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Hattie Caraway

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    • 12 Apr 06
    • 12:36 am

    Lou Dobbs is truly a "made in America" hero. His is the type of populist voice that is needed in the national debate. I would vote for Lou Dobbs in a heartbeat if he were to run for President.

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    • 12 Apr 06
    • 10:19 pm

    No, I think "hero" fits. Lou Dobbs has the guts to put his views out there; he is one of the few voices on the political scene who publicly comments on the corrosive effect that big corporations have on America. He's my guy in 2008!

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    • 13 Apr 06
    • 4:39 pm

    Whattheheck, I think the thinking that we must "vote against the worst option" is what gets us in trouble. A great populist politician once said that the difference between the democrats and the republicans was that one "skinned you from the ear down, and the other got you from the ankle up." If more of us had voted for Perot, the nation would be better off today, the fact that they did not is because both parties successfully sold the "don't waste your vote" propaganda. I recall reading one exit poll that suggested that a plurality of voters who voted on …

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