joebear29
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Alabaster, AL | reply to morbo
Re: ashcroft doing something useful??
He did not lose the governor's race to a dead man. Check your facts. |
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morbo
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| said by joebear29  :
He did not lose the governor's race to a dead man. Check your facts.
that's correct. however, he still lost to a dead man.
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woody7
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Senate, Govenor whatever the point is.....he still lost to a dead man...
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cevans59
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said by morbo :
that's correct. however, he still lost to a dead man.
Right he lost to Mel Carnahan in the race for the senate even though Carnahan died in a plane crash weeks before the election.
Which shows that people in his home state preferred a corpse to Ashcroft. (Ok not really) |
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Gwailo
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Does this forum always have to turn most anything involving our government into a political flap?
What about the news event that happened?
It would probably be good for all concerned who have political comments to go over to Swift Boat Vets or Move On Org and post them there instead of here.
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morbo
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clubs: | my point: ashcroft is doing something useful with the spam fighting. unusual! |
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joebear29
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I've always found the dead man thing to be a rather cheap shot at Ashcroft. True, the guy whose name was on the ballet was dead, but it was made clear his widow would be appointed if he won the race, so everyone who voted was really voting for his widow, not for the dead guy.
Don't get me wrong, I don't care for Ashcroft, but there are so many substantive ways to attack him that the whole "dead man" thing seems petty. |
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starstuff
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said by joebear29 :
He did not lose the governor's race to a dead man. Check your facts.
LOL.
This comment raises the term spinmeister to a new level...
»www.thefreedictionary.com/spinmeister |
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joebear29
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1 edit | said by starstuff :
said by joebear29 :
He did not lose the governor's race to a dead man. Check your facts.
LOL.
This comment raises the term spinmeister to a new level...
»www.thefreedictionary.com/spinmeister
How so? Where did I attempt to show a favorable interpretation of the facts to represent Ashcoft (who I dislike anyways) in a positive light?
You can call it nickpicking, but I was not spinning anything. |
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LegoPower77
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Well it was obviously a sympathy vote as Jeane Carnahan only served 2 years and was voted out the next election cycle. Plus Ashcroft pretty much had to suspend campaigning for decorum. This criticism is totally invalid.
While we're on the subject of Ashcroft, I am struck by the irony of many a anti-PATRIOT act thread juxtaposed with many anti-spammer threads where it seems the majority are all for Eeevil Ashcroft going after "free speech."
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antiphishing
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The Ashcoft way ! |
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