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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:55 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is anyone allowed to gain political power WITHOUT a skeleton in their closet? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. I guess a secondary question would be are there any politicians without skeletons? |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Jimmy Carter |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. He confessed to "lusting in his heart." |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I seriously doubt it... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Would they be the "exceptions that prove the rule"?? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sure, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It'd help of you updated you profile to indicate "State: Vermont" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. I believe it's a combination of the first and third answers. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, and that's why I'd never run for office. The closet is scary enough. |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. No -- the REQUIREMENT of having something on them is the "dirt SYSTEM" -- |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's the WHOLE SYSTEM: unless the powers-that-pee have dirt on you, you don't go anywhere |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. The same arrogance drives both the ambition and the disregard for "rules" (nt) |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Was client #9 fucking a skeleton named Christin? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Maximilien Robespierre was "The Incorruptible". Then Lord Acton's axiom kicked in. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Maybe we should get into a position where we can put into place |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Russ Feingold. |
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