U.S Presidential Primary Thread #2

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#141 May 06, 2008, 10:11:28 pm

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man I went to vote in NC primaries and I ended up voting for people who sent me things in the mail, people who I thought had FUNNY NAMES, and people I knew.

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#142 May 06, 2008, 10:23:42 pm

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Quote from: Magical Negro on May 06, 2008, 10:11:28 pm

man I went to vote in NC primaries and I ended up voting for people who sent me things in the mail, people who I thought had FUNNY NAMES, and people I knew.

I went in today and I skipped like half the sections(probably more). It told me that I skipped a bunch of shit but I just continued anyway.
Yeah I predict today is gonna be about even.

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#143 May 06, 2008, 10:36:20 pm

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what, in NC? I dunno I think it's pretty much OBAMA COUNTRY, just because we have such a huge black population and he's easily won their vote.

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#144 May 06, 2008, 10:42:16 pm

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200805050165.html

I am calling it right now - either Clinton or McCain or one of the two's affiliated attack groups are going to quote the 'we hold you in high regard' thing completely out of context and imply that violent African rebels love Obama.

also the story is pretty great if you disregard the potential for political slandering

That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.

We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.

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Ryan

#145 May 07, 2008, 01:00:02 am

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well guys, obama crushed hillary in NC. indiana is still up for grabs!

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#146 May 07, 2008, 01:33:37 am

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Clinton: 52%
Obama: 48%

Well shit I'm surprised. He might be able to pull this off. I thought things would come out even at the end of the day, but it doesn't look like that's the case now!

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#147 May 07, 2008, 01:47:29 am

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this difference.. please tell me it is small enough clinton gives up .. im fed up

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#148 May 07, 2008, 02:11:08 am

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Quote from: DJ Soup on May 07, 2008, 01:47:29 am

this difference.. please tell me it is small enough clinton gives up .. im fed up

Clinton won't give up. She still feels that she's entitled to the nomination and that Barack is just some upstart who'll go away soon enough.

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ase

#149 May 07, 2008, 03:52:28 am

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Oh fuck.

Indiana just changed to
51 % Clinton
49 % Obama
with 91% reporting. Most of the large urban Obama-territory counties are already 100% in, so I don't know how this happened!

edit: AHA! Lake county in northwestern Indiana just started to report back, with a huge Obama margin! This is great news for Obama fans!

Last Edit: May 07, 2008, 03:54:30 am by ASE

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Ryan

#150 May 07, 2008, 03:52:41 am

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51% Clinton
49% Obama

he just may win this, guys!

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#151 May 07, 2008, 03:58:27 am

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yeah this is pretty funny. there's only like 15,000 votes between them now in hilary's big state, so he's just crept up and up and taken any victory in this away from her, while getting a good win in north carolina. i mean, she's not gonna drop out or anything but it looks like we can pretty much rest at an obama candidacy now. i don't see super delegates going for hilary.

it would be so great if the last 9% turned this 50/50

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#152 May 07, 2008, 03:58:46 am

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if he keeps pushing at 75/25% in lake county it's over, he'll tip the scales by just enough

edit: yeah I just read a statement from sen. clinton touting this as a 'come-from-behind' victory

the spin on that made my fucking head hurt

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Ryan

#153 May 07, 2008, 04:16:24 am

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hillary clinton just cancelled all her morning television appearances! i don't know what this means, but its sure interesting

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#154 May 07, 2008, 04:16:58 am

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^^^frack you

douglas is saying that newspeople are calling obama the nominee now and that clinton canceled her talk show appearances.

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#155 May 07, 2008, 04:39:43 am

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ahahaha i am watching a CNN newscaster ask this Clinton supporter what she knows about how tight on cash the Clinton campaign is. it is the funniest thing because she didn't answer the question at all, she just said "closed the gap" about 18 times and repeatedly emphasized that Obama outspent her 3x in NC.

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Ryan

#156 May 07, 2008, 04:42:17 am

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i heard on msnbc that rumor has it clinton loaned her campaign more money.

also

i didn't hear this but

Quote from: daily kos

And Olbermann notes that the latest Clinton fundraising email doesn't have a money ask.

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#157 May 07, 2008, 05:09:52 am

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It's over. If this is true....oh man this is great.

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#158 May 07, 2008, 05:16:35 am

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Alright, well 99% of the votes in Indiana are in and Clinton is going to squeak by with her 51-49 "victory."

But yeah, I definitely agree with Russert - she has no honest explanations to give the superdelegates at this point in time.

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#159 May 07, 2008, 06:08:21 am

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kind of surprised this topic didn't see more activity seeing as how it pinned obama down as the nominee.

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#160 May 07, 2008, 06:13:04 am

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Quote from: Magical Negro on May 07, 2008, 06:08:21 am

kind of surprised this topic didn't see more activity seeing as how it pinned obama down as the nominee.

I'm glad he finally got media recognition for the fact that it's now virtually impossible for him to lose. We've all known for some time now that Clinton's chances have been almost impossibly small, but this last victory made it obvious for everybody.

Now that that's done with, what else is there left to say? It'll be exciting to see Clinton drop out, but after that it'll be boring for a while until November.

EDIT: it's kind of funny that Ron Paul, despite being the only republican still actively campaigning, cannot even get more votes than Mike Huckabee. (See http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#IN and http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NC.) I didn't even know they were still holding republican primaries.

Last Edit: May 07, 2008, 06:21:14 am by Dada

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