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Fumesucker

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17. What part of "some" did you fail to understand?

Reply to whathehell (Reply #13)

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 08:29 PM

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I am more convinced than ever that you cannot talk to Americans like adults. [View all] kentuck Oct 2012 OP

Can TOO! leeroysphitz Oct 2012 #1

NO you CAN'T!! handmade34 Oct 2012 #2

My first post.. sendero Oct 2012 #3

Awwww poor wittle one did whistler162 Oct 2012 #4

Yeah. kentuck Oct 2012 #5

Largely true. elleng Oct 2012 #6

Some of the most ignorant were educated back in the day.. Fumesucker Oct 2012 #10

They've been coopted by the propaganda arm of of the repugs, elleng Oct 2012 #11

Could we stop conflating repukes with Americans as an entire nation? whathehell Oct 2012 #13

What part of "some" did you fail to understand? Fumesucker Oct 2012 #17

The part that appeared in your post, but not in that of the OP. Yeah, I get it..My bad. whathehell Oct 2012 #18

Are you an American Martin Eden Oct 2012 #7

Too simplistic. kentuck Oct 2012 #8

What about the polls?....Isn't Obama still in the lead? whathehell Oct 2012 #15

Not in NC or CO... kentuck Oct 2012 #19

Because the repukes are finding "non-partisan" polls (wink, wink) Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #27

Oh well, then. whathehell Oct 2012 #32

Which Polls? Martin Eden Oct 2012 #37

Thank you. n/t whathehell Oct 2012 #14

I think you're absolutely correct. I don't know if it's the COLGATE4 Oct 2012 #9

We should absolutely fight back in kind Doctor_J Oct 2012 #12

I'm convinced that Americans who call Americans "dumb" should speak only for themselves. whathehell Oct 2012 #16

This *is* the nation that (s)elected Dubya in 2004 with a bigger margin than in 2000 Fumesucker Oct 2012 #20

So those of us who DIDN'T vote for W are among the group who cannot be addressed as adults? cherokeeprogressive Oct 2012 #21

Visited Meta lately? Fumesucker Oct 2012 #23

Ever the voice of reason... cherokeeprogressive Oct 2012 #25

This *is* also the nation that elected Barack Obama by a bigger margin than either. whathehell Oct 2012 #28

Ceasing to hit oneself with a hammer is now considered to be a sign of great intelligence? Fumesucker Oct 2012 #31

Continuing to hit oneself with a hammer now IS? whathehell Oct 2012 #33

You're right: Americans fucking suck. They. Simply. Suck. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2012 #22

Thank you. I'm so sick of this shit. whathehell Oct 2012 #29

Speaking just for myself, I read the entire post before feeling "insulted" cr8tvlde Oct 2012 #24

The greatest accomplishment of the anti-Reagan ... GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #26

It's very difficult to talk to people who do not have open minds...people who mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #30

Americans like common sense and anecdotes, not ideology or even reasoned arguments. reformist2 Oct 2012 #34

It is convenient at times like these to borrow V.I. Lenin's distinction between coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #35

That's what happened at our convention ecstatic Oct 2012 #36