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Wed Dec-10-08 01:04 PM
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| 46. Hard to say. Whenever they get defeated politically, they think it's |
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Edited on Wed Dec-10-08 01:16 PM by mmonk
because they weren't far enough to the right. Catch 22.
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| -Short of tar-and-feathering them, what's the best way to get rid of the DLC? |
brentspeak |
Dec-09-08 08:54 PM |
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A Thought |
RandomThoughts |
Dec-09-08 08:54 PM |
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What's wrong with Tar and Feathering them???? |
foxer |
Dec-10-08 02:46 PM |
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By voting for liberal primary challengers? |
Occam Bandage |
Dec-09-08 08:56 PM |
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Drag a large campaign donation check along the edge of the Grand Canyon? |
TahitiNut |
Dec-09-08 08:56 PM |
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Heh, heh! |
brentspeak |
Dec-09-08 08:59 PM |
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heheh...you win. I was going to say EXPOSE their connections to BushInc's corruption over the last |
blm |
Dec-10-08 08:51 AM |
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good one-that'll work! |
mod mom |
Dec-10-08 01:34 PM |
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Amending the Constitution |
prodn2000 |
Dec-09-08 08:59 PM |
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in the house that |
swampg8r |
Dec-09-08 09:17 PM |
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One of the best things you can do is educate other people |
antigop |
Dec-09-08 08:59 PM |
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Move to a different country |
harun |
Dec-09-08 09:01 PM |
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Do you think Obama has an idea what DLCers are? |
Freddie Stubbs |
Dec-09-08 09:39 PM |
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I think he has hired them because instead of fighting against them |
harun |
Dec-10-08 08:44 AM |
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Or maybe he generally agrees with them. |
QC |
Dec-10-08 09:09 AM |
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Only Obama knows, but my opinion is he is as appalled by them |
harun |
Dec-10-08 09:57 AM |
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I agree. |
Laelth |
Dec-10-08 10:23 AM |
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He is not DLC, and has said many times... |
Shiver |
Dec-10-08 10:04 AM |
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want to do a comparison of his positions with those of the DLC? |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 11:16 AM |
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in Obama's own words: |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 12:51 PM |
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In Obama's own words |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 12:55 PM |
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why don't you show a little effort and prove Obama's connection to the DLC? |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:08 PM |
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Why don't you show a little effort and accept the challenge I issued first? |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:10 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Dec-10-08 01:15 PM |
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yet again, you avoid actually having to prove the case you claim |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:19 PM |
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6th dodge of the question and counting. Or should I take your dodges as an acceptance? |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:22 PM |
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nth time you have made the challenge without providing any evidence of your claim |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:37 PM |
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despite all your dancing around, I'll assume you have accepted the challenge... |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:39 PM |
#65 |
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False. He actually dissapproved of Clinton's 1996 legislation on Welfare. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:54 PM |
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We're not done with the first issue. You're saying Obama lied in his book "Audacity of Hope?" |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:57 PM |
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no, he didn't. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:04 PM |
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So you're picking an older quote over a newer one in his book? So he was lying in his book? |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:07 PM |
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have you even provided a quote? or are we supposed to just take your word for it? |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:13 PM |
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yep, in post 70. |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:16 PM |
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so because he refused to attack Clinton later, that somehow negates his lack of support for the Bill |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:29 PM |
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oh, because he contradicted your quote later, you'll just go with the 11 year old quote |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:30 PM |
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he didn't contradict anything |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:43 PM |
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yes he did. |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:47 PM |
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still avoiding any smidgen of discussion regarding WAR |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 03:00 PM |
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still trying to skirt the current discussion |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 03:02 PM |
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wow! I am eviscerated by the sharp edge of your wit. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 04:21 PM |
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but I'm not eviscerated by your ability to dodge and spin |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 05:02 PM |
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Call them out, never give them a moment's peace. Rouse the citizenry to taunt them & pelt them with |
scarletwoman |
Dec-09-08 09:10 PM |
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Vote every last fucking one of them out in the primaries. |
Sebastian Doyle |
Dec-09-08 09:12 PM |
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No. Just no. I'm fucking delighted that Tom Udall won in NM |
cali |
Dec-10-08 08:51 AM |
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post a thread about it on DU? |
paulk |
Dec-09-08 09:20 PM |
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I use vinegar. |
MPK |
Dec-09-08 09:21 PM |
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best of - nt |
happychatter |
Dec-09-08 10:21 PM |
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wrong location - nt - sorry |
happychatter |
Dec-09-08 10:23 PM |
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Don't vote for them and send money to challengers you prefer |
dmordue |
Dec-09-08 09:35 PM |
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Name removed |
Dec-09-08 09:37 PM |
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oppose the DLC policies that one strongly disagrees with and are unpopular |
Douglas Carpenter |
Dec-09-08 09:45 PM |
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There is a method that would discourage the selling of policy |
Dragonfli |
Dec-09-08 10:25 PM |
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I've been thinking about it for years and not coming up with a whole lot |
happychatter |
Dec-09-08 10:26 PM |
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For starters, you won't get rid of them by whining about it all day |
mtnsnake |
Dec-09-08 10:34 PM |
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Firing squad? |
liberaltrucker |
Dec-09-08 10:40 PM |
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Whine about them. |
Uzybone |
Dec-09-08 10:49 PM |
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Short of tar-and-feathering them, what's the best way to get rid of the whiney progressives? |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 08:46 AM |
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ooh! I'll answer that! Put them in a round room and tell them there's a clue in the corner! |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 08:49 AM |
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lol, MrB would have loved that one! |
mtnsnake |
Dec-10-08 10:08 AM |
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There is no such thing as a non-progressive Democrat |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 12:54 PM |
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of course there isn't |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 12:59 PM |
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awww, don't feel bad. this Country is just moving away from the Right |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:12 PM |
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aww, don't feel bad. Centrists keep getting elected. |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:13 PM |
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eLet's see how many Centrists are left after 8 years of a Progressive Obama Administration |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:25 PM |
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All of them will be left after Obama's Clinton-like Third Way Presidency |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:26 PM |
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why can you not just let the World move on? |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:57 PM |
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that would be up to the electorate, not you or I, and currently... |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:59 PM |
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you just cannot accept that Obama is not of your ilk, can ya? |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:09 PM |
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you must have a problem with the electoral process and the fact "progressives" don't win |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:14 PM |
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Obama is a Progressive. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:19 PM |
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he's a centrist |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:20 PM |
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if he is the centrist you wanted, why was he not your Primary candidate? |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:35 PM |
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umm.. because I had another preference? |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:38 PM |
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exactly. You wanted a Centrist, not a Progressive. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:45 PM |
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and I got a centrist |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:47 PM |
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we'll see about that. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 04:13 PM |
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Name removed |
Dec-10-08 05:03 PM |
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we already have |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 07:13 PM |
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Make them enlist so that they can truly support the war. If that doesn't |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Dec-10-08 08:50 AM |
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Tom Udall is a DLC member. He voted against the IWR and has |
cali |
Dec-10-08 09:59 AM |
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Yeah, it was a joke. nt |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Dec-10-08 10:11 AM |
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There are no official DLC "members" of Congress |
brentspeak |
Dec-10-08 02:08 PM |
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yes there is |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:15 PM |
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Prove it |
brentspeak |
Dec-10-08 02:18 PM |
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you didn't ask for an "official DLC members list from the DLC website." |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:25 PM |
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Where does it say that the New Democrat Coaltions are "official DLC members"? |
brentspeak |
Dec-10-08 02:33 PM |
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ok... you're right. It doesn't say they are "official" DLC members... aw shucks! ya got me! |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 02:46 PM |
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I think you are correct in a way |
mvd |
Dec-10-08 06:37 PM |
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Obama is doing it. |
Laelth |
Dec-10-08 10:20 AM |
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LOL! Yeah, that's what he's doing (snort) |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 12:57 PM |
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He was not the DLC Candidate. That's why he won. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:01 PM |
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he ran a better campaign, that's why he won. His policies mirror the DLC's |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:08 PM |
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you won't even accept it yourself. yet you consistently ask others to do so. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 01:14 PM |
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is this the 4th of 5th dodge of the question by you? Yep! You're doing the chicken dance |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 01:16 PM |
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Let me put it this way. |
Laelth |
Dec-10-08 01:41 PM |
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ok, so explain his supporting Lieberman against Lamont |
Enrique |
Dec-10-08 03:06 PM |
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Lieberman turned down the job he was offered? |
Laelth |
Dec-10-08 04:05 PM |
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feed them a massive dose of LSD and allow them to witness themselves unfiltered. |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 12:59 PM |
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Hard to say. Whenever they get defeated politically, they think it's |
mmonk |
Dec-10-08 01:04 PM |
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or whenever they get defeated, they just say the winner was already on their team |
Billy Shears |
Dec-10-08 02:15 PM |
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Here's an idea. Why don't we get rid of the ultra-right instead? |
TOJ |
Dec-10-08 01:14 PM |
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We can do both. |
Sebastian Doyle |
Dec-10-08 01:33 PM |
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How about instead of whining, convince others that their candidates shouldn't be voted for? |
zlt234 |
Dec-10-08 01:17 PM |
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Stop voting for the ones that run. n/t |
Orsino |
Dec-10-08 01:31 PM |
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I suggest the utter destruction of the Republiscum |
TheKentuckian |
Dec-10-08 02:38 PM |
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My opinion... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Dec-10-08 02:49 PM |
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The politics of exclusion |
JamesA1102 |
Dec-10-08 04:46 PM |
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Uh, yeah |
brentspeak |
Dec-10-08 05:00 PM |
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Why? I got it right the first time. nt |
JamesA1102 |
Dec-10-08 05:43 PM |
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I think it would first be prudent to identify what is reprehensible about the DLC |
Hippo_Tron |
Dec-10-08 04:46 PM |
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to listen to the netroots over the last 6 years... |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 05:04 PM |
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Outnumber them. |
JNelson6563 |
Dec-10-08 05:18 PM |
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Probably the best way is for Obama to effectuate a progressive agenda. |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-10-08 06:16 PM |
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and when he doesn't, it will be funny watching heads explode here |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 06:19 PM |
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it speaks volumes that hopes for a better America dashed would amuse you |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-10-08 06:23 PM |
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"speaks volumes" is such a cliche. |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 06:26 PM |
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If wanting do better than we did in the 1990s is "revolutionary," viva la revolution!!! |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-10-08 06:35 PM |
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that's the problem.. Nothing is ever good enough. Some people live to complain |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 06:37 PM |
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So, what's up with your preemptive whine? The show doesn't start til 1-20-09. |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-10-08 06:40 PM |
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no whine here. What you here is amusement |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 06:42 PM |
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Your smug 'tude is what's funny since your DLC candidate lost the election. |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-10-08 07:10 PM |
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sorry... |
wyldwolf |
Dec-10-08 07:12 PM |
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I wish I knew |
leftofthedial |
Dec-10-08 06:26 PM |
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The DLC has become a boogeyman. |
Barack08 |
Dec-10-08 06:30 PM |
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I recommend a Third Way |
izzybeans |
Dec-10-08 06:32 PM |
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The alien rectal probe! |
IndianaGreen |
Dec-10-08 07:13 PM |
#125 |
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