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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:03 AM Original message |
Here are the advantages of having *any* Democrat as President |
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JMDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. I will support the nominee, whoever he/she is... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Let's get this on greatest, c'mon. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, it needs one more vote, I reckon it'll get it as well! n/t |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've just given you another vote....an excellant OP |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. #1 Priority is replacing justices to the SCOTUS |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. Stop making so much sense! |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. I get it. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. 8. Less vomiting while watching SOTU addresses. n/t |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. ha! We can still play SOTU drinking games |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Holding One's Nose" to vote |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. Welcome to DU, fellow nutmegger! |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I am in Seymour. |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Anybody" but Hillary. So they better not give her the nomination. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Cheney in a pantsuit. What a crock of |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Reread the post. It said that Cheney in a pants suit is over the top. Lighten up. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Oops, I apologize. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Your damn right its too Important! This election is too important to NOT vote for the democrat. |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Just my humble opinion, but if everyone thought as you do, |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. I wish I could convince you otherwise. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
91. And if we find that she loses to Giuliani by a few hundred votes? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, well, thanks so much |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. hey sometimes you have to keep pointing these things out because some |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Hon, if I voted for Hillary |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. I first heard the "Gore=Bush" arguments from you people in 2000 |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Huh? |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. You aren't claiming that a Democratic candidate is a Republican? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I am a Hillary is a real good friend |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Some people can sit on their hands and let a Republican win |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Every over-indulged infant thinks they've discovered the world for the first time. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I know. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Well ... you know ... it's all in how they look at things. |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
20. I wholeheartedly agree |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oh, I'm sure they are a ton of |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Me, too. Read my .sig |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I added an edit to my post |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yes, I worked pretty hard for Lamont. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Thank you, thank you, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. So did I! I did some canvassing in my neighborhood to get Dem signatures |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
79. If I don't agree to vote Kucinich in primary I don't belong on DU? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. No, that applies to the second part. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Didn't you already post a topic on that? Anyone who doesn't vote dem banned from DU? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I believe thats a JFK quote, and it goes: |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. Some of these are stronger arguments than others, but I still agree... |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. The lesser of two evils is also easier to defeat. |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. Here is one downside... |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Your issue is one of campaign finance, not difference in candidates. |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. Actually, I think it is applicable |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. you're right, it's very applicable. the OP just doesn't care to address it |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. So a free trade bill signed by a Clinton is less harmful to workers than one signed by Bush? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Yes. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. OK, well that makes no sense. Bill Clinton appointed a corporatist as his Sec. of Labor |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Clinton had a Republican Congress. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Clinton had a Republican CABINET. nt |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Lincoln had a Cabinet well populated by his opponents too. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #60 |
89. You realize I was being facetious? Though a neo-liberal, Robert Reich is nominally a Democrat. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. BTW, Clinton extend the unqualified MFN to China via EXECUTIVE ORDER |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. So, if Bill Clinton was allowed to run again, you would not vote for him? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Nope. Seriously. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Deleted message |
Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well that is a well thought out argument! nt |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. Well, the other 99.99999% of America would. |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. THANK YOU! There's so much more to the office of POTUS than people realize. Any Dem is better. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Good list. I will support the Democratic nominee, no matter who it is. NT |
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NewHampster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. Who you calling old? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. Depends on their political stands and conections and always will. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. The military will be ours again, fighting for freedom again. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
57. I LOVE the smell of "loyalty oaths" in the evenin'! |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:52 AM Response to Reply #57 |
67. We're in a terrible position. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Our choice truly is "who sucks LESS". Thanks for the big menu. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
59. you should post this every week. hell, every day |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:28 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. No. I'd say more like every hour on the hour. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Ill try. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. I know... sometimes it just feels like a little too much swimming upstream |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
61. eight years of straight up shit sandwich makes most anything look good. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:01 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Zell Miller looks okay to you? Weird. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. LOL! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #61 |
90. Let's not forget that running weak candidates/campaigns got us 8 years of W... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
66. Correct. This why I will vote for any Democrat over the Republican nominee. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
72. #1 isn't always a good thing |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I think conservatives are patently wrong, and liberals patently right. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. It's good to have them at each other's throats |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
74. Kinda like having any Democrat in congress heh? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. How do you not "buy the bullshit" ? Explain your reasons. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
78. No one doubts there are advantages to having a Democrat or a tin can instead of Bush. |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. So, you agree there are lots of advantages. Great. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. What effect are you striving for here: spambot or hall monitor? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
84. We need to change the POV of our Dem nominees |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
85. These are very compelling reasons ... |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Thanks, great post. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
88. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Heh, thanks for the effort ! |
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