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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:23 AM Original message |
Barney Frank talks retirement |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe he is not considering retiring as much as he refuses to |
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Indydem (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. He's saying we are out of touch n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. In many ways, that's true. Many folks turn to the Internet for affirmation, not for information. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Either a) Affirmation; or b) Argument. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. most of us are |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I've turned blue trying to explain to folks here that DU is not representative of Dems as a whole or |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I suppose it is because for many - they have a voice on DU |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. This is what my spouse tells me when I am all up in arms |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Semantics |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. However, despite many being informed, they remain ignorant and don't |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. So they are no worse off |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Iran's current uprising ??? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. What you say has been the experience of many of us who come here |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Selective "connected" |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. And your point? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No, the complaint is that people on the internet think they |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I wish he were speaker. nt |
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Petals (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yes he's much more honest than speaker pelosi... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. You and me both. nt |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. He's right. |
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Petals (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. yes this is true....no sense of reality even here on DU |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Except DU is NOTHING like that |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. There laid a disruptor because it disrupted so poorly LOL!! Bye-byeee. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. In theory. They have brought back trolls before. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. That's cool.... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Petals |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Tweeting" is profoundly stupid. Good for Barney! nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. "retire before it becomes essential to tweet." |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think the Fannie Mae debacle has really got him down |
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