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Dean says Palin "divisive;" troops support Obama 6 to 1
Columbia Tribune ^ | 9/7/08 | Jason Rosenbaum

Posted on 09/08/2008 7:18:42 AM PDT by Missouri gal

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To: Missouri gal
but their donations are 6-to-1 in favor of Obama

Complete untruth.. Donations by troops who can afford over $250 to donate that is part of public reports did. A majority of all political donations are in the $25-$50 range and are not listed as line items. Even if you look at this, it was a very few number of people who put down some sort of Armed Service in their donor line to Obama. I think we figured it out to be .0018% of enlisted personnel versus .0013% for McCain- statistically indistinguishable.

41 posted on 09/08/2008 7:32:10 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: Missouri gal

That “military” was taken at Git,o and only eligible Taliban were polled.


42 posted on 09/08/2008 7:33:26 AM PDT by MarkT
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To: wmileo

Is Dean suggesting that “Our Military”, by a 6 to 1 margin, wants to cut and run in Iraq ???


43 posted on 09/08/2008 7:33:29 AM PDT by keypro (Just a bitter clinger in Va)
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To: what_not2007

Thank you, thank you ... for my next trick, I'll pull an American flag out of my a$$!

44 posted on 09/08/2008 7:33:47 AM PDT by workerbee (Vote for Obama? No thanks, I already have a messiah.)
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To: Missouri gal
"I don’t think there have been many polls of the troops, but their donations are 6-to-1 in favor of Obama."

How can a "real reporter" allow such a statement to go unchallenged? This is pure BS.

45 posted on 09/08/2008 7:33:52 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Dr ARRGH, I've got "a little news flash for you"TM: Emotion will be beaten by Objective Logic whenever it's tried.
46 posted on 09/08/2008 7:34:27 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Palin for President! (PUMA))
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To: Missouri gal
Hillary was divisive and inexperienced. Palin (RUNNING FOR VP) is divisive and inexperienced.

In the world of Dems, it's starting to look like ALL WOMEN ARE DIVISIVE AND INEXPERIENCED because they are the wrong gender.

47 posted on 09/08/2008 7:34:33 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: Clarinet_King

That has been my experience as well. As a matter of fact, the antiObama emails have been so heavy we’ve had an informal “Knock it Off” session because it is after all unnecessary and unauthorized on government networks. My guess is that overall the military is at least seventy percent McCain, perhaps much more and certainly much more as you approach the tip of the spear.


48 posted on 09/08/2008 7:35:02 AM PDT by MSF BU (++)
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To: Missouri gal
Ahead of his time?

No problem. Just lead him a little more.

49 posted on 09/08/2008 7:35:14 AM PDT by BykrBayb (May God have mercy on our souls. ~ Þ)
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To: workerbee

“Thank you, thank you ... for my next trick, I’ll pull an American flag out of my a$$!”

He’s got to remove his head first.


50 posted on 09/08/2008 7:35:48 AM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: Missouri gal
The numbers are in the range of 15-1 in favor of the non-democrat candidate. Military members are punished for aiding and abetting the enemy.
51 posted on 09/08/2008 7:36:05 AM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (Democratic initiatives: the antithesis of every single one of America's traditional core values)
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To: Missouri gal
Dean read the same skewed poll that was posted here on FR a while back.

It's crap, don't believe it.

52 posted on 09/08/2008 7:37:00 AM PDT by wbill
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To: MrB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9tEyhUaDaA


53 posted on 09/08/2008 7:38:44 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
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To: Missouri gal

Dean will be in a rubber room by the time this is over. He’s delusional...


54 posted on 09/08/2008 7:39:30 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Blood of Tyrants

First of all, military people are not rich and are generally young people. Those two add up to very little donations to political parties and individuals. Therefore the numbers they use are so small as to be insignificant statistically.


I haven’t looked at these numbers nor seen what they are publishing. However if they are using the employer category as the basis then they can be out of line if they say the numbers are troops. The employer number would entail all civilians that work for the military, etc.

Paul’s group used to push this number that showed they favored him in the primaries.


55 posted on 09/08/2008 7:39:40 AM PDT by deport ( ----Cue Spooky Music---)
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To: waxer1

That’s the military in Fort Huachuca. What about the troops stationed in islamic strongholds? I’ll bet “they” (notice the quotation marks) are donating a lot of Dinars, if you catch my drift.


56 posted on 09/08/2008 7:40:39 AM PDT by BykrBayb (May God have mercy on our souls. ~ Þ)
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To: poinq

Army units are integrated. No such thing as “black army units” as I am sure you know.


57 posted on 09/08/2008 7:40:55 AM PDT by allmendream (If "the New Yorker" makes a joke, and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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To: Missouri gal

Not military myself but have plenty of military family and I say from what I hear from them this: total bull sh!t, they cannot stand Barry.


58 posted on 09/08/2008 7:41:06 AM PDT by svcw (http://baskettastic.com/)
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To: Missouri gal

As the wife of an active duty Marine down here at Camp Lejeune, this is not my experience. Now of course, I can’t claim to know everyone’s mind, but speaking to my husband in regards to the feeling of his unit, and from the people I know, 6 to 1 is highly inaccurate. Not even remotely close.


59 posted on 09/08/2008 7:41:31 AM PDT by USMCWife6869 (Godspeed Sand Sharks.)
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To: Missouri gal

I’m on a 15 minute break right now. Going through a course with officers from every branch of Armed Forces. I don’t think a single one appoints Obama.

This flawed donation argument is one that Ron Paul tried to use. Most service members don’t make donations, so the small group giving heavily and often to Obama, or Paul can really skew the numbers. Also, there is no way to verify that data.


60 posted on 09/08/2008 7:41:48 AM PDT by NavVet ( If you don't defend Conservatism in the Primaries, you won't have it to defend in November)
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