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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:13 PM Original message |
NYT: "Obama’s people are so taken with their messiah that soon they’ll be arranging mass weddings" |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Davis Brooks is a right-wing shill. |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Agreed. I and I wonder what the reader demographics are for the NYT? |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. David Brooks? |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. three things |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Invoking David Brooks on DU is like a Jew wearing |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. that is an idiotic, flamebait analogy... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Deleted message |
jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. That;s the Obamite MO |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Nah, just the ones who use warmongering neo-cons to make their argument. |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. i.e. you can't respond to the data presented, so you attack the messenger |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Which one, you or Brooks? |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. ... |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Congrats. |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
82. Troll. |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Thats what you get when you are a three week 50 post a day shill |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. shill! troll! shill! troll! |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Well that explains the hidden profile and rabbid behavior. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Indeed |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. it's "rabid". rabbids are whad elmer fudd chases. nt |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Are you SERIES? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. i head Obama's speech and I APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE (op) |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. is that slip freudian? |
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REDFISHBLUEFISH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. So did Billionares like oprah! |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. And this is why Clinton and Obama need to run together |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. That was a Clinton point a while back - Obama supporters don't feel they need a President to fight |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. That didn't stop lower to middle class people supporting John Edwards, did it? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. Obama is also a multimillionaire, although the prep/Ivy League veteran has a "log cabin" myth going |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. No, not "multi" |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. The Obama's income last year was $3 million |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Their income went down in their last return |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. They're making "only" $1 million a year |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. As compared to the very much richer other candidates? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. The common man makes $35,000 a year |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. The "common man" usually doesn't run for President. A sad fact, but true. NT |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Yup and some candidates who are rich like to make folks believe they are common folk |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. but i don't think |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Obama is portrayed as an average guy |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. He attended school on scholarships, just like many "average" guys. NT |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. And those average guys become rich guys after prep school, Columbia, and Harvard |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. At least Obama passed up the more lucrative law practices and worked as |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. That showed real character |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. huh? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:19 PM Original message |
Soft Construction With Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good article - the class divide is real |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. So neocon David Brooks prefers Hillary to Obama. No surprise there. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. No surprise at all. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. how many Obama supporters care about universal health care? |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Hillary doesn't have a Health CARE plan, she has a health INSURANCE plan. Big difference. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. And Obama has a health INSURANCE plan....your point is what? n/t |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
62. The neo-cons are split. Obama's got Kristol and Kagan on his team. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. I have heard Brooks on lehrer news hr a lot and he is NO clinton supporter. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. first time I've ever agreed with David Brooks |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. This is your first foray into politics, I take it? Oh and welcome to DU... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
89. i know what you mean. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Tell us about "normal working class voters," Brooks. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. GOP'r prefers HRC? Wow...what a shock! |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Who's getting the rethug vote? Obama can...he's their man! |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. yes, he is their man |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. What a ridiculous thing to say. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
67. I like for our candidates to appeal to Independents but to get Rethug votes |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Ya know, not every single American who is a registered Republican is evil. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. What the OP fails to point out |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. See, now THAT is offensive, folks. nt |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. David Brooks can be really ignorant sometimes. This is one. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. David "Teeny Little Girly Hands" Brooks? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. as an aside anyone catching PBS----he is talking some of obama's video=did not help |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. Filthy garbage. Get it out of here! nt |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. David brooks educating the masses on class divisions. That's rich. |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. I feel dirty just reading that byline |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. He makes good points. |
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VarnettaTuckpocket (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Yep, broken clock, that's what the Obamites would be arguing if he was with them n.t |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. You think that poor people are too dumb to have a sense of civic pride? |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. Look, the right-wing is actively campaigning for Hillary |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. i always forget this... |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Did David Brooks draw that cartoon? |
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bidenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. if this is your comic routine, i think it needs a bit of work |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Said the man who posted a David Brooks article on DU |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. True. |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Exactly right. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
64. They're for Hillary except for when they're for Obama. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm an Obama supporter, but that was certainly funny. n/t |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. I think all of the media are messing with our heads right now. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Interesting smilie. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Well, hope and pragmatism as a team are better than hope and change. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #66 |
96. I never assume that just because someone speaks of hope and change |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
65. Cool! Will there be a registry? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
68. bidenista, this is over the line. No RW sources!!! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I have seen lots of RW sources her on DU last weeks. --and nOT from OP |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Yes, and I'd like to keep the RW trash restricted to that side |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. you bet |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
75. Yes, let's take an opinion piece from neocon shill David Brooks. One of the same people |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. You're correct. Brooks would like to make sure the Democrats stay home in |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
86. "Brooks is laying the groundwork now for the general campaign." |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
81. You should have taken this from The Washington Times |
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angie_love (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
85. Do you just look up anti-Obama articles ALL day and post them? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
88. RW garbage. |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
95. "He attracts the educated consumer." |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
97. Ah, Mr. Brooks |
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