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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:41 AM Original message |
Where Did This Cult Meme Come From? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. I believe a certain DUer with a name that is very similar to a Senator from DE. |
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angie_love (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Biden-----ista? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Careful--they did not come from her--she/he only posted them from newspapers. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Exactly. Post an article from a news magazine and suddenly the OP is responsible |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. dunno but it's as instantly ubiquitous as a Republican talking point (n/t) |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. I thought it came from an article in NYT |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Not just there. |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Facts |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. It seems to have come from on high, |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. It started way before then --- going back two years, at least: |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. It seems to be the Rovian talking point of the day. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You mean Pennian? |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Agreed. |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Let's Just Hope! |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. MSM is already spreading it. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. Talking about cults creates fear. Yet more fear mongering from Hillary people. |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Not Fear Mongering |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Then maybe you should try reading up on his policy positions? |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Maybe he should try explaining! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. What cracks me up is that people are hitting on Obama |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Next thing you know he will be like Chavez, a dictator. PR is a powerful thing. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Penn is an overreaching idiot which is likely why he was hired. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. The word "Cult" is not supposed to instill fear in the general public? |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. It is definitely intended to stop his momentum |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's so funny that the worse the Hillarious campaign can come up with |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Committed to what? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. committed to a candidate that is right on day one. |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Except he's wrong on day one and badly wrong! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Find some daylight between Clinton and Obama and get back to me. |
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Sensitivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. I was carefully planted in the MSM by well paid analysts |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yup..."cult" is a smear not only on Obama but on anyone who supports |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Actually, I thought of this myself awhile ago. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Well nobody ever talked about the cult of Martin Luther King Jr. |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. see post 30 |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Do you like "movement" better? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Actually, what I believe in is Obama's ability to openly talk |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. From Prez of Harvard Law Review to Prez of the US |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I think it is a governing philosophy that runs through his life |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. From the same people who gave us the "Edwards is a phony" meme |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Dean is angry, Kerry is a flipflopper, and on and on. n/t |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
33. O = Oprah... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
37. Smells like Rove. Who does it serve to divide Dems so deeply we won't be able to unify... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I think the press picked up on something suble that is happening in the |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. It is so obvious. People don't want to be part of a cult. Oh dear! |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
41. Try Mark Penn/Jim Carville/Paul Begala |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. It started in the right-wing MSM, and many DUers seem to enjoy repeating it |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. I predict its lifespan will be about equal to Snubgate's. |
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