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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:10 AM Original message |
Republicans uniformly revere Reagan, but Dems trash or ignore their own. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Republican meme my ass, NAFTA and media monopolies are Clinton's enduring legacy. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. NAFTA is a boogeyman, and proof of what the OP said. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. NAFTA doesn't send jobs to China either. nt |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. No, it sends them to Mexico. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. What in your house is made in Mexico? Start with your computer and electronics... |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Examples of Maquiladoras |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Had to look it up? What is in YOUR house, not Wikipedia. nt |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Well, I DON'T have to look it up, but it seems that you could use a link. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. You should have read the whole link, which proves you wrong. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. You forgot about all the farmers disposessed by subsidized US agribusiness |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #87 |
98. Wages overall, and at the lowest levels, went up under Clinton. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #98 |
111. But the income gap greatly increased, and the increased income STILL |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
110. workers don't force down wages |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
92. NAFTA is terrible |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. I most certainly did touch on that, you just didn't like the facts. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
113. Income inequality, homelessness, and food insecurity dramatically increased |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
103. Whirlpool has assembly plants in Mexico |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #103 |
127. Yes, I remember reading about their move. nt |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. they overlook the nazi shit in their guys for the need of a 'daddy' to |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
85. Looks like the OP |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
140. Don't forget Welfare DEform |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. No fan of Reagan, but. . . |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Think Gore and Kerry might be a little bit jealous? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:38 AM Original message |
Think Clinton would've won in 1992 if Kerry hadn't stayed on Bush1's ass reIranContra and BCCI? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. If you think Joe and Mary Shit voted based on Iran-Contra or BCCI... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. It wasn't off Bush1's radar and he ran the worst campaign in history knowing he'd be impeached after |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Do you really refer to the average American voter as "Joe and Mary Shit"? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Sorry! That's the military version of John and Jane Doe. No derision intended. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Well, now I learned something new. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Indeed they are! |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
119. Yes. They would have won |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #119 |
129. Baloney. BFEE needed Clinton to win because BCCI report would be out in Dec 1992. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #129 |
132. You forgot the story |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. You equate Jackson Stephen's BCCI dealings with rumors of a lovechild? That's the Republican way. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. Absolutely typical |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. No. |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I vote no, too. n/t |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. So when he let it be known that he voted for Clinton over Bush.... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. After his time Reagan was an invalid dying of Alzheimer's |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. It's Republican attitudes toward Reagan that are unified, not his. They don't trash their own... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Gore wasn't tight with Clinton or with Kerry. FDR not tight with Truman. Truman not tight with ... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Did FDR use a 3wk book tour to support Truman's GOP opponent on the most serious issue of the day? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. FDR was kind of, ah, dead |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. That wasn't the point of the question, was it? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Please explain how Clinton "undermined" future candidates. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. he used his celebrity to support Bush 's decisions on terrorism and Iraq war throughout his 2004 |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. I has said this before,,, Republicons have to be told what to think |
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Epiphany4z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. some people |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I think that's true. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You can leave the world in a firestorm |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
89. Most of whom lived in states that were not contested |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. True enough, but I believe that Democrats are into iconoclasm the way Republicans |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Good one! nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. I loathe Clinton because he WASN'T successful at siding with us. Instead he sided with GHWBush and |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. You are dead wrong. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Baloney - BCCI report came out in Dec 1992, and CIA drugrunning came out in 1996. YOU are dead wrong |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. More bullshit. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. BCCI bank closed in 91 - final report was issued in Dec 92, WITH a list of outstanding matters |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #86 |
99. Yes, exactly as I said. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Baloney - and Clinton pardoned another IranContra/BCCI figure FOR Poppy - Marc Rich. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #99 |
121. The poster has a view |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #121 |
130. And some of you believe it was just coincidence that Jackson Stephens backed Clinton |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #130 |
131. I think it was blackmail |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. I was never sure if the critics of John Edwards' private life on here were |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The party isn't as progressive as I'd like either... in my world Barney Frank is prez... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. "I understand that a president has to work with a conservative Congress and electorate." |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Was it "faux" realism that we had Republican majority congreses through the 90s and 00s?? |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
84. Well, neither "faux" realism nor realism were in evidence were they? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. He wouldn't have HAD to agree to anything the right wanted, but since he deep-sixed BCCI matters |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Dems in Congress were also wrapped up in BCCI. You seem to think it was only R's... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Baloney - you think it was just 'coincidence' that Jackson Stephens paved Clinton's primary campaign |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. there's that silly "DINO" meme again |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
128. No one is equating Edwards transgressions with the neo -cons |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. It goes much further than this |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
30. I'd rather we shoot at ourselves, than behave like those idiots do over Reagan |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
67. Excuse me ... He SINGLE HANDIDLY |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
94. After he SINGLE-HANDEDLY freed the embassy hostages! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
138. VERY good! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
33. In other words, Democrats always look for ways to improve while Republicans meekly fall in line. |
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monomach (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
35. Defense of Marriage Act, NAFTA, Don't ask Don't tell, THE ENRON LOOPHOLE |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. I was not a big fan of his, actually. How do you blame him for DADT? nt |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. DADT is the work of Sam Nunn, one of the 3 wisest people in America. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Sam Nunn may have led the anti-gay campaign. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I remember Clinton getting shivved by Nunn and Powell and backing down. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. With 75% to 80% of the American public behind him ... he backed down. n/t |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #76 |
90. Do you have a source for that number? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. OK, found the real numbers. Only 13% of armed services personnel supported |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #101 |
118. DING DING DING...And this round goes to...QC! nt |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #101 |
133. For the record, I said "American public". |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. And Nunn launched his assault on gays on the day the spotlight was supposed to be on Hillary and |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #78 |
88. Yep. I tell ya, that Nunn is so wise! n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
116. You know, submariners care less about gays because... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #116 |
124. My very conservative brother in law spent twenty years on subs. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Pride Runs Deep was the sub force's slogan. Gay pride runs deep too. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. And a conservative Congress. I wish he'd fought harder too, but... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
38. Hmmm, acting like sheep ala the repubs is usually an anathema .... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. Critical thinking is what makes us better. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. I certainly agree with that. I don't like a herd mentality either. nt |
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Chloroplast (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. So, what do you want us to do? Deify the Clintons? |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Excellent. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
42. Because we think maybe? |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
43. Republic are obsessed with myth and image |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
45. Deleted sub-thread |
highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. K & R |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
48. Oh, so the republicans are made fun of here for revering |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. I agree and disagree. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I'm excited about the convention too. I think it will be fun to watch. nt |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. Democrats DEMAND accountability |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Yes. But liberals - look at Bob Herbert - he's STILL quoting the "vandalism of the WH" story ... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Oh, I agree |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. MrScorpio... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
95. Why didn't Clintons fight back on trashed WH story? You all claim they always fight back |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
63. What does this have to do with the current Presidential campaign |
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specterderrida (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. If you do not know you have not paid attention. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Reagan also advocated no trash-talking of your own party. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
66. We revere Kennedy and FDR, because they were great Democrats. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. Yes, I think that's true...he was a politician... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
105. I agree wholeheartedly. They're similar men with similar talents. nt |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
141. Exactly. I revere FDR and JFK because... |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
72. Republicans turn on their own all the time. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
77. Bill Clinton is the Little Baby Jesus(tm) |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Sarcasm doesn't contribute much to this conversation, or most others here. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Ouch! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. whats really funny is how many people think Bill Clinton (who BTW isn't running) was the best thing |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. What a lovely straw man you have there! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #96 |
117. Well, Clinton DID serve as prez for a few weeks in a wheelchair! nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #93 |
114. I agree with a lot that you've said, actually. nt |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
100. Republicans are like the borg. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #100 |
137. Good one! nt |
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Terranist (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
102. I think being independent and thoughtful is a GOOD THING; plus everyone hates McCain |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. Not true. Lots of people without strong political beliefs like McCain in a superficial way. |
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Terranist (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. I was at a flea market in south carolina |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #107 |
125. Very very true. McCain gets the shallow benefit of the doubt. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
106. I think Obama was saying the same thing. When he said "90s" he meant "Clinton" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #106 |
122. There you go! Well said! Let's give our team credit when it deserves it. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
109. and whats wrong with it ? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
112. Republicans are lemmings - Dems are free thinkers... |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
115. I don't remember Regean attacking and trying to bring down his own party |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. You must be new to political campaigns. nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
123. Conservatives Want To Destroy - Not Defeat -DESTROY - Liberals & the Democratic Party & Dems Help |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
134. And some democratic leaders praise McCain. n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
135. Exactly right. Get on the damn bus. n/t |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
139. Bill Clinton is not "my own." |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
142. Democrats who act like Democrats don't get trashed |
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