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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:05 PM Original message |
Why the FUCK are we making such a huge deal about this idiotic baby issue but not Trooper Gate? |
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AldebTX (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Another Baby Issue |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. And meanwhile, the real story is lost in the shuffle. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. The reality is Palin is a veritable train wreck ... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because DUers come largely from "The View" demographic, and they like the gossipy stuff. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I've been here two years now, and I am still not used to it. |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. This leaking fluid timeline has the mechanic in me intrigued |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because we have become what we hate |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. No worries. Obama and Biden aren't distracted by nonsense. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because sex is more interesting that the evil machinations of bureaucracy. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. We're on Defcon 1! Man battle stations! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. And here I was just about to make a nice pot of coffee |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Patience, my precious... |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't get it either. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Trooper Gate." Wasn't that name taken already? |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because Trooper-gate isn't going away |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Yeah, but it's just rumor mongering, not based on fact. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sex is more interesting than any "real" issue |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Right...impeachment for a blowjob. I guess maybe we could've gotten it back on the table for Bush... |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. not enough money in the world to have that happen.. n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. and the recent John Edwards debaucle |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've come to realise they all like tabloid fodder and don't care about the facts. |
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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. Yes, there's much better stuff to go after, like the debt Ms. Executive Experience left Wasilla with |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't know and I miss Hide Thread! |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. DU has hit critical mass. I am very disappointed with us as a community today. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. It's gone from bad to REALLY? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Well considering that DU is moving at a snail's pace, something is causing massive traffic. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Couldn't be that the wires are picking up the story of Palin's Bridge To Nowhere lie? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. So maybe it's just a smokescreen? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. No 'maybe' to it IMO. (nt) |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. You'd THINK we're a bit smarter than this. |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. AMEN. k&r. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. No shit! There is SO much USABLE stuff on Palin.. and we're mired in family crap. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. My Experiences in Other Threads |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Haha, no kidding. I think we're on the verge of losing our collective sanity. |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. I totally agree! I think this pick is going to completely sink McCan't. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because this women's stance on my reproductive rights |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yeah, her position on choice is loathsome, but it has nothing to do with the damn baby. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. The wires are picking up her Bridge to Nowhere lie today. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. It takes a full scandal with sex to get the media to cover it. That's why. |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. Really is a pattern of using offices for personal agenda/grievances... |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. The media has ALREADY been on the Troopergate story. n/t |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Yeah, but what are we talking about on DU? |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Why continue to dwell on what the media already has? You go out and find NEW material |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. Thank you, Elrond. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. It is a real serious story...we're letting ourselves get distracted. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. These issues surround one single factor. Integrity. If baby-gate is true, and she's the grandmother |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. EXACTLY...spreading rumor instead of stating facts. |
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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. 10 year old tased = instant sympathy no matter what the law. Abusive boyfriend too. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. It's not that simple. The further issue is Kopp. |
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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I'm talking about low information voters. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The low information voters are irrelevant to the investigation she is currently facing. |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Weren't claims of abuse already examined, and not seen as likely? |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. Indeed! K&R!! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
48. Cause we are dumbasses .....who allow trolls to come on these boards |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. It seems like it. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. Nothing wrong with both. And pointing out the shape in which she left poor Wasilia., |
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2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
57. What country do you think this is? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I know that this is no country, this is DU, and we're supposed to be better than the 'sheeple' |
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