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On,= a side note, I wish someone would smack Obama upside the head and teach him how to play the expectations/spin game.  Idiot's running around saying it's going to be close in Penn, when only one poll -- a good one, granted, but still just one -- has him in the lead while others have him down 6-10 points.

I don't know why he does this, but Axelrod needs to straighten him out.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 11:13:10 AM EST
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well you have to play the game of getting those last few voters out, who might not bother if they don't think its close.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 11:18:00 AM EST
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Yes, but the smart thing to do then is to say, "Well, we were down twenty just a couple weeks ago, and I think it could be close if we do a good-enough job of getting our folks to the polls."  I think he's being honest, which is a really dumb habit to have on this sort of thing.  His people are going to show up no matter what.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 11:22:10 AM EST
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Starting out wanting a politician to lie to you is not a good step.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 11:30:03 AM EST
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True, but it's an expected, and inconsequential on important things, kind of lie.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 11:37:29 AM EST
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You don't think there are any votes in honesty?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 11:43:52 AM EST
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No, I do.  I'm just saying, they always get their butts handed to them in the spin game.  And, granted, eventually the message gets out that the spin was silly and all that once we see the delegate counts, but this sort of thing can be important in general elections, when you need to feed a narrative about the other side.  As it is, this primary is something of a "momentumless" one, so it's of little consequence.  I'm just sayin'.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 11:54:48 AM EST
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Drew J Jones:
they always get their butts handed to them in the spin game.  

So don't spin.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 12:59:33 PM EST
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