Philosoraptor
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:02 AM
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Are the neo cons & their followers in Jim Jones Mode now? |
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A cspan caller suggested just that, that when the Democrats win in November that the neo cons will all drink the political cyanide and follow bush to hell.
I don't know if it will be quite that cinematic, but its bound to be interesting to see how they eventually fall. They won't go down easy or without a fight.
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:03 AM
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1. It may not be quite that cinematic ... |
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but it'd be great to watch!
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:05 AM
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2. That cyanide was mixed in grape Kool-aid. |
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Edited on Wed Sep-13-06 08:31 AM by leveymg
Unfortunately, they've been drinking so much of it for so long, they may have developed an immunity.
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:15 AM
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4. I thought that was where the phrase originated...did I get that wrong? |
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:19 AM
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leveymg
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:29 AM
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Just being ironic. That's not like me, at all.
drink the Kool-Aid v. To become a firm believer in something; to accept an argument or philosophy wholeheartedly or blindly.
From WordSpy.com:
Example Citation: One top executive named McMahon, the treasurer, was known for going around the company after he met with Skilling, Lay, and Fastow, and they directed him to do some bogus deal and say, 'Well, we've all got to go drink the Kool-Aid.' —William Lerach, quoted in Marie Brenner, "The Enron Wars," Vanity Fair, April, 2002
Earliest Citation: You don't follow anyone blindly, my brothers and sisters . . . . We love Marion Barry. He is the mayor . . . . But if Marion Barry disrespects us, we will cry out . . . . We will not blindly drink the Kool-Aid any longer . . . . —Cathy Hughes, transcript from a radio call-in show as reported in "Being Stood Up by Mayor Leaves Radio Host Fuming," The Washington Post, July 17, 1987
Notes: This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which members of the Peoples Temple cult committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid (although some say the drink of choice was actually Flav-R-Aid).
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:24 AM
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Eitherway if the neo-cons follow Jim, I will celebrate rapture.
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:31 AM
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:11 AM
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3. Wishful thinking, They will fight every inch to relinquish power they have |
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Edited on Wed Sep-13-06 08:11 AM by oc2002
nt
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:16 AM
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5. I'll be interested to see how they "support their president during war." |
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I mean, otherwise, all the barking about supporting ze Fearless Leader vitout question since, well, Sept.12, would just have been partisan hacks talking out their asses.
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:19 AM
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8. you mean like how they all got in line and followed Clinton |
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oh that's right.... they didn't.
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Wed Sep-13-06 08:16 AM
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6. I've got extra spoons, in case anyone needs one. n/t |
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Wed Sep-13-06 09:14 AM
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I can just see Mrs. Frist pulling a 'Magda Goebbles.'
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