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“Why am I doing this? I thought it was Huckabee’s job to stir the pot?”
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| Arachnae |
March 3rd, 2008 3:47 pm ET “Cindy? Run over to the Gingriches and see if they can spare us some Eye of Newt…” |
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| Johanna from SW Florida |
March 3rd, 2008 3:52 pm ET I feel like one of the three witches in Macbeth..Obama and Hilary are the other two..lets all chant…. |
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| Michael, NC |
March 3rd, 2008 3:53 pm ET Looks like its almost time to cook up some good dirt on those democrats…make sure it’s hot. I want it to burn. |
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| Michael McHenry Columbia, Pa. |
March 3rd, 2008 3:56 pm ET “Ok, I’m carrying the big stick, and stirring up the melting pot. Now if everyone stops digging up dirt and speaks softly, I might just win this thing!” |
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| Ginger |
March 3rd, 2008 3:56 pm ET Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble |
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| Rick |
March 3rd, 2008 3:56 pm ET So much for straight talk! |
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| Lonnie- Toledo, Ohio |
March 3rd, 2008 3:58 pm ET This is just a little something I like to call liberal- oops, I mean conservative stew… |
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| Michelle ,Fonthill Canada |
March 3rd, 2008 3:59 pm ET I’ll add a little pinch of Bush’s tax cuts, a little of Obama’s poetry and a little of Huckabee’s conservatism to my presidential potion. |
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| Jo Ann |
March 3rd, 2008 4:01 pm ET Double, double toil and trouble; |
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| Frank, Waverly |
March 3rd, 2008 4:01 pm ET What am doing with this stick in my hands? I should be using my hands to vote for Mike Huckabee! |
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| Mike Morrison |
March 3rd, 2008 4:03 pm ET I haven’t even begun to scrape the bottum of the bucket. |
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| Bill F. Fayetteville, TN |
March 3rd, 2008 4:04 pm ET “A chicken in every pot” - It worked for Hoover in ‘28, I should know, I was there! |
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| Cindy |
March 3rd, 2008 4:08 pm ET Maybe if I stir the pot long enough I can make more trouble for Obama! Cynthia, Covington, Ga. |
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| Cindy |
March 3rd, 2008 4:13 pm ET See…I told you that I’m not too old to cook up a presidency. Cynthia, Covington, Ga. |
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| Darla, Canada |
March 3rd, 2008 4:20 pm ET The Mccaindyman can, the Mccaindyman can |
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| Bonnie/ New Port Richey, FL |
March 3rd, 2008 4:21 pm ET And I make the best Texas Chili too…..Cindy says it’s “HOT”! |
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| Sarah |
March 3rd, 2008 4:24 pm ET Its my own family recipe” Straight Talk Soup” But I changed the ingrediants after the 2004 election. But really, its pretty good., my friends! Sarah, Pensacola, Florida |
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| Tom |
March 3rd, 2008 4:24 pm ET Looks like Huckabee’s goose is pretty much cooked….. |
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| mireille |
March 3rd, 2008 4:30 pm ET Economy, no problem see what I do with it.. |
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| Penny, British Columbia, Canada |
March 3rd, 2008 4:32 pm ET “Walk softly and stir the campaign with a big stick.” |
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| Penny, British Columbia, Canada |
March 3rd, 2008 4:41 pm ET “Speak softly and stir this campaign with a big stick.” |
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| Marilyn; Latham, NY |
March 3rd, 2008 4:46 pm ET “I’ve got the mop and pail and I’m ready to clean up Washington!” |
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| Kristien,Antwerp, Belgium |
March 3rd, 2008 4:50 pm ET ” Nobody’s gonna notice I spiked the punch, woohoo” |
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| Darla, Canada |
March 3rd, 2008 5:03 pm ET See I know how to stir it up……… |
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| pete Chagrin Falls, OH |
March 3rd, 2008 5:04 pm ET “Is this age potion ready OAR not? |
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| Ron Papa |
March 3rd, 2008 5:07 pm ET It took some time but Huckabee’s goose is finally cooked. |
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| Ross, Lubbock TX |
March 3rd, 2008 5:10 pm ET Add in an introduction from an offensive radio personality, a New York Times affair article, some campaign money, cracks at Hillary, and a promise for no new taxes…then stir and there you have it…a McCain campaign for 2008. Ross, Lubbock TX |
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| Ron Papa |
March 3rd, 2008 5:13 pm ET In political news today, there was a shocking revelation that Senator John McCain may have experimented with pot when he was in his 70’s. |
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| Dorothy G. |
March 3rd, 2008 5:14 pm ET Bubble Bubble I think I am in trouble. |
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| Christie Steve |
March 3rd, 2008 5:30 pm ET Hey Huckabee!!! I got a pot full of delegates! What have you got? |
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| Trevor W from Houston |
March 3rd, 2008 5:38 pm ET “I’ll say it again, the key to keeping your laundry clean is in how well you manipulate your staff!” |
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| Michela (Boston, MA) |
March 3rd, 2008 5:43 pm ET Let’s stir this melting pot up in election ‘08! Soup’s on, America! |
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| Brian Fields, Morenci AZ. |
March 3rd, 2008 5:44 pm ET Report - ahhh Senator McCain what are you doing? |
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| andy |
March 3rd, 2008 5:45 pm ET I wounder if Bush started off this way ? |
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| Ashley, Baton Rouge |
March 3rd, 2008 5:47 pm ET Senator McCain gladly shares his own recipe for trashcan punch at the local fundraiser. |
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| jorge arevalo |
March 3rd, 2008 5:48 pm ET a spoon of democrats and the recipe is ready to win!! chimbote |
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| Julie |
March 3rd, 2008 5:50 pm ET I know I’ll be the republican candidate, but I’m making this big Mojito to try to get them happy about it. |
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| Brian Fields, Morenci AZ. |
March 3rd, 2008 5:53 pm ET showing once again McCain can be bi-partisan he helps Hillary with her witch’s brew! |
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| Juan S. |
March 3rd, 2008 6:03 pm ET all I need is one Democrat |
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| Patricia |
March 3rd, 2008 6:03 pm ET ….oh the things one has to do to get elected Patricia - Chicago, IL |
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| nor |
March 3rd, 2008 6:09 pm ET Always ready to describe himself as “strong on defense”, John McCain quite dramatically impales a representative stock pot, hoping to woo the ever elusive “culinary vote”. Nor |
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| Dominic, Toronto, Canada |
March 3rd, 2008 6:10 pm ET chop up some huckabees, season it with a little obama and clinton, and here’s the 08 presidential loser stew. enjoy! |
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| Mischelle from Illinois |
March 3rd, 2008 6:12 pm ET I shared my secret “rib recipe” with the press, now they want my moonshine recipe too? |
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| pete Chagrin Falls, OH |
March 3rd, 2008 6:12 pm ET “My friends, contributions have been low this week, but someone did donate this old pot and oar, and I’ve prepared some straight-talk stew for your dining pleasure” |
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| Cindy, Seattle WA |
March 3rd, 2008 6:15 pm ET McCain requested the chance to take part in the re-enactment of how food was prepared in the old days, it brought back fond memories. |
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| Cheryl,Rhode Island |
March 3rd, 2008 6:19 pm ET A cup full of Obama, a pinch of Bill, stir..and wa la! Hillary will be all done! |
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| Bill Jones, Somerset, Ky. |
March 3rd, 2008 6:20 pm ET “hey grampa, what’s for dinner?” |
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| Susie |
March 3rd, 2008 6:22 pm ET Someone throw in 2 Clinton hairs and a dose of sweet Obama, then we’re cookin… yes sir, then we’re cookin |
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| Jolene |
March 3rd, 2008 6:26 pm ET “I said I’d follow Osama to the Gates of Hell, not stir some gumbo for a spell” Jolene, St. Joseph, MI |
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| Darla, Canada |
March 3rd, 2008 6:27 pm ET Ok ———–who ate all of the Obama Chicken soup? |
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| Bill Jones, Somerset, Ky. |
March 3rd, 2008 6:27 pm ET we’re sending the new york times over another load of dirty laundry. |
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| Deepali Kelly |
March 3rd, 2008 6:32 pm ET The melting pot is complete. Time to put up the border fences. Farmington, CT, USA |
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| Shereen, Glenview, IL |
March 3rd, 2008 6:34 pm ET “I know Barack speaks softly, but I can carry a big stick! Together, we are invincible.” |
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| Roman, Canada |
March 3rd, 2008 6:34 pm ET …and I’ll be your next Iron Chief! |
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| Danny, Belgium |
March 3rd, 2008 6:36 pm ET I wonder what conservatives would think when they see me cooking… |
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| Arlene from NY |
March 3rd, 2008 6:37 pm ET My Party told me that if I want to win the Presidency, I’d butter churn-out |
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| Ed Freisthler Sidney, Oh |
March 3rd, 2008 6:38 pm ET Anyone for “Hill-Bee-Barack ” stew |
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| Danny, Belgium |
March 3rd, 2008 6:39 pm ET Stir it up |
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| Mike, Ohio |
March 3rd, 2008 6:42 pm ET Anyone care for some of “McCain’s Moderate Republican Stew?” |
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| Megan |
March 3rd, 2008 6:44 pm ET They didn’t tell me this was part of the campaign plan. I’m running for president so I don’t need to do this for a job. |
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| Carol B., Virginia |
March 3rd, 2008 6:48 pm ET “Anyone know any good melting pot jokes? Heh, heh.” |
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| Betty Ann |
March 3rd, 2008 6:58 pm ET MMMM, Tortilla soup in my caucus caldron! A good Tex~Mex recipe for latino votes! Betty Ann |
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| René - Panama City, Panama |
March 3rd, 2008 6:59 pm ET “It´s called Liberal Conservatism… It´s my own recipe!” |
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| Bryant |
March 3rd, 2008 7:05 pm ET ” I’m making my victory soup.” New Jersey |
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| Jenny PhD |
March 3rd, 2008 7:09 pm ET mmmm, Democrat… the other white meat. Tastes like chicken! |
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| Kathy Chicago,Il |
March 3rd, 2008 7:11 pm ET If this secret recipe really works, we’ll be done with Huckabee once and for all. |
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| chris dowling |
March 3rd, 2008 7:17 pm ET No soup for you!! Hamilton, Ontario |
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| laura owen canton nc |
March 3rd, 2008 7:20 pm ET John Mcain accepts the controversial Wiccan endorsement. |
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| Jacquie - Langhorne |
March 3rd, 2008 7:35 pm ET My friends, The winning recipe is Conservative liberalism. |
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| Julie |
March 3rd, 2008 7:37 pm ET Quick, take the picture. I’ve got to get to Texas for the photo op of me stirring chili. |
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| Pamina |
March 3rd, 2008 7:49 pm ET My motto: Speak softly and carry a big stick! |
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| Anna Green |
March 3rd, 2008 7:50 pm ET Double double toil and trouble |
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| Bryant |
March 3rd, 2008 7:55 pm ET “If i’m not the President, i’m going to be the new ‘Emeril Live’ or McCain Live!” New Jersey |
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| Robert - Jakarta |
March 3rd, 2008 8:14 pm ET Forget the phone… who do you want stirring your soup at 3 in the morning? Robert |
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| Bryant |
March 3rd, 2008 9:15 pm ET “Are you kidding… Huckabee doesn’t stand a chance against my soup.” |
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| Ryan Felder Philadelphia, MS |
March 3rd, 2008 9:18 pm ET I know…I know…You may want this now, but I think I could be stirring this for 100 years.. |
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| pete Chagrin Falls, OH |
March 3rd, 2008 9:27 pm ET “Huckabee might play the bass guitar, but I bang a mean Oar & Kettle !” |
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| pete Chagrin Falls, OH |
March 3rd, 2008 9:29 pm ET Excuse me….. Mr.McCain…..you must be having a flashback sir, you’re not in a boat ! |
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| Rachel |
March 3rd, 2008 9:37 pm ET Yeah, just doin’ a little manual labor, connecting with my blue collar friends. Maybe next time I’ll ditch the suit, I don’t want to seem too out of touch! Rachel, Chicago |
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| Steve |
March 3rd, 2008 9:38 pm ET What’s with all this talk about someone else getting latino vote, After I finish cooking these beans bring on the pinata baby! yeah! Steve |
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| Danielle in Duluth, MN |
March 3rd, 2008 9:39 pm ET 1 cup P.O.W, 1/2 cup experience, and dash of delegates equals President McCain 2008. |
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| Ryan |
March 3rd, 2008 9:39 pm ET Yes, my friends, this is exactly how they made soup in the stone age. I remember it quite vividly. Ryan H. |
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| Sue |
March 3rd, 2008 9:41 pm ET Let’s stir the pot on the Dems a little more! Sue (Massachusetts) |
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| Diana Hammond |
March 3rd, 2008 9:47 pm ET I hear Hugo Chavez is coming over for dinner. |
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| Brian |
March 3rd, 2008 10:01 pm ET “Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream…” |
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| Daniel, Westminster CA |
March 3rd, 2008 10:09 pm ET Hey! Where’s my Eye of Newt? Daniel, Westminster |
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| Dwayne Simmons |
March 3rd, 2008 10:09 pm ET Wow, stirring this cake batter to celebrate our 100 years in Iraq is not that easy. |
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| James in Kamiah |
March 3rd, 2008 10:10 pm ET “Asi Mujere; like this… |
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| James in Kamiah |
March 3rd, 2008 10:11 pm ET “Now where did I put that guy willing to do jobs Americans won’t do?” |
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| Vince, Hiroshima |
March 3rd, 2008 10:16 pm ET Wanting to outdo Huckabee’s music talent, McCain readies his washtub bass for a round of “The One On The Right Is On The Left” |
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| Mike--New Jersey |
March 3rd, 2008 10:20 pm ET I decided to take the weekend off to improve my cooking skills…I think I should take another weekend off, since I still don’t know how to use a ladle. |
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| Ronald G. Baker |
March 3rd, 2008 10:29 pm ET MELTING POT? WHAT MELTING POT? |
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| Renee Osterwalder/Expat Winterthur Switzerland |
March 3rd, 2008 10:29 pm ET I think this shot makes me look young, strong and able to get the job done? |
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| Mike Luoma |
March 3rd, 2008 10:29 pm ET Mixin’ up another batch of that ol’ Republican Kool Aid…. |
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| julio Torresq |
March 3rd, 2008 10:29 pm ET Speak softly and carry a big stick |
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| Matt |
March 3rd, 2008 10:29 pm ET “My friends, eating this will prove my conservative tastes!” |
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| Robbie, Atlanta |
March 3rd, 2008 10:30 pm ET Does anyone have some Republican voters I can add to this campaign mix? |
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| S Roby |
March 3rd, 2008 10:30 pm ET Stirring a witches brew may be the only way to beat Obama |
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| Eileen Chong |
March 3rd, 2008 10:30 pm ET In a last ditch attempt to counter age-ism, presidential hopeful McCain attempts to brew an anti-aging potion. |
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| Daniel Wisniewski |
March 3rd, 2008 10:30 pm ET It’s a melting pot, just like my immigration policy. Anyone want some? Oh well. |
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| Jordan from FL |
March 3rd, 2008 10:30 pm ET Now I need some Straight Talk: What’s in this thing? |
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| Eric, Alexandria VA |
March 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm ET “Double, double, toil and trouble. I’m so old I knew Barney Rubble” |
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| Malcolm Pradia |
March 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm ET “I’ll get this gumbo roux right, even if it takes 100 years!” Malcolm Pradia- Greenwich, CT |
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| Prescott Small |
March 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm ET I’ve heard there was no free luch but this is ridiculous! |
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| Koen, Netherlands |
March 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm ET It’s 3am in the White House and you’re hungry. Who do you want to cook your dinner? John McCain has the most experience and is the most competent. |
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| Darlene, Bellingham WA |
March 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm ET Hair of dog eye of newt 100 years of War And they still think I’m cute. |
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| Ruth Glick |
March 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm ET Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble. |
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| todd Francisco |
March 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm ET “Anybody for a bowl of Huckabee stew?” |
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| Danny in Pittsburgh |
March 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm ET Recipe for Obama Defeat…a dash of Clinton kitchen sink, seasoned healthy dose of republican-style politics. Mmmmm… |
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| Rick (an Aussie in Atlanta for Hillary). |
March 3rd, 2008 10:32 pm ET “It’s going to take quite a lot of this stuff to feed the troops for the next one hundred years!” |
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| Mike |
March 3rd, 2008 10:32 pm ET I thought this was Quaker instant! When is my oatmeal going to be done?! |
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| Jeremy Lamb , Glendale, AZ |
March 3rd, 2008 10:32 pm ET Commander and Chief?… I thought it was Commander and Chef!!! |
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| Harrison D. Haney |
March 3rd, 2008 10:32 pm ET I hope you’re right and this does reverse the effects of the Obama spell. |
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| Ethan Edwards |
March 3rd, 2008 10:32 pm ET John McCain reenacting his trip across the Delaware with Washington. |
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| Jim Taylor |
March 3rd, 2008 10:32 pm ET Sure there’s gonna be soup lines when I’m president. Why else would I be practicing this gumbo? |
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| Nancy from Toronto |
March 3rd, 2008 10:32 pm ET Bippety Bobbity Boo, a pox on the super delegates too! |
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| Thomas Q |
March 3rd, 2008 10:33 pm ET Where is Limbaugh? I want him to have the first taste. |
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| Lisa |
March 3rd, 2008 10:33 pm ET No kitchen for old men. |
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| Nekia |
March 3rd, 2008 10:33 pm ET I’ll add a pinch of rhetoric, a dash of fight, 4 cups of conservitive, and bam!, McCain for President. |
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| Geoff G. |
March 3rd, 2008 10:33 pm ET While visiting prospective voters Sen. McCain played the experience card by showing the crowd how laundry was done in his days Geoff |
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| John Melsheimer |
March 3rd, 2008 10:33 pm ET John Melsheimer Everyone knows I have the right ingrediants to be President. |
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| John Krueger |
March 3rd, 2008 10:33 pm ET I should have checked with free credit report.com |
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| David, Hubbell, MI |
March 3rd, 2008 10:34 pm ET I heard “Sir Mix-a-Lot” was popular with the youth voters. |
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| Bernie Cicirelli |
March 3rd, 2008 10:35 pm ET Who said I can’t make a stirring speech? |
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| David-- San Marcos, California |
March 3rd, 2008 10:35 pm ET “Aw, shucks!…It finally happened! The campaign has made me stir crazy!” |
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| Drew |
March 3rd, 2008 10:35 pm ET Almost finished, just need a little bit more conservatives. |
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| Glenn in NYC |
March 3rd, 2008 10:35 pm ET I didn’t know Harry Potter was on the ticket for the republican nominee! Stir away… |
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| Mo |
March 3rd, 2008 10:36 pm ET Mirror Mirror on the wall, who will be the next president after all??? |
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| robert |
March 3rd, 2008 10:37 pm ET this is so much better than kissing babies. |
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| Matt Smith, Los Angeles |
March 3rd, 2008 10:37 pm ET “Who needs stupid SNL?!! I’m cookin’ with Martha & Emeril tomorrow!! Yeee-hawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!” |
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| Jean, Pa |
March 3rd, 2008 10:37 pm ET Who’s idea was this, it’s the stupidest photo-op I have ever taken part in. |
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| Chris, Atlanta, GA |
March 3rd, 2008 10:38 pm ET “Maybe if I look ridiculous enough, even I will get some Saturday Night Live airtime!” |
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| Harvey |
March 3rd, 2008 10:38 pm ET Okay, for everyone who asked for it, I’m gonna play “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” |
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| John |
March 3rd, 2008 10:38 pm ET Double, double, toil and trouble. How do I burst the Obama bubble? |
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| Jay, Iowa |
March 3rd, 2008 10:39 pm ET “Since no conservatives showed up, I think we have enough for seconds!” |
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| JAMES AUMER |
March 3rd, 2008 10:39 pm ET OF COURSE IM MAKING A MAGIC POTION TO HAVE HUCKABEE DISAPPEAR! |
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| jorge Lubbock, TX |
March 3rd, 2008 10:40 pm ET well I was making a potion to make the democrats fight each other, but they seem to be doing just fine without my help. |
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| Yanira Baez |
March 3rd, 2008 10:40 pm ET Double double, toil and trouble, Barack burn and Hillie bubble…. |
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| Adrienne H Asher |
March 3rd, 2008 10:40 pm ET Bubble, bubble |
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| Sharen G |
March 3rd, 2008 10:40 pm ET Tell George that his shorty-shorts are almost done. |
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| Austin, Thomasville NC |
March 3rd, 2008 10:42 pm ET I had no idea that melting pot economics could be so much fun. |
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| mike garrett |
March 3rd, 2008 10:42 pm ET Just cleaning Presidents Bushes dirty laundry the old fashioned way. |
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| Linda |
March 3rd, 2008 10:42 pm ET Ay, caramba! The things I have to do get in the White House! Linda |
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| Melissa |
March 3rd, 2008 10:43 pm ET And if you elect me President, I promise to faithfully keep watch over this country’s giant melting pot. |
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| Chris |
March 3rd, 2008 10:46 pm ET This just in… Radio talk show host Bill Cunningham has gone missing! Senator McCain, have you seen him since Cincinnati? “Uh, no…” |
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| robert of American Samoa |
March 3rd, 2008 10:47 pm ET shovel…$15, cooking pot… $20, photo op… priceless! |
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| Mario Ross Oxnard, CA |
March 3rd, 2008 10:48 pm ET 1 cup - Rudy G. |
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| Wally |
March 3rd, 2008 10:50 pm ET Of course the economy is doing great! OK now, who gets the next bowl of soup? |
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| D. Rosey |
March 3rd, 2008 10:50 pm ET This Obama Stew could use a little more seasoning. |
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| brandon perrault |
March 3rd, 2008 10:53 pm ET “Help! I can’t stop stirring things up!” |
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| ronald of American Samoa |
March 3rd, 2008 10:55 pm ET if this doesnt work out, see you in Top Chef! |
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| Andy Richards |
March 3rd, 2008 11:08 pm ET ” Now- how do I get them to drinik this cool-aid if we loose? |
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