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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-05-10 12:13 PM
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18. No. We don't need authoritarians looking for coaches.
We need a movement that acts on its own without expecting everything to be directed by a leader at the top.
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  -"We can sit in here put our heads between our legs & die or we can go out there and kick some ass" wndycty  Sep-05-10 11:28 AM   #0 
  - K & R and I hate professional sports!  lonestarnot   Sep-05-10 11:29 AM   #1 
  - How else can macho guys earn enough to afford a 2 1/2 carat diamond for each earring?  indepat   Sep-05-10 12:06 PM   #15 
  - after 19 months of NOT kicking ass it might be worth a try - the hail mary play nt  msongs   Sep-05-10 11:36 AM   #2 
  - or the Heidi move  KakistocracyHater   Sep-05-10 11:06 PM   #46 
  - K&R......Giving up is not an option at least not for me....  Tippy   Sep-05-10 11:39 AM   #3 
  - That would be a great analogy, assuming...  vi5   Sep-05-10 11:40 AM   #4 
  - The doom and gloom is there because that is what the polls have been reflected  still_one   Sep-05-10 11:40 AM   #5 
  - I have no problem fighting for those who can't....  vi5   Sep-05-10 11:47 AM   #9 
     - All good, but as I said below, as long as the Democrats allow the repukes to define them  still_one   Sep-05-10 11:56 AM   #13 
  - Fight Club?  Billy Burnett   Sep-05-10 11:45 AM   #6 
  - Al pacino any given SUNDAY..  butterfly77   Sep-05-10 12:57 PM   # 
     - Thanks for that. . .  wndycty   Sep-05-10 01:18 PM   #34 
  - Obama needs to be that coach...  kentuck   Sep-05-10 11:46 AM   #7 
  - Actually I think Obama needs to listen to the pep talk from that coach -  TBF   Sep-05-10 11:48 AM   #10 
  - I think his current advisers, most of them, are a big part of the problem..  kentuck   Sep-05-10 11:52 AM   #12 
     - You can blame his advisor all you want but what are you doing to win?  wndycty   Sep-05-10 12:59 PM   #29 
        - team? what team?  ldf   Sep-05-10 01:10 PM   #31 
           - Another one to leave off the team bus. . .  wndycty   Sep-05-10 01:11 PM   #33 
              - and i will be eager to hear  ldf   Sep-05-10 01:24 PM   #36 
                 - Typical sports fan, talk a lot of shit but don't have the talent, courage or heart to suit up  wndycty   Sep-05-10 01:46 PM   #37 
  - No. We don't need authoritarians looking for coaches.  Radical Activist   Sep-05-10 12:13 PM   #18 
  - As long as the Democrats allow the repukes to define them, we will not do well in November /nt  still_one   Sep-05-10 11:46 AM   #8 
  - But we can't move the ball unless we're on the 60 yard line.  rug   Sep-05-10 11:50 AM   #11 
  - I just emailed my congressman  pscot   Sep-05-10 11:58 AM   #14 
  - K & R  NJmaverick   Sep-05-10 12:09 PM   #16 
  - Obama and the leaders need to do their part.  gophates   Sep-05-10 12:11 PM   #17 
  - When you are on a winning team you don't point fingers. . .  wndycty   Sep-05-10 12:16 PM   #19 
     - yeah this isn't a football team  griffi94   Sep-05-10 12:50 PM   #26 
        - Thats too bad, if were a football team we'd know that when it comes to facing your opponent  wndycty   Sep-05-10 12:57 PM   #28 
           - yeah it is too bad  griffi94   Sep-05-10 01:08 PM   #30 
              - lol  wndycty   Sep-05-10 01:10 PM   #32 
                 - i've already been told i wasn't on the team  griffi94   Sep-05-10 01:22 PM   #35 
                    - Well if being told you aren't good enough to be on the team is enough to keep you off. . .  wndycty   Sep-05-10 01:49 PM   #38 
                       - good luck then  griffi94   Sep-05-10 01:54 PM   #39 
                       - you mean when the Dems were literally locked out of the House Chambers  KakistocracyHater   Sep-05-10 11:15 PM   #47 
  - What school? Were you in the Chicago area?  hulka38   Sep-05-10 12:21 PM   #20 
  - Rich East  wndycty   Sep-05-10 12:22 PM   #21 
     - Were you guys 4A or 5A?  hulka38   Sep-05-10 12:43 PM   #23 
        - 5A lost to Forest View (Arlington Heights) that year in the semis  wndycty   Sep-05-10 12:49 PM   #25 
  - Line up Duncan and Obama and I will be there with bells on  LWolf   Sep-05-10 12:42 PM   #22 
  - We don't need to be kicking each others asses between no and November. . .  wndycty   Sep-05-10 12:53 PM   #27 
     - "Each other."  LWolf   Sep-05-10 07:33 PM   #41 
  - Polling fallacies  Capn Sunshine   Sep-05-10 12:45 PM   #24 
  - I hope so but now is the time to take to the streets  wndycty   Sep-05-10 03:12 PM   #40 
  - Younger voters probably only have cell phones  pstokely   Sep-05-10 11:23 PM   #48 
  - Last time I went out to kick some ass I got my ass kicked. I'm not leaving  david13   Sep-05-10 08:07 PM   #42 
  - But what if the coach had not been on your side?  sabrina 1   Sep-05-10 08:15 PM   #43 
  - OR  Skittles   Sep-05-10 09:40 PM   #44 
  - K & R  Scurrilous   Sep-05-10 10:19 PM   #45 
  - Tell it to your players.  GeorgeGist   Sep-06-10 09:25 AM   #49 
 

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