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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:28 PM
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Things Only a Republican Could Believe:
Edited on Sat Sep-05-09 11:04 PM by proud2BlibKansan
· Parents who don't want their children to pray in school are Anti-American zealots -- parents who don't want their children to listen to a speech by the President of the United States telling them to work hard and get good grades are noble patriots.

· Peacefully demonstrating against the country starting an international war is treason -- showing up with automatic weapons to protest healthcare reform is democracy at its finest.

· Any government official with a desk job should have every action scrutinized -- any government official with a badge and a gun should never be questioned or disrespected. At all. Ever.

· Questioning the legitimacy of an election because the "winner" was selected by the Supreme Court is sour grapes -- questioning the legitimacy of an election because the winner (by the largest number of votes in American history) is really a Kenyan born Muslim despite all evidence to the contrary is being a vigilant American.

· Lying about a blowjob is an impeachable offense -- lying about a war is no big deal, really.

· Investigating a shady land deal involving the First Lady is a matter of National Identity -- investigating the use of torture at the direction of the Executive Branch is a partisan witch hunt.

· Executing Japanese officers for waterboarding prisoners during WWII shows that we have the moral high-ground on human rights -- waterboarding our prisoners shows that we have the moral high-ground on human rights.

· Sitting two rows in front of Jane Fonda in a 1970 anti-war rally is an OUTRAGE! Shaking Saddam's hand in 1983...meh, not so much.

· Anyone who questions the president during a time of war is giving aide and comfort to the enemy and should be deported...unless the president in question has a (D) next to their name in which case you should undermine them at every turn even if you have to routinely make shit up to do it.

· Socialism, Marxism, Communism and Fascism are all interchangeable words that mean pretty much the same thing.

· Anyone who abuses drugs should be locked up indefinitely...unless they are a popular Republican radio host in which case they need your prayers as they recover from the illness of addiction.

· Health Insurance companies have your best interests in mind and anyone who thinks otherwise is trying to turn America into the Godless heathen nation of Sweden where EVERYONE in the country dies (eventually).

· Obama is an atheist communist muslim who attended a radical christian church.

· Believing that human activity could impact the global environment is crazy talk -- believing that an invisible man in the sky personally told George Bush to invade Iraq to fulfill Biblical prophecy is logically sound.

· The verdict is still out on evolution -- but Jesus Christ returning in our lifetimes is a pretty much a given.

· The media are unquestionably biased against Republicans -- Talk Radio, The Washington Times, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, Rightwing Blogs, Fox News and NewsCorp are not part of the media.

· The government should have no part in regulating multi-national corporations as they make decisions that impact the lives of millions of people -- government should regulate individuals by determining who they can marry, what kind of intercourse they can have, what they can smoke, how to manage their pregnancy and how to proceed with end of life decisions.

· Communicating with hostile nations is a stab in the back to our great nation -- Reagan communicating with the USSR during the Cold War was Political Genius.

· Iran is a mortal threat to our nation and anyone who attempts to talk to them is traitorous scum -- selling weapons to Iran and then funneling the money to start wars in South America is clearly in our National interest.

· George Bush kept the nation safe after 9-11 (NOTE: the Anthrax attacks, the DC Sniper and Hurricane Katrina don't count. Also, the fact that 9-11 happened on his watch despite receiving a security briefing specifically warning of the attack doesn't count either.)

· Social Security, Medicare, public schooling, public libraries, fire departments, police departments and the US Military are as American as Apple Pie -- universal healthcare is ZOMGDEATHPANELSOCIALISM!!

· George W Bush is a regular 'ole Texas rancher just like you and me despite the fact that he was born in Connecticut, attended two Ivy League schools, bought the Crawford ranch just before running for president, sold it immediate after leaving office and is terrified of horses.

· The two guys at the center of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals are trustworthy voices in discussions of current national policy and should be taken at face-value.

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/9hmmm/things_only_a_republican_could_believe
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:29 PM
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1. Like I always say....All things are possible with an 80 IQ !
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:40 PM
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3. LOL
:rofl:
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:41 PM
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4. You're giving them too much credit
It's more like 75.
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create.peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:55 PM
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7. it's not about IQ....nt
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:30 PM
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2. The GOP are amateurs pumped up by RW media
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:44 PM
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5. Bush sold Crawford? I didn't know that.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:01 PM
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9. I heard it was on the market but I don't know that he sold it yet
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cmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 04:29 PM
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26. I'll check e-bay
:rofl:
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 06:58 PM
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36. I know it was a prop,
to make him look like a "ginuwine cowboy".
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 09:23 PM
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45. Them media reports in front of his neighbor's barn
shore was down-homey!
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AllyCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 10:10 PM
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48. Isn't he moving to Paraguay so he can evade prison?
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sagetea Donating Member (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 11:03 PM
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52. I didn't know he was afraid of horses
That explains a lot!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 12:45 AM
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56. Yep he sure is
That's why he took his bike to the ranch.
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Richard D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:47 PM
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6. This really should go viral
Perfect.

Cept you did have a typo for Medicare.
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create.peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:56 PM
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8. this is the link to the original, i believe
Edited on Sat Sep-05-09 10:58 PM by create.peace
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/9hmmm/things_only_a_republican_could_believe/

this is from the writer:

Not at all. Please copy and paste at will. Distribute it far and wide!

* permalink
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:01 PM
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10. I copied it from an email
Didn't proof it. Thanks for catching it.
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moodforaday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:49 PM
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24. That, and
it's "aid", not "aide" here.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:05 PM
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11. This is yours, right? It should be a pamphlet.
I would just add to "Communicating with hostile nations is a stab in the back to our great nation -- Reagan communicating with the USSR during the Cold War ... "

and with Iran to delay the release of US hostages in order to defeat Jimmy Carter for the presidency,


and Nixon negotiating an end to cease fire talks between President Johnson and the North Viet Namese, in order to defeat Humphrey for President, and thus prolonging our war against Viet Nam for 10 additional years,

"was Political Genius."

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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:09 PM
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12. Just for fun, I have occasionaly printed out things like this...
made numerous copies, and gone to bookstores and stuck them inside all the Rush Limpball and Spawn Hannity books.

It was cathartic.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:16 PM
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15. That's a cool idea. It would be fun to make it LOOK kind of Republican positive too
at first glance anyway, to get people to start reading it, then . . . .
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ChoppinBroccoli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:49 PM
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17. There Was A Time...........
...........when I used to carry a pen in my pocket when I went to the book store, and I'd write "File Under Fiction" inside the covers of all the Sean Hannity books. I then realized that what I was doing was wrong and stopped, but I HAVE been known (to this very day) to move Ann Coulter books over to the Fiction shelf of the bookstore.

Another one of my personal favorites. If you go to the Philosophy section of the bookstore, you can usually find a tiny, little book whose title is "On Bullshit". It's small. One of those books designed to fit in a shirt pocket or something. What I like to do is pick up as many copies of that book as they have, and then lay them on top of all the Right Wing screeds polluting the "New Releases" table. So, when I'm done, they are all, literally...........On Bullshit.

I've always said that I would start making pamphlets of stuff like this and leaving them in public places, but I've never actually had the nerve to do it. One thing I did do prior to the 2004 election, though, was I printed out about 100 small mailing label-sized stickers that said, "My name is George W. Bush, and I approved these gas prices" and every time I went to a gas station, I'd stick them right on the pumps.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 04:23 PM
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25. you are a fine upstanding individual and I welcome you to DU
I used to put legless plastic soldiers on the pumps with little flags that said "Bring me home now" or "stop this stupid war".

Then I used to put little flags stapled to toothpics with the image of gwb into dogshit piles. That was fun.

Now I just want some change, and I don't know how or what to do anymore. Writing my President doesn't work, writing my congress critters both local and federal doesn't work, in fact, no one seems to care. I'm about burned out on this stuff and I find myself worrying all the time cause I'm too old to find another job in a downturned economy that is experiencing a jobless recovery, while everything else is going up in price around me.

Well, enough about me, :hi:
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 04:59 PM
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28. Welcome to DU
Those are absolutely brilliant. I'm thinking there must be a lot of interesting uses for my neon colored Post-its.

As for the pamphlets, I've seen people do that regularly with religious tracts. I worked in a store and used to find them all over the place.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 06:17 PM
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32. I had a friend that printed out avery labels that said "Impeach", and stuck them everywhere.
Dont think it did any good but felt good.
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Yavapai Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 07:16 PM
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41. My favorite one,
was when I printed a lot of photos of Rush on large mailing labels. I would, when in an empty public restroom, paste them in the urinal with a pencil. Kind of made it fun to have something to aim at. Another plus was that nobody would remove them.

How to have fun in republican Arizona.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 11:28 PM
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54. Very cool. nt
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 10:40 PM
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51. Welcome to DU!
:hi:

I once saw a Hummer with a little homemade sticker saying "Major League Asshole on Board" which I am guessing was NOT made in the home of the owner. :rofl:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:13 PM
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13. P.S. Thom Hartmann has been playing audio of Johnson on the phone to Evert Dirkson discussing
Nixon's campaign tactics including the Viet Namese and both Johnson & Dirkson say that it is Treason.
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 07:10 PM
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37. Everett Dirksen was one of the last sane Republicans. n/t
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 07:11 PM
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38. Everett Dirksen was one of the last sane Republicans. n/t
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 07:12 PM
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39. Sorry for the double post.
My Internet gets screwy on a regular basis.
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create.peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:13 PM
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14. see my link to original just above this! nt
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:19 PM
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16. No not mine. I got it in an email.
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 11:54 PM
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18. K & R and bookmarked!!!
Maybe we should all keep periodically adding to this list as we think of more things?
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 10:33 AM
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19. We could probably fill a book
And it would be an immediate best seller!
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 10:57 AM
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20. I bet it would be
Maybe you ought to work on that.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 11:50 AM
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21. Wish I had the time
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:47 PM
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23. Don't we all
*sigh*
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Leftist Agitator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:20 PM
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22. Anyone who believes any of these things is the enemy.
Anyone who believe these things must be exterminated.
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DissedByBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 04:31 PM
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27. This is right-on!
I only have one little problem,

"showing up with automatic weapons to protest healthcare reform is democracy at its finest"

No civilians showed up with automatic weapons.
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PSzymeczek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 07:13 PM
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40. OK, semi-automatic.
quibble, quibble.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 08:56 PM
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43. The media labeled it as an automatic weapon
So instead of arguing about it, we need to just go with it. Besides, who does this incorrect label hurt? Not us.
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DissedByBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 10:23 PM
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50. The media are idiots
It is rare that I ever see guns mentioned where they don't make a factual mistake.

At least I hope they are idiots. If they are not that means they have a purposeful campaign of disinformation going on.

And who does it hurt? Anyone who cares about our constitutional rights.
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zenprole Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 05:08 PM
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29. Announcing The Rubber/Road Meeting!
This list gives a pass to large numbers of Democrats and, by extension, pussyfooting liberals, but is still very entertaining...could be re-titled "Things Only A Fascist Fundamentalist Could Believe."
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Beartracks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 05:18 PM
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30. Why blowjobs are impeachable
>Lying about a blowjob is an impeachable offense -- lying about a war is no big deal, really.

I had someone patiently explain to me once about the blowjob that the reason it was impeachable is because Clinton lied about it TO A GRAND JURY, even though it was investigating an unrelated matter.

Bush, however, has not lied to a Grand Jury (only the American people). So there.

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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 06:23 PM
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33. The American gullible chuckle-heads are basically cowards. They are the ones that stand behind the
bully when he is beating up the weak kid. Therefor when a bully comes along and says we need to beat up Hussein or Iran or North Korea, they love it. Bar no expense. But they also look at anyone that uses diplomacy as a weakling. That means GWB could literally do anything he wanted because he is a bully and the chuckle-heads love bullies. Glen Beck, Dick Cheney, Hannity, Rush, etc. But Clinton wasnt a bully so they hated him.
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Beartracks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 08:36 PM
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42.  A lover not a fighter? (Couldn't resist!) n/t
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 11:26 PM
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53. Dont think you tried hard enough.
jk
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 05:22 PM
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31. It is difficult to wrap my mind around these concepts.
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 06:48 PM
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34. other traits
* War is good as long as others have to fight.

* Cutting taxes for the wealthy creates jobs.

* Inherited wealth is from God.

* Choice and options eliminate choice and options.

* Dick Cheney is an honorable man.

*You can lie without compunction and become outraged when questioned about the lies.

* You say you never heard of the Klan while lighting a cross on the lawn of a minority.

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 06:51 PM
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35. Fabulous post
K&R
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Douglas Carpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 09:19 PM
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44. great post!! kick and recommended!!
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pasto76 Donating Member (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 09:37 PM
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46. just a point, I dont think anyone has carried automatic weapons to a presidential event
semi auto I think.


LOVE the one about evolution.
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wroberts189 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 09:39 PM
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47. You took the right pill . knr nt
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KillCapitalism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 10:19 PM
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49. Add to that...
Edited on Sun Sep-06-09 10:25 PM by KillCapitalism
Glenn Beck is your hero.:puke: but Maddow and Olberman are unamerican commies.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 11:29 PM
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55. That a jury can be trusted to put a criminal to death but not to properly punish a doctor that

blinded someone because of a five martini lunch before surgery.
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