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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:21 PM Original message |
“The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.” |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hopefully THIS New Generation won't drop the torch |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That torch is pretty slippery |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I accept my personal responsibility in the droppage. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Pretty much every damn thing we fought for we got. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Their "entitled" asses? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. THAT new generation had it shot from their hands |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. And we let the power elite behind the shooters get away with it. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Agreed |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. This is the generation that got awards for showing up. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama is a baby boomer, so just exactly how is "the torch being passed |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. And your point is....? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. My point: The torch can hardly be passed to a new generation if |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "... the torch will be passed," -- "... a rather trite bit of symbolism ..." ??? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Your Kennedy era quote references a real generational change |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Kennedy's reference was to |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You'd better go back and read your history, assuming you weren't old |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Exactly right |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Shhhhhh. They haven't actually noticed that, yet. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well said! |
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