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by teenvote on Fri May 02, 2008 at 07:17:02 PM PDT
- Your poll asks if one voted in "Gum". :) (48+ / 0-)
  
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  I can vote and chew gum at the same time. ;)
  
  --- BE the movement. Obama for President. ---
  
  by boofdah on Fri May 02, 2008 at 07:33:37 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Reminds me of the joke about Gerry Ford... (23+ / 0-)
    
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    What was Betty Ford's favorite method of birth control?
    
    Just before bed, she'd give Gerry a stick of gum...
    
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    by AnotherMassachusettsLiberal on Fri May 02, 2008 at 07:37:09 PM PDT
    
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    - Uhm, I think it's "Jerry"? (2+ / 0-)
      
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      But we really should make our posts about Gum ....
      
      "Fear is a useless emotion." Michelle Obama
      
      by WaitingForGodot on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:25:57 PM PDT
      
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      - Nope (2+ / 0-)
        
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        Gerald. Gerry.
        
        -fred
        
        by Fred Fnord on Fri May 02, 2008 at 09:00:36 PM PDT
        
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        His nickname was with a "J" (4+ / 0-)
        
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        http://www.ipl.org/...
        
        by txjenny on Fri May 02, 2008 at 09:13:37 PM PDT
        
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        Actually, (1+ / 0-)
        
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        It's Leslie King, Jr.
        
        Let's vote for Barack Obama.
        
        by cmangin on Fri May 02, 2008 at 10:46:03 PM PDT
        
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        Thought it was Larry Zeiger n/t (0+ / 0-)
        
        One more Justice and John McCain gets his wish.
        
        by JR on Fri May 02, 2008 at 11:37:59 PM PDT
        
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        pimping my guam/hillary diary (4+ / 0-)
        
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        here
        inspired by dengre's comments below
        
        Guam's the place where Hillary has links to Abramhoff.
        
        If you love Bush, Vote John McCain '08
        
        by biscobosco on Sat May 03, 2008 at 12:16:26 AM PDT
        
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        Really? Pimping it off a Larry King joke? (1+ / 0-)
        
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        ooooo-kay...
        
        One more Justice and John McCain gets his wish.
        
        by JR on Sat May 03, 2008 at 10:14:23 AM PDT
        
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        yeah. shameless pandering (1+ / 0-)
        
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        Just like King!!!!
        
        If you love Bush, Vote John McCain '08
        
        by biscobosco on Sat May 03, 2008 at 12:05:07 PM PDT
        
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        As a Discordian, I have to say (0+ / 0-)
        
        your name kick ass.
        Hail Eris!!!!!
        All hail Discordia!!!!!
        
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        by McGirk on Sat May 03, 2008 at 06:57:40 AM PDT
        
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  - Well, it is their airport code. (n/t) (10+ / 0-)
    
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    Oh well, I wasn't using that civil liberty anyway.
    
    by think2004 on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:35:40 PM PDT
    
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    - Isn't it "Guamanian"? (3+ / 0-)
      
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      I'm serious. I know two people from Guam who insist that's the case, but maybe they were joking.
      
      by Michael D on Fri May 02, 2008 at 09:25:53 PM PDT
      
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      - Wikipedia knows everything. (2+ / 0-)
        
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        Guam
        Demonym: Guamanian.
        
        by Michael D on Fri May 02, 2008 at 09:27:28 PM PDT
        
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        So does Stephen Colbert. (2+ / 0-)
        
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        He said Guamanian sounds like a mental disorder!
        
        "He's not an African American candidate, he's an American candidate." - 82 yr old Jean Weiss on CNN
        
        by vernonbc on Sat May 03, 2008 at 01:11:44 AM PDT
        
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        Let's hope it's not the kind of disorder that (1+ / 0-)
        
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        makes people vote for the familar name without doing research on the alternative.
        
        Obama/McCaskill vs. McCain/Jindal? Call it a funny feeling.
        
        by ShadowSD on Sat May 03, 2008 at 06:06:59 AM PDT
        
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        "demonym"? That's the word you use? (0+ / 0-)
        
        I didn't know that!
        
        by pasadena beggar on Sat May 03, 2008 at 07:10:48 AM PDT
        
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      - I knew some Guamanians when I was in AK (1+ / 0-)
        
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        Alaska has a lot of people from all over the place. I remember it as "Guamanian".
        
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        by bejammin075 on Fri May 02, 2008 at 09:32:07 PM PDT
        
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      - The indigenous people of Guam... (8+ / 0-)
        
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        are called Chamoru, or Chamorro. The rest of the locals are called Guamanians.
        
        by one love on Fri May 02, 2008 at 10:00:17 PM PDT
        
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      - Guammi Bears is the proper term. (7+ / 0-)
        
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        by sidwood on Sat May 03, 2008 at 12:31:49 AM PDT
        
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  - I could make a snide joke here (0+ / 0-)
    
    but Obama wouldn't like it. See? There really is an Obama ripple effect.
    
    by elmo on Sat May 03, 2008 at 07:18:08 AM PDT
    
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- Fix your poll. (3+ / 0-)
  
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  I'm not aware of any countries called "Gum". ;)
  
  "Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thought on the unthinking." - John Maynard Keynes
  
  by Drew J Jones on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:15:41 PM PDT
  
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  - Sadly... (21+ / 0-)
    
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    Once a poll is posted you can't change it...
    
    NFTT Progressively supporting the troops
    
    by Timroff on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:17:38 PM PDT
    
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    - Oh my. (11+ / 0-)
      
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      So all Guam-based Kossacks are going to think the rest of us are pricks.
      
      "Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thought on the unthinking." - John Maynard Keynes
      
      by Drew J Jones on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:18:36 PM PDT
      
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      - Or they'll think we're frequent flyers. (13+ / 0-)
        
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        Clearly I spend too much time at flyertalk.com.
        
        GUM.
        
        Oh well, I wasn't using that civil liberty anyway.
        
        by think2004 on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:42:51 PM PDT
        
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      - I think . . . (2+ / 0-)
        
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        I think we can live with that.
        
        George W. Bush makes Reagan look smart, Nixon look honest, and his dad look coherent.
        
        by Dave the pro on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:42:57 PM PDT
        
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        or fools who can't spell (0+ / 0-)
        
        which is my case.... DailyKos needs a spellchecker.
        
        "Dear Mr. President, there are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot." - Grandpa Simpson
        
        by ourhispanicvoices on Fri May 02, 2008 at 10:35:10 PM PDT
        
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        We do, but it wouldn't catch "gum" (1+ / 0-)
        
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        although I'm not sure it works in polls. Only in the body of a diary or comment.
        
        NetrootNews coming soon!
        
        by ksh01 on Fri May 02, 2008 at 11:03:24 PM PDT
        
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      - Or that we can't spell. nt (0+ / 0-)
        
        by joynow on Sat May 03, 2008 at 02:56:16 AM PDT
        
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  - That would be territories (5+ / 0-)
    
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    Of To We. Proof of Obama's 'plagiarism'. Can we trust a person who blatantly absconds with prepositions and pronouns?
    
    by nsfbr on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:19:14 PM PDT
    
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    - Meh. Same thing. (15+ / 0-)
      
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      I'm a product of the Florida public school system. You can't get that technical with me.
      
      "Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thought on the unthinking." - John Maynard Keynes
      
      by Drew J Jones on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:22:05 PM PDT
      
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  - I have a Gub. (14+ / 0-)
    
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    So give me your money.
    
    Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds
    
    by synchronicityii on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:48:59 PM PDT
    
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    - Best line, ever. n/t (2+ / 0-)
      
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      by Uncle Moji on Fri May 02, 2008 at 09:21:18 PM PDT
      
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    - But what does "abt" mean? (1+ / 0-)
      
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      Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.
      
      by Aqualad08 on Fri May 02, 2008 at 09:34:37 PM PDT
      
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      - Recced for Kang-Kodos quote! (7+ / 0-)
        
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        I am looking forward to an orderly election tomorrow, which will
        eliminate the need for a violent blood bath.
        
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        by Chris in West Seattle on Sat May 03, 2008 at 01:15:01 AM PDT
        
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- You Got It (5+ / 0-)
  
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  Your first Rec'd diary. Congrats!
  
  by xeju on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:29:36 PM PDT
  
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  - Oh my--you're right. I added the Rec tag (10+ / 0-)
    
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    for the diarist.
    
    The Guamentum is upon us!
    
    It is never too late to be what you might have been [especially now] George Eliot
    
    by begone on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:35:17 PM PDT
    
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- They're called *Guamanians* (9+ / 0-)
  
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  and the native ones are "Chamorros," as faithful Colbert Report viewers know.
  
  Mazel tov on the rec'd diary!
  
  John McCain's Court will overturn Roe; don't kid yourself.
  
  by Seneca Doane on Fri May 02, 2008 at 09:14:03 PM PDT
  
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  - Chamorros... (1+ / 0-)
    
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    Delicious with coffee!
    
    by Dumbo on Sat May 03, 2008 at 03:17:42 AM PDT
    
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    - and gum (0+ / 0-)
      
      "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
      
      by mayan on Sat May 03, 2008 at 07:04:10 AM PDT
      
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- Congradulations & Thanks for Posting. (2+ / 0-)
  
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  It's great to see kossaks in every state and territory getting invilved in the political process and nice to see an Obama voter lead.
  
  Happy Rec List!
  
  Hi to the familly!
  
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  by koNko on Fri May 02, 2008 at 10:18:11 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
- OGUAMA !!! (6+ / 0-)
  
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  by amk for obama on Sat May 03, 2008 at 02:36:56 AM PDT
  
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- How's about an update??! (0+ / 0-)
  
  Sen. Barack Obama is leading after three Democratic caucus districts have been counted.
  
  Obama got 37 votes in Ordot, 19 in Maina and 151 in Inarajan for a total of 207 votes.
  
  Sen. Hillary Clinton took 18 votes in Ordot, 22 in Maina and 81 in Inarajan for a total of 121 votes.
  
  Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room! - President Merkin Muffley
  
  by AlyoshaKaramazov on Sat May 03, 2008 at 07:10:31 AM PDT
  
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