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Zulu_warrior
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:08 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If the election for Governor were held today, who would get your vote?

Jennifer Granholm
Richard DeVos
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Pam
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:11 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm.
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Itsjeff
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:16 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Merchantgander.
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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:21 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm
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Bob
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:24 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Roger Penske
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Mackinaw
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:29 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

anybody but granholm
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Warriorfan
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:33 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Neither, I would just skip that part of the ballot. I'm sick of voting for the "lesser of two evils."
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Detroitstar
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:33 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The lesser of two evils...Granholm.
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Mthouston
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:34 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Alfred E. Newman
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1953
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 10:03 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Neither right now, but surely not Granholm.
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Gravitymachine
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 10:07 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

don't trust the man with the beady eyes.
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Oldredfordette
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 10:11 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

George Bush is running for Michigan governor?!!!
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Futurecity
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 10:14 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Penske
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Bongman
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 10:18 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm...but I wish her folks would quit calling me everyday. I've heard from AFSCME at home more often than I have seen a rep while paying dues for 20 years. Go figure.
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Susanarosa
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 10:25 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bonior or Blanchard.

Wait a second... what? That was only an option four years ago? Aw fuck...
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 11:24 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

reluctantly Granholm
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Motorcitymayor2026
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 11:29 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

gladly Granholm
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Mtm
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:11 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

GRANHOLM!!
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Tndetroiter
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The Libertarian. DeVos might be an idiot, but Granholm might be one of the most stupid, ineffective assholes I've ever seen.
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Ramcharger
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Zolton Ferency. Damn, I just can't break that habit.
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

DeVos for sure!!
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Joltin' Zolton Ferency... last ran in ...maybe 82? What a great character!
Granholm GranHolm GRANHOLM!!!
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Psip
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Good ol' Zoltan, what a trip!
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Danny
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 12:58 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

GRANHOLM, GRANHOLM, GRANHOLM!!!
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 1:09 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Devos is Satan's spawn.

Jenny all the way
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65memories
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 3:18 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm
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Hugo8100
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 3:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Greg Creswell. Hope I'm not the only liberty minded person who votes this year.
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Motownman
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 3:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

DEVOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Undecided
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Danny
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No Motownman, Billionaire Dick is EVIL!!! This state can not have a Republican leader in the Republican legislature. He will drain our taxpayer's money dry.
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Salvadordelmundo
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 4:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Creswell for sure.
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Angry_dad
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 5:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Romney

I guess I'll have to wait a couple years
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Ron
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 5:59 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm.....And I predict a Granholm win by at least 5 points.
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Rossco
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 6:11 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Creswell for Governor!
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Kgrimmwsu
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 6:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm
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Dougw
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 6:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Milliken. Guess I'll have to settle for Granholm, though.
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Bearinabox
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 6:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm, no contest. And not just because she's running against DeVos.
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Iseries840
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 6:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I can't vote for a Cult leader so I guess it has to be Granholm.
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Jimaz
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 7:10 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jennifer Granholm
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Patrick
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Leaning towards DeVos
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Irish_mafia
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Granholm will fall into the ashbin of history...trying to run a state as the lacky of unions and special interest groups with goals that are divergent from the interests of her citizens will force her to get a real job.

Maybe Fieger has something for her to do.
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Livernoisyard
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 11:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Nah! She'll wind up doing the bidding of the Wayne County exec as she did before. Guess who was an attorney "working" on that mess?
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Quinn
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Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 11:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm
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Swgz31
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Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 12:19 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Devos although I'm considering not voting at all because we're screwed either way.
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Lmichigan
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"Dick DeVos before DeVos dicks you."

Let's see...

Who's got some great write ins? :-)
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Lombaowski
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Granholm is probably better for the city of Detroit. I say "probably" just looking at what republicans have done with the city over the years at all levels of government.
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Qweek
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Love the Granholm quote "You're gonna be blown away". Little did we know then that people would be blown all the way to another state or country. I don't care for either candidate.
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Bussey
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Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 10:28 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well since I don't want my kids going to catacism at their public school.....

GRANHOLM
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Gmich99
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Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 10:55 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm! If you think things couldn't get worse, vote Republican and see that it can.
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Vic_doucette
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Cresswell.
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Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 11:05 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

granholm

gmich99-exactly!
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Quinn
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Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 11:25 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm. I like the "don't trust the man with the beady eyes!"
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Kiplinger
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Let's hope this thread is reflective of the statewide vote. Love the comments:
Yes, a cult leader would be bad and I agree with GMich99 - things can get much worse. Did everyone forget the 12 years of Engler?
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Bob
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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:21 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

And did everyone forget how we had to put up with DeVos' crazy wife during the Engler years?
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Wally
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Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 2:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Libertarian.

Granholm comes across as sincere and honest as a two-bit B movie actor, and Devos and this Amway thing turns me off.
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Jmil
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How do you like to get screwed?
You can do Jenny, or get Dicked
Either way, Michigan loses.
Jenny ain't the savior, and Dick ain't the devil (although his running mate may be).
are there any discussions about the sad choices in running mates?

As I see many folks running for the Michigan borders, because of: Economy, Health care, Crime, Education, Oil prices, Quality of life, and JOBS - JOBS - JOBS.
Our well funded, educated, candidates sling mud that most of us could care diddle about. CHINA???
Last I heard Toyota was in Japan, and that is who is kicking the auto industries azz. The unions are living in a pre technological world. The management is dumbfounded, and making one bad decision after another. Liberal vs. conservative = lies and more lies.

My question is not who will you vote for, but
Will this website get renamed:
"MichiganYes! HOME OF THE FABULOUS RUINS OF MICHIGAN"?
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Thejesus
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Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 9:15 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm
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Rjk
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I don't trust Devos and Granholm just makes me sick to my stomach every time I see her. I'm going to have to decide between the libertarian candidate and Jim Leyland (Tigers better start hitting).

I just dread the idea of seeing either Devos or Granholm raising their hands in victory and celebrating thier win. All it means is that they're slightly less F'd up than the loser.
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56packman
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Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 12:06 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

jenny from the block-smalldon cherry

Granholm Cherry
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Justbeamensch
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:21 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Granholm.

We don't need another Dick.
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65memories
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

granholm
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