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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:17 PM Original message |
People, it's just Gerald Ford |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. here is the reaction from my local mom's group: |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Interesting and Good Point. They didn't declare Holiday for St. Ronnie |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. um, yes, Reagan got the same treatment |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. I didn't remember the post office closing but... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
63. It is the exact same |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #63 |
164. As it should be... |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
160. Ford never gave postal workers a raise - that is why the day off |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. the GOP rehabilitating its image |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gerald Ford kept half this administration from going to jail. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Poppy's speech about Ford putting his signature |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm reminded of the "WIN" button. |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. My position on Ford had been, "He meant well"; |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. And for that he is treated like a dead Pharaoh. |
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Vexatious Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's right, it is un-American. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I'm with you on that one... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
77. Yep.. Jerry was the "pound cat" who was brought home |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Like the analogy, |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. I, for one, thought closing the post offices was really stupid. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. You blame Princess Di? Hate to break it to you, but it's been around a lot longer than that. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Very true. Check out the Pyramids. nt |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. I agree with the writer... |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. That Ford has this much attention and our 3000+ dead can't even |
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neoblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. M$M vs Culture... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. the author should study history before making faulty assumptions |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Herbert died about noon on October 20. He was pushing up daisys on the 25th |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. so what. Rosa Parks died on Oct 24 and wasn't interred until Nov 2 |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. A last ditch effort to alter the Republican reputation |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. ...entire event perfectly summed up by the performance of the bagpiper, |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. No, no, you miss the point. This is a genuinely American strategy. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. I read in a sociology textbook once that one of the purposes |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
81. Pretty much |
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vickitulsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. I very much enjoyed hearing what you had to say. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #91 |
162. I second that emotion. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
88. My American History teacher got a week's suspension |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
108. Beautifully stated |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #108 |
161. It's not exactly a "complete inversion of reality," so much as a |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. America's appetite for smarmy, over the top grieving |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
71. Wouldn't that be corporate media's "smarmy, over the top grieving".............. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
90. They show it because people watch it |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. Getting back to another debate, he resigned because he knew he would get pardoned |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, since I heard it on Friday |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. LOL |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. EVEN JFK DIDN'T TAKE THIS LONG!!!!! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Whatever. Your hysteria |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. HYSTERIA???!!! |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. How Do You Square The Two Observations? |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. My diet no longer includes popcorn |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You call it a meltdown... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. ROFL!! |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
95. IT. IS. WEDNESDAY!!!!!! |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #95 |
112. Wednesday for us normal people. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I Think The Said Poster Pays To Much Attention To The (D) or (R) After A Person's Name.... |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. scooch over |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
94. Me too. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. With the Secret Service investigating DU, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
84. "Maybe Ford wasn't a 'slimeball'" |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #84 |
158. I Liked And Respected Him So By Transitive Reduction I Am A Slimeball |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Like sunrise and sunset .. |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
116. We're all totally screwn |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Not to mention the horrible way he died.... |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Kennedy didn't pull Nixon and the repuke party's fat out of the fire |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. I seem to be saying this a lot lately, |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. You Are NOT ALONE!!!! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Can I ask you a sincere question? Since most of us can read, why do you use caps? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Can I make a suggestion |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Can I make a suggestion? |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Um ? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. What I don't get is |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
79. Actually during the funeral for JFK the same things were done |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
96. WRONG!!! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. He was buried at Arlington in Virginia, graveside service was held there too |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. so was it wrong that they let people in 3 cities remember rosa parks |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Are YOU EQUATING ???!!!! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Gerald Ford was a congressman, an effective congressman, in |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. I DO HOPE That You Are NOT |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. You still haven't answered my question about the cap's??? Why do you do that? |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #106 |
119. Don't hold your breath on this one. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. I'm hoping I don't.....get a sane response that is... |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. and what he/she gonna do now? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Yeah no kidding! What bandwagon to follow now... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #122 |
148. start another thread. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. Not enough popcorn |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #106 |
138. Here's WHY |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #103 |
113. I don't equate them, but that's not the issue |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #103 |
117. President Jimmy Carter (D) .... would disagree with you. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #117 |
130. exactly. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #130 |
155. G'on Momma Harper! |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #117 |
133. SO WHAT??!!! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #133 |
154. No, honey ... |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
89. Hey, Carter's speaking at Ford's funeral right now. |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. I hereby declare today "National Day After Yesterday Day"! |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. I see it more as a nation honoring the office rather than the man. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Romans made the emperors Gods. Erected statues to them. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. it's the pardon thing. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. I think you may be on to something n/t |
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vickitulsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
87. I agree it was all about the pardon of Nixon, paving the way |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. Seriously, how many of these Memorials |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I didn't pay much attention, but I think I heard one commentator |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. I work on Pennsylvania Avenue |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Thanks for the correction. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. no problem |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. About 60,000 visited in GR between 5pm and 11am today |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. This pomp & ritual is for the office of President, not for Ford. Reagan had a month |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. It's an office, not a kingship |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. So should we tear down the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
82. No, I don't have a problem naming buildlings after them |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
118. I agree with you. Just trying to clarify why it's being done right now. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
52. When Kennedy was assinated on a Friday, there |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
73. Exactly, just like Reagan except his was more |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. I'm from Grand Rapids, so he was more than just an unelected President to us |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Its true. To many in the nation he was a "pardon", to the GR area residents |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
111. noonwitch which part of GR did you grow up in? I was from there too. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #111 |
163. Kentwood |
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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. Agree! Lou Dobbs, too, last night made a statement saying this funeral |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. The libraries employ people and bring revenue to areas |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. Yeah, and then Lou Dobbs |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. It did seem over the top, I'll agree |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. national days of mourning predate 9/11 by, oh, more than 100 years |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
80. In the old days, the TV had only a few channels and went off at night |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #80 |
97. you are wrong about the old days |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. What if they didn't do these things? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
70. Just think of all the wailing and gnashing of teeth to come when |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Should be interesting eh? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Hopefully That Will Be A Very Long Time From Now |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #78 |
156. Amen. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. No kidding |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Well, my sincere wish for this country |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
93. The big difference..... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
85. Come on, don't blame Diana |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #85 |
115. actually, it started with Abe Lincoln |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
99. such a well written post. i didnt even think about if i agree or not |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. I didn't agree with too much of what the author wrote either |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
107. Would anyone here not sign up for 93 right now if you could? I would n/t |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
109. Is that why there was no mail? |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
110. My God, it's *still* not over. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
114. Ford a true republican pig! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #114 |
121. Be sure to forward your point of view to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. No kidding. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. Strange thing I noticed about Dems over the years is that they tend... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Heapin' lot of philosophy just to justify the use of the word pig NNNOLHI |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
125. I am soooo |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Not that I have to know, but is your name Paris Hilton by any chance? |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Ford a complete fucking bumbling clown!!!! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Still having a problem I see. That's too bad. The rest of us seem to have moved on. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. Only with your silly repetition of protecting the asshole Ford...Look how many |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. I'm flattered you read all my posts tea, pat yourself on the back |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. So how long have you loved the republican Ford? You voted for him... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Didn't vote for Ford. Didn't vote for Jimmy Carter either. Or Nixon. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. So AGAIN, What exactly did Ford do for you... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. The same thing he did for you. But then, we have different opinions on |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. Again, So why do you love the republican Ford? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Expect to be attacked personally for telling the truth about a Republican |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Well you know I wasn't exactly crazy about Ford but all this disruptive stuff |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #135 |
142. Come on you've been ass kissing Ford.... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. Well Jif, I like the women in Maine but that's about it. Happy you asked |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #145 |
151. You agree with republican ideology? |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. Thanks, I know this...with these republican lovers like Skippy...I can keep going and kicking |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. Actually I think your profile says June of 2006 but what do I know |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. I've been here under |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. You're entirely too positive for me. Bye now. I have big people's work to do. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. Good bye to all republican losers! |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
137. What I found most interesting |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
157. And this marks the end. What will you bitch about now? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-03-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
159. There's Something Very Interesting In This And Other Ford Threads. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
165. Typical for the passing of a president. |
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