financial cost. It wasn't a transplant procedure as we think of it today.  He would just open their sacks & place the goat testes in it.  Men flocked to him & gladly laid out their money to him.   Unfortunately, while some lived, many of them died of complications caused from infections.  The man actually ran for the US Senate.

Either way, it is nice to see people caring enough to go out & vote this time around. 

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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 2:28:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have to admit if Hillary gets the nod Im going to have to vote for the other guy. I am to much on the fence between both parties on their issues I like and hate their stands on certain issues equally. I am registered as a republican but have voted the other side a couple of times. Obama gets the nod he gets my vote. Hillary gets the nod well I guess Im going to have to go the other way.

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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 2:43:27 AM   
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ORIGINAL: MissIsis

I am all for getting everyone out to vote.  But it amazes me as to how being a great & electrifying speaker for the masses equates in people's minds with being a good leader.  Kind of reminds me of an old time snake oil salesman, but that is just me. 

I heard a true story recently of a man who became a doctor in the US in the 1800's.  He was a great speaker & had a way about him that made people believe in him & what he said.  He implanted goat testies into many men at quite a financial cost. It wasn't a transplant procedure as we think of it today.  He would just open their sacks & place the goat testes in it.  Men flocked to him & gladly laid out their money to him.   Unfortunately, while some lived, many of them died of complications caused from infections.  The man actually ran for the US Senate.

Either way, it is nice to see people caring enough to go out & vote this time around. 



I agree, there seems to be a high degree of interest this election cycle.
 
Oh, and that gonad salesman, sounds like some of our politicos now

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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 2:44:57 AM   
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I have to admit if Hillary gets the nod Im going to have to vote for the other guy. I am to much on the fence between both parties on their issues I like and hate their stands on certain issues equally. I am registered as a republican but have voted the other side a couple of times. Obama gets the nod he gets my vote. Hillary gets the nod well I guess Im going to have to go the other way.


I'm a Dem that's voted Republican (and Libertarian, and Green) on occasion; I just want the best person to win.... and I wish I could fine one that I really believed in.

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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 2:49:11 AM   
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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 7:13:27 AM   
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ORIGINAL: MissIsis

I am all for getting everyone out to vote.  But it amazes me as to how being a great & electrifying speaker for the masses equates in people's minds with being a good leader.  Kind of reminds me of an old time snake oil salesman, but that is just me. 

I heard a true story recently of a man who became a doctor in the US in the 1800's.  He was a great speaker & had a way about him that made people believe in him & what he said.  He implanted goat testies into many men at quite a financial cost. It wasn't a transplant procedure as we think of it today.  He would just open their sacks & place the goat testes in it.  Men flocked to him & gladly laid out their money to him.   Unfortunately, while some lived, many of them died of complications caused from infections.  The man actually ran for the US Senate.

Either way, it is nice to see people caring enough to go out & vote this time around. 



I have been voting every year since I was 18.
I remember the first time I voted, I thought I am an adult!

If it takes getting someone "electrifying" to make people get out to vote, I say "So be it".
Maybe they will get the voting "bug", once you get used to voting, you
tend to want to do it, regardless.
 
I love to see more people voting, no matter what it takes.
I am on my way out to vote, now.


< Message edited by MzMia -- 2/12/2008 7:16:08 AM >

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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 4:24:52 PM   
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WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia primary Tuesday night and reached out for victories in nearby Maryland and the District of Columbia, determined to erode or even erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the Democratic presidential race.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080213/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp_40

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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 5:41:44 PM   
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Obama wins Virginia:

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WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia primary Tuesday night and reached out for victories in nearby Maryland and the District of Columbia, determined to erode or even erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the Democratic presidential race.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080213/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp_40


Yeahhhhhhhhh!
I wanted to update this, it looks like Obama, Obama, and Obama.
The people are certainly speaking, this really is a new day.
I am glad I am alive to see it.

**McCain won also I believe in all 3 states.**

< Message edited by MzMia -- 2/12/2008 5:44:35 PM >

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RE: Maryland, DC, Virginia primaries tomorrow - 2/12/2008 5:48:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's going to be an interesting election to be sure.   I was surprised to see Huckabee and McCain running so close together in VA.

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