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certainot

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19. i think the profound ignorance, the biggest mistake in political history,
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 03:58 AM
Feb 2015

is the left's complete failure to pay any attention to republican radio, which made and is continuing to make most of this alternate reality possible.

to sentence so many people to death and devastation


at that time to the MSM, fed by said ignored rw radio stations, the iraq war was going to be a 'cakewalk' and huge amts of rw radio blowhards could make excuses for it all day long.

and with a concerted effort that probably included pentagon talk radio propaganda, huge amts of 'concerned' citizens (also known as tea baggers) were pointed toward reps who might be intimidated. as well as private citizens and celebs who might speak out.

but the left ignored those radio stations completely while they attacked those who were speaking out. they still can't say they got their reps backs.

and while we protested at state capitols, small numbers of well coordinated blowhards made it easy for most reps to ignore protestors.

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amen to that! marym625 Feb 2015 #1
ditto AtomicKitten Feb 2015 #5
. marym625 Feb 2015 #63
I made that pledge in 2002. I will never vote for anyone that bowed before King George. nm rhett o rick Feb 2015 #8
Me too marym625 Feb 2015 #13
Political Convenience ... bvar22 Feb 2015 #61
I posted the votes marym625 Feb 2015 #62
Like. snot Feb 2015 #15
Same here! n/t sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #68
hi Sabrina marym625 Feb 2015 #71
Hi mary sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #72
It was no time at all after 9/11 that I knew it was mosty Saudis involved. In fact counting brewens Feb 2015 #2
Arabian Peninsula wealthy investors have provided ISIS funding JonLP24 Feb 2015 #17
+1 nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #26
yet here we are all those years later and the current management is still perpetuating more war nt msongs Feb 2015 #3
And we're told that this is the way it ought to be MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #4
+1000000000000 woo me with science Feb 2015 #6
+ infinity BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #10
Who's saying this? joshcryer Feb 2015 #16
The pro-Hillary contingent are certainly implying it Fumesucker Feb 2015 #22
No one says to "embrace" shit foreign policy. joshcryer Feb 2015 #23
And Dick 'n Dubya never said Iraq was responsible for 9/11... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #24
You're shitting on DUers. joshcryer Feb 2015 #25
Posters shit on each other all the time around here Fumesucker Feb 2015 #27
I know of no DUer here who agrees with shit foreign policy. joshcryer Feb 2015 #28
Are you saying Hillary isn't a hawk? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #29
I'm saying you have nothing. joshcryer Feb 2015 #30
If you support Hillary then you support that "fiercer" foreign policy... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #31
Do we really want a candidate who feels like they have to compensate for something? tkmorris Feb 2015 #51
It's what fumesucker does best. It's his specialty. eom BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #32
It's what I got all these hearts for.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #33
For shitting on DUers? And that makes you happy?? BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #36
"I just tell 'em the truth and they think it's hell" MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #39
Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves" BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #41
Who was it voted *for* war again? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #43
The American people - hence Duhbya's second term. That's all the proof we need. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #46
Please don't rewrite history, it is what republicans like to do and we are better than them Rex Feb 2015 #56
Evidently you are irony challenged Fumesucker Feb 2015 #42
My only surviving sister was deployed TWICE to Iraq. Her husband's helicopter was nearly shot down, BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #45
It will say a lot about the Democrats and the country and the Iraq war if Hillary is the nominee Fumesucker Feb 2015 #55
All she had to do was vote nay...not like it is hard to do. Rex Feb 2015 #57
"hate for one another sells better and faster than tolerance and politeness toward one another..." DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #65
You're seriously claiming that nobody supports a war on ISIS? MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #38
There are so many justifying it marym625 Feb 2015 #67
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front marym625 Feb 2015 #7
In 2004, a huge majority of Democratic delegates opposed the illegal invasion RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #9
Oh, but you would be violating TOS by violating your principles! BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #11
Kerry was one of the best Liberal senators we've had in the Senate emulatorloo Feb 2015 #48
True, but interestingly most Democratic senators voted for the Iraq war (29 to 21) progree Feb 2015 #12
That year was a lot like the information wars regarding Ukraine JonLP24 Feb 2015 #18
Thanks, Manny! (This post could be improved by a list of which did and didn't.) NT snot Feb 2015 #14
Iraq War Resolution Votes marym625 Feb 2015 #21
WA Sen. Patty Murray did NOT vote "yes" on the Iraq War Resolution countryjake Feb 2015 #64
uhm. calm down. It says she voted no. marym625 Feb 2015 #66
I'm calm, it's just that reading so much here excusing the Warmongers... countryjake Feb 2015 #69
Yes she did marym625 Feb 2015 #70
i think the profound ignorance, the biggest mistake in political history, certainot Feb 2015 #19
Yep. It's the ol' "if a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound?" thing. BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #37
I listened to it for years, it made me steadily more liberal Fumesucker Feb 2015 #44
the sandra fluke reaction has worked well with some of certainot Feb 2015 #49
Most of the conservatives I know thrive on confrontation, they seek it out Fumesucker Feb 2015 #53
True liberals would like to have a conversation, yet all conservatives know how to do Rex Feb 2015 #58
K&R woo me with science Feb 2015 #20
Ooooh! Another Democrat-bashing OP from our resident Liberal Libertarian! BlueCaliDem Feb 2015 #34
K&R 99Forever Feb 2015 #35
K&R I knew in 2002 that the Iraq war was a huge mistake based on lies. The idea that a .... Scuba Feb 2015 #40
Exactly. Martin Eden Feb 2015 #47
*most* Democrats voted consistently for the funding of that occupation, from the start bigtree Feb 2015 #50
Kissinger/Summers in 2016. JEB Feb 2015 #52
Both parties are the same!!!!!!!!! nt. NCTraveler Feb 2015 #54
and the Yes-voters lost their seats at like twice the rate MisterP Feb 2015 #59
I would like to see some statistics on that marym625 Feb 2015 #73
We are the problem, not the solution in The ME. grahamhgreen Feb 2015 #60
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