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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:32 PM Original message |
Palin implicated in ethics probe |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. No one told me today was Groundhog Day! n/t |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. "We do it different up here." |
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IDFbunny (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. "We don't care how they do it in the lower 48, |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. It's very ironic. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. Has it been warmer than normal in Alaska? |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. It had been warmer for a couple of weeks. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
77. She's just progressing her bank account! |
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sfwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. She was just saving the taxpayers money! |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
88. yeah- saving it in her off shore checking account. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am not sure I understand why asking people to help you pay for your legal fees is wrong |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Scooter wasn't elected and he didn't have a state budget for ethics complaints. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. I don't think either of those answers the questions why it is wrong for her |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. They have laws |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. An elected official can only accept money for campaign expenses, |
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PainPerdu (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
70. Ensign's Parents are generous |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Scooter Libby.... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. In any event, choosing her own counsel was legal. So, why can't people help her pay for her fees, |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Oh and I agree. |
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LiberalLovinLug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
75. This is the reason it should be illegal |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
87. Because if she wasn't resigning, then the people paying in would be |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. the reason it may be illegal |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Dude, you just wrote the REAL story here |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. What's so bad about it though.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. I don't understand why she needed it, since the state was paying to defend her. nt |
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Raspberry (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. I don't understand either |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
91. Palin is an idiot. Bill Clinton was a Rhodes scholar. Typical comparison. |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
69. It's not a matter of whether or not you understand it or even think it wrong or Ok- |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
80. Good Question |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. is this the other shoe??? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. My guess is that there is a whole Mrs Marcos closet full of "other shoes" |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I agree. |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
62. The upstairs neighbor is a millipede. n/t |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I hope it's a big boot!!! |
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Twinguard (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm shocked! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. How can she occur personal debts if the state has a budget for this stuff? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Why would having a state budget for something mean that she cannot pay herself, if she chooses? |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Campaign finance laws. Anti corruption laws. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Hard to believe you don't understand graft and bribery. |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
81. The state does not cover her legal fees. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, strike me purple and call me Wilberforce! Who EVER would-a thunk it?!? n/t |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Again" or "still" Just askin' |
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plcdude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. So she violated ethics law by asking for money to fight ethics violations? |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's just the Gotcha Personnel Board playin politics agin... |
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Bleacher Creature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. OMG. Did the sun also rise in the east this morining???? |
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PainPerdu (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
72. Phoenix Rising |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm stunned. Just stunned. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is Latest and Breaking, but it is hardly News |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. I can see jail from my front yard |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
83. Good Day! |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. But she said that the money for the lawyers was coming from the taxpayers ... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Charging her with violations and investigating costs money; and the |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
82. The money |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's Jesus Plus Nothing for this broad. SHE obviously makes the rules, not the legislature. nt |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. Can't wait to see how this all plays out. Is jail in Palins future? |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. Jailin Palin? |
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PainPerdu (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. Jailin' n' Nailin' Palin |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. When she announced her resignation, the speculation was that there were mulitple |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. No wonder Palin is resigning |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. She's the gift that keeps on giving:)................. nt |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. Fairly sure she quit because of something big |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I think that there is more and this is just the tip of the iceberg |
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PainPerdu (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
73. Get that mojo workin',girl.. |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
84. Spin is as spin does. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. What a trainwreck that bitch is. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Palin implicated in ethics probe |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. Didn't she basically call Obama a terrorist while |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
85. well |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. hmmmmmm.... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. A Republican scandal that doesn't involve sex? |
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Optical.Catalyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
40. Palin is dirty, Palin is guilty, let's watch the Republican blow up doll go to jail |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
41. I knew it. When she announced her resignation, |
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Corey_Baker08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. K&R n/t |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's Unethical Because She'd Be Indebted To Those Private Interests |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. No great surprise. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. Here is the complaint in PDF |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
51. What's that smiley I'm looking for.... OH YEAH |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
52. This is referred to as the other shoe. |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
53. No, no, no, no, NO! |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. You don't say? Wow, well that is out of left-field. Oh wait, you mean Palin? |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
55. She's a Republican |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hey Sarah, there's still time to file a complain against yourself |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
57. Many Repubs probably won't see any problem with this -- business as usual.. |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
59. Wait! Do I hear something? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
61. I think the breach of ethics is because of the way the fund was set up... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
63. LOL! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
64. Repost! |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
65. *YAWN* |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
66. This is why she stepped down |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
68. She has ethics? |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
90. Stop picking on this poor Good Christian Woman. |
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