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givemebackmycountry
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:05 PM Original message |
Little help here....Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident. |
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ryanmuegge
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. He probably should be, but other politicians have done a lot worse. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Laura Bush should have served time for her car accident, too. n/t |
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ryanmuegge
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. |
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aspergris
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Cheney did not commit a crime in the shooting case |
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ryanmuegge
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. True, but it does seem like a strange accident given the circumstances. |
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aspergris
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I think he was being a careless putz |
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ryanmuegge
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Probably so. Cheney is so evil that it's easy to get conspiratorial and start projecting on him. |
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behave
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. He was being a Republican |
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hootinholler
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. Actually he did... |
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eowyn_of_rohan
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Tue Jul-22-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. He should be IF he did it - many think he didn't do it - check out this thread: |
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bdamomma
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. yes, that was the thread I was thinking about |
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ingac70
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here is the info you seek... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nothing will shut the GOPher sheep up about Chappaquiddick. |
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lonestarnot
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ignorant fuckers will drone on no matter what you show them. |
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Skittles
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. had he not been rich he probably would have gone to jail |
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slackmaster
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Tue Jul-22-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
59. He was also very lucky to have the media saturated with coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing |
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JerseygirlCT
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
100. Yeah, this really isn't one where you're going to have a good |
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HomerRamone
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. don't know, but here's a conspiracy theory for you |
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Bob Dobbs
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Bingo. |
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treestar
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
120. Out there, but you never know |
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SoCalDem
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
124. Well connected young people evade legal issues all the time.. in ALL parties |
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aspergris
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. actually, most anybody who wasn't a rich kennedy would have at least got some sort of jail term imo |
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DURHAM D
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. The truth is this - |
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aspergris
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I think you are reading way too much into it |
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DURHAM D
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I have no idea what you refer to with this "reading way too much..." |
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madaboutharry
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. I believe that they had been drinking and he was |
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Truth4Justice
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. What you said about Sen. Kennedy rings true to me, as well. He's done American's alot of good . |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
89. That's exactly what I believe. |
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The Straight Story
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Just tell em bush has been responsible for a lot more deaths over lies |
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Lex
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Did you ask "HOW IS THIS RELEVANT to what's going on TODAY?" |
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givemebackmycountry
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yeah, I know. |
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MadrasT
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
81. Exactly |
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MinM
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. John Dean: "If Teddy knew the bear trap he was walking into at Chappaquiddick" |
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Bob Dobbs
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Exactly. |
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Beacool
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. What Teddy did is inexcusable. |
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MinM
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
73. Operation Sandwedge |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
96. I think the story is likely |
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CreekDog
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. do you not know how to use google or wikipedia? |
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bigwillq
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Jeez, look how helpful you are! |
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CreekDog
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. i'm getting a bit tired of people asking to "debunk" without the least bit of effort on their part |
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bigwillq
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. All you had to say |
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CreekDog
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. yes, your observation is correct |
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Judi Lynn
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. You're by no means alone with this. It's not like they're not transparent. It gets so damned old. nt |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
114. That's nonsense . . . often people here have the REAL stuff at their fingertips . . . |
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givemebackmycountry
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. D.U. is my Google and Wikipedia. |
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CreekDog
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. did you look into it at all? |
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midnight
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'll look for a story for you, but their was something posted |
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orleans
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Mon Jul-21-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. as far as i know and understand it, there is no way around how horrible that was |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
115. There are other explanations for this . . . |
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Recursion
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. News flash: rich, connected people get away with stuff... |
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kskiska
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton |
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Warpy
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Mon Jul-21-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. Ask him if all accident victims belong in jail. |
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cliffordu
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
36. The google can help. |
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Hippo_Tron
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
39. Mary Jo Kopechne should never have gotten into the car with him as far as I'm concerned |
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dems_rightnow
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Tue Jul-22-08 06:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Yeah, it's her fault. |
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Hippo_Tron
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
125. Sorry but I don't subscribe to the philosophy of blaming the driver... |
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Balbus
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Yeah, she deserved it. |
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Hippo_Tron
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Tue Jul-22-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
123. Never said she deserved anything |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Blaming the victim here? |
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Runcible Spoon
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Tue Jul-22-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. that's a fucking ugly thought |
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Midlodemocrat
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #39 |
61. A friend of mine died after getting into a car with a drunk driver. |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
116. First, Mary Jo Kopechne didn't drink -- NEVER -- so that should raise your suspicions .. . |
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norepubsin08
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. Mary Jo |
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MrSlayer
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. Well, the ratfuckers were actually trying to kill Ted there. |
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Vinca
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Tue Jul-22-08 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. Ask the guy if he's heard about Laura Bush. |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. DId she walk away from the scene? |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. So being a teen excuses what she did? |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. eyes rolling |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. and your remark about the two not being equivalent does not negate |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. People die in accidents all the time that aren't labelled "crimes." |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. When that accident is the sole fault of one person |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. She ran a stop sign |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. And when it does 'happen' |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Speeding? Drunk driving? No? I don't think so. |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. As I recommended |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I didn't bring it up |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Insinuations? |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I thought the second part was illegible? |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Illegible |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Either she was speeding or she wasn't |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. There is no written explanation on the report |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. I don't necessarily think that |
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ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. No, but this is one that should be left alone if we're making it about |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. thank you. |
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fascisthunter
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #75 |
90. Who cares What She Was Back Then |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. It's only relevant in the sense that some would have you believe |
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fascisthunter
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. You Defend Her yet attack Ted Kennedy |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. I don't defend her. I said the two situations aren't the same. |
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asteroid2003QQ47
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Tue Jul-22-08 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
47. I doubt Ted was even in the car that evening! |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
117. Right . . . here's more on that . . . |
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slackmaster
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Tue Jul-22-08 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
48. He expressed an opinion that you don't agree with |
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Bill McBlueState
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
51. "Why are you stuck in 1969?" |
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Marie26
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
52. Well, it's true, |
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Balbus
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
54. You don't want to look that up. |
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Marie26
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Yeah, segue on over into another topic. |
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ck4829
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Tue Jul-22-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
57. I heard that there was a cryptic statement in the Nixon tapes |
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L. Coyote
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
60. Just ask, "Are you a ratfucker too, or just one of the duped?" |
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NoGOPZone
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
66. The Wiki article on it is probably as unbiased a source |
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fascisthunter
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
67. this bothers Republicans but their own criminality doesn't... Okkedokee |
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tismyself
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
84. Dirt is still dirt |
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fascisthunter
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. that's what conservatives are doing |
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tismyself
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #85 |
104. I misunderstood you then. |
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fascisthunter
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. uhuh |
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tismyself
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. hmm |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
68. Here's a picture of the actual bridge. |
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AZ Criminal JD
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
83. The accident was not the problem. |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
118. It's unlikely that it was an accident -- more likely that the car was run off the bridge . . . |
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dems_rightnow
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. Even Kennedy admitting..... |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Did you actually . . . |
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book_worm
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Tue Jul-22-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
72. Sorry, I can't defend EMK on Chappaquiddick |
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tismyself
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Tue Jul-22-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. Here is a web site |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #80 |
119. Yes, but not necessarily in the manner you seem to think . . . |
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MadrasT
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
92. Ahhhh |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. They roll around every year at this time all over the web |
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tismyself
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. yes they do |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. ROFLOL |
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tismyself
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. hee heee |
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librechik
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
93. the case was adjudicated to the nth degree, simply because he was famous |
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fed_up_mother
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. It's been brought up because it was the anniversary of the accident |
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librechik
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. People don't realize how head injuries can remove normal thought patterns |
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fascisthunter
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Tue Jul-22-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. yes it is... |
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yardwork
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
106. Unless you feel strongly about defending Teddy Kennedy, I'd ignore this. |
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Stinky The Clown
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
108. He got away with a felony |
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dflprincess
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #108 |
127. We forget that in 1969 drunk driving was not taken especially seriously |
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MasonJar
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
112. As I remember Ted was filandering as he often did and was drunk |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
113. Yes . . . there is a more believable story . . . |
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asteroid2003QQ47
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #113 |
126. The DU apathetic and ignorant have gone AWOL? |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jul-22-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. I've always wondered about the . . . |
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