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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:17 PM Original message |
For those that have been attacking Obama over Rick Warren |
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GarbagemanLB
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd bet 95% of those surprised by this choice have never even picked up his book. |
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otohara
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Ok, Let's Bet |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. I will take his side of the bet |
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Solomon
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Fri Dec-19-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
74. Indeed. |
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AZBlue
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Fri Dec-19-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. And I bet 90% of them never really listened to him during the campaign. |
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nichomachus
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Listening to people and reaching out to them |
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TheWraith
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It's a 2 minute invocation, not a cabinet post. Perspective, folks. nt |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:24 PM Original message |
If people did that, they wouldn't be any more rants and flying off the handle |
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nichomachus
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. It's way more than a two-minute invocation |
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leftstreet
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. It'll be like an endorsement of Warren |
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11 Bravo
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Then is the selection of Joseph Lowery for the benediction a total repudiation of Warren? |
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endarkenment
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. no it equivocates supporting human rights with opposing them |
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leftstreet
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Lowery isn't and won't be getting all the media attention n/t |
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polmaven
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. We don't know yet |
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nichomachus
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. What he says on that day is unimportant |
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leftstreet
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Everyone will want this creep's books, etc. |
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nichomachus
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Bingo |
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jberryhill
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
69. Okay - how many preacher's books have you bought because they gave a prayer at a public ceremony? /n |
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jberryhill
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. "I don't think he will say anything controversial" |
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Maven
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. SOPHISTRY - see the post above mine ^^^ |
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Bucky
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. So people for civil rights are a special interest & those opposing them are not |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I am sorry, how many openly gay advisors does Obama have on his |
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Bucky
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. I don't know, but I can count the openly anti-civil rights preachers on his podium |
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BlooInBloo
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Classifying civil rights as a "special interest" is pretty shitty... |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Did you read his book? |
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BlooInBloo
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yes. Next question? |
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GarbagemanLB
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Did you understand it? |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Do you find it ironic that your anger toward Obama for associating with |
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SidneyCarton
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Give it up Nomad, Obama has been declared the new GD/GDP antichrist |
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endarkenment
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. The memo says this was wrong and stupid. |
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SidneyCarton
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Or maybe I merely mock the histrionic outrage that dominates here at DU. |
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endarkenment
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. oh of course, another admonition to shut the fuck up and sit down |
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SidneyCarton
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Did I tell you to shut up and sit down? |
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endarkenment
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. no you merely 'mock histrionic outrage'. |
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PVnRT
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. Talk about whining... |
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SidneyCarton
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. You're right... |
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PVnRT
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. No, the gays and their supporters need STFU, apparently |
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SidneyCarton
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Now who's overreacting. |
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PVnRT
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Oh, spare me |
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SidneyCarton
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. I'm not telling you to shut up, I'm asking you to think. |
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Justyce
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Obama's never made a secret of the fact that he opposes gay marriage, |
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ronnykmarshall
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. Obama also said it should be left up to the states. |
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Starry Messenger
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Damn right. |
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PVnRT
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Evidently not. You're supposed to just shut the fuck up and quit whining. |
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endarkenment
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Human rights are not negotiable nor are they a special interest. |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You sound just like the freepers only they are pissed that Warren |
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Starbucks Anarchist
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. That "disagreement" directly affects civil rights. |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. On the other side they consider it a matter of life and death |
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Starbucks Anarchist
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Calling me a "murderer" isn't taking away anyone's civil rights. |
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endarkenment
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. intolerance and hyperbole? |
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AlCzervik
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. People that want equal rights are a special interest group now? |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Religious tolerance is a bad thing now?!?!?! |
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AlCzervik
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Warren has compared homosexuals to rapists and child molesters-common ground that. |
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endarkenment
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. So put Rev Fred Phelps up there too. |
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grantcart
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. I suggest you read more on Rick Warren |
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jobycom
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't have to read Obama's book to know this is wrong. You think the homophobes who gain legitimac |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. No you are not for building bridges |
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jobycom
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Don't cast someone else's sins on me. |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I didn't cast them, you did |
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jobycom
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Fri Dec-19-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
72. No, you did. |
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Fleshdancer
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. The gay rights movement is doing exactly what it should be doing |
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Bucky
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Thank you. Too many DUers are whining about the fact that others are protesting |
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jobycom
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Nod. nt |
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Zuiderelle
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. Thank you, Gloria! |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. Did you realy need to start a new thread... |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Did you really need to post another post that was totally devoid |
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Zenlitened
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Well, that was pretty much my question to you, wasn't it? |
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54anickel
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
51. I believe that to be a matter of opinion. Take the last sentence of your snippet, |
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Zuiderelle
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
52. For those of you accusing us of "attacking" Obama over this... |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Why? It will not change how wrong those attacks are? |
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Zuiderelle
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Criticism and disappointment with his choices are not "attacks" |
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NJmaverick
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. So is there a list of what intolerant hypbole is acceptable |
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Zuiderelle
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I have no idea what you just said, as it doesn't relate at all to what I said. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
67. Who fucking cares? Do you think "he said it in a book" means it's a good thing? |
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1776Forever
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Thu Dec-18-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
71. And you don't think the "Evangelicals" aren't a special interest group? Who is he pandering to here |
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IndianaGreen
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Fri Dec-19-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
75. Human rights are NOT a "pet issue!" |
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Neshanic
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Fri Dec-19-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
76. Looks like 18,000 Californians will be buying it since they will have the extra time |
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