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Tue Jan-11-11 12:36 PM Original message |
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” - Barack Obama |
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Zoeisright
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. He was talking about fighting against repuke lies and stupidity. |
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MH1
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I know that ... but could someone link to context? |
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WinkyDink
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Thu Jan-13-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
93. Google? |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. This won't go well for you. |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. perhaps? two examples is ALL anyone can come up with. one a target, not a weapon |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. 2 examples? |
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EOTE
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Yeah, because some nuts on facebook are exactly the same as prominent politicians |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Left wing "media nut" Craig Kilborn |
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fishwax
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. it was "snipers wanted" not "assassins wanted" |
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EOTE
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Tue Jan-11-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
90. Seriously? |
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LanternWaste
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
76. And what about the consistent pattern of violent speech |
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MN Independent
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
86. There are more than two examples out there. |
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RockaFowler
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Thu Jan-13-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #86 |
94. This post needs to be removed |
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seabeyond
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Thu Jan-13-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. thanks. i didnt recognize most of the people and the one i didnt didnt say shit so wasnt |
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sadbear
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Another broken promise |
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Poboy
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Now THIS is a good reply. One I would have made had you not. |
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Brickbat
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
72. Heh, excellent. |
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DireStrike
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. I think you mean blindfolds |
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Whoa_Nelly
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. The inflammatory rhetoric has to stop all the way 'round. |
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formernaderite
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
54. you really think the crazy kid was influencd by any of this? |
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Whoa_Nelly
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
88. I didn't say that |
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hlthe2b
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Your "concern" is noted. |
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Exultant Democracy
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
77. +1 |
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Bragi
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thoughts? |
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wtmusic
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Same shit. nt |
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uppityperson
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. inflammatory rhetoric has to stop, all the way around. |
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live love laugh
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
63. "All the way around" my ass. The statement in this thread is general. Palin & Co's. threats aren't |
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uppityperson
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. They don't compare, that is true. eom |
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Sinistrous
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Meaning, of course, that we will trump their arguments, |
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Still a Democrat
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm sure right would call their figurative as well n/t |
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Sinistrous
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Which is why I added the requirement to evaluate the character |
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liberal N proud
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. He did not repeat it continuously |
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27inCali
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. unfortunate choice of words in retrospect |
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sufrommich
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. It was a pop culture reference from The Untouchables. nt |
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sadbear
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yep |
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Bragi
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Really? |
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Bragi
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Nevermind |
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Ichingcarpenter
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Sean Connery 1st said that in the 1987 movie 'The Untouchables" |
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Poboy
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Right. It was said by Sean Connery, in him explaining to Ness, 'the Chicago way'. |
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JohnnyLib2
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. He probably regrets it, right now. |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. probably will even make a point of saying he regrets it. lets see. more than rw is doing |
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JohnnyLib2
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:47 PM Original message |
I agree, overload from the right. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Doody! |
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Enrique
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. dumb comment, and his predator drone joke was much worse |
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devilgrrl
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
83. +1 |
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ProSense
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. Here: |
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deutsey
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. More accurately, he should've said: if we gear up for a rough game of hockey |
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blondeatlast
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Good one. nt |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. now.... hit all the media and rw boards and find any posters suggesting there party was DUMB in |
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woo me with science
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. People are blurring real threats with stupid metaphors and symbols. |
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tigereye
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. we use battle metaphors for everything! |
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Kurovski
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Liberals don't use gun analogies. |
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crim son
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yeah, I did this yesterday with the Democratic version of the target map. |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. two. two events able to call up. not comparative, but to kinda sorta alike. and you want BOTH |
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crim son
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Thu Jan-13-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
91. I'm not looking at it as comparative. I'm looking at it as a practical means |
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seabeyond
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Thu Jan-13-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. because i think it is dishonest to take two examples and say, ya, we both do it. and if we dont |
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jpak
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Republicans still suck ass |
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sadbear
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Careful that we don't get accused of creating a pornographic environment |
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madmax
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. oops wrong thread. |
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TwilightGardener
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. Movie quote. But if you can show a pattern by Obama or any Democrat, I'll give you the point. |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. +1. nt |
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Xenotime
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Everybody knows Obama isn't incinting violence like the right does. |
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Poboy
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Because everybody now knows his words are empty and mean jack shit. |
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getting old in mke
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hoyt Axton |
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Erose999
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. It was a movie quote. And even in the metaphorical sense that statement was never realized. nt |
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Vinnie From Indy
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. My thoughts? |
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seabeyond
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. OP is complete nonsense and it is ridiculous on its face. |
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Poboy
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Yes. An isolated comment, never repeated, compared to the DAILYmegablasting |
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tigereye
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. well, it does raise questions about metaphor, I suppose |
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CJCRANE
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'm sure he'd be the first to admit it was an inartful comment |
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Last_Stand
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Tue Jan-11-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. In a country... |
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Catherina
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
50. Touche but it needs to stop now. Both sides. I'm getting sick of BOTH SIDES. |
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kctim
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
81. Bravo! |
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ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. ...and then he listed a bunch of names of "knife bringers" for us to |
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CakeGrrl
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
56. It was a quote from "The Untouchables", him being from Chicago and all. |
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Crankie Avalon
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. Sounds like he's been watching "The Untouchables", again. nt |
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guitar man
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
58. Unfortunately |
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kestrel91316
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. Please provide a link to the original quote. IIRC it went more like this: |
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Still a Democrat
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
80. Your wait is over! |
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maritimer
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. the pukes have been repeating this like a mantra for 3 days now. |
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uppityperson
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. how does using dehumanizing language help? |
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Arkana
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's a metaphor, used once--and it's not a clarion call to shoot Republicans. |
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Scout
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. *If* they bring a knife, we bring a gun. If they don't bring a knife, we won't bring a gun. |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
66. Sounds like reasonable SELF-DEFENSE, nothing more. |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Yeah, Indiana Jones did it! LOL! |
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The Straight Story
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
68. If some had their ways we would not be able to buy a gun to fight with, we would be victims |
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The Gunslinger
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. If I want RW talking points I'll turn on Fox News |
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hugo_from_TN
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Exactly. Please leave the echo chamber! |
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madwivoter
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
75. Come on. |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. What do you use a bullseye for? |
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madwivoter
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. Absolutely nothing. |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. I don't know what quote I'm "throwing around." |
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Tsiyu
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Tue Jan-11-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
79. Did he pose many, many times pointing a gun at someone? |
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snagglepuss
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
82. A metaphor to describe the superiority of the Democratic message. |
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devilgrrl
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. Provide a link proving that Obama said that. |
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upi402
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Tue Jan-11-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
85. Obama is a corporatist |
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WinkyDink
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Thu Jan-13-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
92. "If." "If." "If." "If." "If." "If." Much rides on that word, but the ignorant pretend otherwise. |
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LWolf
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Thu Jan-13-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
95. Pandering to the violent mind-set of the average citizen. |
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lame54
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Thu Jan-13-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
98. You left out the rest of it... |
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