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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:26 PM Original message |
Did anyone notice that Obama and the Justice Department revised the DOMA brief today? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, some people noticed. There were threads around. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Other than the "homophobic drivel" part |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If I remember correctly |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. As I recall, we were just filled with poutrage because we didn't get our ponies. Again. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Rachel covered it during her show. nt |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. Very good. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. We were right |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
77. Yep |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. Alot of gay folk are owed a boatload of apologies over this from people here |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yep. And not just gay people. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
91. CORRECT |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. What about people who said Obama would never change this policy? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I would like a link to those I don't think anyone said he wouldn't |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. It doesn't happen very often but |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. And how about people who disemboweled anyone here who said Obama is not a hater... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I have not yet begun to disembowel |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. First of all, I AM bi....... so we can dispense with "need to keep taking shots at the community" |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Rage is relative |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. the feminists here could write every word you say here. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. The mysogyny is insane |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. I missed the Sodini thread, probably a good thing..... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 02:53 AM Response to Reply #76 |
87. Not really |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. I had no idea |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Maybe if you posted truthfully, people would take your arguments more seriously |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Fascinating spin. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Links? |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Oh good grief |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Seriously. You made a claim. Back it up. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I'm calling the Coast Guard |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. lol |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. Your judgement of the brief as being "routine" says all that needs to be said. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. Don't forget exsanguination... the third leg (so to speak) of the murderous trifecta... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Exsanguinate and discortication |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. I meant to just pop in between shots of absinthe... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
73. I think it's so small to jump on people who are fighting for their rights. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. And jumping on such people so relentlessly that one has to be banned from their forum |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #73 |
94. Tiny is |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is nice coming from you, ruggerson.... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. So then you must be happy that the people you criticized for getting angry over Smelt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Did I criticize anybody? Please find a link... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. but in this particular instance |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I submit that he would do right regardless of "hell being raised".... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. but the fact is that in this case he didn't |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Part of the reason I have confidence in him is that he DOES listen... |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. but he asked us to hold him accountable. |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. Perhaps the President will abandon his religion-based views on homosexuality. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I don't think he ever had that view... that what you have to say to get elected... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 03:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
88. And that's what carried him through all that time community organizing... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
13. And of course, it is instructive to note that making a big fuss |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
19. I am happy this man actually listens to us. |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. "Obama listened." |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. Dag, you were making so much sense up until paragraph 2 |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It's called correlation and context |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Well, I'll go you one further. If they convinced Obama to change DOJ policy, that was wrong |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. We're not discussing Republicans now |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Laws and the constitution apply equally to Republican and Democratic presidents and AGs alike |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:16 AM Original message |
One must examine the totality of arguments |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. Once again, you are doing the old "arctic baby seal" act |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. If you insist |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Ask him why he never posts in the LGBT forum anymore. n/t |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I've noticed ... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I only know of one person who has been banned from posting there. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. But so very many .... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Seriously odd. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Deleted message |
tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. I did not know that - thank you for the information. nt |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Well thanks for proving my point. Those are all arctic baby seal threads. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Nevermind |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
64. >>The really juicy stuff, of course, ends up disappeared |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. Yes, it goes right into the memory hole so that people can look shocked and say |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Well we can |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I remember that thread |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Well they weren't really trying to deceive us |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Like socks |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. That thread would serve as a useful reference point for a good many issues, |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. LOLOLOLOLOL! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
85. Ham is too elegant a dish for such company. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, we did. I've been afraid to post about it because somebody |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
27. There's no doubt that many here acted disgracefully |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Obama is a hypocrite by enforcing DOMA and DADT while not prosecuting Cheney and company |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Nevermore. nt |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. Thanks for the acknowledgment |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Im not to sure he changed his mind or fixed anything other than trying to shut us up.... |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Ouch. I guess to every silver lining there is a cloud. nt |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. W/o a doubt, especially on this site. n/t |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
93. Just for the record, I did *not* mean #63 as a slur on the post I was replying to. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
55. I hope it continues. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
68. Most people on this site has no faith in him and the promises he's trying to keep. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #68 |
89. Did you really just say that "even progressives are turning on him in regards to this"??? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
72. Yes, I saw that. I don't know what it means yet |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. well it's a lot less damaging than the first one |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:26 AM Response to Reply #81 |
90. A point I remember making over and over when the first defense brief came out. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
75. Excellent. nt |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
79. Yup. K&R! |
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