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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:14 PM
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If Clinton had done the same things as Bush....?
Do you think you woud have defended him? Or would you have felt he had the best interests of the nation at heart and you would not have been too concerned? If he had secret prisons and broke the FISA laws and eavesdropped on unknowing victims, would you still be supportive of him? Would you think the Republicans were just playing "politics"? Would you think the Republicans were only exaggerating when they said that he gave the order to "torture"? Would you think they were only going after Clinton because he was the Democratic President??
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:15 PM
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1. Great question.
I don't have an answer right now.
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John Gauger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:29 PM
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6. How could the answer possibly be yes?
What would be defensible about it if Clinton did it?
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:16 PM
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2. Look at LBJ.
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tibbiit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:12 PM
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8. Lefty protesting people (dems) like us got rid of LBJ
Have you never heard of Chicago 68?
Repubs of their time got rid of Nixon.
I think the people of the same party are the final ones to do the "business".
Maybe (but prolly just wishful hope) we are seeing the true start of the downfall of the the Bushitler regime... done in finally by repugs.
tib
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tlsmith1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:17 PM
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3. No
No one should be doing the things that Bush is doing, even if they are a Democrat. This issue goes beyond party loyalty to me. It's just wrong to undermine everything that America is supposed to stand for. So it makes no difference to me.

Tammy
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:23 PM
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4. I concur.
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John Gauger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:27 PM
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5. No
"You're not to be so blind with patriotism as to excuse evil. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it or does it" Malcom X.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:35 PM
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7. HE wouldn't...
Because he had faith in this country...

Bush Doesn't
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:16 PM
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9. And this would be assuming that 9/11 happened on Clinton's watch?
But if that had happened, he would have been impeached again, and the Democrats reputation would have been destroyed for generations, as weak on national defense. And Joe Lieberman would have stood up and given a speech asking that a criminal trial be started against Bill Clinton..
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az chela Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:59 PM
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11. of course you are right!!!!
the republicans love torture and murder,they follow the role of their great god jehovah who would kill tons of people at a time that pissed him off
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madmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 04:06 PM
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14. What kentuck said.
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az chela Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:57 PM
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10. I do not believe that Bill Clinton was capable of these kind of acts
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 04:00 PM
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12. you cannot defend the indefensible
or tolerate the intolerable. it doesn't matter WHO does it.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 04:04 PM
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13. nope
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