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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:09 AM Original message |
Bush's budget axe to fall on poor |
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dhinojosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm tired of telling republican's I told you so. |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:14 AM Original message |
Me too. n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. most repugs don't give a shit about the poor |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Yes, but many are poor |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. they won't learn |
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The Zanti Regent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. OR Jesus "is testing them"... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. They are learning. |
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lancdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
68. So they voted for Bush, huh |
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Goldeneye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. When I see titles like that..... |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 02:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Me too! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. If you ever think they might have come to their senses and there hasnt yet |
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piece sine (931 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. honestly |
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PartyPooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is disgusting. It is appalling. Only in Bu$h's Amerika! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. yep, we tried to tell the idiots. n/t |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Name calling of the most vulnerable |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 05:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
97. I so agree. I'm pretty sick of fellow "Dems" just |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. A lot of poor people did vote. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. A lot of the poor stayed home also. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Agreed, I'm not prone to be charitable to them either... |
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Hebegirl (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
96. Low-income folk know what they are doing |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Yes, But |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. No We Don't Deserve This |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. In Ohio many of the poor could not vote because the dem precincts |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. EXCUSE ME?! |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
86. She did not state that there were more $100,000 earners than poor folk. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Still don't get this mindset of "they have it coming" |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. yup, this was the agenda all along |
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Conservativesux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. Well, after all we can't expect the wealthy to pay for thier own wars.. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
66. Under bush** the rich aren't asked to sacrifice anything. n/t |
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sally343434 (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. Walmart employees can start looking for their cardboard box houses now |
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Sir Jeffrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. When I worked at Wal-Mart a few years ago... |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. ...now we know why there was a flu vaccine shortage ...taking aim |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Dickens, Zola, and Hugo |
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Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. There has ALWAYS been |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
71. I grew up poor and white and I HATED it. |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
75. of course there are... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. busholini is a complete and unmitigated asshole |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. Ah, but the poor are great cannon fodder! |
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against all enemies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
67. You have to give Bush credit; it's one of his plans that work. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. The targeting of social welfare programmes is not a political risk |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. Letters to the Editor, please!!! |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. This is news? |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. Should the Dems oppose these cuts? I'm not sure |
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rjbny62 (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. Cheney: "It's not something that we've done with a meat ax...." |
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tlcandie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Caught that word 'sudden' thrown in their earlier too and I |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. Time for an ad campaign... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Great idea! |
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athenap (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. What about... |
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sarahlee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Check out prices for |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Excellent idea! |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The thing that really gets me is that the re-thugs preach that |
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tlcandie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. They are about law and not actions.... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Spinbaby -- that is a great idea! |
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hector459 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
28. Hey, the poor don't count. They don't vote. (sarc. off) |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. You need to understand that this was the GOP's goal all along |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. But the morons won't wake up... |
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lancdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
69. Absolutely |
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shantipriya (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. Bush Budget |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Those who voted for Bush may deserve it.... |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
90. Welcome to DU, shanti! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. I foresee riots, crime rate will increase dramatically |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. I'm afraid you're right |
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Biased Liberal Media (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
85. It reeks of The Grapes of Wrath |
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peterh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. And the blue fickle finger of fate goes to…. |
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bluedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. Solution? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. I think * enjoys this... |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
51. Today's Washington Post story on this |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. How much more can they take from the poor???? |
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oneold1-4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. One more division of the people |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
55. Why does bush hate poor people? n/t |
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Colorado Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. What do they think is going to happen to people? We are |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. According to Neo Conservative thinking, being poor is a sign of |
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Biased Liberal Media (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
87. It wasn't only the rich who voted for * |
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doodadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
57. Now it's really personal |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
60. Another attack on our military and veterans |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. And a lot of veterans find themselves homeless |
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reformed_military (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Pleeeze |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Sorry just wanted to point out the hypocrisy |
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reformed_military (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Oh, right. |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. You peg your kids pay raises to the current year |
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BornaDem (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
63. Has anyone heard or read what is being proposed in Medicaid cuts... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
70. Oh fiegn surprise... fooking freak! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
73. I was going to write a letter to my senator, Mitch McConnell |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
77. Good. We'll use the money to blow the shit out of other people. |
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MNDEM2004 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
78. Wake up call! |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Rethugs are pushing hard toward their goals. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
79. Thats pretty obvious and no compassion here!!! |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
82. Congress should be outraged |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
83. This is the Republican way. |
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shamalama (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. And exactly how many of you are surprised by this? |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. 51 million are surprised by this, |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
84. Yep, that's what Jesus would do. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
88. would Jesus approve of this? |
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skyounkin (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:03 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Why does Jesus hate America?!! |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
92. If only the poor voted.. |
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Biased Liberal Media (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. That's a load of bullshit |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #93 |
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Biased Liberal Media (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-05 03:19 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Nice "progressive" thinking you have there... |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-05 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
99. kick |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-05 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
100. disgusting |
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