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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 03:44 AM Original message |
Rare Protests at Brigham Young Over a Planned Cheney Appearance |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Beautiful, just Beautiful to see. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
61. Isn't it though! And some of the Republicans there |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. When even Mormons turn against the neo-cons |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. That's what I was thinking |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
57. I was thinking the same thing! |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. OMG... darth cheney "feels like too much sleaze..." |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Do you know what it takes to get the Mormons pissed off..... |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. I love it—"morally dubious man." Great phrasing by the student. |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
77. "morally bankrupt" is closer to the mark. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, those damn far-left atheist... what? Brigham Young? They're far-right religious Mormons? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. Good! |
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winston61 (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. When they turn against you in Utah, |
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tofurkey (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
78. Yup |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wow, just wow! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. Mission Accomplished! |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
91. In '92 Bill Clinton came FOURTH in the on campus poll at BYU |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. Students protest upcoming Cheney speech |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Kick. Good for them! |
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Kikosexy2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Give him... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You go, KIDS, you go! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. 200 against, no estimate of the number in favor |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Still can't hide the fact that even in Utah, the party's over. |
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MAGICBULLET (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. check out some pics of both sides |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
50. Looks as though the anti-Cs outnumber the pro-Cs. They certainly have |
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. "Vice Presidents Are Cool" WTF???? |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. probably a relative of Harriet Miers |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. LOL! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
98. .. |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. BYU students are Democrats? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
71. would be nice to have a bigger crowd than 200 on commencement day---any Utahans out there? |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. Cheney speech at BYU causes outcry |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. holy shit, when the Mormons even won't sit through a Cheney speech you know you're fucked |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yeah, but just wait. The students who dare to protest in any will |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. yeah, that's true. But still...I'm impressed that there are some who *would* protest |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Yep. It gives me hope. |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. That's no joke. A friend of mine goes there... |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
93. Aah I remember my weekly trips to 'check in' with Big Merrill Bateman |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
92. We have had a few BYU protests |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I hope the Students protest his attendance. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Instead of magic glasses, they can all wear magic ear protectors. |
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shatter (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. lol |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Oh, yeah. Taken when Bush spoke to the VFW. |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. that is fabulous!!!!!!! |
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jdadd (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Here ya go....... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. geesh, common politness shuld say---stay away! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Common politeness would say |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. He should ask aipac to invite him again, where he can get some LOVE |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. They thought they could pull it off. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. wow. what great news! n/t |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Tell them to go and when Cheney speaks stand up and turn your back to him |
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Star80 (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Cheney's Bag of Gas-.-.-.Rapidly Delating |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Wow, some of them are catching on |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. No kidding, What took so long? n/t |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. "Additionally, he said the invitation violated BYU's policy of political neutrality." |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
84. It didn 't say WHAT kind of "ideas"! Aparently, even the Nazi's had "ideas"... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I love these little eruptions of the true American spirit that keep happening. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Utah tells Dick to go Cheney himself! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. I read some of thecomments on line about the visit and a good many |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. "Blue blood boiling"? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. "Blue blood" usually means the aristocracy, the "establishment" |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I know, but in this context... |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Um... I think some of you are missing the reasons. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Those protest signs say he's "Killing Our Troops".... |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
94. you overestimate BYU republicans |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
47. If they really want to make their point... |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
49. I thank those students for standing up for what is right |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
51. Articulately expressed ideals. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
52. Finally they realize that they haven't been in a forum... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
53. Its looking more like 1968 |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
56. The Morally Intolerant |
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Gen. Jack D. Ripper (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
59. These kids are gonna need to have a long talk with their bishops |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
95. I remember all of those talks for my politics at BYU |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
62. "“We espouse ... and he does not epitomize those values" |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
63. WOW. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
64. Good for them for speaking up- A lot of good people come from BYU. |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
65. ROFLOL well, Cheney darth vader, looks like they know your heart. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. Joseph Smith was essentially a radical left wing socialist. |
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porkrind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. I can't imagine how you could call Joseph Smith a left wing socialist |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Well |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
96. Originally mormons had only common property |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
69. "morally dubious" is pretty good, but "morally bankrupt" would be more |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
70. Proud of my mormon brothers!!! |
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19jet54 (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
72. God bless them... |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
73. That boy with dark hair is beautiful!!! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. My favorite quote from this article is at the end: |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
75. Holy Smokes- Bush is in T_R_O_U_B_L_E. Even the SQUARES are picking up signs!!! |
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vanboggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
76. The Cheneyoleon has hit rock bottom |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
79. Sure, Dick Cheny lies, steals, tortures, and murders ... but, worst of all -- he used an EXPLETIVE!! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
80. Wow. Republicans who actually believe the words they mouthe. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
81. It would be a terrible thing to have to miss commencement. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
83. Wow! I'm surprised AND amazed - there ARE apparently repukes who are not hypocrits! |
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Bydand (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Why am I not surprised? |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. what are YOU talking about? |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Find me a BYU professor who thinks Dick Cheney is evil. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. yeah, you're right about that |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
90. The link to sign the petition against Cheney (for BYU alum and friends) |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
97. I may be going to hear Cheney speak at BYU - my sister in law is graduating |
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