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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 07:30 PM Original message |
"Move 2: Let the Democrat-controlled Congress throw a fit".... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Someone really should check the writer's grammar. "Democrat-controlled?" |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm with you completely on that!! |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I don't see the problem here. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Nope. n/t |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Sorry. The Answer Is Yes |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Oh, plenty of dems fall into that trap--Randi Rhodes is one of the worst. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Journalism Schools Teach Economy Of Space |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I am a former journalist. You never sacrifice grammar for economy of space. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Well you're both wrong |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The adverbial form of big-D democrat is Democratically. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Unfortunately for you, your link proves me correct. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It refers back to little d democratic |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What do you think "initial capital letter" means? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. ly - in the manner |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Okay. One more time. That's why definition #4 SAYS.... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It's a mish-mesh |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yes, they are thinking about proper grammar. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Americanly controlled UN |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You do realize that your example is completely inapplicable? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. It's a Democratic Party Congress |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You have no CLUE what you're talking about. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Yes I absolutely do |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:49 PM Original message |
No, you absolutely don't. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. Then we had a Republicanly controlled Congress |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Declension, declension, declension. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You are just wrong |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You have yet to demonstrate how I'm wrong. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. democratically is an adverb |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. The form of "democrat" modifies the verb "controlled." |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Nope, it modifies the noun Congress |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. No, that's wrong. It modifies the verb. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Who, not How |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. You're confusing yourself by concentrating on "who" and "how." |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. lol, that's the whole POINT |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Wow. You just don't get it. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Yeah! You don't use an adverb to describe a noun!!! |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. That's because it's not describing a noun. It's modifying a verb. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. The OP is about WHO is controlling Congress |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. It has nothing to do with the OP. It's about the internal sentence structure. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. The question is whether an adverb belongs there |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. All words are not declined the same. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. Declension is for nouns, right? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Declension is for all forms of a word. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. I only know about it from trying to learn a foreign language |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Nah, Gingrich and Luntz started that nasty little habit quite intentionally. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Exactly, and if you read the OP |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. The issue here is now about "who" or "how." |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Yes. It. Is. COMPLETELY n/t |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. No, it isn't. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Compound adjective - OP is completely correct |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Sorry, it's not a compound adjective. Again, that pesky little verb. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Maybe it's a compound noun |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Not with the verb there. These rules really aren't that difficult, you know. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Here |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Again, pulling out random words that are declined differently than "democrat".... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Okay, one more shot here--I think I may know what's confusing you. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. No, Democrat refers to more than one Democrat |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. No, it doesn't. There is a democrat, and many democrats. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Democratic is an adjective |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. No. Again, different rules (declension) for different words. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. for little d democracy |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. But it's NOT different. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. 1,380,000 |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. That was my point. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. He is a Democrat |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. "patriotically controlled" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. democratically is an adverb |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Yes, I know they're both adverbs. Please check out my other response to you. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. I Think That's What I Said |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. If a true concern is for economy of space- it could be "Dem- controlled congress" |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. That Would Work |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Who controls Congress |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Except that it most certainly IS. n /t |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. It Still Operates In A Democratic Fashion |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That is correct. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. That's NOT what the OP means AT ALL |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I have not made a mistake. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. And you did it fucking WRONG n/t |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. LOL--no, I didn't. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. The sky's purple |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Yeah, that's just about the way you argue. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. little 'd' democratic |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. What's With These Dupes, Today? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
64. This is true |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. If they want Negroponte as Secretary of State, |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. I believe Cheney will step down - The Dem congress certainly can't |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Clue Train: Never Happen. CONDI IS PRO CHOICE. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. You're right, I don't see the right wingnuts rallying behind Condi... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
73. they don't have to --her term would be up in 08, no elections. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. This poses an interesting question. I think I could actually be happy with this scenario. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Wow! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. What you are saying is true - yet |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. You make an excellent point! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. and that too is a good point |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. and my 3+ year oLd prediction wiLL come to fruition |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-09-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
75. I think he's on to something there |
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