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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:22 PM Original message |
Al Gore lied about Internets. John Kerry betrayed troops. Obama not a citizen. |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. The bleat goes on... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Nicely put. eom |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, now, DU was all hot and bothered the GW Bush was a deserter. |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Big Difference |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. The parallel is undeniable. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. BOGUS |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Bogus? DU didn't go insane over Bush's possible desertion? |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. In Bush's case, |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. apparently I was "here" about a year before you, sonny. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Incredibly impressive - |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I knew from the moment I saw Bush on the national stage that he was a potential despot. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Amazingly perceptive |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. You summed him up |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
54. After Bill Clinton, no one cared |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Clinton was a draft dodger? |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Sure he was |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Yes, I am denying it |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. One HUGE difference - DU was not then or now the mass media |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. not only presidential campaigns - remember what they did to Max Cleland - disgraceful |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. That was horrible and Limpballs was in the middle of it |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Doesn't stop some (not all) Obama supporters from disrespecting Kerry |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was thinking about that this morning. |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. +1 n/t |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Kerry did respond quickly, but, corpmedia refused to air his speech attacking Swifts and Bush |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Dukakis looked funny in an army tank. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Yup. Doesn't take much, does it? |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. K/R |
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teabaghater (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. What about |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, I see a patern. They will do it over and over again because they can't win on policy. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. A case can be made that Pacific Bell ads when Gore ran lied more about "inventing the internet" |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kerry had already given the media more than was needed to shut down the |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. He did all that, yet people here, liberals and Democrats alike berate him for it |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Kick for facts n/t |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. You left out one- the Clntons killed Vince Foster. The right just keeps pulling this out of their |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The biggest difference is that when Clinton ran in 1992, we had far better media |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yeah I can see that. Also in 04 bush had his rallies closed off to include only repubs |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I have no objections to your points about Kerry. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I did read Conason's book - I also followed politics in 1992 |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'm afraid we'll have to disagree. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. You've also got to remember how much the media had changed in 12 years... |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Good points. n/t |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Plus, fair or not, Kerry's personality didn't help... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. The American people mostly never met John Kerry |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. +1 for good post |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. I disagree mostly because the bulk of the bizarre attacks on the Clinton |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I think we're converging. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I would say at this point that we have converged |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Hillary didn't go far enough. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Nothing offends me more than their treatment of Kerry |
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Nancy Waterman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. "It's a circus intended to control the national conversation" |
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Admiral Loinpresser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. *Thank you, sister.* |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. They always stoke the sensational topics when they are |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. or they just take down an airliner |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
31. Rec. Yes, it's a pattern. And the stupid Amerikan TeeVee-viewing public eats it up. nt |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Meanwhile, stolen presidential elections and wars started for profit are covered up. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. And the media falls for it each time |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. I see a correlation to attack Dems. Bu the Obama situation is particular. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. Vaberella I have thought about this and |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
46. a pattern of widespread national media coverage of lies--modern 'journalism' is the pattern |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. The Republican Party could NOT win an election honestly if it tried. It will never try. |
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