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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:25 AM Original message |
Senator Byrd:"We Cannot Treat Americans As If They Are Children Who Must Be Fed A Fairy Tale" |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bravo Senator Byrd! |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. And boy howdy did Republicans hoot at him.. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why hasn't this man retired yet? I really wish he would. nt. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I simply do not understand the adoration for a man I view as a racist and homophobe... |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Hitler did a great number of good things but they certainly are no match for the evil |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Does Senator Byrds "good things" outweigh his "evil"? nt. |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Yes |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Apparently, civil rights are not covered in his copy. nt. |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
58. He is free to personally despise whom he chooses |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
92. Sorry, That's Blatant Nonsense. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Thomas Jefferson was a racist.. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. "a long history of hatred" |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. KKK in the 40's, against civil rights in the 60's, using n-word in this very decade... |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. 60 years have come and gone? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. this decade is sixty years? thats interesting...nt. |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. oh brother that is the best you can do |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I mentioned his use of the n-word in this very decade. The post is still there... |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Nope. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Not bothered at all. I can understand you reluctance to address... |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
77. Well, |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. You are certainly free to admire the man... |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Thank you for allowing me to be free to admire the man, |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. the point made by myself was that any admiration for this racist/homophobe is puzzling... |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Pat Buchanan ? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. the common ground between the two seem to be intolerance and opposition to the war. |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. Well Indiana Jones |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. A long time ago -- and he's said he regrets both things. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. voting for Constitutional ban on gay marriage not long time ago... |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
80. Please stay on topic |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. the n-word statement, once again, was from this very decade. nt. |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Prove it! n/t |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I supplied a link elsewhere. You are free to find it in this thread. nt. |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Where is it? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. there is a link in this very thread. nt. |
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harlinchi (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. IJ, as a Black man I'm glad he's still in the Senate! |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I make no claim to speak for anyone. Your post would seem to insinuate... |
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harlinchi (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. I'm not sure which fundamental rights Sen. Byrd is against! |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Does Senator Byrd support a Constitutional ban on same sex marriage?... |
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harlinchi (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Thank you. That's an explanation, at least. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. 2001, on Fox News I believe, he used the n-word twice...nt |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Link? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. CNN... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You read the context, and the apology, right??? nt |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Context for flippant use of a racial slur? He seems to apologize well... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. It was an ANTI-racist statement. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. As surely as his vote to ban same sex marriage was anti-homophobic. nt |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. At least you're narrowing your focus now. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. My focus has remained constant: in my estimation he is a racist and a homophobe. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. Yes, context makes a huge difference. |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
91. FOX news?. |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Senator Sam Ervin was an ally of the good guys during Watergate. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. He voted for a Constitutional ban on same sex marriage... |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
72. Why don't you just call him KKK Byrd then? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. He receives poor marks for civil rights voting record... |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. And what better time to bring it up than after an important and effective speech on the war? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. silly n/t |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The admiration for Senator Byrd? Yes. nt. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. comic genius n/t |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Cool as the other side of the pillow. nt. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Of course, the notion that Americans should be told the truth is ridiculous. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. There are much better people in our party speaking truth... |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The truth is the truth no matter who speaks it. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. And the support by progressives for a known racist and homophobe remains puzzling. nt. |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Well i cannot understand |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It's almost |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. I see differing opinions on individuals in countless threads... |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. It's your dime |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I will take your advice under consideration. nt. |
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harlinchi (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Is Sen Byrd currently a known racist and homophobe? n/t |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. In my own estimation, yes. nt. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. "Currently" as in 43-65 years ago. nt |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. was that vote to ban gay marriage that long ago? wow... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Edit -- I'm wrong on the constitutional amendment... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Please explain...your link shows... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. See my edit. nt |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Noted. Does his vote for a Constitutional Amendment banning equal rights... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I think "homophobe" takes it too far. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. So when he favored denial of civil rights to blacks, do you not feel that was racist? nt |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. Man! The old "Lion of the Constitution" nailed it, didn't he? |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. But, but , but....... |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. Wow, prescient hardly covers it... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
28. Yeah, well, I would have been willing to hear lots of Aesop stories |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
37. history has shown, america is happy to believe in fairey tales. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
48. I'll never forget the little lamb story that Byrd talked about |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
50. Whats scary is this |
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Terri S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
54. He had a great many words of wisdom prior to the invasion...all ignored by too many |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
62. K&R |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
69. Stock idiot response to all criticism from Robert Byrd: "But but but, he usta be a Klansman!" |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. He also fillibustered the civil rights act, and was the leader of the Gang of 14 that installed |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. No idiot are you. He voted to ban gay marriage and amend the Constitution to do so.. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
89. Why not? They act like it. |
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