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DamnYankeeInHouston

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31. Excellent point. Another good reason for a draft.

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 07:11 PM

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NJ Star Ledger editorial board: Cotton "a Neocon monstrosity out of central casting" [View all] kpete Mar 2015 OP

What will it take to get enough people to wake the fuck up about how bullwinkle428 Mar 2015 #1

+1000 Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #4

This is what results from Freeper inbreeding C_U_L8R Mar 2015 #2

According to the editorial he served with distinction in the Army Rangers. Like McCain, he... Hekate Mar 2015 #21

Just because someone served... C_U_L8R Mar 2015 #34

Not chickenhawks, no.. but got the taste of blood and wanted more. Cha Mar 2015 #37

"Followed him into the political wood chipper" hifiguy Mar 2015 #3

that line struck me too... magical thyme Mar 2015 #7

Although the corporate media seem to lose their wood chippers whenever the GOP fucks up. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #14

I think we need to start calling the MSM "The Corporate PR Machines" erronis Mar 2015 #20

He is a monster. Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #5

Another of Waltons finist selections. Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #6

And the NJ Star Ledger ought to know... americannightmare Mar 2015 #8

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2015 #9

jeezus, he's a young guy, what fucks these people up like this? spanone Mar 2015 #10

Dreaming of winning the Iowa primary caucuses...and the equally crazed NH. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #15

Power and money hungry. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #25

Oh hell yes. He knows this is his opportunity. He'll spill plenty of blood to capitalize on it. nt stillwaiting Mar 2015 #33

great editorial. K, R, Bookmarked. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #11

a warrior who loves war mountain grammy Mar 2015 #12

A warrior should hate war, only a power hungry politician could love war. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #16

All the warriors in my family hate war.. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #35

One of the best examples was Eisenhower, hifiguy Mar 2015 #40

Excellent point. Another good reason for a draft. DamnYankeeInHouston Mar 2015 #31

CNN is barely to muster up the strength to defend and deflect from the growing and justified outrage. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #13

Tehran Tom napkinz Mar 2015 #17

...a Neocon monstrosity... SoapBox Mar 2015 #18

I want this hung around their necks like a dead chicken on a thieving dog... Hekate Mar 2015 #19

Hoisted on their own stupid Petard.. A-gain. And, US corpmedia scrambling like mad rats to cover Cha Mar 2015 #38

I used to deliver the NJ Star Ledger, pangaia Mar 2015 #22

This guy has an agenda..... dawnie51 Mar 2015 #23

I know.. I've been thinking how jealous ted cruz is now with all the insanebagger light exposing Cha Mar 2015 #39

Take note, all the little chicken hawks in the Senate Kingofalldems Mar 2015 #24

Cotton VA_Jill Mar 2015 #26

While a punk sulphurdunn Mar 2015 #27

Just another floater in the Republican stink tank randr Mar 2015 #28

His surname is certainly evocative... Scurrilous Mar 2015 #29

He smells of Cheney. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #30

you saved the best for the second last paragraph. guillaumeb Mar 2015 #32

"So 46 other U.S. Senators followed him into the political wood chipper.." oh, I like the sound Cha Mar 2015 #36