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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:13 PM Original message |
Am I the only one who is repulsed by the "rock star" Presidential candidates? |
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fooj
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't want a "rock star"...I want a LEADER...A President. |
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Crabby Appleton
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:15 PM Original message |
Me too! |
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Luckyduck
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. exactly |
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NotGivingUp
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Fri Jan-26-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
69. agreed...kucinich is substance...not fluff n/t |
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NYCGirl
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Hooking up with Harold Ford and the DLC"? You got some proof? Link? NT |
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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. here |
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NYCGirl
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Not conclusive. Sounds like Ford's pumping up his own importance. |
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. In addition what Democrat would say he won't work with a large chunk of the elected party members? |
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Clark2008
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Well, Obama did come to Tennessee to campaign with Ford. |
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femrap
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Thu Jan-25-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. And snubbed Ned Lamont... |
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Blue_In_AK
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. You're not alone, Lord Byron. |
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skipos
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. "he's hooking up with Harold Ford and the DLC" |
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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. this is what it means: |
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Crabby Appleton
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I couldn't agree more |
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The Count
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Media has always sucessfully manipulated our primaries. Yup, it's disgusting. |
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NotGivingUp
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Fri Jan-26-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
70. i was watching jeopardy and none of the contestants knew who kucinich was by his photo |
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The Count
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Same with Clark. Won a state in 2004, CNN refused to announce it! |
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booley
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, you're not |
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Kerrytravelers
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm not crazy about a lot of things the media covers. |
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The Count
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Always an ulterior motive for media embracing. usually being a non-threat |
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TechBear_Seattle
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Image is everything. Substance is irrelevant. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. |
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MetaTrope
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. You're not happy with picking out the half-digested seeds from the Republican offerings? |
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TechBear_Seattle
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Fri Jan-26-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
67. You know what that image brings to mind? |
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MADem
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Nope. Not sick of any of them. Not Barack, not Hill, not Dennis, not Joe, not Bill, |
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. I know, aside from Dennis and Al, I want to hear all the dissenting views on how to... |
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MADem
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Gee. How cynical. You may as well stay home then, I guess. |
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originalpckelly
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Not old enough yet, unfortunately... |
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MADem
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Fri Jan-26-07 06:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Ah, I see. |
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Smarmie Doofus
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. You have Clinton down; no question. |
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SweetGrass
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Agreed! |
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Pacifist Patriot
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I haven't been wowed by either one. |
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obnoxiousdrunk
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. Reminds me of |
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jannyk
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. I personally don't care whether they are fat, piebald |
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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Substance |
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WI_DEM
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. I know of no one who calls Hillary a "rock star" they are usually ones who are |
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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The media kept replaying the Dean scream |
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WI_DEM
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. As a Dean supporter for '04 I agree the Dean Scream thing after Iowa |
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Bridget Burke
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Do you like any possible Democratic candidates? |
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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I care about economic issues the most |
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rinsd
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Enough moral victories leaving us ultimately powerless. |
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originalpckelly
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. It depends on how much we think we get from the DLCers... |
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druidity33
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Fri Jan-26-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
91. you must be right... |
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cascadiance
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Fri Jan-26-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
57. Lord, I feel pretty much the same way you do! |
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Catherine Vincent
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. Obama and Clinton are not "rock star status" |
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rinsd
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I don;t think Clinton has the status but I think Obama may have it |
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shadowknows69
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. Here |
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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. ...and the fact that he looks like the Keebler elf |
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shadowknows69
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. How should that matter |
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MADem
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. And he has been married several times, his latest wife is a foot taller than him and NOT |
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rinsd
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. Rockstars win. And winning is what is important. |
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gatorboy
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. Who did you have in mind? n/t |
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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. see post 30 |
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Mayberry Machiavelli
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. It bothers me a lot. I don't hate these candidates, I just hate the idea that they are the only |
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scarletwoman
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm with you. Our country is in desperate need of truth, above all else. |
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peacebaby3
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. Oh God...here we go again! I just love these threads bashing our own candidates. |
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Lord Byron
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Thu Jan-25-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. What? |
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peacebaby3
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I've seen what most of your posts on this board have been about. |
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Epiphany4z
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. There will always be one or two |
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ms liberty
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
44. I think we're all sick of having the 08 race shoved down our throats... |
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Hippo_Tron
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Fri Jan-26-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Unfortunately that's how the system works now, the fundraising is a primary in itself |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. Then you sure would have hated Roosevelt in '32, '36, etc. and Clinton in '92. |
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Rosemary2205
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. LOL - hey, who needs Hannity to trash the Dems when we have DU? |
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MADem
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. You got that right. But as for the media, if you don't like the shit they spout, there IS something |
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TornadoTN
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
74. While I agree in principle, there is some merit |
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sweetheart
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Thu Jan-25-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
53. just part of the gauntlet |
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mikelgb
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Thu Jan-25-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. We want Kucinich for President.... |
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roguevalley
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Fri Jan-26-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
58. no. i hate this too. anything that trivializes this stuff is wrong. |
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Hippo_Tron
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Fri Jan-26-07 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
59. There are three viable candidates Hillary, Obama, Edwards |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
85. "Viable" as designated by the MSM and the corporate funders |
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Hippo_Tron
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Fri Jan-26-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. It has nothing to do with the MSM and everything to do with the primary system |
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grasswire
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Fri Jan-26-07 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
61. thank you |
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Triana
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Fri Jan-26-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
63. I'm SO not impressed w/ Obama or Hillary... |
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Apollo11
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Fri Jan-26-07 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
64. Al Gore is so much more than a "Rock Star" |
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Jacobin
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Fri Jan-26-07 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
65. I find it appalling |
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mwb970
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Fri Jan-26-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
66. At least they are talking about *Democrats*. |
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JacksonWest
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Fri Jan-26-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
68. I want a rock star-preferably James Dio |
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Alamom
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Fri Jan-26-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
71. We got a down to earth, good ole boy the last time (per the MSM) |
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AlCzervik
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Fri Jan-26-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
72. actually only Rockstars should be referred to as Rockstars imo, a whole host of people are tagged |
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Armstead
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
73. I'll second the motion |
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redqueen
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
75. NO! |
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Lord Byron
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Yes! |
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WinkyDink
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
77. We live in a time where the banal and the puerile are the exemplars. |
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redqueen
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
78. And *furthermore* I don't even quite trust Gore! |
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Lord Byron
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Yes! |
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redqueen
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. That movie did a lot for his image... |
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SaveElmer
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
81. Uh NO...is this your first election... |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
82. You are not alone, LB |
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Lord Byron
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Fri Jan-26-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Great points |
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scarletwoman
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Fri Jan-26-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Oh THANK you, Lydia! That was beautifully said! |
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Fri Jan-26-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
87. I am sick of all the 2008 talk ! |
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TheWraith
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Fri Jan-26-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
89. Oh good, another silly and ridiculous thread. We didn't have enough of those before. |
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TheWraith
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Fri Jan-26-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
90. Oh, good, another silly and ridiculous thread. We didn't have enough of those before. |
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BlueIris
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Fri Jan-26-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
92. Billary=souless. Obama...two words: Alito filibuster. |
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Megahurtz
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Fri Jan-26-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
93. RUN GORE, RUN!!!! |
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