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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:16 PM Original message |
Democratic Underground RETURNS to being truly "Underground," I guess. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. The "U" in "DU" had been forgotten for a couple years.. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. you can say that again! |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
72. Thank the goddess for that! n/t |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yup, selling out is a value to some and when we don't they're aghast at us |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. If part of his "long game" is to create a liberal tea party of sorts, then he's a genius. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I don't see how you get people to follow you by kicking them in the teeth |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I agree. I'm just grasping at straws to lighten the blow. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. There are people here who are claiming |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
78. 3D chess and all that. |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
95. Common logic says if you put up a steaming pile of crap and a candidate that shares |
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old guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. There can never be a liberal tea party IMO. |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
83. No nay-saying please |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
89. exactly--us hippies can "tea" party all we want--the media will ignore us, the cops toss us in jail |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's about time! |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Another proud information terrorist |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. we should drop that lousy 'D.' n/t |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Progressive... |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Unfortunately, most people here don't actually DO anything. They are keyboard warriors. So instead |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I will give money to any Democratic Senate Member who will kill the tax deal. That's what. n/t |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
58. Good idea. Thank goodness some Dems still have money. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. No much, but I'll give what I can. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
66. What an awful thing to post. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:29 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Every thread of this sort has someone say that. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:11 AM Response to Reply #66 |
104. That was likely posted as sabotage. Scurrilous is quite attached to that D. n/t |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Having to compromise doesn't equal betrayal |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Collaboration with neocons IS betrayal. |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:34 PM Original message |
With that attitude, nothing would be done. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. Bless your heart... |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bullshit. In poker sometimes you BLUFF and force the other player to fold. |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I think the Republicans look terrible for not supporting it anyway, |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. How dare the base ask for a President to follow his own campaign promises! |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. The liberal left is not the base. |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. correct |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
67. You better hope we are because we turned out in the midterms |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
73. And yet, that all-important, not-the-base |
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Celtic Raven (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. Thank you! |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
76. Be persistent |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's gone. Thanks very much Mods. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Actually, I am. I make no apologies for my anger. Why aren't you pissed? |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Maybe you shouldn't be so god damned quick... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. It's gone now. |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I'm gonna defend the mods on this one... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I don't envy them, that's for sure. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Which would be a shame and a prime example of what's gone wrong with the site. n/t |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. It must be lonely being the high-minded sanctimonious type. |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Maybe. I wouldn't know... |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. we do but thwy have worked hard to make us feel alone and powerless |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. oh my stars!1 |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
50. That post is gone now. I think the mods are pretty busy |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. If I were they I would have run away to this: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. he did run on eliminating these tax cuts |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. and he still is |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Fool me once... |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. i'm so comforted by knowing that he doesn't like it |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Also ran on not letting taxes go up for the middle class. |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Obama was always center-left. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. Agreed, but he ran a leftward populist campaign in 2008. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
75. Oh please! |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Thanks for the laugh. I agree. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Its a World Struggle Now |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. And "our" government is on the wrong side, again. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Even in Europe they know about the sellout by their own |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That's the road we're headed down... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Whatever. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Apparently, you did not see the last 1/3 of Obama's press conference. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Oh, I watched it. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. It was not imagined to see our President deride his base for not being pragmatic enough. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. so would I |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. LOL... as if the WH SPIN represents anything approaching the majority of the American people. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Um...he just compared the republicans to hostage takers... |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
86. he called them hostage takers |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
80. I watched it too |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. Damn right, but don't forget 80% of the country was with us |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. No, they were not. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. Baloney. Go do a search and find the feedback outside DU. n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
93. Let's see you back this up with polling data...if you can. |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. recommend |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
56. WikiLeaks..... opened eyes as did the protests in Europe |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
63. + a brazilion |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. Why do we have to apologize to a Republican? |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
70. No, it's changed to Progressive Underground |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #70 |
81. Well excuse us for having principles and standing up for workers - |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Because nobody else has principles but you.......... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. I have the workers in mind, while your principles clearly favor owners. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. What???? Where did I say I don't have workers in mind??? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. If you had workers anywhere in your mind you would be enraged as well. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Unbelievable.....now you think smilies indicates other things |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
71. We're still Democrats, we're just not ObamaDems anymore. That bumpersticker now comes off. |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
77. +1 |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
82. This parallels the usual building up and tearing down of celebrities and stars we see in the US. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
84. Truthy to POWER! |
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MichaelS2012 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
85. K&R nt |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
87. Back in your hole with your liberal principles--liberalism is just a point of departure for the |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
90. I guess it would be safe to say |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
92. And thank goodness! |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. More like, "an enabler of DINO/DLC types" until recently. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. So good to see the bad elements run off. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #98 |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. Well said |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
102. We are just being "uppity". n/t |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
105. K & R nt |
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