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Wed Feb-06-08 09:40 PM
Response to Reply #131 |
| 133. it justs gets weirder and weirder! nt |
| -COME TO OBAMA! "Obama volunteers... share personal conversion stories" |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 06:23 PM |
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Yet the Sacramento Bee endorsed OBAMA! Funny how that works. |
NYCGirl |
Feb-06-08 06:25 PM |
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i can't quite see the relevance. this is a news report, not an opinion piece |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 06:26 PM |
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Perhaps It's Similar to Wall St. Journal Reporting vs WSJ Editorial Page? |
Crisco |
Feb-06-08 06:36 PM |
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Theres Moonie relevance to the OP's piece.. |
Tellurian |
Feb-06-08 06:54 PM |
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It either shows how objective the Bee is |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 06:36 PM |
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And who owns the paper? |
wlucinda |
Feb-06-08 07:33 PM |
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Not Newscorp |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 07:50 PM |
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Wow, I AM a member of a cult for liking a presidential candidate-- thanks guy who's never met me!! |
NoodleBoy |
Feb-06-08 06:26 PM |
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Hi NoodleBoy! |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 06:41 PM |
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he gave me a bottle of pills, said to take one every half hour, |
NoodleBoy |
Feb-06-08 06:42 PM |
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Shhh....Don't tell anyone but I've been cutting mine in half. |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 06:47 PM |
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This is a remarkable article... should be read by all |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Feb-06-08 06:26 PM |
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It's fucking scary |
incapsulated |
Feb-06-08 06:28 PM |
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It is scary....Reminds me of some Jim Jones/cyonide type mess. eom |
journalist3072 |
Feb-06-08 06:30 PM |
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Reminds?! it has pretty much turned into that - he's an idol |
katty |
Feb-06-08 06:45 PM |
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Exactly right!!!! Really scary stuff. |
journalist3072 |
Feb-06-08 06:50 PM |
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Go hide under your bed until 2016 then. nt |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 06:38 PM |
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I may well do just that if this cultish madness continues. n/t |
incapsulated |
Feb-06-08 06:41 PM |
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Bring your blanky. nt |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:01 PM |
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yeah, I'm so scared of people being "inspired" by someone else's candidate too. |
NoodleBoy |
Feb-06-08 06:40 PM |
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I understand inspiration.... this is different |
incapsulated |
Feb-06-08 06:41 PM |
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yeah, you're right, I forgot the Obama campaign forced me to read an 1800 page manifesto |
NoodleBoy |
Feb-06-08 06:43 PM |
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No, it's called a campaign. |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 06:46 PM |
#43 |
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I have never, ever been told to share "conversion stories and avoid issues" |
incapsulated |
Feb-06-08 06:49 PM |
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You have never worked on a campaign then. |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:01 PM |
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BULLSHIT |
incapsulated |
Feb-06-08 07:05 PM |
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Neither have I. |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:17 PM |
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Really? |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 06:50 PM |
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"We should support her" is creepy |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:08 PM |
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yeah, asking people to support your candidate is creepy... |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 07:23 PM |
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In the good old fucked up corporatocracy known as the USA, it is. |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:41 PM |
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An overzealous and adamant supporter |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 07:30 PM |
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"I'll take a cult over a bunch of entitled, arrogant, patronizing a**holes any day." |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 07:38 PM |
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Still better than the entitled, arrogant, patronizing assholes. |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:44 PM |
#110 |
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No, you don't "get to chant" |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 10:26 PM |
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It sure is indoctrination |
katty |
Feb-06-08 06:49 PM |
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The article describes something beyond "inspired" |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 06:42 PM |
#34 |
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are you criticizing Obama? |
NoodleBoy |
Feb-06-08 06:45 PM |
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Yup. This isn't about Democratic ideals but about St. Obama |
jackson_dem |
Feb-07-08 11:01 PM |
#152 |
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They can't share policy views. They don't know what his policy views are. I am more and more |
journalist3072 |
Feb-06-08 06:29 PM |
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If you can't share his policy views-WHAT do you have?! |
katty |
Feb-06-08 06:50 PM |
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Thank you!!!!! One of the reasons that I proudly support Sen. Clinton |
journalist3072 |
Feb-06-08 06:57 PM |
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Keep hate alive! |
chascarrillo |
Feb-06-08 06:31 PM |
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Are you a robot? |
BuffyTheFundieSlayer |
Feb-06-08 06:33 PM |
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Calling Obama supporters a "cult" does equal hate. |
chascarrillo |
Feb-06-08 06:38 PM |
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how in the hell does the word cult = hate |
blues90 |
Feb-06-08 06:51 PM |
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You respond to every single person who disagrees with Obama the same |
BuffyTheFundieSlayer |
Feb-06-08 06:57 PM |
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Nope. I save it for the hateful posts. |
chascarrillo |
Feb-06-08 09:25 PM |
#132 |
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You're boring me |
BuffyTheFundieSlayer |
Feb-06-08 09:46 PM |
#135 |
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Aww. |
chascarrillo |
Feb-07-08 02:01 AM |
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'The Obama campaign's instruction to their volunteers to steer clear of policy questions.' |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 06:32 PM |
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Like their Leader. |
rodeodance |
Feb-06-08 09:53 PM |
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Very GOP, very creepy |
OzarkDem |
Feb-06-08 06:33 PM |
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Yeah, I'm just glad John Edwards didn't try to inspire people with talk about ending poverty |
NoodleBoy |
Feb-06-08 06:41 PM |
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I'm glad you included some remarks by a sane Obama supporter |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 06:34 PM |
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Kerry krishna .... Kerry krishna... |
LittleClarkie |
Feb-06-08 06:34 PM |
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"Conversion stories"? |
BuffyTheFundieSlayer |
Feb-06-08 06:34 PM |
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Oh Come On ... Don't You Want to Testify? |
Crisco |
Feb-06-08 06:39 PM |
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BAM! |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 06:39 PM |
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Lol! Now you've done it. |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 06:46 PM |
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Ha, ha! Too late! |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 06:48 PM |
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"He looked at me..." Are you kiddin' me? These people are professional politicians!! |
MichiganVote |
Feb-06-08 06:34 PM |
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Oh, goodie. Witnessing. n/t |
igil |
Feb-06-08 06:36 PM |
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Scary. As. Shit. |
jlake |
Feb-06-08 06:38 PM |
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This is what happens when the force of a candidate's personality is central to the campaign. |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 06:38 PM |
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It's so nice that now instead of calling it, "inspired by Obama," |
NoodleBoy |
Feb-06-08 06:39 PM |
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Makes me want to break out into an altar call hymn. |
okasha |
Feb-06-08 06:39 PM |
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We've got a DUZY! |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 06:43 PM |
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O Bam of God! |
seasonedblue |
Feb-06-08 06:52 PM |
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Beautiful |
BuffyTheFundieSlayer |
Feb-06-08 07:01 PM |
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"O BAM of God" |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 07:19 PM |
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Ahhhh, that's brilliant!! Hee! |
ProgressIn2008 |
Feb-06-08 07:31 PM |
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Oh,you didn't........ |
BlackVelvet04 |
Feb-06-08 08:09 PM |
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So for you, some = all? |
Kristi1696 |
Feb-06-08 06:40 PM |
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The word "cult" has been thrown around a lot lately. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Feb-06-08 06:40 PM |
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i think it was a mistake |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 07:57 PM |
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Must be a pretty minor one to you. |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 08:05 PM |
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i accept her explanation |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 08:07 PM |
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It's the most relevant thing going on in the world right now. |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 08:09 PM |
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What was the explanation? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Feb-07-08 01:16 PM |
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Conversion? Dude, what the fuck? |
Stand and Fight |
Feb-06-08 06:42 PM |
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is this the tom scientology cruise?! pass the Kool-Aid |
katty |
Feb-06-08 06:44 PM |
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It was when he cured my blindness. |
rug |
Feb-06-08 06:45 PM |
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Oh boy.... |
Stand and Fight |
Feb-06-08 07:12 PM |
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This is the main problem I have with Obama |
blues90 |
Feb-06-08 06:47 PM |
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the point is, the CAMPAIGN is telling volunteers to "testify" instead of talking about policies |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 06:49 PM |
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or a 'witness' - lordy this just reeks of cult crap |
katty |
Feb-06-08 06:54 PM |
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Good god, they're fucking VOLUNTEERS not policy wonks |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 06:56 PM |
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run that by me again |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 06:58 PM |
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Name removed |
Feb-06-08 07:05 PM |
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lol |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 07:12 PM |
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Yes. I'm amassing the troops right now. nt |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:48 PM |
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Whoa... |
Stand and Fight |
Feb-06-08 07:19 PM |
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**takes a deep breath** |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:24 PM |
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There you go, |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 07:35 PM |
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I understand that . I would want to be counted out too . I just |
blues90 |
Feb-06-08 07:50 PM |
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This thread is making me laugh! |
FrenchieCat |
Feb-06-08 06:50 PM |
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You can laugh with your degree-name-dropping family. Mainstream America won't laugh. |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 07:04 PM |
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Booga-Booga! |
FrenchieCat |
Feb-06-08 07:10 PM |
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'Ain't nobody stupid, now!' - and your daughter attends Harvard? |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 07:15 PM |
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That simply means one is diverse........ |
FrenchieCat |
Feb-06-08 07:28 PM |
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"It's called keeping it real. You should try it" WTF is THAT supposed to mean? |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 07:30 PM |
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You're not "diverse" |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 07:46 PM |
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And I'm not "keeping it real!" And hope and change! |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 07:47 PM |
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Maybe this is what it all means? |
goodgd_yall |
Feb-06-08 08:03 PM |
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I see. |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 07:26 PM |
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The author came up with the term "conversion story" --- |
alteredstate |
Feb-06-08 06:50 PM |
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Then what do you call it? |
incapsulated |
Feb-06-08 06:53 PM |
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I attended a house party several months ago, |
alteredstate |
Feb-06-08 07:12 PM |
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Precisely. |
Stand and Fight |
Feb-06-08 07:21 PM |
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This increases the number of potential |
Heaven and Earth |
Feb-06-08 06:51 PM |
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Now this is some |
ProSense |
Feb-06-08 07:04 PM |
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do you ever post anything OTHER than links to your failed threads? nt |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 07:14 PM |
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Your phony hissy fit has been exposed! n/t |
ProSense |
Feb-06-08 07:15 PM |
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congratulations - a post without a vanity link |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 07:16 PM |
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Yes, she kicks them incessantly too |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 07:16 PM |
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Just to give you another reason to whine! n/t |
ProSense |
Feb-06-08 07:17 PM |
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"Whine" is one of the most right-wing juvenile taunts out there, Dr. Laura |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 07:17 PM |
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You're pretending to be mature while supporting an OP based on this |
ProSense |
Feb-06-08 07:26 PM |
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Wow, you actually talk and not just post little blue links lol |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 07:29 PM |
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links, links, links |
ProSense |
Feb-06-08 07:32 PM |
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No I never "get tire". Ciao. |
Bluebear |
Feb-06-08 07:32 PM |
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Wow! "MyTalking Points" |
alteredstate |
Feb-06-08 07:50 PM |
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"From the many, we are one. - Barack Obama" |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 07:11 PM |
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No one looked deep into my eyes to make me support Obama |
NoBorders |
Feb-06-08 07:16 PM |
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Exactly. And I didn't find any examples in the article that particularly disturbed me |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:34 PM |
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This is just something |
NoBorders |
Feb-06-08 07:38 PM |
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Cults are associated with small groups - not a majority of Americans. |
cottonseed |
Feb-06-08 07:25 PM |
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"Madness is rare in individuals--but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule." |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 07:36 PM |
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Hey bidenista, why don't you answer post # 29? |
thecatburgler |
Feb-06-08 07:46 PM |
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done |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 07:58 PM |
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Obama supporters are the left wing |
BlackVelvet04 |
Feb-06-08 07:51 PM |
#118 |
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a skeptical cartoonist's take on the obama altar-call phenomenon |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 07:53 PM |
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a robot grabbed me and injected nanites into my head! |
meow mix |
Feb-06-08 08:03 PM |
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gawd--this takes me aback--and not much does nowadays!! |
rodeodance |
Feb-06-08 08:07 PM |
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"I'M ASKING YOU TO BELIEVE" |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 08:08 PM |
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This one sounds like his followers are in Battlestar Galactica, fighting against all odds. |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 08:27 PM |
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at least that was fantacy--oh my gawd--as i typed that word---i thought of the Vision, Camelot, ect |
rodeodance |
Feb-06-08 08:55 PM |
#131 |
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it justs gets weirder and weirder! nt |
bidenista |
Feb-06-08 09:40 PM |
#133 |
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yeah---but fish swimming in water do not realize they are surrouded by water. |
rodeodance |
Feb-06-08 09:51 PM |
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Check out the halo effect. |
okasha |
Feb-06-08 10:04 PM |
#139 |
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They've been instructed to steer clear of POLICY questions??? Wouldn't want anyone to know |
in_cog_ni_to |
Feb-06-08 09:45 PM |
#134 |
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What a great article...thanks for sharing it with us. The Cult of Obama is creepy... |
CyberPieHole |
Feb-06-08 09:55 PM |
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Haven't you caught the BAM yet? |
Marie26 |
Feb-06-08 10:20 PM |
#140 |
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But can he cast out demons? |
MyPetRock |
Feb-06-08 10:22 PM |
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This needs a kick, so people coming into the forum can see what the fuss is about. n/t |
Straight Shooter |
Feb-06-08 11:14 PM |
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Here is some |
ProSense |
Feb-07-08 02:02 AM |
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kick |
LadyVT |
Feb-07-08 02:03 AM |
#146 |
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Meme: Hillary is being defeated |
ProSense |
Feb-07-08 02:08 AM |
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Wanna hear my conversion story? |
Herdin_Cats |
Feb-07-08 02:05 AM |
#147 |
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#7 n/t |
Tatiana |
Feb-07-08 12:49 PM |
#149 |
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Great. n/t |
Tatiana |
Feb-07-08 10:44 PM |
#151 |
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k & r |
Crisco |
Feb-08-08 12:31 PM |
#153 |
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