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Sun Oct-18-09 09:56 AM
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| 8. Obama's one of them now. |
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He was before too. A politician. They're all part of a special club.
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| -What The Hell Is This!? Obama Heaps PRAISE On WAR CRIMINAL GHW Bush!? |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-18-09 09:41 AM |
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I refer to him as GWH Bush-- |
tsuki |
Oct-18-09 09:46 AM |
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That sickens me too. |
Jamastiene |
Oct-18-09 09:46 AM |
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lol |
Neecy |
Oct-18-09 09:48 AM |
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A very special club where rule of law doesn't apply. |
ipaint |
Oct-18-09 09:50 AM |
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So you know of specific instances of torture Obama has |
obliviously |
Oct-18-09 07:24 PM |
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Your not paying attention. |
ipaint |
Oct-19-09 08:38 AM |
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Gracious and classy of both men. Sometimes you need moments like these |
TwilightGardener |
Oct-18-09 09:51 AM |
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You have got to be kidding. Or you forgot your sarcasm tag. |
chimpymustgo |
Oct-18-09 10:15 AM |
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Nope. Not kidding at all. I don't mind moments of civility. |
TwilightGardener |
Oct-18-09 10:24 AM |
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Civility is not the same as honoring. You can be civil to a war criminal |
glitch |
Oct-18-09 10:43 AM |
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He was honored for his military service in WW2 and for his Points of Light thingie. |
TwilightGardener |
Oct-18-09 10:50 AM |
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Totally disagree, please see my post #43 nt |
glitch |
Oct-18-09 11:09 AM |
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You're kidding, right? n/t |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-18-09 06:23 PM |
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Very classy to be gracious to master war criminals and crack kingpins, it brightens the world. |
JackRiddler |
Oct-18-09 06:28 PM |
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WTF?! Gracious and Classy?! Those * fuckers don't know the meaning of those words!!! |
earth mom |
Oct-18-09 07:00 PM |
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Yes a spoonful of sugar helps the stealing and the lying and the genocide go down. |
omega minimo |
Oct-18-09 07:19 PM |
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Yes we need these staged moments to keep the sheeple from stampeding. |
BeHereNow |
Oct-19-09 10:00 PM |
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Ronald Reagan must be very proud of his Vice President's legacy. |
rug |
Oct-18-09 09:53 AM |
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He's in the club. |
asdjrocky |
Oct-18-09 09:55 AM |
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Obama's one of them now. |
bigwillq |
Oct-18-09 09:56 AM |
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GHW |
enid602 |
Oct-18-09 09:57 AM |
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... |
Solly Mack |
Oct-18-09 09:57 AM |
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So Obama should have kicked out his cane |
WonderGrunion |
Oct-18-09 09:57 AM |
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+10,000 |
TheDebbieDee |
Oct-18-09 10:20 AM |
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No people are tired of him obstructing the evidence that would |
ipaint |
Oct-18-09 11:10 AM |
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Well said and I thank you. |
classof56 |
Oct-18-09 10:20 AM |
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The choice is not EITHER kick the cane from an old man OR honor him. nt |
glitch |
Oct-18-09 10:54 AM |
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So, using your example, let me get it straight: If Hitler had invited Obama to the 1936 Olympics... |
JackRiddler |
Oct-18-09 06:30 PM |
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Hitler, as a matter of fact, invited Jesse Owens to the 1936 Olympics |
WonderGrunion |
Oct-19-09 12:02 AM |
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Excuse me, YOU brought up Hitler, not me... |
JackRiddler |
Oct-19-09 08:30 AM |
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Hitler prohibited ANY athlete of Jewish or Gypsy ancestry from competing |
WonderGrunion |
Oct-19-09 09:53 AM |
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Thanks for wasting my time, but you're wrong. |
JackRiddler |
Oct-19-09 03:00 PM |
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YES! |
JVS |
Oct-18-09 07:26 PM |
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"the R or D next to your name is irrelevant" in challenging times... |
Ruby the Liberal |
Oct-18-09 09:58 AM |
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Where are the heaps of praise? |
ecstatic |
Oct-18-09 09:58 AM |
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Sick |
leftstreet |
Oct-18-09 10:00 AM |
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Unrec. |
Bonobo |
Oct-18-09 10:00 AM |
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You just got rid of my rec |
leftstreet |
Oct-18-09 10:01 AM |
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Sorry we disagreed on this one. It's just how I see it (this morning anyway). nt |
Bonobo |
Oct-18-09 10:03 AM |
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as others have said, nice to be in the club |
G_j |
Oct-18-09 10:01 AM |
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Making my head ache something fierce. |
nc4bo |
Oct-18-09 10:03 AM |
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Are you calling Obama "Boy"? |
WonderGrunion |
Oct-18-09 10:08 AM |
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For realz? |
SammyWinstonJack |
Oct-18-09 10:12 AM |
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Hey I'm black!!! |
nc4bo |
Oct-18-09 10:17 AM |
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I know you're black. |
WonderGrunion |
Oct-18-09 10:33 AM |
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Yours isn't the lamest post ever, but I give you credit for your effort. |
Karmadillo |
Oct-18-09 10:44 AM |
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I try. I try. |
WonderGrunion |
Oct-18-09 10:50 AM |
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Jebus.... |
Rebubula |
Oct-19-09 07:42 AM |
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Silly and opportunistic was what I was going for with that post |
WonderGrunion |
Oct-19-09 09:54 AM |
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When a critter with a limited nature manages to do somethings that are the highest manifestation of |
patrice |
Oct-18-09 10:07 AM |
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Its wrong to praise something someone did right if you think they did something else wrong? |
stray cat |
Oct-18-09 10:09 AM |
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Oh, how petty of me- now here's a reminder for you |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-18-09 10:28 AM |
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Why are you spoiling the lovely image of bi-partisanship |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-18-09 06:54 PM |
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W increased aid for HIV in Africa - I guess all progressives condemn the aid? |
stray cat |
Oct-18-09 10:11 AM |
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It's the same as the wingnuts and teabaggers insisting that Obama |
TwilightGardener |
Oct-18-09 10:12 AM |
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We get that you can't get it. But we do think if you apply yourself, do some research, you can. |
glitch |
Oct-18-09 11:37 AM |
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Don't condescend to me because I hold a different opinion. |
TwilightGardener |
Oct-18-09 11:41 AM |
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Back off from the Kool aid. nt |
earth mom |
Oct-18-09 07:03 PM |
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Huhn? What Kool aid? |
TwilightGardener |
Oct-19-09 08:34 AM |
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Actually, the aid went mainly to the US drug companies for the medication |
debbierlus |
Oct-18-09 11:45 AM |
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Has anyone ever known a current president to trash an ex-president? |
elocs |
Oct-18-09 10:17 AM |
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Well the only one that comes immediately to mind is Pres. Carter and it's well known how well |
nc4bo |
Oct-18-09 10:26 AM |
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'trashing' vs hugging |
leftstreet |
Oct-18-09 10:29 AM |
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The more appropriate act would be to very civilly prosecute him for his war crimes AND |
glitch |
Oct-18-09 11:04 AM |
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+1 |
Liberation Angel |
Oct-18-09 11:42 AM |
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Exactly. There is a difference between professionalism and singing praises |
debbierlus |
Oct-18-09 11:42 AM |
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Just because something never happened, doesn't mean it wouldn't the right thing. |
JackRiddler |
Oct-18-09 06:31 PM |
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We all should know that this President is far too gracious to be anything but gracious |
elocs |
Oct-18-09 06:43 PM |
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And why shouldn't he show the same grace to Ahmedinejad? |
JackRiddler |
Oct-18-09 06:45 PM |
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Is Ahmedinejad an ex-President of the U.S.? No need to be disingenuous |
elocs |
Oct-18-09 07:08 PM |
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It's easy to find reason why you're not going to appear with a war criminal... |
JackRiddler |
Oct-19-09 08:23 AM |
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a thousand points of light |
G_j |
Oct-18-09 10:19 AM |
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good one, nt |
maryf |
Oct-18-09 04:30 PM |
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K & R nt |
snagglepuss |
Oct-18-09 10:24 AM |
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Harvard, Yale, Boy's Clubs, Secret Societies |
Liberation Angel |
Oct-18-09 11:40 AM |
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Oct-18-09 11:41 AM |
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Deleted message |
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Oct-18-09 11:43 AM |
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Ummmmm no a post from Skinner |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Oct-18-09 11:56 AM |
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... |
TwilightGardener |
Oct-18-09 11:58 AM |
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I believe |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Oct-18-09 01:35 PM |
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Deleted message |
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Oct-18-09 12:17 PM |
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This is not Obama Underground and criticism for the President is |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Oct-18-09 01:49 PM |
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Part of the Job... |
Texasgal |
Oct-18-09 12:13 PM |
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I don't think it defines who Pres. Obama is from way back from his days of studies... |
ProgressOnTheMove |
Oct-18-09 01:41 PM |
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Takes one to know one? |
TBF |
Oct-18-09 01:42 PM |
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The President is classy, unlike many here who would have preferred he spit on a former President. |
mamaleah |
Oct-18-09 01:57 PM |
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The same president who lied us into a war by stating repeatedly that |
ipaint |
Oct-18-09 02:46 PM |
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He was lauding him for his military service in WW2 |
mamaleah |
Oct-18-09 03:58 PM |
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Turn a blind eye. |
ipaint |
Oct-18-09 04:47 PM |
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This site is not about accusing Obama |
obliviously |
Oct-18-09 07:27 PM |
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Actually it's about the truth. |
ipaint |
Oct-18-09 07:34 PM |
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Your calling Obamma a liar |
obliviously |
Oct-18-09 09:58 PM |
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I already did and so didn't several others in this thread. |
ipaint |
Oct-19-09 08:16 AM |
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well I was wondering how Bush Sr was considered a 'war criminal' |
hfojvt |
Oct-19-09 01:43 AM |
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It was followed by more than just that. |
ipaint |
Oct-19-09 08:29 AM |
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even if obama retroactively tried every prior president as a war criminal and then immolated himself |
dionysus |
Oct-19-09 10:00 AM |
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That's class? |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-18-09 09:04 PM |
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And is showing respect for the criminal we elected... |
Orsino |
Oct-19-09 08:50 AM |
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Thanks for posting this. |
TicketyBoo |
Oct-18-09 01:58 PM |
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K&Rnt |
maryf |
Oct-18-09 03:51 PM |
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"the R or D next to your name is irrelevant" - Barack Obama |
inna |
Oct-18-09 06:25 PM |
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Saying the same thing on DU could get him tombstoned! |
JackRiddler |
Oct-18-09 06:32 PM |
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He so much yearns for the approval of the Right. I don't know |
sabrina 1 |
Oct-19-09 01:15 AM |
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What specific war crimes did the elder Bush committ? |
Freddie Stubbs |
Oct-18-09 06:39 PM |
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He's a Republican |
Dreamer Tatum |
Oct-18-09 06:42 PM |
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ROFL |
dionysus |
Oct-19-09 10:26 AM |
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Invasion of Panama -- 2,000 civilians dead in hunt for CIA man Noriega |
Octafish |
Oct-18-09 08:46 PM |
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Why did you vote for Obama? |
BzaDem |
Oct-18-09 06:52 PM |
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Disgusting. Next Obama will be singing * Jr's praises. |
earth mom |
Oct-18-09 06:58 PM |
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well, you've found today's excuse to be angry. good for you. |
dionysus |
Oct-19-09 10:22 AM |
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When the hell did GHWB become a war criminal? |
Azathoth |
Oct-18-09 07:03 PM |
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He killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians |
ipaint |
Oct-18-09 07:28 PM |
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Somebody please throw "eschew" at him. |
omega minimo |
Oct-18-09 07:16 PM |
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Am I the only DUer who thinks that GHWB actually did a reasonably good job in Desert Storm? |
Nye Bevan |
Oct-18-09 07:18 PM |
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What was the objective of Desert Storm? I can't remember |
leftstreet |
Oct-18-09 07:21 PM |
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To kick the Iraqi army out of Kuwait |
Freddie Stubbs |
Oct-18-09 08:47 PM |
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You bought that lie? |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-18-09 09:00 PM |
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Are you suggesting that the Iraqi army was never in Kuwait? |
Freddie Stubbs |
Oct-18-09 09:49 PM |
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Are you suggesting |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-18-09 09:57 PM |
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It was a hologram. |
Dr. Strange |
Oct-18-09 09:58 PM |
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Remember this? |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-18-09 10:21 PM |
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Nope. Only that our "war" was not to "kick them out" but to prevent them from leaving |
eridani |
Oct-19-09 06:04 AM |
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The Iraqis got what they deserved on the "Highway of Death". |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-19-09 10:41 AM |
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So you have a problem with just letting them evacuate, as Russia convinced them to do? |
eridani |
Oct-19-09 09:49 PM |
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I hope so but realistically, I doubt it. n/t |
ipaint |
Oct-18-09 07:29 PM |
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ha - well said ipaint |
faithnotgreed |
Oct-18-09 09:36 PM |
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You mean except for the lies in starting it? Compared to Jr, he still is evil, look at his 12 yrs in |
uppityperson |
Oct-18-09 07:39 PM |
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Like you mean |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-18-09 09:41 PM |
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Obama has a weakness for civility, comity, consensus, graciousness,... |
burning rain |
Oct-18-09 07:29 PM |
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Ew god, why would anyone praise that piece of shit? |
Initech |
Oct-18-09 07:46 PM |
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Treason! |
BolivarianHero |
Oct-18-09 09:14 PM |
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President Obama is a class act. Some have problems with that. |
Kaleva |
Oct-18-09 09:52 PM |
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Nonsense |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-18-09 09:55 PM |
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Ah, but which class? |
blindpig |
Oct-19-09 07:24 AM |
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Boy, I can't wait until Rayguns 100th anniversary arrives in 2011. |
EFerrari |
Oct-18-09 10:02 PM |
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morning kick, nt |
maryf |
Oct-19-09 05:39 AM |
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"R or D next to your name is irrelevant" in challenging times." |
Hubert Flottz |
Oct-19-09 08:04 AM |
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did you really expect Obama to... oh geez never mind... |
dionysus |
Oct-19-09 08:35 AM |
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Of course not. |
ipaint |
Oct-19-09 09:23 AM |
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A couple of the "points of light award" recipients this year |
ipaint |
Oct-19-09 10:51 AM |
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What are you saying? |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-19-09 10:08 AM |
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Obama paid a simple courtesy to Bush senior, and you're blowing it way out of porportion. |
dionysus |
Oct-19-09 10:20 AM |
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It validates |
Orwellian_Ghost |
Oct-19-09 11:22 AM |
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Good for Obama, talking to our |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-19-09 10:15 AM |
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no,no,no, he was supposed to spit in his face and stinkpalm him! |
dionysus |
Oct-19-09 10:21 AM |
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LoL. Maybe he should have teabagged him? |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-19-09 10:24 AM |
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lol, teafragging, that's uh... new... |
dionysus |
Oct-19-09 10:25 AM |
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You must not be a gamer. Tea bagging is |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-19-09 10:28 AM |
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i only do single player. waiting for them to make a new brothers in arms... |
dionysus |
Oct-19-09 10:47 AM |
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If people don't do that every so often the old man will start crying |
bridgit |
Oct-19-09 10:47 AM |
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Yeah, why didn't he call him an asshole and kick him in the shin? |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Oct-19-09 10:53 AM |
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Obama showed class and maturity like he always does... |
RyboSlybo |
Oct-19-09 04:16 PM |
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Centrists and republicans do have one unifying value in common. |
ipaint |
Oct-19-09 10:19 PM |
#153 |