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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:42 PM Original message |
If you'll whine about President Clinton, you'll whine about ANYTHING |
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ThomCat
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Except for NAFTA... |
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Webster Green
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. And the 1996 Telecommunications Act... |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You're complaining about "I didn't inhale"? You just proved my point |
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Webster Green
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I threw it on the end of the list for good measure... |
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ThomCat
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Attacking your attempt at humor was |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Oh, so now it was only "humour", but the other points weren't, right? |
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ThomCat
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Thu Mar-09-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Actually, I thought that was obvious. |
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Totally Committed
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. And the Welfare Reform Act... |
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NativeTexan
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
60. The Welfare Reform Act.... |
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NativeTexan
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. As someone who has lived under TEN presidents.... |
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lyonn
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Good point the trickle up theory |
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guidod
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Fri Mar-10-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #66 |
84. NAFTA should have never happened!!!! |
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lyonn
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Fri Mar-10-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #84 |
106. Absolutely not anti union, |
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guidod
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Fri Mar-10-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #106 |
117. Herre's a link that will show you |
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lyonn
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Sat Mar-11-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #117 |
121. Thanks and boy was I wrong |
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guidod
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Sat Mar-11-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. LOL...I love honesty. |
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Totally Committed
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Fri Mar-10-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #60 |
101. It was an idea that needed this to have succeeded: |
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NativeTexan
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Fri Mar-10-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #101 |
116. Pure Trickle-Up can ONLY happen with bi-partisanship, and that never.... |
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Andromeda
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Thu Mar-09-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
77. Welfare reform helped some people... |
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Hippo_Tron
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:21 AM Response to Reply #77 |
93. Welfare "Reform" was a complete and utter failure |
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Totally Committed
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Fri Mar-10-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #93 |
103. Thank you for this! |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Thu Mar-09-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
111. Thank you. Thought I was the only one who'd ever mention that abomination |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Thu Mar-09-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. also the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act |
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springhill
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Fri Mar-10-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
86. NAFTA and the Telecommunications Act........... |
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Warpy
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. The prosperity didn't reach at least 80% of us |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. 80%? What are you talking about? What about the deficit, or lack of one? |
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Warpy
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The deficit that concerns most of us |
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lyonn
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. Remember the government that Clinton inherited |
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blm
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Thu Mar-09-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. If he hadn't closed the books on IranContra and BCCI we'd have seen BFEE |
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lyonn
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. True Clinton didn't pursue the Iran Contra connections |
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blm
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Fri Mar-10-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
108. I want to believe that Clinton was naive in 93 and Bush1 played him on |
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Andromeda
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Thu Mar-09-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
80. Clinton was kept pretty busy .... |
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blm
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Fri Mar-10-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #80 |
107. But there'd be no GOP congress in 95 if Clinton opened the books in 93 |
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AtomicKitten
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. |
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ThomCat
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Anyone who supports Clinton 100% |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That's eactly what my post was NOT about |
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ThomCat
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. If any complaint about Clinton is called "whining" |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Call it whatever you want |
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SaveElmer
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Or how about the recent posts calling Clinton a War Criminal... |
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Wilms
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Why was Clinton accused of being a war criminal? |
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SaveElmer
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Of course... |
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Wilms
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I didn't know, and I'm glad Madeline Albright apologized for those comment |
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AtomicKitten
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. it's called comparative analysis |
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Andromeda
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Thu Mar-09-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
76. I didn't worship Clinton---I just liked him a lot... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
112. Anyone who supports ANYONE 100% is worshipping an image. |
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SaveElmer
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. You got that right... |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Good analogy, Elmer. |
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ThomCat
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Thu Mar-09-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. I disagree. |
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SaveElmer
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Thu Mar-09-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. If most people trashing Clinton.... |
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ThomCat
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Thu Mar-09-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. DU is always infested with Freepers. |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Not just freepers |
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madfloridian
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. You need to read this about the Telecommunications Act of 96 |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Clinton looks good only in contrast to Bush |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If he was a "1960's Republican", it sure is funny how |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Then you don't know much about 1960s Republican |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. How can you tout college fnancial aid during Nixon's time |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. Clinton's tax credits were just tax credits |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Clinton saved people who were financially strapped THOUSANDS |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:04 AM Response to Reply #62 |
89. Getting a tax credit a year later is helpful only if you earn enough |
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mtnsnake
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Fri Mar-10-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #89 |
102. Lets just hope the next Dem will enact such fine tax relief as Clinton did |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-10-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #102 |
115. I'm not saying Clinton's tax credits were BAD, but they were |
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lyonn
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. College cost in the 1970's was cheap compared to now |
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DrGonzoLives
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Fri Mar-10-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
105. Tax credits are useless for those who don't pay much in taxes anyway |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Thu Mar-09-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. ROFL, man Nixon doesnt look so bad these day does he... |
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sandnsea
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Fri Mar-10-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
82. That was the Democratic Congress |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-10-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Nixon could have vetoed the Dem programs and didn't, because he knew |
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sandnsea
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Fri Mar-10-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Not popular with Nixon |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-10-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. NAFTA was popular only with owners, not with workers |
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sandnsea
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. That just isn't true |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. But people outside the tech and alternative energy industries were |
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sandnsea
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:17 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Not entirely |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
113. ..and to Reagan and to Nixon and to Poppy. Hell, even to LBJ. -nt |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Thu Mar-09-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. while i do not think EVERYTHING cliinton did was great |
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MrBenchley
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Thu Mar-09-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. Amen to that... |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. No kidding, and isn't it ironic, |
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Thu Mar-09-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. So you blindly support someone who presides over the |
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DerekG
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. You have to execute de facto children, otherwise you look "soft on crime" |
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
110. If posters aren't willing to call a scumbag a scumbag, regardless |
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Sapere aude
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Thu Mar-09-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. I didn't like welfare reform. I guess I'm a Clinton basher! |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Nope, that's not what I'm talking about |
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Minnesota Libra
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Thu Mar-09-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Clinton makes Bush look like a choir boy - some people need...... |
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. the best president this country has seen for decades... |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Why is he ANY kind of Republican? Just because Michael Moore says so? |
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Try looking at his policies |
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lyonn
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
73. I thought bush appointed Micahael Powell? n/t |
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Andromeda
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Fri Mar-10-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #73 |
81. I believe he did. |
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Bridget Burke
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. Clinton did not have a Democratic Congress for the full 8 years.... |
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ThomCat
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Thu Mar-09-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I agree with you |
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blm
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Thu Mar-09-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. IMO, the worst move Clinton made was in 1993 when he closed the books on |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. True, blm, but George HW Bush had just pardoned several Iran Contra |
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blm
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Thu Mar-09-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. the books still could have been opened, but Clinton CHOSE to not |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. The purpose of "bashing" Clinton is to remind people not to set their |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Oh thanks for informing me. I didn't realize he gets called a war criminal |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I've never called him a war criminal |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I never said you did |
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Hippo_Tron
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #64 |
94. Republicans hated him because HE WON |
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mtnsnake
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Fri Mar-10-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #94 |
100. Yup, and because he stood for the opposite of what they stood for |
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Thu Mar-09-06 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yeah, I hate the bashing too. |
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Daylin Byak
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Thu Mar-09-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I had a few problems with him.... |
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election_2004
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Thu Mar-09-06 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. The Clinton years were also pre-9/11 |
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
67. I miss Clinton (nt) |
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AJH032
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
68. A fact about Welfare Reform that nobody ever talks about |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Mar-09-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. He still didn't HAVE TO sign it |
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Hippo_Tron
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:36 AM Response to Reply #78 |
95. Exactly... the Republicans are bigots who hate single mothers |
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #78 |
114. That would have required courage, a quality Clinton had in short supply, |
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Fri Mar-10-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
109. erm... |
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Neil Lisst
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
69. I agree, mtnsnake!! Bill Clinton is the gold standard. |
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radio4progressives
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
70. What an incredibly uninformed post. |
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mtnsnake
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Fri Mar-10-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
119. Here ya go |
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IronLionZion
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
72. DUers will whine about everything |
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mtnsnake
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Fri Mar-10-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #72 |
104. "it's ridiculous to hold out for that mythical super-politician who will |
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
74. Best republican president since EISENHOWER |
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Thu Mar-09-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
75. I would take another Clinton in a New York minute.........eom |
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Thu Mar-09-06 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
79. Okay, DLClinton WAS the the lesser of two evils... |
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guidod
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
91. They've all been republican! |
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Hippo_Tron
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Fri Mar-10-06 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
96. Read Paul Wellstone's book "The Conscience of a Liberal" |
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Stockholm
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Fri Mar-10-06 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
97. Especially since he is an ex-President |
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Fri Mar-10-06 06:01 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Well, besides the obvious that you are always "President ____" |
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Fri Mar-10-06 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
98. Clinton ruled it.... |
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Fri Mar-10-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
118. Pearls before swine |
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Fri Mar-10-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
120. okay, I'm a progressive |
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