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leftofcool

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6. And yet facts are facts.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 02:59 PM

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Who CAN you trust on war and peace? [View all] wyldwolf Mar 2015 OP

One sentence on Sanders? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #1

Indeed, if that's all they have of Sanders, then I'm increasingly confident that Sanders is our man. android fan Mar 2015 #13

In a democracy, we're not supposed to "trust" politicians. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #2

Unrec, weak ass hit piece on O'Malley. FSogol Mar 2015 #3

And yet facts are facts. leftofcool Mar 2015 #6

The poster is accusing him of being a Democrat. FSogol Mar 2015 #11

and you called it a 'weak ass hit piece.' wyldwolf Mar 2015 #19

I was referring to your other 20+ childish paragraphs, but thanks for proving my point. FSogol Mar 2015 #21

you really protest loudly when you sniff a scent of O'Malley criticism. wyldwolf Mar 2015 #23

From wiki: FSogol Mar 2015 #40

From wiki: wyldwolf Mar 2015 #41

I never said own, I said invested in. Plus 5% is enough to make his son the director FSogol Mar 2015 #42

I mean, I would have owned my car after just a few months. wyldwolf Mar 2015 #43

President Chomsky. n/t Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #4

Tolstoy? Electric Monk Mar 2015 #5

My thought exactly Demeter Mar 2015 #8

Well, we *know* some people we can't trust. MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #7

So true, Manny. hifiguy Mar 2015 #14

There was nothing liberal about voting for the Iraq war resolution. Your rewriting history is dissentient Mar 2015 #9

What history have I rewritten? Quote the relevant part. wyldwolf Mar 2015 #10

You seem to have fallen for the cover story of votes for the Iraq War being "liberal nationalism" .. Scuba Mar 2015 #16

But the argument that the Iraq War was "liberal nationalism" doesn't meet the definitions rhett o rick Mar 2015 #18

The IWR met the definition perfectly wyldwolf Mar 2015 #22

So you're saying Dems who voted for it didn't think Bush would misuse it? They trusted him? Scuba Mar 2015 #24

I'm not a mind-reader. But facts are facts wyldwolf Mar 2015 #25

The facts are that even though the resolution had words in it that encouraged the use of rhett o rick Mar 2015 #30

Probably none were 1's, but many we're 2's with a few 3's thrown in. Scuba Mar 2015 #32

I think mostly 3's. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #34

So your argument is that democrats in office at the time were fucking morons? Scootaloo Mar 2015 #28

The Iraq War was a Neocon war. International institutions and legal processes were not used. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #29

bwhahahahaha. cali Mar 2015 #12

I trust Congresswoman Barbara Lee 100% Dems to Win Mar 2015 #15

+1,000 Scuba Mar 2015 #33

After reading through your OP, I am still looking for your point. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #17

Tolstoy was a pacifist..so I'd trust him. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #20

war and peace is not the driving issue....having a winning ticket for the WH beachbum bob Mar 2015 #26

The middle class is disappearing. The middle class is now the upper low income. liberal_at_heart Mar 2015 #27

Boy do you have things backwards. First of all you label of "idealistic malcontents" rhett o rick Mar 2015 #31

So which neoliberal do you want us to vote for? Rex Mar 2015 #35

Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #36

But this isn't true!! It was MADE UP then retroactively "planted" on the internets wyldwolf Mar 2015 #37

Bless the intertubes scarcastic little heart. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #39

Me. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2015 #38