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sutz12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:40 AM
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New Democratic talking point I haven't seen yet...
Every time some Repub says that Democrats would "Wait until we are attacked before we do anything" we should respond by asking,

"Isn't that what Bush did in 2001?"

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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:45 AM
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1. Right
excellent point!


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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:45 AM
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2. Oh....that is good......and so accurate....
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:48 AM
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3. Perfect. Absolutely perfect. K&R
:applause:
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filer Donating Member (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:50 AM
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4. Yes, but after we were attacted...
he exhibited steely resolve and invaded the wrong country.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 12:59 AM
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5. while he read "My Pet Goat"

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JimDandy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 08:26 PM
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18. Sort of like his brother Jeb,
who hid in a closet like a scared child -- only * hid in a classroom, scared, WITH other kids!

HeeHee.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 03:27 AM
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6. Exactly. (nt)
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 04:03 AM
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7. Brilliant. One to file away for future use! n/t
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 05:00 AM
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8. That's great, and here's another one.
Every time some repuke says, "cut and run" we should say,

"You mean like Reagan did from Beirut in 1984?"


http://www.geocities.com/thereaganyears/foreignpolicy.htm
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MelissaB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 05:50 AM
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9. Perfect!
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 06:27 AM
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10. Kudos
and a recommendation for you. I don't usually recommend short pieces like yours but honestly, it said everything it needed to say in those two short sentences. Thank you and I will be appropriating it.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 09:31 AM
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11. And then attack the wrong people
while completely ignoring Al Qaeda.
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 10:56 AM
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12. I would rather reply, NO that is what the Bush* Administration did
It is more a statement of fact than a question.. :shrug:
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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 07:24 PM
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17. I agree - that's what I thought. We need to distinguish ourselves from *
Edited on Thu Oct-12-06 07:24 PM by file83
in that statement while at the same time denounce the suggestion that our plan is to "do nothing". We have a plan - it just doesn't involve over reacting like Bush did to cover up the fact that he did NOTHING before 9/11.
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Donald Ian Rankin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 11:30 AM
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13. No, I think that's a silly thing to say.

Yes, Bush did it, and it turned out to be the wrong thing. Any response has to be based on the fact that Democrats *wouldn't* make the same mistake. I see three possible potentially-valid responses:

i) We are under a major terrorist threat; we will take actions X Y and Z that will reduce this threat.

ii) We are under a major terrorist threat; there is nothing we can do that will reduce it but there are things which Bush is doing that are making it worse that we will avoid.

iii) We are not currently under a major terrorist threat, so we will not take any anti-terrorist action.


Just saying "Bush did last time" isn't a good answer, because he clearly isn't now, rightly or wrongly.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 02:39 PM
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14. After you say that look at your watch.




Then see how long it takes them to say "Clinton".




They have been programmed by OxyRush to have a conditioned response just like Pavlov's dogs.







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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 02:41 PM
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15. Love IT! Asleep at the wheel, Bush was!
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 02:43 PM
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16. Another one is ..
CLINTON and everyone thought sadaam had wmd's and someone should point out that that is what they thought, but who gave the information to the congress at the time that they invaded Iraq. Did all of these people have the same info as Dumbya?
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 09:23 PM
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19. Bravo!!!! I'm going to use that line! nt
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-12-06 10:41 PM
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20. Yes. It's a classic case of projection. Great comeback, sutz12.
That should shut up a few yapping know-nothing mouths.

:thumbsup:
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