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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:56 AM Original message |
Why are you politically inclined? |
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poverlay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I honestly didn't have much of a position when I was younger. I loved to read. I educated |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. "A moderately intelligent, incredibly tenacious, passionate, caring, Republican nightmare..." |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. I am very sorry ... |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Interesting |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. During the sixties I was political but pretty young. Then after the war was over, my life |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Thanks! I'm sorry about your sisters illness... |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Me, too, hip-wise (cute). Already had a kid and a marriage under my |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because I have a brain and I know right from wrong. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Wouldn't it be great if those two things always went hand in hand? |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. Me too starting at age 4. :( |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. I did grow up in a house where politics was discussed. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. So its in the blood with you? :) |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. I think it is in the blood. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Many people don't know that the newspapers and television don't really give us the news. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. I wasn't until BushCo |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. The public acceptance of this admin is one of the greatest puzzles I've ever seen |
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Lobster Martini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. Watergate, Hunter S. Thompson, Ronald Reagan, and my coolest pal |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Thanks for mentioning the book |
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Lobster Martini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 06:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. PLease do...Hunter S. Thompson should be the patron saint of DU... |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. I got started trying to figure out why Republicans kept winning elections. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. It is amazing isnt it? |
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JPettus (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. Vietnam |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. That would do it... |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. I began by wondering at the early age of 4 why African Americans |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. It's something I still don't understand... |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm passionate about humanity. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Golden Rule-rs Unite! |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. my mother indoctronated all of her kids into politics. lol |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. :D Good mom! <nt> |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. I had NO interest at ALL in politics until the Clinton/Monica scandal... |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Wasn't it amazing to see |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. Some politics was discussed at home... |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I was so young when JFK was murdered that my only personal memory |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Before Bush my only participation was protesting, |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I understand the idea of working within the system |
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flying rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Never really paid attention to it when I was young. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I agree...it can be VERY overwhelming. |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. I was semi-apolitical until a very close friend gave me a |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I always kept an eye on things but never dug deeply at all... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
34. Labor union family |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
39. Too poor to have any real power. I like to pretend. nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
40. Growing up, the men in my family talked politics at dinner... |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
41. Well... |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
42. I was greatly influenced by my Grandfather. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
44. I always knew the Vietnam War was wrong, and the stupidity of many |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
46. June 30, 1967 |
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