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| 73. What Are You Trying To Do David, Ruin My Dark, Brooding Funk ??? |
| -35 Terrific Reasons Why You Should Have a Good Day & an Early Happy Weekend. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 05:47 PM |
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Right now I am just as concerned about taking back my party |
proud2Blib |
Oct-18-07 05:49 PM |
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Great pumpkins! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 07:36 PM |
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I won't gave a good day and a happy weekend |
cboy4 |
Oct-18-07 05:52 PM |
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Well, I hope you'll at least have a "better" day and weekend. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 08:39 PM |
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Proud to be the 5th to k&r! |
Bicoastal |
Oct-18-07 06:03 PM |
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Looking up they are, Bicoastal. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 08:48 PM |
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I want to pass along your list to my friends. |
jhuth |
Oct-18-07 06:15 PM |
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Pass it along and tell them thanks for every single time they've spoken up. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:07 PM |
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Thank you for this. It does make me feel better. |
Maraya1969 |
Oct-18-07 06:31 PM |
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Hi right back at you, Maraya1969 |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:08 PM |
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K&R - We DO have a lot to be thankful for - and the list will keep growing! nt |
gateley |
Oct-18-07 06:44 PM |
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And thank you, gateley, for your activism. Our country needs us now. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:09 PM |
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Best Post EVER!! |
Breeze54 |
Oct-18-07 06:51 PM |
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Way too kind, but it's good to take stock of the good things. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 07:27 PM |
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I'm sending it to my "terminally" depressed and |
Breeze54 |
Oct-18-07 07:45 PM |
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Two more bonus reasons: Mark Foley & Tom Delay went bye, bye. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 08:45 PM |
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How could we forget those asshats? - See also: |
Breeze54 |
Oct-18-07 10:23 PM |
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And |
The Wizard |
Oct-19-07 08:57 AM |
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And his "hidden file" on his discharge from the Armed Forces. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:40 AM |
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Sometimes it's hard to see the forest for the treasonous trees |
Der Blaue Engel |
Oct-18-07 06:54 PM |
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The GOP is in a free-fall and the American people have turned against them. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:13 PM |
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Thanks for the cheer. |
TheDoorbellRang |
Oct-18-07 07:17 PM |
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Everyone has a part and can make a difference. It's real patriotism. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:18 PM |
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Thank you |
DesertedRose |
Oct-18-07 07:38 PM |
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There's too much now to list. The scoundrels can smell their own blood. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:25 PM |
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Thanks David Zephyr |
Yael |
Oct-18-07 07:46 PM |
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I'm going to try and answer every post for the first time here. Thanks, Yael. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 09:23 PM |
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Now, that's what I'm talking about! |
Window |
Oct-18-07 07:50 PM |
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Peace right back to you. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-18-07 11:54 PM |
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I do feel better now. |
Lex |
Oct-18-07 07:53 PM |
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Hello Lex. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:03 AM |
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Hear hear |
proud patriot |
Oct-18-07 08:55 PM |
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You are one of my consistent & all-time favorite DU'ers, proud patriot. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:05 AM |
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right back at ya David Zephyr |
proud patriot |
Oct-19-07 05:13 PM |
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Talk about feel good posts!! |
cuke |
Oct-18-07 08:58 PM |
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Hello NYC! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:09 AM |
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As we say around here "Welcome to New York...." |
cuke |
Oct-19-07 08:10 AM |
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What an awesome post - thank you!!! K&R |
whutgives |
Oct-18-07 09:34 PM |
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The entire DU community is awesome, whutgives. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:10 AM |
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. |
DemEtienne |
Oct-18-07 11:58 PM |
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Back to you, too. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:15 AM |
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Don't forget The New Yorker, with Sy Hersh and Hendrik Hertzberg!! |
Perragrande |
Oct-19-07 12:01 AM |
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Sy Hersh and Hendrik Hertzberg! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:23 AM |
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Add Jane Mayer to the New Yorker list |
suffragette |
Oct-19-07 12:37 PM |
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Point well taken. K & R. |
tom_paine |
Oct-19-07 12:10 AM |
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One of the DU's clearest and brightest and most decent: tom_paine! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:25 AM |
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And thanks to you as well, sir. I am heartened and humbled. |
tom_paine |
Oct-19-07 09:49 AM |
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K&R - these days it's hard to see some of the good. |
Laurab |
Oct-19-07 12:19 AM |
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And what a great younger generation we have now, too. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 12:29 AM |
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And we are the party of the people. We are the alternative to the GOP's negative culture of death. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:42 AM |
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I really needed that. Thanks so much! K&R (& Bookmark!) |
sofedupwithbush |
Oct-19-07 12:21 AM |
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Thanks and good morning, sofedupwithbush. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:50 AM |
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Sorry for the dupe. I'm old and clumsy and hit the post button twice. Typical of me. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:50 AM |
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Morning Kick! |
Lochloosa |
Oct-19-07 06:27 AM |
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What a superb quote you have in your profile, Lochloosa. And Good morning to you. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:55 AM |
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Thanks so much. What a great way to start the day.... |
BrklynLib at work |
Oct-19-07 07:33 AM |
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I like your pink ribbon. Both mom and aunt are both long time breast cancer survivors. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 10:56 AM |
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Thanks, I really needed that. |
raccoon |
Oct-19-07 07:35 AM |
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Well, we were such a minority after 9/11 and we've slowly, but surely turned things around. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 01:49 PM |
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Actually I think we were the silent majority after 9.11 |
diane in sf |
Oct-19-07 03:06 PM |
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All good but I can't rest until the constitution is the rule of the land. |
mmonk |
Oct-19-07 07:40 AM |
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Here, here. |
lonestarnot |
Oct-19-07 08:57 AM |
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To that grand old document and ideas. |
mmonk |
Oct-19-07 10:02 AM |
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The G.O.P. are not "strict constructionists", they are Strictly Destructionists of the Constitution |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 01:54 PM |
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Great post. |
bigwillq |
Oct-19-07 07:42 AM |
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Hello to the Charter Oak State. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 01:58 PM |
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I like my state too. |
bigwillq |
Oct-20-07 05:48 PM |
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WHAT we FOCUS on, EXPANDS. |
lildreamer316 |
Oct-19-07 08:53 AM |
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I believe that, too. We must always remember what we are fighting FOR. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:00 PM |
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you forgot |
madrchsod |
Oct-19-07 09:20 AM |
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And thanks for adding to the list. I love Link TV. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:08 PM |
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Pendulums swing slowly! |
redqueen |
Oct-19-07 09:41 AM |
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My precious redqueen! Thanks. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:08 PM |
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HELLS YEAH!! n/t |
renie408 |
Oct-19-07 09:43 AM |
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HELLS YEAH! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:14 PM |
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Don't forget Al Gore's best-selling book, too! n/t |
whereismyparty |
Oct-19-07 10:06 AM |
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And I read it, too. Is Al like Superman or what? Thanks for reminding us. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:19 PM |
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Indeed! |
stlsaxman |
Oct-19-07 06:00 PM |
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Great post! |
InvisibleTouch |
Oct-19-07 10:47 AM |
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That should have been on the list: "All of our 2008 candidates are excellent" |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:22 PM |
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and 23% of the polar ice cap melted since '05 and B*sh is going to nuke Iran! |
npincus |
Oct-19-07 11:03 AM |
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Hope is good. |
kenfrequed |
Oct-19-07 11:13 AM |
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Paul Klugman has an article today in the NY Times I just read. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:30 PM |
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Well here's hoping |
kenfrequed |
Oct-20-07 01:44 AM |
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Yup |
tavalon |
Oct-19-07 12:08 PM |
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You radicals up in the Pacific Northwest! |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:40 PM |
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Care to guess where I moved from? |
tavalon |
Oct-19-07 07:10 PM |
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K & R Thank you and have a great weekend! |
CottonBear |
Oct-19-07 12:13 PM |
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Back to you, too. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:43 PM |
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you forgot a big one, Tom Delay is now just a bugman once again |
LSK |
Oct-19-07 12:19 PM |
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Yeah, Tom Delay should have been on the list as "exterminated". |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 02:44 PM |
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EXCELLENT POST!!! |
NanceGreggs |
Oct-19-07 12:23 PM |
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I'm struttin' this weekend 'cuz the GOP is going down. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 03:07 PM |
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What Are You Trying To Do David, Ruin My Dark, Brooding Funk ??? |
WillyT |
Oct-19-07 12:25 PM |
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We all suffer from battered party syndrome. We've grown used to reacting instead of acting. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 04:59 PM |
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Thanks for the perspective. If someone had told me in '02 that all the above would come to pass... |
lumberjack_jeff |
Oct-19-07 12:44 PM |
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lumberjack_jeff, I like your name. Look how much has changed. It wasn't easy, was it? |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:00 PM |
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Outstanding list, David! |
Uncle Joe |
Oct-19-07 12:50 PM |
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As others have pointed out, the list should include the demise of Rumsfeld & Delay & Foley. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:02 PM |
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Gannon/Guckert is not with us anymore either. |
Uncle Joe |
Oct-19-07 05:09 PM |
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That is Really, Really Heartening |
ribofunk |
Oct-19-07 01:35 PM |
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I got pumped putting the little list together myself. The trend is not good for the GOP. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:04 PM |
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Please add to No. 28: "... and is in Hell." nt |
Ian_rd |
Oct-19-07 01:43 PM |
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You are a wicked person, Ian_rd. Yes, Jerry is gone. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:07 PM |
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god what a great post |
hiphopnation23 |
Oct-19-07 01:53 PM |
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Give yourself a pat on the back this weekend. We've come a long way in 7 years. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:08 PM |
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you're a gentleman |
hiphopnation23 |
Oct-19-07 05:11 PM |
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35.) I have a hot shrimp po-boy on its way here. |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-19-07 01:58 PM |
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Man That Looks Good !!! - Can I Have A Bite ??? |
WillyT |
Oct-19-07 02:06 PM |
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Hey! So that was YOU who took a big bite of my po-boy! |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-19-07 02:08 PM |
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Well... I Gotta BIG Mouth !!! |
WillyT |
Oct-19-07 02:24 PM |
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Swamp Rat, don't start showing me cajun cooking. I can't resist it. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:11 PM |
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Thanks! |
FloridaJudy |
Oct-19-07 02:03 PM |
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Hello FloridaJudy. Thanks for your activism. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:12 PM |
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Throw the Republican down the well... |
bunkerbuster1 |
Oct-19-07 02:10 PM |
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Par-tee! More cheerful news just broke: Mel Martinez resigned as GOP national chair. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:14 PM |
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Sing along with Borat, won't we? |
bunkerbuster1 |
Oct-21-07 08:23 AM |
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How can Nancy and Harry makes us happy? One word: IMPEACH! |
edbermac |
Oct-19-07 02:20 PM |
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I hear you. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:20 PM |
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Doolittle is not only in trouble with the FBI. His Democratic opponent has raised more money |
tandot |
Oct-19-07 02:20 PM |
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Thanks for an update on Doolittle. How sweet it is. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:15 PM |
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Optimism is a damn good thing! |
RiverStone |
Oct-19-07 02:35 PM |
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Thanks RiverStone for adding the exit of Denny Hastert. That's no small thing either. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:36 PM |
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You're right, there is a lot to make us feel optimistic; but we've gotten a very late start -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Oct-19-07 02:35 PM |
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Thanks for the balance. Things are looking up. |
applegrove |
Oct-19-07 02:43 PM |
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Let's keep them on the run now. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:37 PM |
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Was a great post. Ask Skinner if you can put the list up somewhere permanently. |
applegrove |
Oct-19-07 05:42 PM |
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ah, 2 31s no 35. got it. |
antifaschits |
Oct-19-07 02:51 PM |
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Well, I forgot Rummy, Foley and Delay. And now Mel Martinez has resigned as GOP Chair. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:40 PM |
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almost enough to make me smile. but I B GreeDy. Gimme 70. |
antifaschits |
Oct-19-07 07:13 PM |
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Wonderful! You have a good weekend too. |
Gman |
Oct-19-07 02:53 PM |
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Thanks. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:41 PM |
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Well hey, thanks for the reminders. But still, how can 24% of the public not GET IT?!? |
codjh9 |
Oct-19-07 03:00 PM |
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Well, 24% still may not be his nadir. So hold on... |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:42 PM |
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Thanks for the up beat post, certainly made me feel better. nt |
Pawel K |
Oct-19-07 03:04 PM |
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It's your list, Pawel K. You helped it to happen. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:45 PM |
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Good post |
slutticus |
Oct-19-07 03:23 PM |
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Thanks. I wanted to try and answer every post which I've never done. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:52 PM |
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Think I'll have a beer on this one Zephyr. It's Friday! |
lyonn |
Oct-19-07 03:27 PM |
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Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Adams & Adams, Washington & Paine would be proud of Sen. Dodd. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:55 PM |
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DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND |
liberal N proud |
Oct-19-07 03:32 PM |
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Yeah, that DemocraticUnderground is one wicked crowd alright. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:57 PM |
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Thanks |
BoneDaddy |
Oct-19-07 03:36 PM |
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Hello BoneDaddy. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 05:57 PM |
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wow |
BoneDaddy |
Oct-19-07 07:29 PM |
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Zephyr, you rock!!! |
FitzmasAgain |
Oct-19-07 04:09 PM |
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FitzmasAgain, I'd forgotten. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:24 PM |
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Thanks David - great to have a thread with a positive bent |
Summer93 |
Oct-19-07 04:50 PM |
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You are right. I overlooked the fall of Rumsfeld after the mid-term. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:26 PM |
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No. 36 Bush's pet poodle Tony has finally gone! |
LeftishBrit |
Oct-19-07 05:03 PM |
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Tony was such a great letdown. I'll never figure that out, but Brown looks better. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:30 PM |
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Recommended and # 36 - www.draftgore.com is thriving !! |
understandinglife |
Oct-19-07 05:03 PM |
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Al and Tipper must be feeling pretty good these days. Karma. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:31 PM |
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SO YOU SOUND LIKE A GLASS-IS-HALF-FULL KINDA PERSON...here are my 35 anti-reasons |
happygoluckytoyou |
Oct-19-07 05:19 PM |
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But, your user name?!? |
Ian_rd |
Oct-19-07 05:50 PM |
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I'll never let my guard down. It went up in 1967. |
David Zephyr |
Oct-19-07 06:34 PM |
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98 + 251 Proof |
clarence swinney |
Oct-19-07 05:57 PM |
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Thanks for the positive post! |
mvd |
Oct-19-07 06:23 PM |
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Great list! |
SariesNightly |
Oct-19-07 10:02 PM |
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Another reason for long-term optimism: The Young Folk ain't buyin' what the GOP is sellin' |
Oregonian |
Oct-20-07 06:05 PM |
#159 |