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calimary

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66. Welcome to DU, jamtoday! And thank you!
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 08:04 PM
Nov 2012

Glad you're here - just generally speaking!

That's one thing I really seriously, maybe even severely appreciate about DU. It's helped me think and reason and analyze and connect the dots. When you look at how many wrongs there are - and how easily many of them are connected - it can just shake your world! And DU has been there for many of us when we've had crises in our lives. Sometimes when you just have to vent, or rant, or try to figure something out, there are people here ANY time of day or night. And if nothing else, they're here to remind you that you're not alone! And you can ask MANY of us who suffered through the anguish of Selection 2000 when the media turned into total lapdogs and wouldn't cover the truth. You had to come to the internet, and to places like this, in order to feel even a big normal. There was no - "am I crazy to think this?" It's like a veritable think tank here! Even more agonizing, though, is how many of us were mired in various levels of "am I crazy to think this?" And some years later it finally comes out that we were NOT ONE BIT crazy to think that - we were spot on.

It usually takes the mainstream media awhile to catch up with us here, whether it's reporting on other than sensationalist quick-hit cheap-shit news OR the serious, thoughtful, and meticulous analysis of events and people's motivations here. Glaring example: anything they're now saying in the mainstream media, pointing out and pondering the reality of the alternative universe built by the republi-CONS and neoCONS and all the rest of the CON-JOB perpetrators on Pox Noise and elsewhere? WE were talking about it in depth and detail HERE in DU - YEARS AGO.

That would be a shame. Turbineguy Nov 2012 #1
This guy will soon be getting death threats from dittoheads NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #2
The beauty is that he probably won't feel pressure to walk his comments back Mike Daniels Nov 2012 #3
This guy gets paid to shovel shit ... GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #4
Cool, how'd ya do it? xtraxritical Nov 2012 #24
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #44
Dare we hope the racists will go slithering back into the closet? lunatica Nov 2012 #5
to late to tell your main republican spokeman to shut-up. you can't rebrand a turd. Sunlei Nov 2012 #6
Good luck with that. tanyev Nov 2012 #7
Just who is that "we?" Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #8
Coming up next: "My intent was not to go after Rush! I have enormous respect for Rush!" struggle4progress Nov 2012 #9
Well - it's about 30 years too late.. barnabas63 Nov 2012 #10
No, Feehery ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #11
flawed heaven05 Nov 2012 #12
Time for all the Chickehawk Repubbies to STFU Berlum Nov 2012 #13
No no no don't do that. aandegoons Nov 2012 #14
Welcome to DU, aandegoons! calimary Nov 2012 #54
I finally figured out what's really bothering me about the GOP "soul searching": Kber Nov 2012 #15
Yup. It only worries them if it hurts them at the ballot box AllyCat Nov 2012 #19
Hold the phone! AlbertCat Nov 2012 #16
Yep AlbertCat GatorLarry Nov 2012 #27
I've always wondered.. ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #45
Welcome to DU, GatorLarry! calimary Nov 2012 #57
calimary! SnohoDem Nov 2012 #58
Thank you! calimary Nov 2012 #61
One of the best rants I've ever read on DU. Tip of my hat! Bravo! - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #60
Thank you! calimary Nov 2012 #62
For me, the blinders began to finally come off in the aftermath of 9-11, as we coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #63
Well said! jamtoday Nov 2012 #64
Welcome to DU, jamtoday! And thank you! calimary Nov 2012 #66
Thank you kindly. It was a pleasure to read. jamtoday Nov 2012 #70
excellent post justabob Nov 2012 #69
"We have a flawed party". Gee, ya think? loudsue Nov 2012 #17
Only when you lose elections big time do you think you should stand up to these AllyCat Nov 2012 #18
Sorry Mr. Feehery Loki Nov 2012 #20
What?? Nothing about more respect for sluts? GTFO! nt DippyDem Nov 2012 #21
He's absolutely right. If they ever want to be a nationally viable party again, they have to Marr Nov 2012 #22
everything gets tied back to the win. barbtries Nov 2012 #23
Amorality, exploitation, expediency...the Republican Party's philosophical underpinnings. Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #42
it really is. barbtries Nov 2012 #43
But, How Do They Keep Their Base Of DallasNE Nov 2012 #25
The key John2 Nov 2012 #37
How many days until he is on his knees AgingAmerican Nov 2012 #26
I have to wonder NOLALady Nov 2012 #28
He left off oswaldactedalone Nov 2012 #29
+1 I was thinking the same thing Oswald SouthernDonkey Nov 2012 #59
what I would like to hear him say is riverbendviewgal Nov 2012 #30
Where was his VOICE before? fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #31
I believe Maddow called that SemperEadem Nov 2012 #32
"The sleeping giant is awake now" ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #46
. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #33
Limbaugh wins either way BlueStreak Nov 2012 #34
That should be a given ... and it falls waaaay short MaynardGeeKrebs Nov 2012 #35
I notice how they never mention women among those bbgrunt Nov 2012 #36
They do jamtoday Nov 2012 #65
Heavens to Betsy! maddiemom Nov 2012 #38
Impossible Andy Stanton Nov 2012 #39
It is more than just being culturally insensitive and stupid. LiberalFighter Nov 2012 #40
Watch the WHOLE interview. He says, "We need to be more 'sensitive' to minorities." NO, you need to RBInMaine Nov 2012 #41
Let's call it what it is Doctor_J Nov 2012 #51
Cold, used tea bags go in the trash. They leave a stain if you don't throw them away. libdem4life Nov 2012 #47
They are stuck with outrageous comments ThoughtCriminal Nov 2012 #48
Whine fest by Limbaugh and Hannity starting on count of three..... yellowcanine Nov 2012 #49
If the Repukes abandon hate, they'll have nothing left Doctor_J Nov 2012 #50
That's a joke. GOP has to kiss his ass to stay in office. AlinPA Nov 2012 #52
Good luck with that. RandySF Nov 2012 #53
Flawed Party PoliticalBiker Nov 2012 #55
They shit their bed, now they get to lie in it! forestpath Nov 2012 #56
Monday morning quarterbacking davidpdx Nov 2012 #67
So where was this guy BEFORE the election? DFW Nov 2012 #68
Good luck with that...nt and-justice-for-all Nov 2012 #71
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