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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:55 AM Original message |
I'm probably in the minority on the Edwards thing. |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sorry. It's not holding to a 'higher standard' to expect him to tell the truth and not cheat. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Telling the truth and not cheating is a higher standard -- for politicians. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I'm not saying that it is. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. I understand your point |
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katukov (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Save your anger |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. But that cheating is about his oath to Elizabeth NOT YOU. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. ... |
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Tace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. : ) |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. There's cheating, and then there's cheating. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. I agree, somewhat... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Its not the morality, its the stupidity... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I agree. I'm sorry for Elizabeth's sake about what he did, but it shouldn't |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
69. This is really about how you adapt to a hypocritical system. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Aren't those of us who are working for Obama investing time and work? n/t |
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OneDemsConscience (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. Its Not The Infedility That Riles So Much As Risking the 2008 Election |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. A mistake is leaving the garage light on for 4 days |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Agreed. This was an affair, not a one night stand. nt |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Mistake |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Literally, yes, but the way some folks are spinning it, it's that same damned |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I don't mean to diminish it by calling it a mistake. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Hiring your mistress to "film you" on the road. That is not a mistake. |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
70. She didn't become his mistress till *after* he hired her. (nm) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Oh boy, did you get it right! My husband taught an evening class |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
67. is she terminally ill? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. She has inoperable metastatic cancer.. a recurrence |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. A politician who is a trial lawyer? What else could we expect? Lawyer=Liar. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I'm in law school. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. A Lawyer and a chicken walk into a 7-11 |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Aw, come on! That was gonna be good! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
64. Did you hear the one about the teacher having sex with her students? |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Problem is that it isnt a joke to me. Thats my opinion, else I would not have posted it. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Someone's grumpy. eom |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 02:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
59. hey varkam |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I certainly hope so. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. You must have real problems voting for Congress. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. That's a nasty grudge you're carrying there. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
61. Abraham Lincoln, Clarence Darrow, Morris Dees, Thurgood Marshall. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and so on. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. He had certainly held Bill Clinton to a higher standard |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Aww, people always attack others for what they fear in themselves. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. So you mean bush2 is actually a freedom hating terrorist? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
57. See how easy that was? |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. As far as I'm concerned |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. Heres what dissapointed me about this whole thing |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Excactly. Just another lying, cheating dirtbag lawyer. How awful for his wife. There are no words.. |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
24. It's bad judgment all around for him - - especially paying her the $114,000 in PAC money |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. Has it crossed anyones mind that... |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Character |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
71. But in Bill Clinton's case... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. sexual needs are not that strong! to make a man cheat. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
32. cheaters of a feather flock together |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I would be interested to know... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. lol, i bet you are perfect. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. I am beginging to think that alot of people.. |
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cabbage08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. kick |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm so with you, varkam. |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
72. Exactly. You don't *learn* anything from being punished. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. How about this: |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. the bar is getting lower and lower in so many ways. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. You nailed that one. nt |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
76. ding, ding, ding!!! |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I'm not making any excuses. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. You may not be, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. how stupid do they (know) we are? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. Consequences |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yup, it amazes me that so many here are so ready to toss him overboard. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
48. No one's sex life is any of my business-- |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. It is judgment |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
50. That's worth more than 2 cents. |
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kiteinthewind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. Thank you for this post. I don't think people realize the 'natural consequences' |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
56. Kicked and recommended. n/t |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
58. I'm a horn-dog, but even I could keep it in my pants for a little while if I was running for pres. |
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liberalpress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
62. In a perfect world I would agree |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
63. agreed. i think his affair is none of our business, however he should have known |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
66. So, expecting politicians to not funnel donations to their lied-about mistresses |
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MonteLukast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. That is the part I'm worried about. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. If there's a money issue, he should fix it. He can. He's wealthy. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I'm not furious at him, as I am at Bush. I simply think he's a sleazebag unworthy |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Actually, I just remembered that I'm wrong. He did vote for the war. n/t |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
79. ALL politicians are scum. |
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