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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:04 PM Original message |
Who is or was the most evil American ever? (poll eventually) |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm kind of partial to Poppy Bush at this point...n/t |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. You Said It! n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. babs is the only one who even comes CLOSE to poppy. |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd say President Cheney |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Would Columbus count? Not a US citizen, but linked to America. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Dishonorable mention, I'd think; he never even made it to the continent |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am going for GHWB. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
93. There's a terrific documentary called "The Panama Deception" |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. President Cheney n/t |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Cheney. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. my moneys on Barbara Bush |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Emperor Cheney ranks near the top of the list. |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Edmund Ruffin. . . |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. On the other end of that war, I'd go w/John Wilkes Booth... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. For the reasons that you state... |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. There was most certainly a conspiracy involved, but up what heights is |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #51 |
83. It's pretty clear he was a narcissistic sociopath... |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. A lock of Booth's hair would indeed be a great family keepsake! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. "American Brutus" was very good imo... |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Thanks.... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Yes, it does.. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Smithsburg MD has changed into something I didn't recognize at all... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. And in the middle, Capt. Henry Wirz |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
80. Ruffin |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
90. Ed Gein |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Poppy and Barbara Bush |
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bearfan454 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. cheney nt |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Cheney |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Edward Bernays |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Didn't they name a sauce after him? |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Jeffrey Dahmer comes awfully close. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not necessarily the most evil himself |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. Celine Dion. |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
84. Yeah, the most Evil Canadian! n/t |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. Andrew Jackson was no saint |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I agree - he was a genocidal bastard IMO |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Andrew Jackson may have suffered from PTSD... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. If I remember correctly a British Soldier slashed him with his sword, |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Too bad any heroic deeds he might have performed in his youth |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. No argument there... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Maybe true - I don't know where sociopathic evil comes from but that might explain it |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #49 |
81. Our history has been whitewashed... |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Lyndon Johnson is a finalist for sure |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. put him in perspective |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Exactly |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Please read my post about the real LBJ |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. he also had many of JFK's "best and brightest" advising him to go into Vietnam |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Do you know the facts about LBJ and President Kennedy in regards to Vietnam? |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. I do have him in perspective. After he helped murder President Kennedy... |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. Andrew Kehoe (1872-1927)...Anti-tax fanatic who blew up a public school in protest: |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Jerry MacGuire and the others who tried |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Oops, didn't see your reply before I posted mine. Great mind DO move alike. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Roy Cohen and Joe McCarthy. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. You can add J. Edgar Hoover to that bunch.... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. At least with serial killers |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. * dick are at the top of my list |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. 'Rev' Jim Jones |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. The not-very-famous ministers and townspeople who engendered the |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Mostly we've named politicians. I'm surprised no one has mentioned their masters, so here goes... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I would add Grover Norquist in as well... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. List is far from complete. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. True, one could argue that unlike so many of the others... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. I love your post |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #30 |
82. Masters |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. He wasn't, it was an off-the top-of-my-head list, but you must admit that many of the ones |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. Alan Welsh Dulles |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
92. Great addition, no list of perpetrators is complete without him on it, thanks. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. Henry Killinger. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Kissenger actually received the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. McCarthy n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. John D. Rockefeller |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. I second that. |
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AshevilleGuy (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. In addition to the ones already named: Jesse Helms |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
56. Cheney or McCarthy get my vote... |
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Arkham House (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. Ezra Pound |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
59. American Monsters - A great book to go with this thread! |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. Nathan Bedford Forrest |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. I'll second that. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. LIEberman is working toward that goal. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'm hesitant to mention Bush or Cheney |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. On the other hand, they smeared habeas corpus, which was almost 800 years old |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. granted |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. So did FDR, but those were national emergencies... |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. oh, yeah |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. As far as what bush and Cheney have done to our society... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
67. Gov. Wallace? Sen McCarthy? Henry Ford? |
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champt10 (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
69. You Have to distinguish... |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-07-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
70. Depends on your point of view. If you are pro-America, then... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
73. I gotta go with Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
76. The entire Bush family |
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Chomskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
78. tie: Henry Kissinger and J. Edgar Hoover |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-08-07 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
79. Carrot Top definitely has to be up there nt |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-12-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
94. The entire bush crime family........... |
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jail_them (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-12-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
95. It Would HAVE To Be Dictated By The Most Hurt |
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