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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:09 PM
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Governor Dean Eats Puppies (The Drinking Game)!
When you see a particularly egregious (or repetitive) assault on logic in an effort to discredit the good doctor (or even the other candidate of your choice!) - turn it into a game (idea originally Nazgul's - my apologies for posting it out before you)! You either drink (my preference) or send your favorite candidate a dollar (or more).

Any suggestions?

Here's one to get us started. I'll send Dean $1 everytime one of his bashers (you know who you are) says something to the effect that when Dean spoke out against Bush's war, it was bad for the country!

Come on, it's fun for the whole family!

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DianeK Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:12 PM
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1. excellent idea!
what dean bashers don't get is that they should be using all of that energy for the candidate of their choice! come on..the end goal afterall, is to get bush to hell out of washington..the resident of the united states!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:13 PM
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2. I'll donate $1 for every anti-Dean post that makes me scroll to read it.
AND I'll drink!

I LIKE this game!

:beer:
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:24 PM
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I am with you on this one. Bring it on.
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:20 PM
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3. "Dean is mostly to blame for the war" must be worth $5!
or more! This is the most outrageous claim ever (but I expect worse any day now), that Dean being the voice against the war was what caused this war. I'm waiting for the link that shows Dean's signature in the PNAC docs now.

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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:23 PM
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4. Yeah, that one pretty much blows logic into tiny, shrieking bits
.
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:24 PM
Response to Reply #4
5. I don't even drink
but if he keeps on with that one, I may have to start again.
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:37 PM
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9. I know
this board isn't good for my liver.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:31 PM
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6. And $1 for every claim that Vermont has a 9.4% unemployment rate
...a total fabrication that's a pet peeve of mine right now.
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DianeK Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:32 PM
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7. where the hell did you hear (read) that?
cite, please?
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:36 PM
Response to Reply #7
8. Oh, that little "fact" is well "known" around here
I'm getting "air quote" fatigue . . .
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:39 PM
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10. Here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=108&topic_id=5230&mesg_id=5230#5374

I sent a PM to the poster providing the correct figures and suggest he post a retraction. No reply. Today, I posted this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=108&topic_id=8500&mesg_id=8500#8872

and again, no retraction, no reply.

Some people would rather spread outrageous lies (NO state is at 9.4%) than verify facts.
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DianeK Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:43 PM
Response to Reply #10
12. trust me...
i don't know the numbers, but we have alot of unemployment up here
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:44 PM
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13. I do. 4.1% according to the U.S. Department of Labor
Vermont is actually tied for the 7th BEST rate in the country.
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:45 PM
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14. Obviously "not a fact-checker"
Like our president. Maybe we can blame Stephen Hadley.
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:01 AM
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18. good one
how long before Mr. Hadley becomes an obscure footnote? I'll still be laughing about people using his name so aptly, though.
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Nicholas_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:20 AM
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22. Probably is close to 9 percent
Considering when you factor in those no longer collecting unemployment at the national level, unemployment is getting near 12 percent. Once you go past one year in an employment nose dive, the national figures dont reflect what is actually happening anyway.

You knoew, jow on the news they always state that the figures dont inclide those who are no longer eleigible for unemployment, or have stopped looking for work. The large numbers of homeless in America have fallen off of those figures for years.
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:26 AM
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24. Stop, you're killing me
you make my tummy hurt with all of your jokes.

(BTW, in order for you to make your number meaningful, you have to compare it with the country or other states with the same statistic. And when you do that, Vermont comes out near the top, as when you use other more conventional measures - so cut the crap already).
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:27 AM
Response to Reply #22
25. !!! DRINK !!!

yahooo... I like this game!!!







Dave (AmyStrange.com)
http://www.SeattleActivist.org/MyLifeStory.html
DU (slang/ folklore) Glossary (Dictionary): http://DUG.SeattleActivist.org/
Index of WMD Articles: http://WMD.SeattleActivist.org/

Here are some excellent resources and timelines of quotes and interviews and newspaper article quotes documenting the different things Bush and Co did and said for the last two plus years concerning the war in Iraq and WMDs (and other fun things) from the Howard Dean Website---even if you're not a Dean Fan, these are still excellent resources:

The Bush Administration And WMDs: Then And Now:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=bush_wmd_summary

Niger-Uranium Timeline:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=niger_timeline

Bush and WMD: Assumptions vs. Reality:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Bush_-_Iraq_-_Side_by_Side.pdf?docID=781

The Bush Administration and WMD: What did they know and when did they know it?:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Administration_-_Iraq_Deception.pdf?docID=762

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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:35 AM
Response to Reply #25
27. You're right! Jeez, I almost forgot
and so soon, too.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:30 AM
Response to Reply #22
26. Not exactly "9.4%" but a WINNER!!!
Edited on Thu Jul-31-03 12:31 AM by MercutioATC
...and a crisp new dollar bill goes to Gov. Dean.

In response to Nick,

If you have a government or other reliable site that takes the whole picture into consideration and posts real unemployment rates, please provide a link. And unless you can prove that Vermont has a higher number of "uncounted unemployed" than everyplace else, it makes no difference - all of the rates would then go up and Vermont would STILL have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation.

(on edit)

This Coppola Diamond Series cabernet tastes great tonight...

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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:36 AM
Response to Reply #26
28. The best part is...
Edited on Thu Jul-31-03 12:37 AM by AmyStrange

everytime N_j speaks, the Dean membership numbers hit the roof---right along with the donations. Check it out sometime...

!!! KEEP TALKIN Nin_Ja !!!









Dave (AmyStrange.com)
http://www.SeattleActivist.org/MyLifeStory.html
DU (slang/ folklore) Glossary (Dictionary): http://DUG.SeattleActivist.org/
Index of WMD Articles: http://WMD.SeattleActivist.org/

Here are some excellent resources and timelines of quotes and interviews and newspaper article quotes documenting the different things Bush and Co did and said for the last two plus years concerning the war in Iraq and WMDs (and other fun things) from the Howard Dean Website---even if you're not a Dean Fan, these are still excellent resources:

The Bush Administration And WMDs: Then And Now:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=bush_wmd_summary

Niger-Uranium Timeline:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=niger_timeline

Bush and WMD: Assumptions vs. Reality:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Bush_-_Iraq_-_Side_by_Side.pdf?docID=781

The Bush Administration and WMD: What did they know and when did they know it?:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Administration_-_Iraq_Deception.pdf?docID=762

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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:36 AM
Response to Reply #28
30. It's kind of like the Piehole effect!
.
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:36 AM
Response to Reply #26
29. jinx
sounds good!
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Yaoi_Huntress_Earth Donating Member (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:40 PM
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11. How about
How about doubling the amount if the person who rants against your favorite is Ann Coulter, Rush, or Savage?
Love,
Yaoi Huntress Earth
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:50 AM
Response to Reply #11
31. someone with more national appeal...

doubles the donation... hmmm I like it.

Now if Bush ever mentions Dean... we all have to donate 10$







Dave (AmyStrange.com)
http://www.SeattleActivist.org/MyLifeStory.html
DU (slang/ folklore) Glossary (Dictionary): http://DUG.SeattleActivist.org/
Index of WMD Articles: http://WMD.SeattleActivist.org/

Here are some excellent resources and timelines of quotes and interviews and newspaper article quotes documenting the different things Bush and Co did and said for the last two plus years concerning the war in Iraq and WMDs (and other fun things) from the Howard Dean Website---even if you're not a Dean Fan, these are still excellent resources:

The Bush Administration And WMDs: Then And Now:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=bush_wmd_summary

Niger-Uranium Timeline:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=niger_timeline

Bush and WMD: Assumptions vs. Reality:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Bush_-_Iraq_-_Side_by_Side.pdf?docID=781

The Bush Administration and WMD: What did they know and when did they know it?:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Administration_-_Iraq_Deception.pdf?docID=762

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gottaB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 04:19 AM
Response to Reply #11
46. How about
4x if a duer echoes a GOP talking point
8x if a duer echoes a rabid wingnut
16x if a duer quotes a rabid wingnut *and* attributes the source

:toast:
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bitchkitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-03 11:20 AM
Response to Reply #11
68. Good idea -
A dollar to Dean every time Rush Limbaugh refers to him as "Nikita" Dean.
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DrFunkenstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:57 PM
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15. If Dean Had Run For The Senate, We Wouldn't Be In Iraq
With Dean's decisive vote, we could have convinced Gephardt to support Biden-Lugar. Dean saw the writing on the wall, and opted for Governor instead - just to spite Kerry in 2004. This man is a cold and calculating son of a bitch. He will stop at nothing to foil his arch-rival, Kerry. Even send us to a senseless war without UN sanction. That's cold blooded.

If I copy and paste this again, do you have to drink again?

With Dean's decisive vote, we could have convinced Gephardt to support Biden-Lugar. Dean saw the writing on the wall, and opted for Governor instead - just to spite Kerry in 2004. This man is a cold and calculating son of a bitch. He will stop at nothing to foil his arch-rival, Kerry. Even send us to a senseless war without UN sanction. That's cold blooded.

With Dean's decisive vote, we could have convinced Gephardt to support Biden-Lugar. Dean saw the writing on the wall, and opted for Governor instead - just to spite Kerry in 2004. This man is a cold and calculating son of a bitch. He will stop at nothing to foil his arch-rival, Kerry. Even send us to a senseless war without UN sanction. That's cold blooded.

With Dean's decisive vote, we could have convinced Gephardt to support Biden-Lugar. Dean saw the writing on the wall, and opted for Governor instead - just to spite Kerry in 2004. This man is a cold and calculating son of a bitch. He will stop at nothing to foil his arch-rival, Kerry. Even send us to a senseless war without UN sanction. That's cold blooded.

Are you drunk yet?
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 11:59 PM
Response to Reply #15
16. Damn that's funny
I salute you - a true master!
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:00 AM
Response to Reply #15
17. Damn
12 years of sobriety, now I gotta start over...
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:01 AM
Response to Reply #17
19. Jinx
.
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:11 AM
Response to Reply #15
20. Hahahahahahahahaha

tell'em about the time you saw Dean smack a fish...






Dave (AmyStrange.com)
http://www.SeattleActivist.org/MyLifeStory.html
DU (slang/ folklore) Glossary (Dictionary): http://DUG.SeattleActivist.org/
Index of WMD Articles: http://WMD.SeattleActivist.org/

Here are some excellent resources and timelines of quotes and interviews and newspaper article quotes documenting the different things Bush and Co did and said for the last two plus years concerning the war in Iraq and WMDs (and other fun things) from the Howard Dean Website---even if you're not a Dean Fan, these are still excellent resources:

The Bush Administration And WMDs: Then And Now:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=bush_wmd_summary

Niger-Uranium Timeline:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=niger_timeline

Bush and WMD: Assumptions vs. Reality:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Bush_-_Iraq_-_Side_by_Side.pdf?docID=781

The Bush Administration and WMD: What did they know and when did they know it?:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Administration_-_Iraq_Deception.pdf?docID=762

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DrFunkenstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:51 AM
Response to Reply #20
32. I Forgot About The Fish!
Run little Kasey! Before it's too late!

<>
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 11:31 AM
Response to Reply #20
59. fish smaking is bad
poor fishy
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:16 AM
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21. I'll need another cat!
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 12:23 AM
Response to Original message
23. Bravo Professor...

now where do I go to dig up a whole family...




Dave (AmyStrange.com)
http://www.SeattleActivist.org/MyLifeStory.html
DU (slang/ folklore) Glossary (Dictionary): http://DUG.SeattleActivist.org/
Index of WMD Articles: http://WMD.SeattleActivist.org/

Here are some excellent resources and timelines of quotes and interviews and newspaper article quotes documenting the different things Bush and Co did and said for the last two plus years concerning the war in Iraq and WMDs (and other fun things) from the Howard Dean Website---even if you're not a Dean Fan, these are still excellent resources:

The Bush Administration And WMDs: Then And Now:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=bush_wmd_summary

Niger-Uranium Timeline:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=niger_timeline

Bush and WMD: Assumptions vs. Reality:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Bush_-_Iraq_-_Side_by_Side.pdf?docID=781

The Bush Administration and WMD: What did they know and when did they know it?:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Administration_-_Iraq_Deception.pdf?docID=762

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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:00 AM
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33. 100$ if Bush mentions Dean by name...

Anyone want in on this one?





Dave (AmyStrange.com)
http://www.SeattleActivist.org/MyLifeStory.html
DU (slang/ folklore) Glossary (Dictionary): http://DUG.SeattleActivist.org/
Index of WMD Articles: http://WMD.SeattleActivist.org/

Here are some excellent resources and timelines of quotes and interviews and newspaper article quotes documenting the different things Bush and Co did and said for the last two plus years concerning the war in Iraq and WMDs (and other fun things) from the Howard Dean Website---even if you're not a Dean Fan, these are still excellent resources:

The Bush Administration And WMDs: Then And Now:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=bush_wmd_summary

Niger-Uranium Timeline:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=niger_timeline

Bush and WMD: Assumptions vs. Reality:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Bush_-_Iraq_-_Side_by_Side.pdf?docID=781

The Bush Administration and WMD: What did they know and when did they know it?:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Administration_-_Iraq_Deception.pdf?docID=762

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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:03 AM
Response to Reply #33
34. Hey, hey, hey...this is supposed to be a friendly game...
Upping the ante a bit, aren't we?

Actually, I can't see why Bush would acknowledge Dean at all at this point, so it's probably a safe bet...
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:11 AM
Response to Reply #34
36. What if...

Dean called him an out right bald faced liar!!!

Huh? What do you think?
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:04 AM
Response to Reply #33
35. $200 if...
Bush thanks Dean for splitting the Dems and therefore helping him launch his little war.

**Bonus $50 if Bush can pronounce "Dean" without stumbling or looking to the cue cards.**
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:13 AM
Response to Reply #35
37. Another $50 if...

he say's James or John Dean instead of Howard...
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:21 AM
Response to Reply #37
38. Isn't this what the CIA was working on?

Betting on Presidential futures?
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VoteClark Donating Member (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:59 AM
Response to Reply #37
44. An interviewer on CNN called Howard Dean, John Dean in an interview
with Gephardt. I could tell Gephardt noticed she said his name wrong, but he didn't correct her. I thought it funny. Instead, Gephardt used the last name Dean, and carefully avoided letting her on to her mistake. Surley if he would said Howard, she would have realized her mistake and apoligized for it. Gephardt was crafty in his approach, I wonder how he keep from laughing.


J4Clark
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:30 AM
Response to Original message
39. !!! TOAST to Nazgul !!!

and a moment of silence for all our soldiers and Iraqis and Palestinians and Israelians and all the poor souls of the world who have been hurt or will be hurt by our government
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:32 AM
Response to Reply #39
40. Hear, hear!
.
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:35 AM
Response to Reply #39
41. Toast!
And I'm going to bed. You are the best bunch of drinking buddies a sober girl could have...
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:40 AM
Response to Reply #41
42. Sleeptight!

what does that even mean?


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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 01:44 AM
Response to Reply #41
43. 'Night (I'm crashing now, too)
:boring:
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 02:40 AM
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45. as the saying goes...
first they laugh at you
then they hate you
then you win

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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 11:10 AM
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47. "Yucca Mountain"
equals $2 and a long drink.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 11:19 AM
Response to Reply #47
48. Aww, c'mon...that's like playing "Love Boat" and being the boat...
They yell "Yucca Mountain" or "Sierra Blanca" ALL of the time. Neither make a hell of a lot of sense, but that doesn't seem to slow them down any.

(For those not familiar with "Love Boat", it's a drinking game where a group of people watch an episode of....you've got it...."Love Boat" and each player chooses a character. They then have to drink every time that character is shown. Those who want to drink a LOT pick either the boat or the ocean...)
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 11:36 AM
Response to Reply #48
50. too easy, huh?
It's like veneer on Antiques Roadshow.

there has to be more of these, frequent but not too frequent smears.

How about "unfused vertebra" and "skiing" in the same sentence?
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Nazgul35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 11:24 AM
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49. Thanks for the Kudos Prof!
At the Gov's website i've seen bloggers set up anti-troll donation funds to raise cash everytime a troll posts in a blog...i've been looking and if anyone else sees it before I do, let's get an anti-Howard Dean DU fund set up and then we could show these idiots how much cash they've raised for the good governor everytime they post this nonsense!!!

Or you could drink! I'm certainly not against that! How's about drinking and sending in cash!!

I think we should notice how they have left this thread alone...kinda think they're scared that we are sending in the cash everytime they make idiotic posts (PS: I did send in $20 last night >:>)...

If anyone can make that DU fund appear, start a thread with the information...we can all post a link to the offending thread and how much we sent! Then we can update these fools when we raise $100k!!!!

(PSS: I would suggest that every body do this for their own candidate, as there is far too much dem bashing going on and not enough candidate praising....seems like people think the only way to win is to stand on the dead carcus of the vanquished enemy...)
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 11:38 PM
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51. In the interest...
of keeping this damn thread someplace I can locate it....bump
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-31-03 11:41 PM
Response to Reply #51
52. Have you been drinking?
I am not following any threads tonight, though I logged on earlier and caught some silly bickering, as always. There was a post from Nic_J that deserved a drink or a donation at least; something about how Dean running for Pres. and not practicing medicine is probably saving lives in Vermont. Sheesh. That should be worth a few bucks.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 12:07 AM
Response to Reply #52
53. I think I just replied to that one...
And yes, after logging on a short time ago and seeing what some nameless members here have been posting, I'm probably going to be drinking (and contributing) in a really big way.

If only I could contribute in the names of the people who have made this possible....
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 12:33 AM
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54. I'm going to give for the post
that was about a mile long and supposed to be negative about Dean's budget and health care -- I read it,ignoring his blithering commentary, since it wasn't just an opinion piece. Dean may not have always been popular, especially in the budget-cutting years we've been in recently, but I don't want a president that just tries to please everyone. Many Vermonters have expressed on this forum that they may not have always agreed with Dean, but they respect him and the tough decisions he made.

In any case, $10 to Dean tonight for that time-consuming post when I should be working!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 01:23 AM
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55. Good for you!
I'm keeping track and donating biweekly.

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LuminousX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 10:00 AM
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56. Every $25
I decided to donate at every $25. Now I just need a way to track what I owe.
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 11:19 AM
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57. I'm rakin in the dough re mi
$$$caching$$$
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 11:24 AM
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58. I love this game!
raking it in
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 12:21 PM
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60. Dean is too short! Another $25 for DeanforAmerica!
Gotta donate for that one
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 10:09 PM
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61. I have another! $1 for every anti-Dean post that's LESS than 5 words.
...just to hit both ends of the spectrum...very small in this case, (very large if I have to scroll)..
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-03 12:34 AM
Response to Reply #61
63. LOL Saw one yesterday: "Dean the loser"
Written by one of our normally much more verbose posters.
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Nazgul35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-03 10:21 PM
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62. interesting how the anit-Dean
people stay away from this post.....hmmmmmmmmmmm...

BTW: Love Dean's frontal assult on chimpy!!!
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-03 04:36 PM
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64. Reaching for my credit card again...
$1 for every ill-intended article posted here today by the more obsessive anti-Dean deprogrammers...

On the other hand, it's nice to see that Dean articles, postive or negative, seem so easy to find on the internet. No wonder he's a frontrunner.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-03 02:01 AM
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65. KEEP THIS CAMPAIGN ALIVE!!
Edited on Tue Aug-05-03 02:02 AM by MercutioATC
Campaign contributions are good, but it's more important to make the posts supporting Dean and explaining exactly why the donations are being made.

It's sort of like a Skinner box (strange coincidence with the "Skinner" thing, no?). Skinner boxes are used to teach lab rats behaviors. The rats get a positive stimulus for a "good" behavior and a negative stimulus for a "bad" behavior in an effort to get them to achieve a specific task. By posting in response to the offending threads, we get the "skinner" effect of providing a negative stimulus to the offending "bad" negative post.


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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-03 02:07 AM
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66. Yeah but some rats never learn
:)
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-03 02:15 AM
Response to Reply #66
67. Agreed, but we can always try....
I don't discuss politics at work unless I'm asked (I do wear a Dean button on my headset and have a Dean bumpersticker on my car, though).

Over the past month, I've had three co-workers ask me about Dean, look into things further on their own, and express support for him. Three isn't a lot, but it's a start.

Every gain we make is important, regardless of how small.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 07:53 PM
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69. bump
.
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 08:19 PM
Response to Reply #69
70. Bump indeed! Off to Meetup!
Always fun to come home from a long day and read all this stuff...apparently a rabid poster has come and gone already (deleted messages everywhere, and a tombstone), Nick has said that Dean is more conservative than Bush and that it's "the beginning of the end" for our increasingly popular Governor from Vermont, and so it goes...

And with that...I'm off to Meetup, where we will no doubt be overflowing our current venue, to write letters to undecided Dems in New Hampshire.

Wheeeeee! See you guys after Meetup!
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 10:07 PM
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71. Oh, you missed the poster
I'm sorry - it was the most entertaining thing in a long time.
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 11:55 PM
Response to Reply #71
72. Probably won't be the last one
Those kinds of posters make me even appreciate Nicholas_J, at least he puts some thought and time into it.

Though I think I need to donate tonight for the sideswipe he took at Dean's deceased father. Is nothing sacred?
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 10:30 PM
Response to Reply #72
73. The slam on Dean's dead father was a new low for him, I think...
So far, he's far and away the leading "donation troll" on my list.
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 10:48 PM
Response to Reply #73
76. Yes that was particularly classy
especially after he posted how Dean supporters are "vicious" and "nasty". LOL.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 10:42 PM
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74. False accusations earn Deanforamerica $5
Since 5 or so have been made in an unmentioned thread - that's $25 just for tonight! LOL
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-03 10:47 PM
Response to Reply #74
75. Confusing John Kerry for John Ashcroft
and using it to attack Dean...yes definitely worth a few bucks...and driving me to drink!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-03 12:28 PM
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77. How are your totals so far??
I'm at $17 from just an occasional DU session over the past week (and I'm just getting the obvious ones).

Imagine if everybody did this for their candidates...
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-03 12:53 PM
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78. Dean eats puppies?
Dean eats puppies? That is shocking!
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-03 02:24 PM
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79. If you're contributing today...check this out!
<and why not, there's plenty of nonsense on this forum today that would drive me to contribute, if not drink>

Please contribute through my Dean Team Leader website, which is on the Home Page as the Featured Website! Just go to www.deanforamerica.com and check out the pink box with the featured site -- that's mine! And that's a photo of my daughter on the 4th of July.

I had no idea it was up there until someone sent me an email asking about it. I did this page as a draft about 2 weeks ago and forgot about it, haven't had time to work on it. So it's still kind of new, but they picked it anyway.

Cool, eh?

Please contribute through my site!
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 01:05 AM
Response to Reply #79
80. kicking this, because...
not sure how long my site will be up on the DeanforAmerica page, and I just think it's the coolest thing.

The snippiness isn't bad tonight, but if you're in the mood to donate, check out my site and move that thermometer! Thanks guys.
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jdspatriot Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 01:15 AM
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81. Why does it say this was posted on July 30?
Strange, eh?
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 01:24 AM
Response to Reply #81
82. July 30th was when the game was launched
...and we haven't stopped drinking (well some of us) or donating since.

Welcome to DU!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-03 12:09 PM
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83. I think I'm adopting all of the Dean=Tsongas/McGovern/etc. posts too...
That ought to keep be busy for a while

:crazy:
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 09:17 PM
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84. Too important not to
KICK!
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Northwind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 09:25 PM
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85. I was almost certain
That you guys would have hit your $2000 limit by now. :7
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 12:45 PM
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86. Kick! Time to start drinking again!
Or if you're like me, just donating!

Today I'll be at the County Fair, registering Democrats who will hopefully vote No on the Recall, and working at a Dean table.

Or I could just sit here and respond to all the "Dean's a liar" posts.
What do you guys think?



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tedoll78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 12:56 PM
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87. Get the work done where it counts most!
You're arguing among the converted, lol!
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Nazgul35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 03:14 PM
Response to Reply #86
88. lol....it's flying thick and furiously...
if you think it's bad now...wait until we get close to the primaries....these clowns are going to be working overtime....

But i'm not worried, cause while they are on here, verbally masturbating themselves, i'll be out canvassing neighborhoods, passing out flyers, writing letters to the editor, registering dems to vote......than we'll see who's gonna win!!!

Oh yeah...since to day is sooo bad...i'm going to drop in my $50 monthly donation to Dean for all the yahoos from this past week....
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 07:26 PM
Response to Reply #88
90. Go Nazgul!
I spent the afternoon at the County Fair, at the Demo Party booth.

Lots of interest in Dean, and of course lots of anti-recall people.

A great time was had by all!
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Demobrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 03:27 PM
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89. www.trollsfordean.com
I wonder if DU would let us put up a permant link?
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 08:46 PM
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92. Wooohoo!
With my contribution (and thanks to certain posters here who shall remain nameless)TrollsForDean.com just broke $3000!
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 07:47 PM
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91. Mmmmmm....puppies.....
sorry, just wanted to kick this!

Today is BushWhack Day in the Dean Campaign; have to keep reminding myself that it's not DeanWhack Day. Sheesh.

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babzilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 10:45 PM
Response to Reply #91
94. cheers to the Bushwhack parties
I am happy to report that my family held 2 bushwhack parties in Long Beach today.

To my brother and to Mom & Dad, here's to taking our country back!

:toast:
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gully Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-03 10:29 PM
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93. Love it! I'll drink a Busssh lite every time....
Edited on Sat Sep-13-03 10:29 PM by gully
I see a Dean bashin' thread. And, when I'ma drinkin' thars no tellin' how much $$ I'll give to the Dean campaign ;)

Deanforamerica.com

Go Dean!
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tedoll78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-03 03:14 PM
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95. I must bump this.
Given the number of negative posts lately, the air reeks of frustration/desperation/jealousy/whatever..

Give, and give generously! 16 days until we break Clinton's record and get another victory lap with the media!
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