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justiceischeap
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:39 AM Original message |
School me please, what's wrong with the DLC? |
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Instead of asking what's wrong with the DLC... |
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justiceischeap
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Read their Mission Statement |
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. But you haven't given us your own opinion... |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Asking about a Dem org is "flame bait"? Twisted. Just twisted. |
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. No...asking why something is 'wrong'... |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Apparently they wanted to learn more in order ot make an opinion. |
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mattclearing
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. It can end up that way. One should present an opinion if they want |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. You have to have an opion in order to ask a question? |
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justiceischeap
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
85. When I started this thread this morning |
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patricia92243
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. They are not leading, Just reacting to Republican hype - and not very |
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Deja Q
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Republicans have said some of the same things. Let's look at the ISSUES: |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Moore says the Dems actually lost. Does he speak for you? |
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Cheswick2.0
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. here are some links |
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justiceischeap
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Wasn't trying to create a "flame bait" thread... Sorry (EOM) |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Don't be sorry. If you don't hate the DLC, and you ask a question... |
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mtnsnake
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. greenohio, thanks for being level headed and open minded |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Nice of you to say. |
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latteromden
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. For me, it's the leadership. For others, it's the very fact that they're a |
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DaedelusNemo
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
100. all ideologies but authoritarianism |
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dpbrown
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. The DLC is a special interest group that caters to corporate interests |
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Catchawave
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yep: DLC=Republican Lite |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Is Kerry Republican Lite? |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. to these people, yes he is |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Do you know how, exactly, he is Republican? |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I guess because... |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Kerry, who voted against all of Reagan's whacko weapons |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I guess so |
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Eloriel
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Sat Jan-08-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
73. Wyldwolf, I think you need to speak for yourself alone |
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wyldwolf
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Sun Jan-09-05 08:16 AM Response to Reply #73 |
102. Eloriel, you're wasting your time |
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greenohio
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Sun Jan-09-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
105. "I don't consider Kerry a DLCer." Fascinating, because he is. |
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dpbrown
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. It seems like that since the Republicans cater to "sick" corporations more |
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AmandaRuth
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. as far as i can tell, being a relative newcomer |
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Yuugal
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. Al From |
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stray cat
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've been checking out the website and don't have a problem with them |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. sort of like |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. A magazine, a couple of blogs and Howard Dean spew hate at the DLC. |
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Eloriel
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Sat Jan-08-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
74. WRONG |
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greenohio
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Sun Jan-09-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
108. Or right. |
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mandyky
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. My main gripe now is how they treated Howard Dean. |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Yeah, how dare Kerry, Edwards and Lieberman campain in the primaries. |
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mandyky
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. As far as I know Dean never said any specific politicians were GOP lite |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I guess that its OK then to paint all congressional Dems as repuke-lite |
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mandyky
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Sat Jan-08-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
63. At the time NOONE, except a very few were standing up to Bush |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. he called Clark a "republican" right before he asked him to be... |
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greenohio
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Sun Jan-09-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
107. Rose colored revisionist history. |
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FightinNewDem
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Sat Jan-08-05 07:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
75. "DLC types like Torricelli"?!?!?!? |
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leesa
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. They are Republicans |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Kerry is a Republican. Tell me how? |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's really simple |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. The DLC is for homeless Republlican "moderates". |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Is Kerry a homeless Republican? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. He sounds more like Rockefeller than FDR. |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Exactly which issues are you refering to? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. First, and foremost, his vote for the war. |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. c'mon |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Kerry didn't vote for the war? Yeah, and Bush is "compassionate". |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. being on the left, I figured you would understand nuances |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. "by moving the Democratic Party to the right" exact issues please? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sat Jan-08-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Repuke, no. Fascist, yes. |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I am against preemptive war period. But if I |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. If it walks like duck..... |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. So who do you support then? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sat Jan-08-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Hell, I'll compromise. |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. ok, so you're officially out of the electoral process |
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greenohio
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Sun Jan-09-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #60 |
106. You can only abandon compromise from a position of strength and power. |
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bobweaver
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. Because they are the ones who turned the Ds into a corporate party |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. the DLC has nothing to do with the '94 loss |
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w4rma
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. NAFTA and the AWB were both DLC policy. They are the bills that caused |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. prove it |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. The Ds always accepted money from corporations |
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justiceischeap
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
90. Thank you for that explanation! (eom) |
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Zhade
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
54. Just read my signature, or ask Eloriel for her links. |
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greenohio
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. How does one, |
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Zhade
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Er, duh. Sigs are off right now, sorry! |
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Donald Ian Rankin
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
55. Most people on DU |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. how do you figure that? |
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Donald Ian Rankin
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Sat Jan-08-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. I see far more |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. maybe it's because |
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Donald Ian Rankin
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Sun Jan-09-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
104. It certainly could be that, |
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PassingFair
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Sat Jan-08-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Most people at DU have read links that make it abundantly clear |
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FightinNewDem
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Sat Jan-08-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. "Lizards"? |
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PassingFair
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:09 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. OK, make that |
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PROGRESSIVE1
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Sat Jan-08-05 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. The DLC is run by the same corporatist SOB's that run the GOP! |
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FightinNewDem
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
89. Your icon |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. FUCK the hideous, disrespectful DLC !! please read this ... |
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wyldwolf
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Sat Jan-08-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. how about this quote |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. not sure i understand your question ... |
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FightinNewDem
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Sat Jan-08-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. Person the barricades, blah, blah, blah |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. got anything intelligent to say ?? |
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FightinNewDem
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Sat Jan-08-05 08:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Warning: Angry Rant Ahead |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. that's all well and good but ... |
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FightinNewDem
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. No, you aren't the "nitwit" |
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. The DLC is more than 'hawkish'...they support Bush's... |
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VAMom
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Sun Jan-09-05 09:09 AM Response to Reply #84 |
103. Perhaps the reason he gets away with it |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. no problem ... |
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PassingFair
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. Points taken, now tell me, |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. i'll ask you the same question ... |
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PassingFair
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Dr. Dean is not privy to all info concerning Iraq. |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Here's Dr. Dean's statement: |
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PassingFair
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Don't forget that he said this in "real" time. |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:12 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. well, OK ... i hope he takes more time and reconsiders ... |
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PassingFair
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Sun Jan-09-05 12:07 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Not right now and not for the forseeable bushie future... |
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #78 |
88. And it seems that you have discovered in these workshops... |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. here's what the DLC is running away from ... |
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Waitaminute-- are you Canadian or something? |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Canadian ?? nope ... worse ... |
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no name no slogan
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Sat Jan-08-05 10:56 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. HA!!!! I should have known!!! |
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welshTerrier2
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Sat Jan-08-05 11:14 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. damn ... outed again ... |
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