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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:26 PM Original message |
"RANT!" Obama could be Clinton II if we don't hold his "feet to the NetRoot's Fire!" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think William Jefferson Clinton is a special politician and that |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My "Rant" is that Clinton came on Dem Scene after a terrible time of Reagan and |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Nope, special as in almost unique. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. That's Mature |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You blew it up! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The "Possum's" thingy was one of Obama's overzealous creatives creation....... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I truly believe Obama is a good person wanting to make Change ...but.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. It is a depressing state of affairs. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. One must always "Try." If that's how one keeps themselves off Meds... |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. OK. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It ain't easy...for sure......sleepless nights..angst..railing...all that. n/t |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Well, take comfort in the fact that you have done all that you can do. |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. the "NetRoots" will not decide the election |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Wrong... the "netroots" have already decided an election this year. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. We aren't a power....yet. Dean in '04 and Dems in '06 gave us Pelosi/Reid Empowerment.. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. God forbid we pay off our national debt, protect the environment & have a strong economy again |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. While losing our manufacturing base and kicking welfare mothers out onto the street? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Whoa. Clinton had an outstanding environmental record as President |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. For the environment, I'm talking about the 3rd-world impact of globalization |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
62. League of Conservation Voters gave Clinton a C- his first year: |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Oh for fucks sake, he had 8 yrs, not just 1. His record was great. This is fucking sickening |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Tell that to the residents of East Liverpool OH and all those who are down the Ohio River from it. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Clinton promised that.....how far did he get when "reality" set in? n/t |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
61. there you go Reaganizing Clinton, again. Sometimes it takes years to feel the effects |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. See post 70. You and half this place are truly sickening. n/t |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. coming from you, who remain blind to Clinton policies, I will take that as a compliment! |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. With people like you, the Democratic Party needs no enemies |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I happen to be a very active member of the Democratic Party. I organized a 300+ |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #75 |
80. That's amazing, considering how much time you spend here ruining the name of a Democratic icon |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. lol. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
85. Oh snap |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. Dumbest post I've read all day. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Have we learned NOTHING from the past 30 years? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. NOT NOW! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes, democracy has been suspended until after the election. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Stand for left leaning principles, or win. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Your "choice" is bullshit, anti-democratic un-American fear mongering. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Bullshit. We're not called the DEMOCRATIC Party cuz it rolls off the tongue. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Do you want principles, or do you want to win. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. i want principled leadership |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. That's what I'm worried about...if you give away your principles, step by step, though...what ARE |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. nothing |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Uhhh... notsomuch. Bush and Co had no principles to begin with. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I want both. And we can have both. Link... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Politics is the art of compromise |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. You didn't even bother to read the link, did you? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
84. "prinsiples" are tiny principels. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
83. Compromise does not mean giving in to the right wing on everytime they make noise |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Exactly. I'll compromise on issues to defend my values... |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. That's the historic OPPORTUNITY inherent in an Obama Presidency... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. We are all hoping and praying (except for DU non-relig) for Obama to be "THE ONE." |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I agree. And I especially agree about the holding of feet to the fire. There's sure no... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Obama is a DINO |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. At this point, I think you have to say Wellstone and Feingold are the DINOs |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
82. I always thought of Wellstone as being more of a member of the Farmer-Labor wing of the DFL |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. No he's not |
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4themind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. Well I think |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes- we get that you hate Clinton |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. Obama might reverse 12 years of deficits... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. might, is the operative word |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. So true. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. I suspect from what I've seen of the record so far, he may out do Clinton |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. At this point I wouldn't care if Obama showed up in a dress and ate a baby on live TV |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Obama has ALL OUR SUPPORT...but when is he accountable to them that brought him to the Election? |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. The day he is sworn in as President nt. |
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4themind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
68. It's a fair question and I think |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
67. What if he was eating your baby? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. The "netoot's fire" has been so effective in the past... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. It will take YEARS for us to get to the Power of the RW at Backs of MSM....but it's gotta start now |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. then you don't actually have a "fire" |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. don't you ever get bored inventing horse shit like this? |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
48. Memo to OP: Obama could be president |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. i found a bunnie today. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
55. Good rant. I've been wondering the same thing. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
59. Is this post a parody? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. It's very serious, but reads like a parody |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
65. Nothing of significance will change until Americans can come around to the idea that |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
66. GFY |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
69. Lots of capital letters, but not a whole lot else to say. |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
76. There is a difference to the Clinton years we have move on we must utilize them. |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
77. Clinton hate.... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
78. Yeah, we might have eight years of peace, prosperity, a balanced budget, and environmental progress. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
79. Barack Obama IS Bill Clinton.... without the sex addiction and subsequent bimbo eruptions.... |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Has Sen Obama ever lied under oath? Has Sen Obama ever recommended a noted |
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