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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:39 AM Original message |
I did not think he would lose me so soon—sooner than Bill Clinton did. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. k and r |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Clinton Presidency was a resounding success |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. as long as you were an American corporation.... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Or a young American not being burdened by debt or any American looking for work |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yeah? How'd those Clinton economic policies work out in the long run? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wow! That clown Bush, who sat in the White House, had nothing to do with the "long run"? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Who repealed Glass-Steagall? Who signed the Commodities Modernization Act? |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Don't forget "Welfare Reform", NAFTA, and the Telecommunications Act, |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Oh, it didn't |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
93. Seeing as how he's just a five buck an hour DLC hogwash dispenser, they won't replace his circuits. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. Welfore Reform has actually proven to help the people we wanted to help |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #63 |
100. how's that? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
114. How so? |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
117. No it hasn't. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
142. HA! |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
150. The fact is you are wrong.... |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #63 |
163. Most hilarious DLC defender post of the day n/t |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #63 |
174. Bwah! |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #63 |
238. i disagree |
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beyond cynical (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
88. Two out of three ain't bad. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #88 |
232. The Telecommunications Act was good? nt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
101. or the wto... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #101 |
210. Yeah - PEACE, HOPE AND PROSPERITY ARE SOOO OVERRATED!!! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #210 |
212. that's what a tech boom that gets people working can do for a country... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #212 |
215. Good point. I'd ask this; |
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Gnome Sane (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #101 |
240. IN A PHRASE: FOLLOW THE MONEY: FOLLOW THE MONEY |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
219. Betrayal by those closest to you . .. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. and who was tasked with making sure that didn't cause any problems |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Nobody's going to argue that Bush wasn't a disaster |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
129. Clinton is a neo liberal which is why most people voted change. Instead we get the same old same |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
103. "Who repealed Glass-Steagall?" No kidding! |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #103 |
189. Clinton had no choice but to sign the bill... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #189 |
203. Clinton pushed the Senate to pass it - had he argued against it, it wouldn't |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #203 |
213. He did NOT "push" for it...nice revisionism there... |
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Skelly (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #213 |
247. Maybe not "push" but at least a not so gentle "nudge"... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Well, for the first time we agree on something. That one really |
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beyond cynical (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
86. Pretty good...until Bush came along. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #86 |
98. Ok, now that's just stupid |
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beyond cynical (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
171. I don't understand. Are you suggesting that Bush I was responsible for |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #171 |
176. Oh FFS. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #176 |
233. Okay, but anyway you |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #171 |
216. The "Roaring Nineties" were the result of cheap computing and the World Wide Web. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
211. Actually RESOUNDINGLY SUCCESSFULLY!!! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #211 |
244. Yeah, that's about as idiotic an assessment as you could possibly produce |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Clinton kept a stranglehold on Iraq |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. wow! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
80. Half a million children died as a result of those sanctions. |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #80 |
94. oh? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #94 |
121. I'd go with naive. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #94 |
164. Yeah you're naive n/t |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
102. Oh, but I think that was worth it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #102 |
123. --- Madeline Albright. Yep. Here's a good article from The Nation. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #123 |
152. Thanks. Bookmarked. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
91. Please. |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #91 |
270. Clinton was strangely silent when the Right was blabbering Dem 'pre nine' |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Yeah, but it was just a lot of brown Muslims dying though, so it doesn't count |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. Your position is so hard to defend you have to resort to false accusations of racism? |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
81. As already said....in case it was hard to read the first time |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. ok Pres Clinton is a mass murderer riiiiigggghhhht! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Can you argue with the actual evidence? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
69. The art of the false choice- A great tactic if facts or honesty don't matter |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Wait... you criticize a non-existent "false choice" by offering an actual false choice of your own? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. You call someone a mass murder you better well have proof of that person killing or ordering |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Do you even understand what a "false choice" is? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I understand and are capable of seeing the false claims that Bill Clinton is a mass murder |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. False claim is not false choice |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Correct the false choice would be in the article you posted |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #89 |
99. That would be a false correlation |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
116. Teh irony -- IT LIVES! nt |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
97. by their definition I would guess they consider |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #97 |
135. There are lots of countries that have not killed people for profit |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #135 |
148. Most nations have killed people for equally dumb reasons |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #148 |
166. This country was meant to change that. |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
197. Corporate shill, no doubt about it. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. NAFTA, repeal of Glass-Steagall, Commodities Modernization Act, etc, etc, etc |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. True. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Jobs, peace and prosperity, economic growth, world respect |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. And who's weak-ass policies led to the GOP-run Congress? |
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howmad1 (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
141. It would have helped a lot....... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
104. the key to it all was jobs...and clinton wasn't responsible for the tech boom... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #104 |
230. I thought the tech boom was a bubble? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #230 |
255. the bubble didn't pop until clinton was mostly out the door, either. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
66. I've talked to may liberals around Clinton's age who |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. If clinton lost this individual |
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SandWalker1984 (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
78. Bill Clinton gave us NAFTA, the Telecommunications Bill & cut capital gains for the rich. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
95. Hardly. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
127. Who are you to make that judgement? I thought you didn't like arrogance? nt |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
132. Don't Forget the Slaughter er a 'War' in the Balkans |
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marcg (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
133. Resounding Success |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
134. Don't Forget the War on the Former Yugoslavia - |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
146. yeppers, ol' slick willy was the best republican that could run on the |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 04:53 AM Response to Reply #146 |
271. Until our current president, that is |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
168. Why do you hate poor mothers and their children? |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
196. Yep, best Republican president in at least 50 years! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 03:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
220. Clinton was responsible for NAFTA which screwed over the middle class. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
245. It's just a shame that he had to be so by doing the Republican's job for them. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
277. You chose not to answer why poor mothers and their children are of no consequence to you, eh? |
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John N Morgan (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'd like to unrec ... I still love Obama, but I can't unrec a valid rant. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. what a stupid whiner |
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digidigido (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
218. I'm actually thinking maybe Nader was right |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 05:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
272. Yeah what an asshole, go vote for your choice of candidate |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. I do not understand how so many people chose not to read his speeches or check his track record. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Agreed. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. But those pretty, New Agey speechsermons he preached |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. What track record? |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. oh I get it now your using right wing talking points to attack the Prez |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. BINGO. So it was all the easier for folks to make up one. nt |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
52. agreed, he sorta 'lost me' way way back |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
70. His record showed him to be to the right of Kerry, to the left of Edwards and Clinton. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #70 |
200. I agree with you - and there were posts on that on DU |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't see a betrayal.... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. +100 |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:05 AM Original message |
+100000 |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
53. NO. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. But after 3 months of reviews, alternative strategies and briefings... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. What we SHOULDN'T be doing.... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Absolutely. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. War is unpredictable. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. I don't see killing MORE people who had NOTHING.... |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #73 |
90. We may not be killing people who had anything to do with 9/11... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #90 |
115. oh. my. god. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #115 |
195. Really. And your avatar is an upside down flag. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #195 |
248. *facepalm* |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #67 |
136. No, I would not want revenge for anyone I loved who died |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
149. Killing more people because your child died in an illegal war... |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #149 |
198. WOW. That is the broadest brush I have ever seen.... |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
156. Would it bring my child back? |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #156 |
201. If my child was murdered.... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #67 |
172. No one informed me when I raised my hand and swore where the command's office of Why/How/What/When |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:52 AM Response to Reply #172 |
226. +1 |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
177. That's some strange reasoning you have there. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #177 |
204. Another broad brush.... |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #204 |
209. Not really a broad brush. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #209 |
236. You can speak ill of whoever you like.... |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #67 |
207. Sorry for your dear ones loses, but these people did not attack us. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #207 |
239. Thank you for your kind words. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #239 |
243. There are a lot of unanswered questions about the WTC too, and... |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #243 |
249. I agree completely. We should not be the only one's with a majority fighting this war... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
128. BS. That's just reality. |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
147. He said by AT LEAST two brigades |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
188. Oh, you and your facts. They don't care about that. They have fake betrayal to keep them angry |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe instead of wondering why Obama lost him, he should reexamine his own expectations |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
74. Or maybe Obama should quit acting like a republican. n/t |
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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. Am I the only one not surprised by Obama's decision? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. No anyone that sees the world as it is, rather than how they want it to be |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
48. No, you are not. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think that's where we failed though. I think we made electing a "historic" president our priority. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
77. +1000 . |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
145. Wow. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #145 |
167. I know. HRC would have been "historic" as well |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #167 |
173. Girl, you and I both already know the answer to that. Standards only appear to have been lowered |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
202. What were our choices? |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
20. B.S. we have to do what we have to do to secure Afghanistan and |
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SandWalker1984 (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
87. Not abandon our allies? You mean Unocal? BP? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
130. We have no allies there. There will be a bloodbath not matter when we leave |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
151. Dear NavyDavy.... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
158. What about the Soviets' defeat is hard to understand? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
21. And, now, the Democratic Party has become the War Party and have their "Tough" creds. |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
29. Oh..well if this is what Garry Wills feels then.. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. You've never heard of Garry Wills? n/t |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Nope |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
143. He's a historian and author |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
125. Ever heard of a search engine? Ever read a book? |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #125 |
138. Ever heard of "I don't give a shit"? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
34. Maybe he lost him because.. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Garry Wills spent eight years stripping the bark off Bush, |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
64. The ignorance on the board can sometimes get depressing |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Seems like quite a few people here used to read. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
118. It is surreal constantly having to educate the late to the party types. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Yeah, like these people who think that Andrew Sullivan is the cat's pajamas |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #68 |
231. Amen, sister. nt |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #64 |
214. Yes - YOU prove that constantly... |
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cartach (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
274. Nobody noticed! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
179. To be fair, not all of it is personal against the President, with serious fractures in BOTH parties |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
36. I suggest to all of you delusional people, go form a commune and move to the jungle. |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. hear hear!!!!!!!!!!! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. I'll move to the jungle when you move to the front lines |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Even if there were a draft, I am too old. Still doesn't change the premise of my post. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Your premise seems to be whoever bought that HOPE and CHANGE crap is a dumb fuck |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Well Said, jgraz. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Thank you. n/t |
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rtassi (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
92. Well met! |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
106. No, no, we're talking about the "Real World" here. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
108. After you join the peace core. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #108 |
120. It's the "Peace Corps", Brain Trust. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Hey look you had to edit your post. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Yes, I added this |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. LoL! |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #124 |
190. Why Bother With This Poster? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #190 |
193. Eh, you're probably right. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #190 |
251. Spot On Binka. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #108 |
246. You are insulting people who have served in the US Peace Corps. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
84. Do you have the intelligence to count all the cop outs in your own post? |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
105. We've been "delusional" for years here at DU. Welcome. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
131. OBAMA IS MY FUCKING PRESIDENT WHICH MEANS THAT HE IS MY GODDAMN PUPPET |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
154. Thank you for that dose of reality... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #154 |
175. The moment you enlist I will head off to the jungle and join a commune |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
178. love it or leave it.. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
181. Why is it that when people like you say things like that you never see that the same could be said |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
260. YEAH! |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
268. Why is it you folks always claim to have a better hold on reality than us? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
37. This guy feels betrayed, because he wasn't lied to. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
40. At least the author admits that he was projecting qualities onto Obama... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
44. The idea that the President's campaign speeches become the boundary lines for acceptable criticism |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
46. grow up Mr Wills. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
113. And so General Wes Clark, Senator Feingold, etc etc, do they need to grow up, too? We need |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #113 |
224. Senator Feingold has said nothing like what Wills said here |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
170. C.V. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #170 |
229. So what? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #229 |
250. Don't you feel foolish now? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
183. 1+ |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
49. Deleted message |
dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
57. I do not support the escalation, |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
59. well, bully for him. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
71. What a bunch of crap |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
83. Oh, jeez. I hope when you all are done working on getting us |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
160. What do you mean, when? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
96. K&R |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #96 |
107. +1 |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
109. I don't get how the escalation was a betrayal. |
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change_notfinetuning (750 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
110. My point exactly. Obama promised no "dumb wars". Sorry, but Afghanistan is |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
111. and that's why I stand by my OP a week ago that said I wasn't voting again for him, many agreed, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
112. Afghanistan is arguable. The following is not: |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
137. Well put! K & R. eom |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
139. why doesn't Obama ever mention all the contractors? |
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bos1 (997 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
140. It's f-ing childish, self-defeating and stupd. nt |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
144. He'll lose me when he signs a piece of shit 'healthcare' bill |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #144 |
187. That's one of my trade-offs here. We're not getting what we want in Afghanistan, so |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
153. He'll lose me when he becomes a Republican |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
155. Obama is a tool for the corporate rulers |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
157. Yes, but whoever is still alive after 18 mos gets to come home! |
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quickesst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
159. The reality? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. It's supposed to work the other way around. He's supposed to get behind us. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #159 |
185. 1++ Well said! |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
162. Too bad that Obama get finally ENDING both wars |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #162 |
184. The mafia that is in power now is only barely more humane |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #184 |
191. Obama is ending both wars and some people can't stand it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #191 |
194. And that is your talking point and it has nothing to do with reality on the ground. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #194 |
205. Nope, wars are ending, that's the reality. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:45 AM Response to Reply #205 |
225. He gave a speech. And as far as killing the "endless war meme" |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #225 |
256. He gave a speech outlining the plan that is now being implemented. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #256 |
257. Good luck with that. n/t |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #257 |
258. No luck needed, just a sound strategy |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #258 |
261. Propping up an illegitimate criminal government and training a national army |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #261 |
265. It was an illegitimate criminal government |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #265 |
266. Propping up a criminal illegitimate government is not cleaning up. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #191 |
237. what are you talking about? he is escalating |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #237 |
254. Do you really not know what the plan is? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #162 |
186. Don't you think some other serious actors on this Earth are also very against us just |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #186 |
192. Sure, I'm sure there are "other serious actors" |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #192 |
259. I am not refering to those with nefarious purposes. Only those who have a stake in |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
165. The escalation of this war over 100 bad men in Afghanistan may be |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
169. The original and ancient strategy for war |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
180. You know for me I knew that he was for upping the troops |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #180 |
217. I wish this was an OP so I could K&R it. |
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WoodyM (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
182. Obama campaigned on Change. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
199. Yawn. Bill Clinton was a great President and Obama is on his way as well. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
206. Fervent K&R for my feelings, with reservations. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
208. The planned withdrawl is ONLY for the 30 Thou he's sending in NOW |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
221. This should not be at 116+ positive Recs. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #221 |
252. It's probably just those useless young people sitting around blowing one another |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
222. don't ya know what a disappointment it all is. what can we do? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
223. I've had a LOT of helpess-feeling anger and disappointments over the years |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
227. He lost me before this, but this ,,,, |
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waronbanks (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
228. I knew with his backing down on FISA |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
234. Author (and his wife) are suckers. And they evidently didn't listen to many of his campaign speeches |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
235. Did anyone ever consider |
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NikRik (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
241. got it all wrong on President Cliniton ! |
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Knight Hawk (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
242. Know Thyself |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
253. I knew. nt |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
262. Shows how stupid the guy is WRT his expectations... |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
263. Whatever! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #263 |
267. Any particular reason (beyond the obvious attention seeking)? n/t |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #267 |
276. "Beyond the obvious Attention seeking"???? |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
264. Arise. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
269. Oh god, he lost you |
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cartach (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
273. Same old,same old ! |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
275. So you knew Obama |
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