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Darth_Kitten

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5. "Saved the world" is a bit much.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2012, 08:51 AM

May 2012

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Lawdy! Paul Begala is on a Twitter rant about Newt comparing Mittens to Ike: [View all] Are_grits_groceries May 2012 OP

... xchrom May 2012 #1

hmm ananda May 2012 #2

and a half blind professor Ghost of Tom Joad May 2012 #18

Now this is an effective use of Twitter! Chorophyll May 2012 #3

This I like.... FarPoint May 2012 #6

I love Twitter. Are_grits_groceries May 2012 #11

It does require some work but I think more effective and further reaching than FaceBook. LiberalFighter May 2012 #20

Ike was a General in the Army...mittens went the deferment route like all good chickenhawks tjwash May 2012 #4

Another good point. And Begala was on fire, wasn't he? freshwest May 2012 #24

"Saved the world" is a bit much. Darth_Kitten May 2012 #5

The 140-character limit doesn't allow much room for nuance nxylas May 2012 #14

Ike knew Cheney? tclambert May 2012 #29

There's a reason I said "One of" nxylas May 2012 #30

of course... Darth_Kitten May 2012 #35

Begala's twitter feed sharp_stick May 2012 #7

Mitts international experience kemah May 2012 #8

Wonderful ... absolutely WONDERFUL! 66 dmhlt May 2012 #9

Ike was president of the United States....Mitt, well, let's hope not.. n/t ejbr May 2012 #10

More about the 2nd one? SoutherDem May 2012 #12

Here's a January 2012 article giving some details. bluesbassman May 2012 #28

Thanks for the information SoutherDem May 2012 #33

Good question. Wish we had an answer for that. bluesbassman May 2012 #34

Know what that makes me think? treestar May 2012 #13

That bald guy would xxqqqzme May 2012 #15

A Rethug of today would never send the troops to Little Rock either treestar May 2012 #16

That's bullshit! They most certainly would! 11 Bravo May 2012 #25

Those damn libruls! treestar May 2012 #32

Heck, the power brokers in the *Democratic* Party would consider Eisenhower-- tblue37 May 2012 #22

Sadly, you are right. n/t A Simple Game May 2012 #26

I love Paul Begala. Jamastiene May 2012 #17

Paul really knows how to use Twitter LiberalFighter May 2012 #19

K&R hwmnbn May 2012 #21

IKE = Went to France to free the French from the yoke of ... 11 Bravo May 2012 #23

Ike wore his dog tags around his neck aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #27

K&R K Gardner May 2012 #31

k/r Dawson Leery May 2012 #36

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