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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:31 AM
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Freepers "Storming Senator Arlen Specter's Office" !!! LOL!
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 10:41 AM by janx

Freepers, other citizens storm Sen. Specter's Office on Porkulus PDF E-mail
Written by Melanie Morgan
Monday, 09 February 2009

Sen. Arlen Specter must feel like one lucky man today. He wasn’t in his Capitol Hill offices when MAF Chairman Melanie Morgan, Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee, Freepers and Free Republic founder Jim Robinson, and other patriotic citizens stormed his office to demand he reverse his position supporting the porkulus bill, aka the Barack-Blowing-Through- Dollars-Scheme.

MAF, as you know, is a protroops organization, and it is our opinion that this legislation will hurt veterans’ healthcare - not to mention every other American.

We’re really in town for our big press conference on Tuesday, when we release our commercial opposing President Obama’s decision to close Gitmo.

But we kept ourselves busy today. Melanie was at her finest, when we arrived at Specter’s office. For those of you who don’t know Specter, he’s a flip-flopping, spineless bureacrat who calls himself a Republican. He’s also one of the traitors who supports Obama’s spendulus bill. This is why he was a target for Monday’s action, spurred by Kirstinn Taylor of Free Republic.



If you can stand the tone, misspellings, etc., more here:

http://www.melaniemorgan.com/content/view/1376/1/



Video here! http://www.melaniemorgan.com/content/view/1377/1/
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:34 AM
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1. LOL, he wasn't even there. Great planning...
:rofl:
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:38 AM
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6. They just assumed he would be. They booked
flights and hotel rooms. Wouldn't a reasonable person think to check the senator's schedule before arriving to yell and rant?
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:41 AM
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8. Yes, reasonable person would.
Of course, these are Freepers.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:44 AM
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10. They didn't want him to be there...
Had he been there they wouldn't have been able to whine and piss and moan about his not being there.

Freepers aren't hard to understand. Just figure out what you'd do in a situation. Freepers would do the opposite.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:55 AM
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35. better yet, they can use the "Arlen's SKEERED of us!" line
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:54 AM
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13. You are talking about right wing crazies expecting to THINK
Just the fact that they are republican limits that ability.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:59 AM
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14. This is the fringe of the fringe.
Four adults and five kids? And how can the single mother of five children both support them and home school them?
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:03 AM
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19. They must have more money than I do, if they can book flights
and hotel rooms. But then again, I'm unemployed. What would I know. Oh, I guess I'm supposed to just agree with them about the bailout.:sarcasm:

Nasty people. :puke:
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:13 AM
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25. Luckily, the ranks of the far right have diminished to a large degree.
The few that are left don't yet know it though. They're still trapped in the extremely partisan, uncivilized culture that has flourished for the last 20 years or so. :shrug:
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GinaMaria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:27 PM
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42. at least they helped the economy a little nt
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:35 PM
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43. YES! n/t
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 02:14 PM
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51. Freepers and reasonable isn't logical
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:35 AM
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2. you've gotta love freepers...
they're totally on board with bankrupting the country with deficit spending, as long as it's for the purpose of occupying foreign countries and killing people.

But not one thin dime for actually building anything here in America, or solving real problems for Americans.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:37 AM
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4. If they don't want an economic recovery, they should move to another country. n/t
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:07 AM
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22. I wish they would! NOW!
:thumbsup:
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:37 AM
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5. yeah, and don't forget torture, warrantless searches, loss of civil liberties
and the destruction of state's rights.

In short, they're insane people. :crazy:
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:36 AM
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3. After all that douchebag has done for the far-reich, they throw him under the bus for THIS? n/t
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:39 AM
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7. "Porkulus?" "Spendulus?" What is that? Pig Latin?
How fitting... :eyes:
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:44 AM
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9. Limbaugh Latin...
;-)
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:02 AM
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16. Same thing...
B-)
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:04 AM
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21. I sort ot thought you'd say exactly that!
;-)
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:47 AM
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11. This is fucking priceless these fuckers are so damn egotistical and dumb
"Melanie and Jim Robinson asked to see the Senator. Specter’s front-office staff need to go back to kindergarten to get their manners tuned up. either that or they should go to work at Wal-Mart to pick up some tips from their greeters. A secretary, who wasn’t happy to see American patriots, refused to answer where the Senator was hiding. Jim, wearing his Navy cap, asked over and over about the Senator’s whereabouts, but the secretary wasn’t helping. It was distressing to see a Navy veteran being treated with such disrespect by a Senator’s staff."

Like him or not Arlen Specter is a US Senator, you just don't walk into his office and demand his where abouts I don't care what the fuck type of hat you are wearing. You make appointments to speak to Senators...what a bunch of fuckwads. Its a shame the capital police didn't use fucking tasers on these assholes.

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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:49 AM
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12. It's a NEWS ITEM.
It's breaking news! :rofl:
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:29 AM
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30. But he was wearing a NAVY CAP
I demand free shit from every store I go into because I have a cap on that says Marines! Fucking assholes show no respect for a guy with a "Marines" cap on most of time, usually they ask me to leave before I get to feel up the bread aisle.
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:00 AM
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15. Jeez. I read the article.
Those assholes sound incredibly rude, like little children having temper tantrums, seeking attention that no one is giving them. I just noticed there was an accompanying video, but I don't think I can stand to watch, much less listen to their drivel.

I think they're lucky Spector's staff didn't call security to escort them out by their collective asses.

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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:02 AM
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18. To get the full effect, you should watch the video!
Compare the video to the "article," which is really just a rant on a web site. It doesn't by any means match what you'll find in the video.
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:20 AM
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29. Thanks. I watched the vid, based on your comment.
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 11:20 AM by Janice325
If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be hysterically funny, IMO. At least the mom with the 5 kids with her came off as articulate, not histrionic, like the what's-her-name Melanie.

Why is the councilperson from California there, when she could be taking her venom out on Governor Ahnold?? He's much closer to where she lives, and from what I've seen lately, California ain't doing so well. He's a Republican, like Senator Spector.

What I don't understand is where were these folks for the eight years prior to President Obama, and what were they doing? (Silly question, I know. Guess they were busy just drinking the koolaid and keeping their heads up their asses).
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 12:42 PM
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37. Re the councilwoman, I don't know, but what I also don't
know and would like to find out about is why the freeps didn't proceed to Snowe's and Collins's offices. That was the original plan, but I can't find anything about it. All I found was this:

http://www.thedailysoapbox1.blogspot.com/

Do you suppose they were escorted out of the Senate office building? :shrug:
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:40 PM
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46. Scratch the last part of my last message. From Robinson himself:
To: kristinn; All

Great report, Krisinn! We had a great time today. Melanie was magnificent! In fact all of the FReepers and folks from Move America Forward were great!! Some very passionate and articulate arguments were advanced. Unfortunately we did not get to speak directly to the Senators but we did get to speak to their staffs and in a couple cases their chief of staff. And the phones were ringing non-stop the whole time we were there. Their staffers admitted that the vast majority of the callers are opposed to the Porkulus bill. You could hope that the senators would get the message.

Keep those calls and letters going, folks! They’ll never get the message if we don’t give it them! With all barrels!!

31 posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 4:45:27 PM by Jim Robinson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181859/posts

_____________________________________

None of the senators was there.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:02 AM
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17. The question on everybody's minds concerning this protest.
Were there enough porta-potties on hand?
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:04 AM
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20. They want him to go back to doing more important things...
like launching investigations into football teams "spying" on each other



http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3225539



:sarcasm:
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:31 AM
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31. We still don't know if Andy Reid
uses his left or right hand to pick his nose and the tapes are the only things that could possibly provide the evidence. Specter is on it.
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:10 AM
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23. Time to email Specter's office
Give him some positive reinforcement.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:14 AM
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26. Good idea!
Some positive reinforcement for his staff couldn't hurt either.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:12 AM
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24. Oh Noes!!! Another Brooks Brothers Riot?
God help us, what shall we do!!

:rofl:

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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:17 AM
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27. Fewer people this time. Far fewer.
Four or five adults and five kids.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:18 AM
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28. Melanie Morgan? ROFL!!!!
I wondered where that harpy ended up since she lost her radio gig. She became box office poison on TV as well. Looks like she's back to her old tricks of idiotic and bombastic self promotion.

Hey...these kids need something to do. It's gotta be hard living in a world that constantly laughs at you louder and louder.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:54 AM
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34. Never heard of her.
:shrug:

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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:07 PM
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38. Oh...Then You're In For A "Treat"...
Behold this video...there are more where this one came from...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyOKSJlImWA
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:14 PM
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40. Who is paying her, and why was she on Hardball?
I've always wondered where these types come from and why they're given any credence at all. :shrug:
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:37 PM
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44. At The Time She Was Working For ABC/Disney...
She did a venomous talk show out of San Francisco. One of her stunts was to go after Cindy Sheehan with her "Cindy Doesn't Speak for me" bullshit. That's what got her onto the producers radar and onto Hardball. She kept making an ass out of herself, and I think at first, Tweety found it amusing, but she got more bombastic over time and uninvited herself.

To add "insult" the station she was on in San Francisco was sold to an inept company, Citadel, that in a move that resembles euthanisia, fired her about 6 months ago. She's been "on the beach" ever since.

In many cases these harpies come right out of PR agencies and right wing "camps" that were set up to "develop" these people...hate radio, print and the like. They were highly efficient at getting their people on the air in many markets. Seems like there's a Melanie Morgan in every town these days.

Cheers...
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:59 PM
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48. Thank you for the explanation.
What a racket!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:51 PM
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47. Melanie is such a twit
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 01:52 PM by proud2BlibKansan
In 2005 at Camp Casey in Crawford, Melanie showed up with a bus full of crazy people who had come all the way from California.

The bus pulled up and parked across the road from where Cindy Sheehan was having a prayer vigil. Lots of media was there.
So Melanie and her little twisted group of numb nuts got off the bus and chanted "We don't care. We don't care."

Then they got back on the bus, it turned around and went back the way it had come in. We never saw the bus or Melanie and her group again.

Too too funny. Even the CNN camera guy was laughing.
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enuegii Donating Member (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:43 AM
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32. Just wondering... why do they think the bill will "hurt veterans' healthcare?"
Is there some evil Demoncrat provision in it to cut spending on health care for veterans, just for the hell of it?
I'd think it a hell of a lot more likely that there are increases in the legislation for that purpose, not less.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:57 AM
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36. It's probably another partisan assumption
and an excuse for drama.
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:49 AM
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33. "Jim Robinson, and other patriotic citizens"
RimJob? Patriotic?
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:11 PM
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39. The only thing Melanie Morgan ever stormed was the Golden Corral buffet ...
on all you can eat chicken and dumplings night.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:19 PM
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41. Damn Hippie protestors!!
Don't they remember they have to support our President 150% or be unAmerican??
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 01:38 PM
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45. republicans are pathological liars" "hurt veterans healthcare" NOT
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 02:08 PM
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49. NOW they worry for funding for veterans.
These people are economic morons. It's a shame that the recession can't be targeted to hit only those people who support the insanity spouted by these "patriotic citizens". You know, folks who are all for "personal responsibility" and "pulling yourself by your bootstraps." I would LOVE giving these fools an opportunity to practice what they preach.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 02:13 PM
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50. I hope they had enough restrooms while they waited!
WHERE ARE THE DAMN PORT-A-POTTIES??!!
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 02:37 PM
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52. Ah, there is life under this Astroturf™ movement
Cockroaches, the whole lot. Follow the money.

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