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Barack Obama's hopes fade in blue-collar ghost towns
The London Telegraph ^ | April 21, 2008 | Alex Spillius in Clairton, Pennsylvania

Posted on 04/20/2008 6:09:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Most of the people spoken to for this article will likely vote for McCain in November. McCain will need voters like this to offset the republican base who has a luke warm(at best) support for him.


21 posted on 04/20/2008 6:53:51 PM PDT by KoRn (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
Just saw Eddie R on Sean Hannity’s America telling young people that while Obama is saying he isn't taking money from big money lobbyist, the truth is that his “bundlers” are.

If this becomes the next big hammer for Hillery his “Bundlers” are going to become “Bunglers”.

IMHO, I think these Bundlers should be forced to disclose their donors. I know I was hit up by a prominent business man for a donation via email for Obama some months ago. I didn't reply, but I did check out the Bundlers website and he's raised over $200,000!

22 posted on 04/20/2008 6:56:35 PM PDT by not2worry ( What goes around comes around!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not that there's anything wrong with that...


23 posted on 04/20/2008 6:57:33 PM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Lady Jag
Kick that habit:-()

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24 posted on 04/20/2008 7:24:26 PM PDT by geo40xyz (McCain, Obama or Hillarybeast possibility of 4 Supreme Court Justices, Gore @UN. The WINNER is?)
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To: ExSafecracker

I read on FR about a month ago that all emergency workers were on call and not allowed any leave during convention time. This applied out 50 or so miles. Wish I could find that reference.


25 posted on 04/20/2008 7:28:51 PM PDT by colinhester
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I want to know how their programmes are going to better Americans' lives.

Get a job, you stupid democrat.

26 posted on 04/20/2008 7:30:08 PM PDT by rabidralph (Hillary is the MSM's Bimbo Eruption.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

27 posted on 04/20/2008 7:41:53 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: not2worry

n2w...if you can, could you provide a link to the bundlers’ list? Hubby just mentioned it (listening to SH) and I am curious which PA movers/shakers may be there...:)PaMom


28 posted on 04/20/2008 7:44:11 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (PaMom--a broken glass DINO til 4/23/08)
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To: Tribune7

Idiot report. USSteel just made a 1 Billion Dollar commitment to a new steel mill in Clairton. Bad reporting. HoHum.


29 posted on 04/20/2008 7:44:35 PM PDT by AGreatPer
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

The best site I found to see Obama’s Bundlers is:

http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/candidate.cfm?CandidateID=C0009


30 posted on 04/20/2008 7:57:21 PM PDT by not2worry ( What goes around comes around!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Meet Barack Hussein Obama
31 posted on 04/20/2008 8:20:05 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: F15Eagle
See if you like this video...

Meet Barack Hussein Obama

32 posted on 04/20/2008 8:20:38 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: KoRn
McCain will need voters like this to offset the republican base who has a luke warm(at best) support for him.

McCain was my second-to-last Republican choice (Ron Paul was my last choice), but I'll vote for him because the alternatives - Hitlery or Obamamamama - are just a nightmare. They'll tax us to death and willingly lose the war on terror. No thanks; I'll vote for McCain.

33 posted on 04/20/2008 8:21:29 PM PDT by hsalaw
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34 posted on 04/20/2008 8:36:44 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: not2worry
Thank you!!! Briefly read it...I guess most political operatives here in PA are trully too bitter...because there are only a couple on the list.

A couple quick things I noted...the Pepsico guy gave twice as much as the Coca-Cola lady (I'm guessing Michelle O will not be serving up much Coke Zero)...and...(the one really surprised me) Oprah (she who has more money than G-d does) only bundles 50k? What up with that? Katezenberg (Dreamworks) gave four times that.

35 posted on 04/20/2008 8:45:34 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (PaMom--a broken glass DINO til 4/23/08)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Refresh my mind — What’s Snipergate?

Where are you that you can avoid "Snipergate"? Because we are moving there. Tomorrow... ; )

Here's some video, but there are additional in the sidebar.

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36 posted on 04/21/2008 2:52:35 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Fox_Mulder77; Caipirabob

Thank you! I had a memory lapse for a few seconds...


37 posted on 04/21/2008 3:26:37 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (If Chris Plante Is A "Racist", Then I Must Be A Playboy Centerfold Model!)
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To: geo40xyz

bump for later


38 posted on 04/21/2008 3:45:21 AM PDT by Born Conservative (Chronic Positivity - http://chronicpositivity.wordpress.com/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pa should be the first to vote in the primaries instead of Iowa. If this happened, instead of having ethanol pushed down our throats, Bushmaster would be allowed to legally manufacture fully auto rifles by now...


39 posted on 04/21/2008 4:58:33 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
My guess would be that if you didn't want to be revealed as a Bundler you could use an empty suit, ie. “housewife”, “retired”, “not noted”(so to speak) to raise do your bundling.

I don't know how they report such things as “folks” who lead their private jets for transportation, provide fund raisers like the SF Gettys, give free air time or magazine print (ala Oprah) to the candidates.

I looked at the list as well and PA didn't have a lot of Bundlers. Tomorrow is going to be very interesting.

40 posted on 04/21/2008 5:20:30 AM PDT by not2worry ( What goes around comes around!)
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