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chknltl

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16. Yeah, it blew me away as i was finding this out.

Reply to Prophet 451 (Reply #2)

Mon May 21, 2012, 10:39 PM

May 2012

I kept thinking that this guy could not possibly be for real....but he was. iIve known him for about a year now, bump into him about once every week or so....I was just blown away by his being a birther and he was equally blown away that I was trying to set him straight....like I was some kind of arrogant idiot.

I have often heard republicans call us a republic before, noticing their reluctance to call us a democracy or a democratic republic. I didn't know that they got that from limbaugh.

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just got into a verbal fight with a birther [View all] chknltl May 2012 OP

Did you ask him to show HIS long form birth cert? Maybe he was from Somalia! OffWithTheirHeads May 2012 #1

i save my snark for the BIG DU. chknltl May 2012 #15

The democracy/republic thing is standard propoganda Prophet 451 May 2012 #2

Yeah, it blew me away as i was finding this out. chknltl May 2012 #16

It amazes me how many black people and even white people in relationships with black individuals are lookingfortruth May 2012 #3

How many "black people and even white people in relationships with black individuals" ARE there? jenmito May 2012 #5

It seems to be something that is common in my town. I am in Western PA near Pittsburgh. I work at lookingfortruth May 2012 #7

A lot of the Black people you know at work are Birthers? n/t jenmito May 2012 #8

yes! absolutely. I also want to thank you for making me feel so welcomed in this forum. You have lookingfortruth May 2012 #10

Sorry, but I just didn't believe you... jenmito May 2012 #12

I dunno. provis99 May 2012 #6

Yeah...me too. chknltl May 2012 #11

Welcome to the democratic underground lookingforthetruth chknltl May 2012 #18

Ask him how well he did during the Republican 8 years that Bush was Emperor. gateley May 2012 #4

Once he said he was an MP you should have just walked away. Arctic Dave May 2012 #9

Oh stop it. chknltl May 2012 #13

Y'know, there's two kinda birthers: struggle4progress May 2012 #14

I wonder if he has the proper ID to vote? EC May 2012 #17

Thank you for this...you just inspired me with an idea. chknltl May 2012 #19

Who knows? EC May 2012 #20

Why didn't you tell him East Germany was a republic? Or maybe that the Soviet Union was a Elwood P Dowd May 2012 #21

Oh so he's black? progressiveinaction May 2012 #22

imo chknltl May 2012 #23