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if she get's indited on trooper gate or if there is a "smoking gun" a brush with 'breast cancer" would be a good reason to step down and let McCain go with whoever is polling best for him at that time ![]() |
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Hey, I have a question.
__________________Why is New Hampshire different from the rest of New England, politically? The rest of New England is very liberal, but New Hampshire appears to be cut down the middle. The Obama/Biden ticket currently has a 15 point lead in Maine, a 34 point lead in Vermont, a 12.6 point lead in Massachusetts, an 18.6 point lead in Connecticut, a 24.3 point lead in Rhode Island, a 16 point lead in New York, and a 10.7 point lead in New Jersey. Sheer dominance in that region. But in New Hampshire? The Obama/Biden ticket has a 0.3 point lead. A fraction of a point. What makes New Hampshire so close, in the middle of region that the Obama/Biden ticket is dominating in? |
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that is a pretty good question younger poster, replied older (deep) poster New Hampshire GOP have always been moderates one could also ask why is Florida always so close, Clinton won in 92 and 96 when all the states around them and solid GOP ? What makes Florida so close, in the middle of region that the McCain is dominating in? |
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New Hampshire makes less sense to me. |
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And they have a history of voting for the Republicans because the GOP has an archaic and stupid Cuban foreign policy that everyone else in the free world abandoned decades ago. |
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phanan as I recall is from NH, he could probably give the best answer if he sees this.
![]() As we've discussed in here before, FL is quite different culturally and socioeconomically from the rest of the South, especially southern FL. |
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But New Hampshire's difference isn't as obvious. |
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NH is the only Kerry state that looks iffy for Obama.
It will be interesting to see how things shake out over there. |
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i am incredibly disappointed that deep is rumormongering in here. it's sad and pathetic and it's made me switch my vote from Obama to McCain. now i'm never coming back to FYM again because of this shameless rumormongering. |
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not so much moderate as more FOAD types. New Hampshire GOPers tend to be more like people from the big, square big sky states out West. there's no sales tax in NH (which is why everyone buys their booze there). the state motto is "Live Free or Die." essentially, all the pot-smoking hippie elitists live in VT and the gun-toting aggressive leave-me-lone types live in NH. there's also a virtual lack of any urban areas. even though VT and ME are rural, they have educated urban-ish areas (Burlington, Portland). also, many, many New Yorkers and Bostonians have 2nd homes in Vermont, which has a better vacation infrastructure than does NH, and many eventually move there permanently (they're known as "flatlanders"). NH is starting to change as the Boston suburbs spread further and further north, but |
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I've worked with and without teleprompters before. Here's the thing about teleprompters: they establish a completely different rhythm than speaking from the heart or from something even memorized. Probably the single most difficult thing I have done in public speaking, in fact, was having to adjust when a teleprompter gave out (other than having a small child bite me on the leg while announcing a baseball game) doing a sports report. I was merely trying to use the teleprompter to remind me of the direction I was to speak in, and was going to ad lib for the most part. But then it gave out and started printing random computer code, and I was completely thrown for a loop. It's shocking how much of a difference it makes, and I would have thought it much easier than it was until I actually did it.
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Fight the smears
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How is it that you can be so quick to switch your vote? I mean, I assume that you were supporting the policies of Obama/Biden - how can you so quickly go from those policies to the policies of McCain/Palin?
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He has zero tolerance for rumormongering, what can I say?
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Sorry Wanderer, but that article is scaremongering nonsense and it doesn't do you a heck of a lot of credit that you posted it, frankly.
__________________What precisely is wrong with 'social entrepeneurship' and working in the community? Is the writer saying that that work in the community is less valid and less 'American', than, for example, working for an investment bank, or conquering Iraqis? I'm starting to think, personally, that there's a certain amount of truth in the leftwing anti-globalist position that large corporations - with the help of their paid sponsors in the media - ARE fucking up the world. And you know what? Capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy and male-dominated privilege SHOULD be criticized, or at least held up for scrutiny. (Don't get me wrong, feminism should be held up for scrutiny also, on occasion.) I seem to be shifting to a more left wing position on globalism and related matters, whilst adopting a moderate conservative position on social issues. |
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