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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:05 PM Original message |
Why the reluctance to compare Bush to Hitler? |
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xultar
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. * doesn't have the mustache n/t |
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MikeG
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Its been right-wing talk radio mau-maued. |
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Fenris
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because it's oversimplified hyperbole. |
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bowens43
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. In what way? |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. So you think this is only the *second* government in history |
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Redleg
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Because Bush hasn't (yet) encouraged the extermination of a whole |
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leesa
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Thu Dec-02-04 09:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
89. Ummm...he is encouraging the elimination of Muslims in his Crusades |
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John BigBootay
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Thu Dec-02-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. Where has Bush called for the elimination of Muslims? |
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Done
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Thu Dec-02-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
94. change "living space" to oil |
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CatWoman
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Thu Dec-02-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
96. I get so sick of the "H" word |
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DrGonzoLives
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because it's histrionics |
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Journeyman
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. It's the question I ask of all such posts. . . |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because |
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DeminGa
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. There have been comparisons made between... |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. DeminGa. Welcome to DU. Yes, I've read pnac and that's |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Have you ever heard |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I'm only treating PNAC as one element of what Bush has done since |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Adams and Wilson |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Okay, Rafterman, you win. Good luck with your view that this is just |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Oh come on. |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Dear RafterMan. I suggest you read post #49. |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Dear Cyrano |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Dear Rafterman: Read it again. There was much more there than Pravda. |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Contentious, arbitrary and argumentative |
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DoveTurnedHawk
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. This Thread Ain't Nuthin' But Shit (eom) |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Well, doveturnedhawk. That's a truly erudite statement. But, |
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leesa
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Thu Dec-02-04 09:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
90. Wow. Enlightening! |
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sinkingfeeling
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. May not be Hitler, but it sure is an American version of fascism!! |
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bowens43
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Bush is too stupid to be Hitler |
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bowens43
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have compared bush ho hitler and wil continue to do so. |
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MindPilot
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. because Hitler was a legitimately elected |
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KurtNYC
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Don't think so |
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boi1946
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I keep remembering |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Hitler was a moronic military strategist |
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Bush was AWOL
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Hitler was a terrible military strategist |
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nedlogg
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hitler didn't crack stupid jokes . . . |
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jdots
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. the reference it Hitler is subjective |
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xerox
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. Uhhh |
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Lerkfish
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have no problem with the comparison. Its history, to deny it is to |
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StopThief
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because its HYPERBOLIC? |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. Reading many of these responses, it appears the rw really has us cowed. |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I must have missed the posts |
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Rambis
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. They spent 49 million on a blow job |
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PROGRESSIVE1
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I empathize with you!!! I am sick of this crap!!!! |
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Zynx
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Because it is a comparison that damages our credibility. |
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Bush was AWOL
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Yep. That's exactly why |
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PROGRESSIVE1
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Limbaugh and co have much credibility with a large segment of.... |
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Bush was AWOL
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. That sort of thing damages his credibility as well |
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PROGRESSIVE1
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Really? Gee, his "people" control our country now. |
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Bush was AWOL
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Him making stupid statements like that has not helped their cause |
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genieroze
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Hitler wasn't stupid |
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RetroLounge
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. No reluctance here |
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PROGRESSIVE1
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. If the Right Wingers can compare us to "terrorists" and call us.... |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right... |
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PROGRESSIVE1
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. This mentality is WHY Democrats keep on loosing and deserve to loose. |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. But "Bush is Hitler" |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Dec-01-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
77. Democrats Deserve To Lose Because They Don't Compare Bush To Hitler? |
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WilliamPitt
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. 6,000,000 dead Jews |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I live in FL and I know a few old people who have tatoos on their arms. |
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NYCGirl
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Thanks for that, Will. Much of one generation of my family died in |
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JohnOneillsMemory
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Wed Dec-01-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
78. 6 Million Dead in CIA secret wars in 3rd world countries-John Stockwell. |
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tavalon
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Thu Dec-02-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
92. So it's the numbers that matter? |
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toddaa
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's the wrong analogy |
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tavalon
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Thu Dec-02-04 01:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
93. Bush not a racist! Snort! |
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rniel
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. No reluctance from me n/m |
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DeminGa
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Humm..... |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because most Americans think of Hitler ONLY in relation to the |
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Petrodollar Warfare
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well, there is no reluctance based on my google search... |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Internationally |
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Donkeyboy75
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Wed Dec-01-04 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
51. Why does it matter? |
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RUDUing2
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Wed Dec-01-04 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
59. I posted an article about this on another part of DU |
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JDPriestly
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Thu Dec-02-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
83. You forgot some things |
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Q
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Wed Dec-01-04 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. The 'moderates' will scold you if you make such comparisons! |
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RafterMan
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Wed Dec-01-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. And how does comparing Bush to Hitler |
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NewJeffCT
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Wed Dec-01-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. very easy |
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PROGRESSIVE1
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. That is the hypocracy that I can't stand!!! |
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Cats Against Frist
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. And Pig Limbaugh goes on the air the day before the election |
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Doctor_J
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Wed Dec-01-04 11:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. we get demonized in the media anyway |
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NewJeffCT
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Thu Dec-02-04 08:28 AM Response to Reply #81 |
88. that's not it |
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DUR
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Wed Dec-01-04 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. What a disgusting comparison |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 10:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
80. DUR: This is not an attack on the military. Many of us on DU are vets. |
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LibertyorDeath
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. Hi I understand what you are saying & in some ways it's true |
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Senator Lamb
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. sorry guys |
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Thu Dec-02-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
97. "so far"? Shall we then be content to wait or strive to prevent? (n/t) |
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leyton
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
71. Because the comparison blows everything out of perspective. |
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Cyrano
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Wed Dec-01-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. Do you really want to wait until the comparisons become reality? |
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Fleshdancer
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
72. I think Bush is more concerned with religion than race.... |
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VioletLake
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
73. I posted this on another thread: |
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Blue_Tires
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Wed Dec-01-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
74. we are ALL just spinning our tires now |
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Wed Dec-01-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
75. Karl Rove was the first person to compare Bush to Hitler. |
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NYCGirl
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Thu Dec-02-04 12:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
84. And that makes it right? (eom) |
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Thu Dec-02-04 08:05 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. I don't see why that would make it right or wrong. |
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ibegurpard
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Wed Dec-01-04 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
76. Because the genocide was so horrific that people think it couldn't |
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Clarkie1
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Wed Dec-01-04 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
82. Hmmm...why not compare Kerry to Karl Marx? |
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Thu Dec-02-04 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
85. whenever you have to compare your foe to Hitler you have already lost |
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Thu Dec-02-04 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
86. The comparisment is absurd |
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Guarionex
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Thu Dec-02-04 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
91. No reluctance here... |
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