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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:46 PM Original message |
Why would Elton John perform at Rush Limbaugh's wedding? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. money, he got paid a million dollars , and he isn't really a political activist |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. A million dollars for someone who owns the rights to the Elton John catalog doesn't seem to be a big |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
59. Maybe he is a conservative |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
80. Everyone has their price. |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. everyone is at a loss about this. Cannot imagine it was for the $$.............. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. I can't understand why everyone cares so much.... |
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AmericaIsGreat (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Nobody is saying it should have been someone else's choice |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. So DU needs 100 threads to respond to a decision |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Yeah, it is like some people think this is a place where you get to |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
58. One or two threads wouldn't do the job, huh? |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
64. I see you're here. Do you care? nt |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Not. One. Bit. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Another question is... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
89. Because Larry King has a waiting list? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. First I heard of it.. wouldn't want it on |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. A million bucks is a million bucks. |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe Elton needs his meds checked. |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Maybe, just maybe, he gave the money to a cause that he knew Limbaugh would never support |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. there was some news about EJ being in debt |
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Dr. Hemlock (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
76. If Limbaugh was a homophobic .... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you sell cars, do you screen the political affliations of everyone you sell to? |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. This is more than "selling music" |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. People who sell luxury cars do that all the time. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. No. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. on the basis of your logic, |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. LOL, and what an emotional response from you! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. So John needs the money? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. By your logic, |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yeah, if you are worth in the hundred's of millions |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Are you also angry at the people who sell Rush Limbaugh a car? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Are you actually comparing denial of public accommodations to blacks with not performing a personal |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because Chrissie Hynde wasn't available |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. He still owes her a lot! |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Meanwhile: |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
77. Elton John rocks Israel |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. He did it for the money.. pathetic. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. because Obama says we need to reach out to our opponents - ? nt |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
52. i was waiting for SOMEONE to bring Obama into the elton john kerfluffle! you didn't dissappoint. |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'd rather know why James Carville was there |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Wow |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I long ago decided Carville is no liberal. It's an act. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. we probably could count |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Carville and his lizard-mate are boot-lickers. |
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Politics_Guy27 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. Carville is not a democrat |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. It's the fact that he was loyal to Clinton that makes you wonder why he would go. |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
51. They know who their oily overlords are |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. So liberals should not go to conservatives' weddings? |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. If you consider Rush Limbaugh your run of the mill conservative, knock yourself out |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. The fact of the matter is... |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Woo Hoo, that is so true Arcadian! LOL n/t |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. You are SO right! |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
71. That is exactly the reason why, in a nutshell. nt |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
82. Including playing at Hillary Clinton fundraisers (for free).... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Reminds me of the old joke about the prostitute and haggling for money |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. attention, he got your attention didn't he. I think he likes to be in the news. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Birds of a feather Fly together. Elton is on my shit-list. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that is why |
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Eric Condon (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. If what I heard on Countdown tonight is correct, EJ's private party fees go to his AIDS Foundation |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. If that's the case, I say more power to him. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Correct /nt |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because the very rich have their own club... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. "Faux's Megyn Kelly: "Elton John had nothing but nice things to say about Rush.." |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Total Asshole? |
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Wash. state Desk Jet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. Don't underestimate Elton ! |
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Politics_Guy27 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
46. Come on... |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
48. Maybe they are (or were) hooking up with each other |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. thanks for *that* mental image! jabba the rush... ewwww |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
50. because apparently for somebody who has all the $ he needs, he wants even more. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. So that's a "no" vote on AIDS research, correct? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
53. A gig is a gig |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
55. To Get A Million Dollars For Aids Research With Hardly Any Effort |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
60. Here's a theory I just now came up with |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
63. Probably because he doesn't have a problem with Limbaugh. |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
68. Money? Just a guess. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
69. Because he is rich and Limbaugh is pro-rich. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
72. He is just another big sell-out! |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
74. dinero |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
75. Money |
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cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
78. for the $$$$ and the irony of it |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
79. he got a cool million dollars for his AIDS charity. |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
81. Maybe |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
83. A million reasons... |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
84. because most of the cultural and media elite are whores |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
86. The best and most abundant drugs and depravity on the planet |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
87. Money. n/t |
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90. How about an explanation in his own words? |
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