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In reply to the discussion: Red Scare #9 [View all]H2O Man
(73,537 posts)53. Holy shit!
An old-fashioned DU:GD discussion! dang!
I have to take my daughter to basketball practice. Looking forward to coming back after practice, to continue with this!
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It's the "Love it or Leave It", "You're with us or against us", "Not as Bad" wing of the party.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2015
#5
Excellent comment.. You could add to your list of the 'blame game' tactic, 'blame the voters'
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#14
I suppose so, but I am resistant to 'loyalty pledges' regardless of how they are flavored! Lol!
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#35
Flavored with Rum or Tequila might be a more effective inducement to oath taking.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2015
#36
It would take a whole lot of that with a few stronger drugs to get me to take any 'loyalty oaths'
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#40
Even as a drunk & druggie I found them unpalatable and even more so now.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2015
#43
Great quote from Jefferson. And that is why we have a country AND parties to even fight over,
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#55
I'm fixing this. Few realize that Nixon was a staunch McCartneyist who almost beat Kennedy in 1960.
Zorra
Mar 2015
#39
When I played it backwards, I thought I heard "Paul is a dead man" (perhaps an
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#45
Yes, like Chained CPI eg. Or the support for the continuation of neocon wars. At least we are no
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#25
Well it is sad when all people want is for money to get out of politics and they get yelled at.
Rex
Mar 2015
#42
And then again, a real leader doesn't need policy wonks to tell them how to think.
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#54
Someone on another thread called Trotsky a 'red Fascist,' so clearly logo-
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#47
I skip a lot, trash others. Had my faith almost restored by the responses to FLyellowdog
Hekate
Mar 2015
#64
I am trying to learn to do that. But sometimes some things require a response, to correct the
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#70
excellent contrast using Johnson's 'Great' Society efforts vs. his Vietnam push
bigtree
Mar 2015
#28
Joseph Heller spoofs the whole 'loyalty oath' segment in "Catch 22" when his
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#49