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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:24 AM Original message |
Robert Reich: Why are they gunning for Howard Dean? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Who is Robert Reich? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Plus, Reich Has a Sharp Sense of Humor |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Respected commentator on US politics |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Reich also affirms exactly the problem of past DNCs - they were DC crony-centric |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. And remember Woodward's book... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. Okay, I didn't read that book. Which book it that, please. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. State of Denial...snip |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
69. I would still like an explanation on how challenging the Ohio vote |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Well said, blm. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. They all have to work together n/t |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. They should work together, but it's apparent some are undermining those |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. he's a sweetie |
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PennyK (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
80. He left Brandeis for Berkeley |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. With my tin foil hat on |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. the thought of 30+ years with a Clinton or Bush in the white house straight |
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SouthernBelle82 (879 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Oh dear gosh |
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ManWroteTheBible (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. I'd like someone who is good for the country... |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. It's not their name. It's their purpose. Be fair and look at the big picture. |
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othermeans (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. You mean like NAFTA? Flag burning amendment, censorship of video games |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #68 |
87. Yep, those are the nit picky things that you get into when you don't |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. If that were to happen, we'd see the best running of a 3rd party |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
78. Chelsea in 2016....Jenna in 2020 |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. God help us then. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Exactly why Clinton1 covered up for Bush1 and need Clinton2 to coverup for Bush2. |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. Now that made me laugh....Thanks Erika |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Reich was also a Rhodes Scholar with Clinton |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I did not realize he was a Rhodes Scholar with him. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
71. Clinton liked to surround himself with very smart people |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Not only is Dean independent but he's also close to Al Gore. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Reich also left Clinton administration because he was angry with their |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
85. Reich was one of my favorite Clinton appointees |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Nobody Shoots At You On The Way Down" - Dale Eldred (American Scupltor) |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Good for him |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. I am happy he has commented on this. n/t |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Me too...I think the man has tons of brains...unlike the First Dufus... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. damned DLC assholes |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. They're All the Same "Theory" |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Reich knows, from the inside, how the game is played. And he is working to change the rules. (nt) |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I see ... I'm sure the war criminals are shaking in their boots n/t |
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Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. Dems could just as easily have had their asses handed to them... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Obvious as Emmanuel "elbowed" his way to the podium yesterday |
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SouthernBelle82 (879 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. He's got it exactly right |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. Spot On! This is all about returning control to the Beltway Elites... |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. Thank goodness it appears that CarVILE et. al are not getting away with this outrage. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. Robert Reich rules |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. Of course the folks who rarely leave DC are threatened: |
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wholetruth00 (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. Same question in my mind. A real deep look into who is behind this |
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cadmium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. Coming from a brilliant guy who knows how |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Read his book "Reason". There is little doubt that we could |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
29. Power struggle |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. And Gore has been very clear about his motives, no hiden agenda. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. All three are on the mark but #1 is especially insightful |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
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woodsgirl (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I'm so glad |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. There is no Clinton wing |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. No they didn't. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. They actively opposed him. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. So actively opposed him that they asked everybody they knew |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. If anybody was their man it was Harold Ickes |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
83. What, you think I made it up? Dreamed it? |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. There was nothing in the article I hadn't already heard |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Okay -- |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
67. Money |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #67 |
88. Wake UP |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 02:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
74. So it's all about Israel, huh? |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
32. Door number three: |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
33. I think it might be all three. We need to stand behind Howard Dean. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I agree with all points in your post. nt |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. All three PLUS: Mrs. Carville is a WAR CRIMINAL, and her ugly |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Reich would be in a position to possibly know |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. That's like O.J.'s "How I Did It, If I Did It." CYA. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. Excellent! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. I know! |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm fed up to the teeth with the |
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CharmCity (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
59. I am just curious... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. It was wanted for TV attack ads... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. Damn, I wish he would run for Prez |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. How really really shallow is that |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Since you asked, not shallow at all |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
82. Sorry, first of all I thought |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I'll take either one for Prez |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. And Smart dudes..don't |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Exactly -- my girlfriend says short guys have it where it counts... |
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Daylin Byak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Probally |
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ladym55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
70. Here's a thought |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
72. Thank You Robert Reich |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 02:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Well put. Agree 100% :-) |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. ABH |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
76. Thank you, Mr. Reich. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
77. Reich is one of the clearest thinkers in politics. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
79. This dovetails perfectly into a DU poll I did the other day |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
81. I thought again about the night before Dean became chairman. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
86. It could be about The Gravy Train...read all about it. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
91. Thanks for this MF, and of course thanks to Dean and Reich too. K&R n/t |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Ooops. Too late to R. Well another K then! n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Most welcome, Tom. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
96. Add Lieberman and McCain running 08, and what have you got? |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
98. Imagine the opposite... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
99. For some reason I thought of this post when I posted this video.. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-10-06 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
100. I think he's correct...and I wish he wasn't. |
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