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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:17 AM Original message |
Freeper Mental Meltdown over Ellison's choice to take oath on a book |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Some of these comments look vastly familiar... |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. This guy is insane! OMG! |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. when did America "decide" to take the oath on the Bible? |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. And here I thought Ellison was an American. Silly me! |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Washington set the precedent of kissing it |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. And I do believe that Calvin Coolidge, is the only president |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Franklin Pierce affirmed, because he didn't want to swear on a Bible |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. Were Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney, Tom DeLay and Mark Foley |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. So true! |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. I get the feeling that Repukes surreptitiously substitute "Moby Dick" |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. yeah, didn't seem to make much impact on their behavior |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. ... A Bible's a Bible ... does it matter what language its in? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Promises and oaths are meaningless anyway. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. not so... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. If you are talking about a military oath, I took one of those. |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. unless you,re a Bushie |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. When JFK ran for president |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Heh, and LBJ was subsequently sworn in on JFK's bible. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. Doesn't non-christians swearing an oath on a bible mean |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. Reminds me of a Kids in the Hall sketch, where Dave Foley is taking the stand in court |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. makes sense to me... |
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poverlay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. What a whackjob. That nut really has it backwards doesn't he? Thanks for |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's time they threw out the Bible and put the Constitution under |
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I_Will (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I *LIKE* that idea! Tremendously symbolic! |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. That is an excellent idea! |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Teddy Roosevelt used the Constitution and not the Bible |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. Perhaps such a "written-in-stone" Constitutional purist would agree |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why Not Use The Koran? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. It only took him a few paragraphs to invoke Godwin's Law |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Unreal. |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
16. my email to Prager |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. Why take an oath on a book that means nothing to you, |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Jesus was the 1st American |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. Why doesn't he affirm? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Maybe he is as proud of his religion as Christians are of theirs. Wow, imagine that. -nt |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. Outrageous! |
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dubykc (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Not only might he be proud of his religion, he probably feels it... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
58. I think that's what an ethical, honorable man would think... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. Because its his choice... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. What fucking part of "no religious test" doesn't Prager understand? |
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foerschie (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. I read several comments left by the freepers |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. Here we go again. |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. Article VI: |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
29. ...And that's why the Dems won back both houses. |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. This is the picture they put up next to the article: |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
33. If one of these American Taliban idiots |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
36. That whole article is bullshit: Teddy Roosevelt DID NOT USE A BIBLE for HIS oath |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
39. Disgusting dirtbag. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. HEY! I take offense to that! |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. No, no...you're a Commie Pinko Dirtbag, not a Disgusting Dirtbag! |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Why Are You Offended? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Tell that to my wife 24 hours after I eat... |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. We have a constitution that guarantees religious freedom |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. The relevant Freeptard thread |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. Oh, KEITH Ellison... I thought it was HARLAN Ellison |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
48. To call Prager an idiot, is well...being kind. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Kinda like TEH GAYS ARE GETTING MARRIED!!1 |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. It's TEOTWAWKI* |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
50. Been Down This Road Many Times.... Some of My Experiences... |
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