Thursday, February 21, 2008
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Obama: $60M in February?
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Posted by:
Patrick Ruffini at
5:23 PM
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According to my initial projections off this crowdsourced spreadsheet of Obama donations I set up after the Wisconsin victory, Obama has already raised at least $45 million for February and is on track to raise $60 million for the month. A source who tracks Obama’s public donation number like a hawk tells me that Obama had tallied about 256,000 donors for the year as of the end of January. Those donors produced $36 million in receipts, for an average contribution of $140. Obama’s public donor count stands at 583,525, meaning about 327,000 people donated in February. With the same average, that would give Obama just over $46 million in 21 days. This is in line with the expectations game they are playing. The campaign says they will raise at least $36 million in February. You can bet that they wouldn’t say that if they hadn’t already passed the mark, plus a decent sized buffer. Their lowered expectations call for them to beat January’s total, when they will in fact blow them out. A couple of notes. First, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the $140 average go up this month. People give more as the stakes go up. I’m sure he is also getting some “frontrunner” money he wasn’t getting before. I wouldn’t be surprised if the total would up being $70 million. Also, thanks to an interesting quirk in the way the Obama website publicly records donations — batch uploading donations from made from the email fundraising link at once — it’s possible to separate out donations made from email from those that organically come in on the Web site. Both e-mails I tracked seemed to generate about 36,000 contributions, or somewhere between $3.5 and $4 million. So, even without any momentum-generating primary victories (in fact, there are none left this month), all the Obama campaign would need to do is send 3 or 4 more emails to their list to reach $60 million. Adjust your March 1 David Plouffe conference call expectations accordingly.
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...that McCain wants Obama to agree to public financing. |
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On a related note, who is going to contribute to McCain? Sadly, not many I suspect.
Speaking of McCain, Michael Kinsley (self-affirmed Democrat and ranting liberal, nope, no media bias there) in Time magazine this week slobbers all over John McCain. Didn't he get the MSM memo that McCain has the nomination in hand as they planned and that they can now cease the lovefest and start attacking him?
Anywho, Kinsley goes on and on about how great McCain is, and how is it that the Republicans can by dumb enough to nominate someone so beloved by liberals?
Yes, Mr. Kinsley, many of us Republicans are scratching our heads wondering the same thing...
Your eternal quest for the presidency will doom us in 2008, Mr. McCain. Here's hoping the 4-year Obama presidency will be as quick and painless as possible. May 2012 come quickly. |
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The illegal aliens and their employers will contribute enough to make McCain competitive. Ha Ha Ha Ha |
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You haven't addressed the real McCain story, which is huge, Hugh. How come? |
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Have already donated, and will probably do so again in the future. I'll be doing my part in this to help keep America safe and socialism out of the picture. I'm confident many will be doing the same thing. |
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to tell us that McCain is the most electable?
And that Obama has no chance against such a strong candidate "conservative" like McCain?
Go DNC Joe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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It's astonishing is it not that the economy is all but in the toilet, according to the MSM and purported experts, and yet we have all these Obama worshippers, rich and poor alike, pouring millions into his campaign. Where does all this money come from? |
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It comes from the $800 stimulus check we are getting. Thank you W! |
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This is a good question. One has to wonder how in the world regular Americans have an extra $130 to spare after paying their mortgage whose interest rate and payment just drastically increased; whose for-profit health insurance premium that has more than doubled since 2001; the medical bills their insurance provider refused to cover; their car payment, or really any purchase considering the decline of the value of our dollar in the last 7 years.
Perhaps these fine folks decided to use a portion of one of their bill payments, knowing that they would intentionally be delinquent. Maybe they figured they could make better use out of money that was already spent, perhaps altering the playing field, so they have no need for debt in the first place.
I don't believe the window dressing X-Box checks have hit the mail yet, but Wanba has a great idea for when they do. Odds are, this money is already spent too. At least it will help corporations collect on a bill payment or two.
This should temporarily increase corporate profits and their respective stock values and ultimately the Dow for a little bit. If we are lucky, until November.
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much is probably coming from all those poor disenfranchised electorate that keep their money is a "shu" box in the back yard. based on the economic outlook for many, that is the only place they could have gotten the money.
yes, I went on line and donated $50 ten times using different names and addresses. I just used an old phone book and picked one name from each page. |
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Obvious
Obama's hope is gambling
"change" is what we will have left after he
fleeces us for all of his new welfare program
Obvious;
Obama and Hillary want to move 300 million citizens from WORK TO WELFARE |
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Well,
I was going to stay home, HOWEVER
the NYT (democrats) McCain slander scam
will bring me back to the voting booth
and holding my nose, I will now vote for McCain |
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10 million new voters - even five million - will "change" everything.
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you all should read this and send it around to your friends and neighbors
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18647 |
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The lowest denominator of all media, is rediculous, and uttlerly absurd. |
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Thank you Gramps McCain for creating the system that is guaranteed to keep republicans the minority party for at least as long as you hold office.
GRAMPS' intellect doesn't let him think one step ahead and look at unintended consequences (or maybe, not putting anything past Gramps' staff, this was the outcome they wanted) of legislation. Gramps sponsored the union fundraising model, and thanks to Gramps, some of the political pie he created is mpw going down his hole.
None of my $ is going anywhere near GRAMPS and the RNC this year. Local races only will get my $.
McCain/Feingold = "President Obama" and republicans are the minority party para siempre
Thank GRAMPS McCain!!!! And my grandchildren thank you for your tipping point assistance in destroying the Greatest expirement humanity has tried.
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"Where is DNC Joe? to tell us that McCain is the most electable?"
Good question. Isn't it odd that "Joe" used to own every other comment on a thread, yet now rarely makes an appearance?
Curiouser and curiouser. |
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Since I'm not irrationally afraid of losing the victory in Iraq or the impact of two or three lefties replacing two or three lefties on the Supreme Court, I'm going to enjoy watching Obama make McCain finally have to face a sad reality: John McCain's arrogance cost him the White House. Specifically, the ugly side of McCain that was directed toward Romney, Bush, and many others will cost McCain what he's always dreamt of. John Kerry will most likely never grasp that about his run in 2004, but I think McCain will understand it on some level about his run in 2008, and he won't like it. Nor should he.
Again, since I know America is great country, too great to fall to the forces of socialism or multiculturalism even with President Obama and horrible healthcare programs for a period, watching McCain lose will be satisfying. Few men have deserved to lose the Presidency more than John Sydney McCain.
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liberal judges, over the last several years they have declared that money is speech, corporations are a person, the first obligation of a corporation is to maximize profits regardless of how much this hurts America. If a corporation decides to defraud you out of your 401K retirement, you have no right to sue them. If the FDA approves a corporation's deadly medical device, your state has no right to sue the corporation.
They wanted nothing to do a case that involved the 4th amendment, but were glad to hear Anna Nicole Smith's gold-digging case. I guess you need to set priorities.
I don't know if average Americans can handle the Supreme Court becoming more liberal. |
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Gee all the dough that the Messiah has raised could now be given to all those unproductive people in the Dem Party to make sure they pull the lever for the Empty Suit. After adding up his billions in new taxes, in new government liberal fascist programs, one wonders whether he will have to print even more money to keep up with the socialist giveaways to buy even more voters for 2012. So as Dem and Pub billionaires are taxed out of their gourds, to keep the radical gangsters happy, by 2012, there will be few businesses able to hire all those retrained workers that Obama promises. Yep, tax our free enterprise system out of existance and we will have a Euro socialist pacifist state which the leftist elites have always dreamed and dreamed and............ I do have one question for the stat collectors. How will the so called Reagan Democrats vote? After all, they used to believe in capitalism, a strong military, and government told to keep out of our lives when we don't need them. Just how will they vote? For the Messiah or the Curmudgeon? |
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And while he collects all of that dough, ponder this. Which of the following statements are we prepared to forgive (and why):
"For the first time in my life I am proud of my
1. Race
2. Religion
3. Family
4. Husband
5. Country"
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A charmer, with no substance.
With FDR, policies and JFK, charm. |
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There's a good possibility of that:
Mosk, Matthew and Glenn Kessler. 22 February 2008. "FEC Warns McCain on Campaign Spending" _Washington Post_
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/0 2/21/AR2008022103141.html?hpid=topnews
The prospect of being financially hamstrung by the very fundraising system he helped create is the latest in a series of bitter challenges for the presumed GOP nominee....
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By signing up for matching money, McCain agreed to adhere to strict state-by-state spending limits and an overall limit on spending of $54 million for the primary season, which lasts until the party's nominating convention in September [it's on 1-4 September].
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If the FEC refuses McCain's request to leave the system, his campaign could be bound by a potentially debilitating spending limit until he formally accepts his party's nomination. His campaign has already spent $49 million, federal reports show. Knowingly violating the spending limit is a criminal offense that could put McCain at risk of stiff fines and up to five years in prison.
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... posted something that does not bash gays and Mitt Romney and actually applies to the topic of discussion.
I am amazed. Yes, Virginia, there really is a heretical pseudo-atheistic God! |
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Synth, Mitt Romney and gays should be the least of your worries. Especially if you are a Huck supporter. I just don't get the stalking-like obsession. |
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Bill and Hillary in the Supreme Court.
Sleep well, America.
Especially YOU SYNTH!, All happy Now? |
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It's just odd that you still spend the bulk of your time on Romney, who is out of the race. If you really support Huck, why aren't you extolling his virtues or attacking McCain? You should be worried about Huck's rapidly fading campaign. Seems a bit obsessive, does it not? |
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Read my post very carefully:
Obama President;
Bill, Hillary Clinton, and Ted Kennedy in the Supreme Court.
This is a done deal.
THIS IS YOUR REAL MISSION ON THIS BLOG, CONSIDER ACCOMPLISHED! well done. |
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I hope Obama put McCain's piIss-poor political career to an end.
CONSERVATIVES FOR OBAMA! |
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I have thought about this long and hard, and my conciseness will not let me vote for Obama. There's no doubt that he is very charismatic, but when you peel away all that feel-good hope speech, he's just another liberal dimowit. He wants to snatch our troops in Iraq from the jaws of victory. He wants to raise our taxes. He wants to expand government and the influence that it has in our lives. An Obama administration would be a disaster for this country and I will not have that on my hands by casting a vote for him. The only thing he has going for him is that he is not Hillary.
With that said, I am in no way advocating voting for Juan McNasty!!! I think conservatives should all decide on a 3rd party candidate that best represents our principles. If enough of us vote for an alternative candidate, it will send a very strong message to the GOP that all those votes would have gone to the Republican nominee if that had only picked a conservative candidate. If we all vote for Obama, many people will believe (via the MSM) that conservatives and demowits are giving him a mandate to do as he wishes once he takes office.
I for one would rather see the story be how dissatisfied the voters were with their choices of Obama (or Hillary) vs McNasty. The only way to send that message is to have a significant number of votes go to a 3rd party. |
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The Supreme Court "liberal?" Huh? Clarence Thomas? Scalia? Kennedy? Alito, et al? Huh? I shudder to think what types of justices you would appoint! |
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Exactly my feelings, no way could I vote for the D or D-lite candidates. No mandates if the winner gets less than 50% of the vote. |
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Honestly, Im more afraid of what McAmnesty would do to the Republican party than I am afraid of Obama. I think Obama would be more like another Jimmy Carter more than he would be a "Reagan for the Dems"
Sure he has plenty of charisma and he may charm enough people to win the election this year, but I honestly believe that once the American people realize what kind of socialist reforms he would try to put in place, they will be begging for a real Reagan conservative to step in in 2012 and it will be a conservative revolution rebirth. I know liberals like you can't stand the truth, but the truth is the American people are still right of center when it comes to politics. Carter gave us Reagan and my guess is Obama will give us Romney!!! |
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I sure hope the Republicans and McCain were taping that debate last night in Texas.
Obama is an out and out liar but the hate America panel and audience didn't say a peep.
Obama stated he met a corporal or something that had been in Afghanistan. The officer told Obama his unit should be 39 but 15 had to go to Iraq.
The officer stated they were sent to Afghanistan with no vehicles or weapons. He said they had to capture prisoners in order to get weapons and ammunition.
McCain needs to use that tape and confront Obama with this lie against our military. Unbelievable. |
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[MaryStella on February 22, 2008 5:33 PM]"Read my post very carefully:
Obama President;
Bill, Hillary Clinton, and Ted Kennedy in the Supreme Court.
This is a done deal.
THIS IS YOUR REAL MISSION ON THIS BLOG, CONSIDER ACCOMPLISHED! well done."
I read your post "very carefully."
What is the "REAL MISSION" of Rush, Sean H., Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Charles Krauthammer, George Will, Jay Sekulow, Paul Weyrich?
remember punditry's malpractice this primary season
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.republicans/msg /a49836376d61bdc3
[marystella on January 3, 2008 2:18 PM]"Huck's still a panderer"
Do you think Romney has ever pandered?
Do you think Romney pandered in Michigan shortly before the Michigan primary?
Do you like Romney's ads attacking McCain and Huckabee?
Are you a Democrat?
Democrats For Romney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiCqxKLIVDY
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I don't know if any of the posters have been paying any attention to McCain's campaign - it's quite clear from his recent speeches that he's going to run as a small government conservative.
He doesn't have a great stump speech yet, but he's honing some pretty strong themes.
1. Spending restraint - McCain is strong on this point. He needs to stick with this theme because it provides a huge contrast with Obama.
2. Trust in the people vs. Trust in the government- He's starting to hit this one. It's a lot similar to GW's effective refrain in 2000.
3. Realism in the face of foreign threats -
This is huge. If he can present his position on Iraq (reliance on Petraeus, slow, managed withdrawal) as the reasonable, rational approach, he can kill Obama, especially if he acknowledges the legitimacy of those who opposed the war from the start.
* Personally, I'm starting to see a clear path to victory for McCain against Obama. I think he can win in Florida, Ohio, and either Pennsylvania or Michigan if he sticks to these themes. He will hold the south and squeak out a win if he runs a good campaign.
Better yet, Obama is an unknown. All it takes is one or two big screw-ups, and this guy could become a national joke.
As for the fake-posters claiming to be "conservatives" for Obama, go back to DailyKos. |
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Hugh, and Ann Coulter?
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[TNSoCon on February 13, 2008 9:56 PM]"Hugh is disappointed the social conservatives weren't fooled er I mean persuaded by Romney"
The social conservative Dobson was fooled by Romney.
8 February 2008. Dobson's Huckabee Endorsement
http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2008/ 02/citizen_dobsons.html
....I could not vote for Sen. John McCain, even if he goes on to win the Republican nomination. His record on the institution of the family and other conservative issues makes his candidacy a matter of conscience and concern for me.
That left two pro-family candidates whom I could support, but I was reluctant to choose between them. However, the decision by Gov. Mitt Romney to put his campaign "on hold" changes the political landscape. The remaining candidate for whom I could vote is Gov. Huckabee.
Thanks, Hugh, for neglecting to tell Dobson about, oh, RomneyCare's $50 abortion co-pays, Romney's appointing homosexual activists as judges, Romney's appointing at least 8 open homosexuals to key positions in his administration, Romney's forcing Catholic hospitals to dispense chemical abortions, Romney's support even as late as mid-December 2007 for using and killing human embryos for research purposes, etc., etc., etc.
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Romney owes talk radio debt of gratitude
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.republicans/msg /f66e6dad0487ed0f
RomneyCare funds MA abortions, and is KennedyCare/ HillaryCare,
bottom section of
Huckabee vs. Romney
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.republicans/msg /b8874f14563f4df0
Romney flips, & backs forcing Catholic hospitals to dispense morning-after abortion pill
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3e6675e4-6f6e-4c84-b1a 1-5d3a743d140e%4021g2000hsj.googlegroups.com
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McCain will not win without conservative votes.
What's the likelihood of anyone who has been called names for wanting the gov't to actually enforce the laws, to vote for those jamming amnesty down our throats?
McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Feingold, McCain-Leiberman. Leadership like this I can do without.
Carbon taxes, constitutional rights for Gitmo detainees and amnesty for illegal aliens await us no matter who wins.
I'm not voting for that. McCain has to earn my vote. |
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I just saw on Fox News the military is coming after Obama on the statement I referenced earlier. |
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McCain is toast. His contributions are nil, conservatives have had their gut cut out, and he stinks as leader offering vision. His delivery is dead-pan, even when the lines are well written, and he looks like he has a bad case of the mumps (or Don Corilone's cheeks).
I was not a Huckabee supporter but I agree, he would be the best we could offer at this point. But the Huckster was a flip flopper, and lacked secular support.
McCain is headed to the worst defeat in post WWII history. He is a '36%' President, the number of uninformed Republicans and 'independents' (Ross Perot types) that voted for him.
Look 14 million democrats have turned out to vote in the primaries - and only 8 million Republicans (and 1/2 them voted against McCain).
If McCain had an ounce of humility he would check his ego at the door and withdraw. This is a time when the convention itself needs to decide what unifying candidate it can find...
This is gonna be ugly folks...real ugly.
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"I was not a Huckabee supporter but I agree, he would be the best we could offer at this point."
Kristol, William. 7 January 2008. "President Mike Huckabee?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/opinion/07kristol.html?_r =1&hp&oref=slogin
The best answer came, not surprisingly, from the
best Republican campaigner so far-- Mike
Huckabee. He began by calmly mentioning his and
Obama's contrasting views on issues from guns to
life to same-sex marriage. This served to remind
Republicans that these contrasts have been central
to G.O.P. success over the last quarter-century, and
to suggest that Huckabee could credibly and
comfortably make the socially conservative case in
an electorally advantageous way.
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I was watching the debate at the home of a savvy,
moderately conservative New Hampshire
Republican. It was at this moment that he turned to
me and said: "You know, I've been a huge skeptic
about Huckabee. I'm still not voting for him
Tuesday. But I've got to say-- I like him. And I
wonder-- could he be our strongest nominee?"
He could be. After the last two elections, featuring
the well-born George Bush and Al Gore and John
Kerry, Americans-- even Republicans!-- are
ready for a likable regular guy. Huckabee seems to
be that. He came up from modest origins. He
served as governor of Arkansas for more than a
decade. He fought a successful battle against being
overweight. These may not be utterly compelling
qualifications for the presidency. I'm certainly not
ready to sign up.
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In Iowa, Huckabee did
something like what Obama did on the Democratic
side, albeit on a smaller scale. He drew new voters
to the caucuses. And he defeated Mitt Romney by
almost two to one, and John McCain by better than
four to one, among voters under 45.
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mccain's own deposition in 2002 contradicts yesterday's hasty response, where he denied ever spoke to telecom lobbyist Lowell Paxson. |
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I know this comment will not be popular but I have to say it. The media has completly dismissed Huckabee as a candidate as well as Ron Paul. This is wrong and there are many people who are outraged. There are still a good number of states to hold primaries. Not very many people are happy about McCain. If the remaining people would stand behind Huckabee it would go to brokered convention. The delegates are not obligated to vote McCain, If there was a clear message that the American people of the Rebublican Party were not happy the vote could change drastically. I am afraid if something doesn't drastically change The Repulicans are going to lose The house and the senate too. Too dangerous to be petty about religion. The issues are what matters and Huckabee is more conservative than McCain. |
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"Why do you read MY post so very carefully"? This sound very unusual.
My computer was attacked twice by virus and diabled, was that done by you? True Christians do not sound as resentful and hostile as you do!
Your outrage toward Hugh is very unreasonable, and unchristianlike.
I am entitled to call Huckabee, as I see it, as you have been calling Romney unkind words, for months. |
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I dropped him $100
CONSERVATIVES FOR OBAMA!
Stop McStain! |
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Tired of Synthesizer's endless spam attacks? Flag his comments as offensive. Perhaps someday Townhall will get the message and boot him from this forum.
Email spams stinks. And so does comment spam. |
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[PayPal transfer from the Mike Huckabee, The Jesus Candidate (TM) campaign to Synthesizer = $3.00 ($.25 x 12 links)]
Hey, even brainless losers gotta make a living...
You earned enough for a Big Mac today, Synthesizer! Now you won't have to dig through Mom's fridge.
What will you do when Schmuckabee is out of the race? Ah, there's always Viagra spam... |
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It breaks my heart, Synth. is not helping the conservative cause.
I truly believe, we can make our voice heard with much kinder and gentler, and as our Lord, had wanted us.
Thanks again, you are kind.
Next election, if we loose the Supreme Court, it will be devastating to pro-lifers, and it will not stop there the changes will be very drastic for ever. |
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