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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:30 PM Original message |
Bush to send 30,000 more troops to Iraq |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Seriously, what can be done to stop this madman? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. the strategy of the Dems--to put the war in Bush's court and let him deal |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep -- and how many G.I.s die while they play politics? |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. They haven't seated the new Congress just yet. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. They could come out right now and say they're going to refuse to fund it. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
81. AND WHEN IS GEORGE P BUSH GOING TO IRAQ? |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. .....when his sister, Noelle, stops doing drugs |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
96. Bush is the CIC |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. might be okay were it not for the deaths and maimings that will |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. This is what will happen ... |
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Normvan (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
77. Backbones ? |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. 5,000,000 people in DC will stop this SOB |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. How many million were in the streets |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
98. When you start to see the KIA ratio of officer to enlisted start to |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's time for Send the Twins protests. I wonder if we'll get microwaved. nt |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Send this little wimp ------Piece Bush----- Neal's spawn |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Oh, yes. I saw him a while back doing his pro-war babbling on |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
74. that picture can't be real! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
88. Man, you can really see the family resemblence there! |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Yep. The glazed look in his eyes... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. he's determined to get the U.S. casualty number over 3,000 by new years... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not nearly enough to do any fucking thing. Just a waste of lives on both sides. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. PRESIDENT BUSH LIKELY TO SEND A SURGE OF MORE THAN 30,000 |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. And a great many from this SURGE will need SURGERY soon |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. I have this burning question... |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
71. I wondered the same thing. Where are these troops coming from?? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. More of the same, except MORE. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. Double down, dummy. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. dummy being the operative term |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. US studies options for increasing troops in Iraq: report |
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rolleitreks (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Though it isn't really war/He's sending 50,000 more/ |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. A Classic |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Great song! |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. If my memory serves me well |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
64. Westmoreland asked for 100,000 more troops in the aftermath of Tet Offensive |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
99. Westmoreland actually had requests for another 206,000 more troops |
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Leftisalwaysright (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wow! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. anything on Cable about this? |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe we should re-think this whole "President" thing... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. The "unitary executive" is not a president-- |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. but you will agree that our democracy HAS changed this last few years. IT |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Agreed, it has changed. n/t |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
87. He doesn't have that much power... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
89. Because the President cannot have his hands tied when he is trying |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
100. Hey, America, you've been punked! - n/t |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Richardson Takes On McCain: Denounces Plan To Send More Troops To Iraq... |
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screenplaya (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. More sitting ducks for the lame duck president |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. any guesses as to where this "Surge Plan" came from? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. It's because so many of the war wounded need SURGEry. nt |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
69. not funny the second time either.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. I wasn't trying to be funny. Not the sharpest tack in the box, huh? nt |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Might not be the "sharpest tack in the box" |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. I'll restate this once again. I was not being humorous. And you |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. Madness. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. I wonder what the Saudis told Dick. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. The situation is chaos and even more men is not |
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lisby (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. Do we have that many left? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. there is still no story on abc |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. Impeach them all |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. We must be out on the streets to fight this... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Any Dem officeholder who supports such a move, no matter how |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. makes you wonder if we had Nov elections!! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Exactly. This is a thumb in the eye of democracy. |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. There is likely to be a short-term decrease in violence as a result of this. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. abc has taken down the REd alert banner--and I do NOT see a story |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. oops. sorry, NOw I see the story LINK here: |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The White House insists that no decisions have yet been made....... |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Well, frankly that sounds to me like when they kept saying "no decision has been made" |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. numerous media sources have cited |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. 30k troops, 70 million Iranians. There is no long term plan. |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
91. there stalling for another big terror strike or something |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. See Wes Clark comments on this here: |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. All Americans should start shouting not just congress |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
52. 1965 all over again |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. Vietnam II. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. Not confirmed yet - this is being floated as a trial balloon. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
55. xpost: Myabe the new congress can stop this... |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
57. If this happens, I move for a 2 day general strike. Any seconds? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It would be a clear violation of the social contract |
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ctaylor721a (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. Focus on Persuading Senators |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. YES, we need to all write our senators---Repug and Dem alike |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
60. Why a new Vietnam, why not a new Woodstock instead |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. You stupid motherfucker, go read this - and maybe understand, these |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. The RWing plan is to force the Dems to cut the funds and |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
63. I hope the Dems do something |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
67. Tactically this is totally pointless |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
68. Is there 30,000 troops left yet to send? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:55 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Yes we have the troops. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
72. Mistake in title and text. I have found a mistake in the story |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Corrected title: "Bush to send every last member of military to Iraq" |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
73. Oh help me L-rd! Arm chair |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
75. If true, McCain is fucked big time. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Such a shame it comes at such a cost |
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Larry in KC (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
97. I wonder if McCain's political gamble has just busted? |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
82. Oh Gods |
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rollopollo (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
84. Any opinion on Reid's comments |
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dos pelos (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:46 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. One votes in the hope it will change things,however.... |
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rollopollo (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #85 |
102. What do you think is the answer? |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:58 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. I have no trouble believing that |
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rollopollo (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #86 |
101. I wonder |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
94. Dumb dumb dumb, dumb dumb dumb |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
95. I couldn't find anything on ABC News Website |
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