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KelleyKramer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:23 PM
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MSNBC: This protest could backfire and hurt the Democrats

Just flipped it over to see what the media whores were saying, and MSNBC did not disappoint...

Gergen is on there saying if this turns 'ugly' it could really backfire and hurt the Democrats.

Ha ha!!!

They are scared shitless.

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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:24 PM
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1. And if it turns into a skiff...
we'll all go for a boat ride.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:25 PM
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4. If it turns into a condom...
Someone might not get pregnant.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:26 PM
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9. If my aunt had wheels she'd be a pastry cart.
It's been completely nonviolent. No riots. So sorry to disappoint.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:27 PM
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12. And if it turns into ice cream
we'll all have banana splits.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:33 PM
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30. and if my grandmother had wheels
she would be a wagon

RL
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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:24 PM
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2. IT IS ALMOST OVER, YOU SHITHEADS... PEACEFUL AND WONDERFUL!!!!
Unless they send disruptors to cause trouble I think it is going to be a success!!!
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:28 PM
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14. oh, you can believe they are on bended knee praying for
something to happen. right now it looks wonderful, wish I was there.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:31 PM
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27. Rethugz are SOB's. They will incite violence. It's what Nazis do.
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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:24 PM
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3. pure brain-dead scum, all. n/t
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realFedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:25 PM
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5. Wonder if they think the Revolutionary war was a big mistake...
when they got themselves out from under the first
King George....

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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:25 PM
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6. "Middle America doesn't like protests."
I heard that. What blatant bullshit. Where does she think these protestors came from, Mars?
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:28 PM
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15. Has that idiot ever heard of Chicago?
Duh.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:38 PM
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33. Color me "Loving it in Alabama." EOM
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:29 PM
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20. This wasn't middle America.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:30 PM
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23. I'm from Arkansas
and I only wish I could be there to march-and to look at me, I'm as Middle America as they come!
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meti57b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:25 PM
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7. it already did not turn ugly ... during the fire, everyone was orderly and
respectful of the police and fire line. That says everything.
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:31 PM
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25. Not only that.

The police didn't go apeshit over it...

No batons waving. No arrests (that I could see).

Fire guys did their thing. Fire out, cleaned up.
Parade back on. No big deal. Everyone was cool.

So HOW THE FUCK could this be bad for Kerry?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:36 PM
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32. And I'm thinking that said a lot for the police, too.
How well they handled the emergency.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:25 PM
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8. Makin' shit up, as usual.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:27 PM
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13. *corp media
agin showing their face as PUBLIC ENEMY #1.
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joefree1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:26 PM
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10. Gergen have a catch in his voice?
All that whoring for the rethuglicans is coming back to them.


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KelleyKramer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:31 PM
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26. He had FEAR in his voice

They seem almost visibly shaken.

I think they are in real shock at the massive numbers of people.


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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:27 PM
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11. What? How? Will they turn storm troops loose to fire on protestors?
We are witnessing an American Revolution--the sequel! This is what Democracy looks like!
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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:28 PM
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16. and IF you were journalists
you wouldn't keep making SHIT up.

poor cable news. nothing BAD to report. boo fuckin' hoo!
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:40 PM
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37. You didn't get the memo about DOMSU?
The new Department Of Making Shit Up?
John O'Neil is secretary.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:29 PM
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17. That was Gergen
actually, their coverage of the protest has been surprisingly good. Had an interview with several groups, including Iraq Veterans Against the War and one of the UPJ's organizers, who made it clear that a few arrests did not dispel the peacefulness of the march. And the reporter even remarked on the large numbers of people marching.
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:29 PM
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18. I was yelling at the TV at Gergen
"Turn around and look you idiot, see any violence?"
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:29 PM
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19. but at the same time... republicans busting down the doors
Edited on Sun Aug-29-04 03:31 PM by salin
in a protest at a recount site in Florida... now that was a show of populism... and helped win the presidency :eyes:
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:29 PM
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21. They just don't get it
do they?

They are so out of touch, they have no clue what is really going on in this country.

4.5+ hours of continuous humanity marching on the streets of NYC against Bu$h, and they just don't get it.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:39 PM
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35. They don't want to get it.
They have been promised Media Deregulation II.

If they get Media Deregulation II, it is fat city.

They whore for Media Deregulation II. That is their price.

Their whoring is the intended effect of the promise.

They will not get Media Deregulation II. That is not intended.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 04:17 PM
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45. What regulations?
Nay, the real problem is their complicity.

They know that serious crimes against humanity, have been committed by this misadministration. The problem for the media is that they were participants in these crimes. These folks are scared shitless of life after Bu$h. Not only are they going to lose their jobs, some of them may even go to jail.

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Nordic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 04:23 PM
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47. you speak truth
They do NOT get it WHATSOEVER.

They are in for a rude awakening.

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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:30 PM
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22. Don't you wish, you
fucker...like little chickenshit screaming .."the sky is falling, the sky is falling!"
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:30 PM
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24. Don't they wish!
Nothing ugly but the contents of Madison Square Garden through the coming week.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:31 PM
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28. And you you talking heads turn into real reporters....
...Americans will start getting the truth:wtf:
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:32 PM
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29. Yeah - if it turns "ugly."
I see no indication of it turning "ugly."

This is not Chicago '68. And Michael Bloomberg is no Richard Daley. These protests are very peaceful, and they appear to be very organized. I doubt it will turn "ugly."
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:36 PM
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31. Nobody is going to watch that stupid convention
They have heard it all before. chimp is going to get his ass kicked in November.
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KelleyKramer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:38 PM
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34. RNC spokesman- 'Numbers very VERY low for this protest'

Ha HA!!

The RNC guy is on there saying just a 'few thousand' protesters and they are showing the crowd WHILE he is lying about it!!

Too sweet!!


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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:40 PM
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36. "few thousand"
Edited on Sun Aug-29-04 03:40 PM by nostamj
republicans can't count bodies, living or DEAD.







for contrast, crashcart meets his 'crowds'

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captainjack Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:48 PM
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41. Reminded of Saddam's spokesman...??
Can't remember his name now, the one who said American's are being defeated...and there were shots of tanks moving into Baghdad...

What an awesome day it has been. Thank god for CSPAN!! Who knew, a tax payer funded org finally grabbibg the bushdicks by the nutsack.
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KelleyKramer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:51 PM
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42. Baghdad Bob

I think you mean Baghdad Bob ...

"We are winning, we will defeat them, victory is ours!!"



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Jaybird Donating Member (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:42 PM
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38. ifs, ands, and buts...if my aunt had nuts......
she'd be my uncle
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:45 PM
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39. C-span host called it perfectly...
she said it was very peaceful and well done considering the huge number of people there. She said they called all over looking for exact numbers and haven't any yet. Then she said the protest covered 20 city blocks. Can anyone get a number from that??
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 04:09 PM
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44. IF NYC Can Handle a Major Blackout
They can handle a few hundred k demonstrators.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:48 PM
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40. Yeah. Just like *that* it could turn into an anti-Kerry march!!
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PopSixSquish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 04:08 PM
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43. And if Wishes Were Horses, then Beggars Could Ride
What a bunch of morans. Probably close to 1 million people protested King George peacefully in NYC today. Karl Rove must be mainlining twinkies.
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Sagan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 04:19 PM
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46. Boy, just like in 1968...


All those protests at the Democratic National Convention in 1968 just KILLED the Republicans, didn't it?

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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 04:43 PM
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48. Nazi propaganda said the Normandy invasion would backfire...
and hurt the Allies. Same old propaganda tools. Give your side all positive personal characteristics,and their side all negative personal characteristics. You can never lose. They can never win. Every move you make is brilliant. Every move they make is a blunder. It's nonsense. It blinds them to the truth. Just know it'and turn it around on them.
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