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Post by kchoya on Feb 27, 2012 15:27:55 GMT -5
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Post by Boz on Feb 27, 2012 15:48:18 GMT -5
I'm confused. Isn't he from Nebraska? And wasn't he Governor there?
I'm not going to support his candidacy, but I'm not sure how this makes him a carpetbagger?
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Post by HometownHoya on Feb 27, 2012 15:53:39 GMT -5
I'm going to assume KC was referring to his move to NY and considering running for mayor.
"Kerrey, of course, will have to overcome charges of carpetbagging. Despite being a former governor and senator from Nebraska, he moved to New York after retiring from the Senate in 2001 and even flirted with running for mayor of New York City."
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Post by Boz on Feb 27, 2012 15:59:21 GMT -5
Ahh. Probably would've helped if I had actually read the article.
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Thanks for the clarification. Still seems a stretch to me though. The label works if he is running for office in NY, a la Hillary, but not so much if he is returning to his home state to run.
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Post by kchoya on Feb 27, 2012 16:23:00 GMT -5
Ahh. Probably would've helped if I had actually read the article. ;D Thanks for the clarification. Still seems a stretch to me though. The label works if he is running for office in NY, a la Hillary, but not so much if he is returning to his home state to run. I mainly wanted to work in a reference to Justified. ;D But it'll be interesting to see if many Nebraskans are put off by him running off to NYC the minute he left the Senate. |
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Post by TBird41 on Feb 28, 2012 11:53:35 GMT -5
Ahh. Probably would've helped if I had actually read the article. ;D Thanks for the clarification. Still seems a stretch to me though. The label works if he is running for office in NY, a la Hillary, but not so much if he is returning to his home state to run. I mainly wanted to work in a reference to Justified. ;D But it'll be interesting to see if many Nebraskans are put off by him running off to NYC the minute he left the Senate. New York has a history of electing "carpetbaggers", probably b/c so many people in New York are from elsewhere originally. Nebraska, being a more insular state, is probably going to care a little bit more about the guy leaving the state than New York would about him moving from somewhere else. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 13:23:18 GMT -5
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Feb 29, 2012 11:38:31 GMT -5
Is Mitt Romney a carpetbagger?
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Post by kchoya on Feb 29, 2012 12:00:27 GMT -5
Is Mitt Romney a carpetbagger? Hard to see how someone can be a carpetbagger when they are running for national office. |
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Feb 29, 2012 14:21:38 GMT -5
Is Mitt Romney a carpetbagger? Hard to see how someone can be a carpetbagger when they are running for national office. I was thinking more of someone who has such connections to UT, MA, and MI. When he ran for governor, there were questions concerning his residency. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 14:24:25 GMT -5
Um, yeah...I was actually noting the misspelling... |
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Post by Boz on Feb 29, 2012 14:35:07 GMT -5
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Post by kchoya on Feb 29, 2012 15:42:15 GMT -5
Hard to see how someone can be a carpetbagger when they are running for national office. I was thinking more of someone who has such connections to UT, MA, and MI. When he ran for governor, there were questions concerning his residency. Those criticisms would have been legitimate, though I think there's a difference in moving somewhere for the sole/primary purpose to run for office in that locale. |
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Feb 29, 2012 19:36:53 GMT -5
Perhaps Kerrey feels like representing the people he used to represent and wants to return to where he was born, grew up, went to college, and lived for what appears to be 20-30 years. I don't know. Just a guess.
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Post by rosslynhoya on Feb 29, 2012 19:53:02 GMT -5
Perhaps Kerrey feels like representing the people he used to represent and wants to return to where he was born, grew up, went to college, and lived for what appears to be 20-30 years. I don't know. Just a guess. He'd represent them, but he wouldn't want to live there! This election is apparently a gimme for the Republican nominee whether Kerrey is persuaded to run or not. |
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Feb 29, 2012 20:29:20 GMT -5
Given the record of congressional Republicans (and the Bush Administration), that sounds more like a threat than anything else.
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Post by EasyEd on Mar 1, 2012 10:36:28 GMT -5
Hard to see how someone can be a carpetbagger when they are running for national office. I was thinking more of someone who has such connections to UT, MA, and MI. When he ran for governor, there were questions concerning his residency. Are you a birther? |
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Post by bmartin on Mar 1, 2012 20:32:11 GMT -5
Whatever this is, it isn't carpet bagging. That term has historical meaning that has nothing to do with someone returning to his home state where he previously had a distinguished career.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Mar 2, 2012 20:30:10 GMT -5
I was thinking more of someone who has such connections to UT, MA, and MI. When he ran for governor, there were questions concerning his residency. Are you a birther? No - the question when he went to MA was with respect to UT. I have not seen his birth certificate or a certificate of live birth, but I take him at his word. |
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Post by EasyEd on Mar 3, 2012 11:20:40 GMT -5
No - the question when he went to MA was with respect to UT. I have not seen his birth certificate or a certificate of live birth, but I take him at his word. Have you no sense of humor? |
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