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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:10 PM Original message |
Ted Kennedy's in the hospital after a seizure -- and DU on its home page |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. It was there a couple of hours ago |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I don't understand your point. The Vidal post could be pulled from its position |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I don't know |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Then it's WORSE than I thought. They deliberately removed a headline |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. That is true |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. He's not in "immediate danger." That's very different from saying he's |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Yes it is and yes it can be |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uhm... Ted Kennedy endorsed Obama, too. Geesh! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. All the MORE reason for my post. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. there were a while ago today. Relax, we did it already |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. I'm not going to relax until Kennedy is safely out of the hospital. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. I meant relax that it wasn't top of DU home page right now as it was and you missed it. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. It shouldn't have been replaced by an article giving a prominent podium |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Looking to see. I was wrong, I thought you meant Greatest page. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Thanks. No, I understand that articles on the Greatest page end up there |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I noticed that. Not the recommends but something else. I agree. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. send a message to the admins |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I did. I'm waiting. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. The article compares JFK to Obama |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. exactly |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Gore Vidal hates all the Kennedys. This doesn't belong there today. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Didn't know Gore Vidal hated The Kennedy's. But it looks like this year, they're on the same team. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. He would hate all rigidly entrenched power institutions. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. From the article in the OP: |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. So when can material critical of sick politicians |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Common sense should prevail here. At Kennedy's age, a seizure could |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. The Kennedy's became one person? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Ted Kennedy endorsed Obama, as you know. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Those of us who have been paying attention know Ted Kennedy endosed Obama. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. That too. Besides, anyone who bothered to read the article |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I read the article. You must have missed this anti-Kennedy family bile: |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. It seems that's as far as you read |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So what? It slams the whole Kennedy family. It doesn't belong at the top of |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. I couldn't get past page thirty of Gore Vidal's bizarre book about some kind of museum... |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You do know who Torquemada was don't you...???? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Exactly. Why would an Obama supporter post an article containing slams of |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. Well, I'm embarrassed to admit that I read the headline that a well-known author endorsed Obama.. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Congratulations! You have just demonstrated, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. The article disparages both his brothers and his father. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's not done on purpose, I'm sure. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. No, but it should be purposely removed from the home page, where it is |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. No it shouldn't. Freedom of speech and expression is a lovely |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. So sorry about your mother-in-law, babylon sister. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Do you know how posts are chosen? I don't. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Is she at some distance away? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Yes. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Maybe you should do a search for all the images of Gore and Jack |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Vidal obviously had a change of heart -- or else he's a raging hypocrite: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Gore has never been easy on anyone, including himself |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. pnwmom |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Thank you, Diclotican. |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. pnwmom |
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