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| April 25, 2012
| Jim Robinson
Posted on 04/25/2012 9:33:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 04/25/2012 10:15:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: trisham
To: All
Oh dammit. This is a mistake.
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04/25/2012 3:48:25 PM PDT
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onyx
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To: trisham; onyx
Thanks! We took that while taking a little break during the Kill the Bill weekend March, 2010. :)
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04/25/2012 3:48:44 PM PDT
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RedMDer
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posted on
04/25/2012 3:51:48 PM PDT
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onyx
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To: trisham
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posted on
04/25/2012 3:51:48 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: RedMDer; All
To: RedMDer; trisham
Brett Baier for President. LOLOLOL.
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posted on
04/25/2012 3:53:19 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: onyx
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posted on
04/25/2012 3:54:15 PM PDT
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RedMDer
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To: RedMDer
LOL. Mercifully, we’re sort of ignoring those now.
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posted on
04/25/2012 3:55:20 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: trisham; RedMDer; All
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posted on
04/25/2012 3:57:34 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
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To: Lady Jag
I may be writing in Sarah. :)
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posted on
04/25/2012 4:00:10 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: DJ MacWoW
Do you remember when we had three channels, a PBS channel and a UHF channel ? That was some great TV.
Channel 38 here in Boston was great, mostly because of the Movie Loft.
Those were the days. :)
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posted on
04/25/2012 4:05:27 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: RS170
What I dont understand is how this election can be anybodys idea of fair. I understand there are still 14 states that havent even held their primaries yetthat means people in those states havent had a chance to vote yetThis gets on my nerves too. A significant amount of voters are disenfranchised because the nominee is usually already chosen by the time the primaries roll around to them. People in places like Texas and California basically have no say in who our nominees are and there is no reason for this.
I have been advocating for years that we have three "national" primary elections in years we are choosing a president. I put "national" in quotes because what I am really advocating is 50 separate state primaries held three times on the same day.
For example, the first primary should be held in early February. This primary is non-binding. Those who are able to garner 10% or more of the delegates move on to the second primary. This will weed out the "fringe" candidates. Also, all the delegates are now released for the second primary. Ideally, 3-5 candidates from will move on.
The second "national" primary should be held in mid April. This will give the remaining candidates about 10 weeks to campaign. In this primary, 50% of the delegates in each state will be up for grabs and so long as a candidate wins at least 25% of the vote in a given state, they will be apportioned delegates on a proportional basis and they will be binding - that is to say that the candidates will take these delegates to the convention. Any delegates receiving less than 25% in a given primary will in effect be "washed out" and will get nothing for that state. This will ideally narrow the field to 2-3 candidates as those with a very low total of delegates will likely run out of money and drop out at this stage.
This will set us up for the third and final primary (to be held in June) in which the other 50% of the available delegates will be awarded proportionally. Again, a candidate needs to get at least 25% of the vote in a given state to be awarded delegates. By now, we should have produced a candidate with enough delegates to be nominated at the convention.
I know I probably made this sound more complicated than it really is but this is really an elegant way to choose a nominee while giving every voter in the country an equal say in the process.
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posted on
04/25/2012 4:05:59 PM PDT
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SamAdams76
(I am 22 days away from outliving Phil Hartman)
To: RedMDer
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posted on
04/25/2012 4:06:17 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: onyx
Ignoring ,but still keeping score.... :)
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posted on
04/25/2012 4:06:17 PM PDT
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moose07
(The truth will out, one day.)
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
04/25/2012 4:07:04 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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04/25/2012 4:07:21 PM PDT
by
onyx
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04/25/2012 4:08:17 PM PDT
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bd476
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04/25/2012 4:08:21 PM PDT
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onyx
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