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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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74. He's funny
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 01:16 PM
Dec 2013

Google tells me both of those Bush characters got elected president which explains how they got so much airtime. They were okay as comedians but it seems not so good in politics.

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Lincoln Glassunion Dec 2013 #1
Another vote for Lincoln Chafee Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #2
The ones who lose in November Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #3
Huntsman seemed like a reasonable person. Laurian Dec 2013 #4
Only dead ones.* CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2013 #5
I'm with you. Only dead ones. pangaia Dec 2013 #8
Exactly! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2013 #9
Yup......... Historic NY Dec 2013 #18
Personally, I was thinking BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #11
Dearest Peg... You don't have any living Family members or Friends whose affiliation you'd cherokeeprogressive Dec 2013 #35
I wrote that because it was the first thing to pop into my head... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2013 #36
Understood. n/t cherokeeprogressive Dec 2013 #37
Lincoln Chafee DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2013 #6
Lincoln Chafee isn't a Republican Proud Public Servant Dec 2013 #7
I should have mentioned that in the OP Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #49
I liked Olympia Snowe. LumosMaxima Dec 2013 #10
I had a neighbor named Susan who was a Republican town councilperson. She was nice. TeamPooka Dec 2013 #12
Dwight D. Eisenhower (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #13
Ike said that appointing Earl Warren, to the Supreme Court, was the worst mistake he ever made. demosincebirth Dec 2013 #32
Funny you should mention Huntsman, yea, I really liked him quinnox Dec 2013 #14
I am also reading Double Down tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #15
Do you like the book? Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #48
So far I do tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #71
Deceased ones hobbit709 Dec 2013 #16
Yes, but not because they are dead HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #20
Sure hootinholler Dec 2013 #17
My brother Agnosticsherbet Dec 2013 #19
Robert G. Ingersoll RC Dec 2013 #21
no Skittles Dec 2013 #22
Gerald Ford northoftheborder Dec 2013 #23
I'll have to keep an eye out for the documentaries Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #47
Nope ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #24
My wife. Aristus Dec 2013 #25
My husband too. Still a registered Republican but hasn't voted that way for years mountain grammy Dec 2013 #61
I can't think of one national Republican at this time Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #26
There were those comedians... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2013 #27
I was gonna say... Whiskeytide Dec 2013 #70
He's funny discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2013 #74
Ron Unz, Republican former candidate for Governor of CA Dems to Win Dec 2013 #28
He's right Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #46
Dan Evans n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #29
Bob Ney former Ohio Congressman involved in the doc03 Dec 2013 #30
I only like the ones that watch porn. BainsBane Dec 2013 #31
A realtor friend I see every couple of months Iwillnevergiveup Dec 2013 #33
I like Charlie Christ BlueJazz Dec 2013 #34
I never knew Jesus had a brother named Charlie. Ikonoklast Dec 2013 #54
Well, let's see... There's Everett Dirksen, Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #38
Olympia Snowe Lucinda Dec 2013 #39
I got a few: AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #40
Robert Gates, sort of Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #52
William Milliken MrScorpio Dec 2013 #41
I hate them all! Republicans are crooks and only care B Calm Dec 2013 #42
Jim Jeffords. Savannahmann Dec 2013 #43
Good choice Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #45
Not any Republicans elected to office. nt CorrectOfCenter Dec 2013 #44
Lincoln, Frederick Douglass Puzzledtraveller Dec 2013 #50
I liked Ben Westlund when he was alive. LWolf Dec 2013 #51
No politicians that are alive now, only a few of my relatives and Raine Dec 2013 #53
A few, but they're long retired or dead; Connie Morella, Mac Mathias, Gilbert Gude Burma Jones Dec 2013 #55
No rock Dec 2013 #56
No. Puglover Dec 2013 #57
I kinda liked Bette Ford back in the day. charmay Dec 2013 #58
No, the House Rethuglicans have become a joke. Major Hogwash Dec 2013 #59
The ones who never vote as a block to bring the country down... Iggo Dec 2013 #60
My husband's family, but they're family.. mountain grammy Dec 2013 #62
not alive today rurallib Dec 2013 #63
Chafee is a Democrat. PeteSelman Dec 2013 #64
I should have mentioned that in the OP Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #65
I love my Grandma and she is a Republican Bjorn Against Dec 2013 #66
Colin Powell northoftheborder Dec 2013 #67
A few personal friends/relatives treestar Dec 2013 #68
My husband. Seeking Serenity Dec 2013 #69
Not any more. (nt) Paladin Dec 2013 #72
None in office. Orsino Dec 2013 #73
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