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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:11 AM Original message |
"I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." - John McCain |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. baggage. n/t |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. I can see why you'd see that statement and follow up the way you did. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's an offense to Asians and I am not surprised you defend the quote. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. I love the DU hysterical logic chain: |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
100. Unfortunately the term "gooks".. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #100 |
130. Im sorry you htink this is uniqe to the US? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:44 PM Original message |
actually I was not aware of it... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
164. Yes. The lesson is, if you have been wronged by someone |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
167. Its everywhere in the world.. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #167 |
169. Not in my part of the world. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #169 |
183. Please tell me gegraphically where it does ont exist... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #183 |
188. I live in the northeast... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #167 |
261. And it is wrong no matter where it is |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #100 |
255. He has an adopted child from Bangladesh |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #255 |
256. Obviously she is different... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #100 |
279. DU'ers do it all the time |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
178. actually, that sort of talk and his hair trigger are going to sink him |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
213. I'm not surprised because you are generally a DU contrarian. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
223. But he didn't say he despised his torturers. He indicted an entire |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
276. Don't worry about it |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
49. I'm not going to defend the quote, but I sure as hell am not going to hold it against him |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #49 |
64. Unlike McCain, I doubt that you would turn around and help inflict |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. Are you suggesting that McCain endorses the use of torture by the U.S.? If so, you're wrong. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. No--but he won't hesitate to bomb the shit out of a race or nationality he deems "the enemy". |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #81 |
93. He's denounced torture publicly and continued in every other way |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Ok. So you don't like him because he supported Bush. Me, too. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #96 |
165. The thing is, in supporting Bush, he is supporting torture |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #165 |
197. Really. So if I vote for Hillary, I automatically support every position she endorses? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #197 |
200. And that's very fair. n/t |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #197 |
280. The War and the Constitution are not just any issues. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #81 |
263. If he hates that group, why would he think any treatment |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #81 |
277. He talked the talk for the cameras, but bent over and voted George's way when it counted, below: |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
114. Gee, maybe he shouldn't have been bombing people in a foreign country. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #114 |
123. Interesting. You're justifying McCain's treatment in Vietnam? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #123 |
171. No. He was treated badly. But what do you expect when you're |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #171 |
176. I expect people to be treated humanely. That's just me... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. Like we are in Iraq? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #176 |
180. War is not humane. Nothing about it is--that's the whole point of it. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #176 |
192. The U.S. and its puppet regime caused the deaths conservatively |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #192 |
196. Those of us here who lived through Vietnam hated it. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #196 |
222. If your brothers were flying high-altitude missions in B-52s and |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #123 |
264. It's the equivalent of your justifying his hatred. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
262. Against the entire race/nationality? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
260. actually very few Chinese |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. george bush is not an entire race |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
50. I have this sneaking suspicion that McCain was referring only to his captors, not an entire race. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. You know, we pretty much expect that he would hate his torturers-- |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I agree with the "many other reasons" part. This single incident? Not at all. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. "Single incident"? This man has spent his adult life seething over |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Now we're psychoanalyzing him. I think I'll stop right here. Let's get back to issues. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Sorry, temperament and emotional stability IS a Presidential issue--a MAJOR one, for all candidates. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Ugh. This sounds like a phone conversation on Limbaugh's show from 2000. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. I thought all of the Republican whispers about this in 2000 were bullshit smears |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. And you mark all that up to him being mentally unstable? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. No, the other GOP Senators don't like him because he screams at |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. This has gone off on a tangent of sorts. I'll concede a bit, but also make a correction |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. It is not a "smear" to believe he doesn't have a suitable temperament |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #102 |
202. Understandably so. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #67 |
109. His mental state is a big issue.. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #109 |
265. Amen! |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #61 |
166. Do you want to win? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #166 |
199. I will not repeat this again. On this subthread and throughout the thread, it is explained. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #199 |
272. Your excuses explain nothing |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
207. "But, a political opponent is suddenly an intolerant racist bastard who is unfit to lead for doing |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
136. A mile in his shoes? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #136 |
142. OK, ALL of Asia, same point. See post 137--it's never OK to use racial slurs, not |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #142 |
149. Nobody has said its ok |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #149 |
156. I think we all understand that it's understandable. It also means that |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #156 |
204. Clearly, we have come to the point of understanding each other's postion. We simply disagree. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #204 |
225. Sure it is.. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #136 |
244. Side note- I first heard the word 'gook' 69 years ago in |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
245. It also refers to Koreans |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #245 |
288. "Gook" is older than the Korean War. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
107. he says he referred only to his prison guards, BUT |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. its racist. hating one man isnt racist. therein lies the difference |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
59. The term "gooks" is racist for sure. My single point is this: |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Uh, yeah it is. n/t |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Perfect. We agree on all points. n/t |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
111. So it would be okay for a candidate to use the "N" word.. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. Yeah exactly |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. What about "sand ni--ers"? Is that OK? Because we're at war, right? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #111 |
125. Why are you twisting this around? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #125 |
131. I think it's ironic that an Obama supporter would defend this.. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #131 |
177. How many times in one thread is it necessary for me to answer this? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #177 |
181. You indicated that it shouldn't preclude him being President.. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #181 |
185. Yes, you misunderstand my point entirely. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #185 |
191. A racist is a racist.. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #191 |
201. We clearly have come to an irreconcilable point. I can live with that. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #125 |
140. Let alone if it happened every day for seven years.. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. Then he's got unresolved anger issues... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #144 |
152. I dont disagree |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #152 |
157. Not uncommon unless you're a U.S. Senator.. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. There were/are Vietnam Vets in Congress--some who were wounded and lost limbs-- |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #157 |
268. Neither of them were long term guests of Hirohito. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #152 |
172. In public and to the press? That's out of control. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #111 |
139. Nobody is saying its ok |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. It could mean either... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
138. TY! |
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BobbyVan (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. This is what the Bush/Cheney torture policies will do to people... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
69. Holy shit. A rational comment. Pardon me while a breathe into a paper sack. |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
89. Excellent point! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
103. Has already done to people. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
203. Well put. Thank you -n/t |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
250. Nicely done! Thank you! |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Also he broke down and did all they wanted him to do.. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
71. But I've never heard anyone here say anything similar about "crackers"... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #71 |
79. Crackers? And you accuse me of a non-sequitur? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
208. You are almost totally wrong about the denotation and connotations of "gook". Perhaps when |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #208 |
251. Except it wasn't first used by US Forces after 1965. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
219. There's the problem right there |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
259. That's a group condemnation |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. Agreed |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. This quote isn't from 1978. It's from after 2000. Even if he felt this way, he should |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Remember the slogan from '64 |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. "In your guts, you know he's nuts." |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Yep. He deliberately chose the word "gooks" too. Just in case his |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
211. Believe you're alluding to Goldwater's official slogan: "In your heart you know he's right" which |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
60. He should have said, "I hated my captors, but I forgive their children" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Do you have a date to go with that quote? Was that before or after his trip to Vietnam? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Feb 18 2000 |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Making the rounds? It's taken EIGHT years to so do? What, is it a constipated tale? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. No |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
68. Gotta wonder who's doing it--ROMNEY, perhaps? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
112. Why not? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Considering that he thinks we should have stayed in Vietnam and |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:55 AM Original message |
Well, he's not targeting the liberal left with his campaign. The people |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
92. I understand that you dislike Romney and admire McCain, but it doesn't |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. Where do you divine that from what I have said? I haven't said Word One |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. That's the sense I got from your posts--sorry if I was mistaken. I am a military |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #106 |
214. Well put. Thank you -n/t |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
77. I've posted this link on DU for years - |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Ask Nelson Mandela the same question |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. Why would I want to ask Nelson Mandela the question? He probably wouldn't be as vulgar as McCain. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
116. I think it's a valid comparison.. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #116 |
124. I agree it's a valid comparison. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #116 |
254. Mandela isn't an American citizen who was imprisoned as a consequence of fighting in a war |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
148. I remember hearing McCain say that comment on a television interview |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. agreed-- the most charitable thing to say is that his experiences... |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. I don't like McCain but this is so friking lame. I said the very same thing years after I returned |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Then leave. He said this in 2000, not when he came home from Vietnam. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
56. America, love it or leave it. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Someone running for President shouldn't be this way--he shouldn't be |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Would you claim to be fit for the office of president at that time? |
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Clarkansas (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. I am genuinely curious |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
36. sorrry but as a public servant he as a far bigger obligation to not be a crazy racist. nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Stop! We're "worse than the MSM"! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. we criticize racism. how dare we? |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. You prove my point. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. how so? |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #57 |
75. Those words by McCain don't amount to shit when compared to what we may be up against if he wins. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
126. I think this is very illustrative of what he is really about.. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #126 |
145. If he were just some full time civilian who never was a POW I'd agree with you. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. Don't look to republicans for any of that... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. Nobody's asking him to forgive. Nobody is condemning the man for his |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #147 |
158. I get that message. I heard that he has problems with anger. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #147 |
282. I agree that this is the main problem with what he said |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #145 |
284. I agree with you |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #75 |
220. That's interesting. One your earlier posts said "America, love it or leave it." Wow, talk |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #220 |
283. I think he was mocking the post that he replied to. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
88. I'm sorry, but I can't let you get away with this. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
101. Then someone ought to ask him exactly what "gook" means. n/t |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
128. Why do you think he used a racist slur then? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. If you don't like DU you are free to go elsewhere. Why don't you check out |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
83. He's not allowed to criticize hideous behavior by the posters at DU? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #83 |
129. Posting a racist slur made by John McCain is hideous behavior? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
215. Nice, *I* am the hideous one all of a sudden. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
82. Excellent post. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
118. You're not a public figure, and you're not running for President.. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. can you link me to that |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. With pleasure. |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. perhaps this is McCains ' macaca ' |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
16. What would be the reaction if.... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Indeed. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
108. Exactly. It could have also been Jews or Hispanics or anyone else |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
162. Exactly. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
21. Bomb bomb bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. He isn't fit. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Agree--the incongruity of his words and his expressions (smiling at |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Not to mention >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Uh-huh. You know, deep down, he hates Chimpy--but he's so desperate |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. You'd pretty much have to dissociate to do that. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Its the Pub Party and their philosophy of selfishness/ greed/ myopia that defines |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #35 |
48. It's more than that, though. There are competent Republicans |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. We NEED these quotes |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. There's no way that McCain could have... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. "This intemperate, hotheaded man is not fit to be President ...." |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. And welcome to DU |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Welcome to DU, TexasObserver. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. One incident with McCain cemented for me that he was nutz-- |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
45. McCain was tortured, we also torture, how many McCain's have we created? |
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BobbyVan (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #45 |
62. The man should be institutionalized |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
51. "This intemperate, hotheaded man is not fit to be President of the United States." . . . |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
54. Well, there goes the Asian vote. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
55. The "gooks" have a lot more to forgive than John ever will. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
95. That's a point the average DU'er will choose to ignore. n/t |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
63. I won't bash the man for his reaction. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. that's how I feel |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #63 |
78. ditto NT |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
267. I'm in agreement with you. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
76. I used to call them that and much worse. But that war is over. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
91. His behavior is inappropriate and offensive, no matter the cause. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
105. What other jobs is someone with PTSD unqualified for? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. I understand your position, MindPilot and in general, it's mine, too. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #110 |
252. I don't think the guy should be the President--but he's paid his dues |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #105 |
113. Are you shitting us? We're going to give this guy an entire nuclear arsenal |
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Iwasthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
86. I agree 100% ... remember the "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" Incedent |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
87. What sickens me are the Asians that support him, like my own mom. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #87 |
94. "Asians". That's pretty damned broad. You think McCain was referring to all "Asians"? |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #94 |
104. You know for certain what he was thinking |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #104 |
122. Where to begin? |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #104 |
127. You are trying to argue with an Obama apologist |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. Hey now--I'm an Obama supporter who is NOT defending McCain. Don't try to generalize here. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #94 |
120. Who cares if he was or wasn't.. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
119. I'll never understand |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. And why he's so anxious to continue to send other young people |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
132. I'm no fan of McCain but I won't hold this statement against him |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. If a black man mugged or raped me, would I be forever justified in using the N word? Would |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #137 |
150. Excellent point. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #137 |
163. None of the guys that managed to live long enough to be released |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #163 |
168. Yep--and as I pointed out, there are wounded war vets in Congress |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. I just went back and re-read the quote.. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #170 |
174. It IS chilling--he's nursing that hatred, rather than trying to come to terms with |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #174 |
198. you do realize that he pushed for normalization of relations with Vietnam |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #198 |
206. Yes--however, that doesn't excuse the fact that he sees nothing wrong |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #132 |
216. Well then he is not allowed to be President of Asian-Americans. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
133. regardless of his past experience, it's conduct unbecoming of a senator |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
135. I wonder how the Iraqi and Afghani John McCains of the future |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
143. You do realize what was done to him right? Do you think MAYBE his view of them is a bit different? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #143 |
151. Oh Jesus--was McCain a POW? I never heard that!! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #151 |
173. I don't particularly want the man as president either, But I'm not going to condemn the man for it |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. Again, no one is condemning him for his feelings. I do condemn him for |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #175 |
194. Okay I do agree with you on that. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #151 |
184. It sounded like his message was for a certain group. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #184 |
212. Now see, that's what I'm thinking, too. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #212 |
226. Definitely... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #226 |
232. I do not buy that even afflicted people reach for the language of bigotry |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #151 |
190. please tell me you're not serious -- you didn't know he was a POW? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #190 |
209. Um, that was sarcasm. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #209 |
229. Right, like it isn't thrown up in our faces.. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
153. he holds grudges doesn't he??? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #153 |
160. not against the bush's though.. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #153 |
195. against the specific people that tortured him, yes. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #195 |
218. Then why the racist slur?...n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #195 |
224. Why use "gooks" instead of "captors" or "North Vietnamese"? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #224 |
233. because that's what he and his fellow prisoners called them. I'm not saying its not offensive |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #233 |
242. In 2000, he wasn't sitting in prison. He was a long-time US Senator. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #242 |
248. Tom Lantos is a Holocaust survivor.. |
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Castleman (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
154. Wasn't that what.... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
155. Why did the Governator of the state with the second-largest percentage of Asian residents |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
161. What's so heroic about getting your plane shot down and being held prisoner? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #161 |
187. question: how many votes do you think a candidate would pick up (net) |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #187 |
210. So you don't think he's deserving of the swiftboat treatment that Kerry got? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #210 |
227. Or what about Max Cleland? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #227 |
231. I don't forget. But if you think attacking McCain's heroism will work you're mistaken |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #231 |
234. Rove was very successful at that in 2000 |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #234 |
237. This was widely reported eight years ago and I doubt its suddenly going to hurt him now |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #237 |
240. I think Clinton would pull out all of the stops.. |
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Savannah_H (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
182. Hot Headed |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
186. You're badly mistaken if you think that raising this could hurt McCain in any way. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #186 |
193. Right. I remember when they said that about the Swiftboaters.. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #193 |
205. good luck with that one |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #205 |
217. Why is that do you think? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #205 |
221. Whether or not it is "usable" in a campaign is immaterial to me, although |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #221 |
228. he apologized for it eight years ago. Its not going to hurt him. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #228 |
230. Like I said.. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #230 |
235. convince me that it would work. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #235 |
236. We can't allow the double standard.. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #236 |
238. and I ask again: how do you make it work |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #238 |
239. Do you take the John Kerry high road then? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #239 |
243. absolutely not |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #243 |
246. Agreed.. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #246 |
247. I seriously believe we have very high stakes, not just for the country, but for the world, in |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #247 |
249. The stakes could not be higher.. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
189. It makes one wonder |
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George_Bonanza (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
241. Not all "gooks" are Vietnamese POW guards |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
253. The 70 year old Republican white guy is a racist? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
257. Its the Free Racist Card...he thinks he got a license to Racism via remarks not PC. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #257 |
258. Unfortunately |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #258 |
266. Birds of a Feather...sti........Closet Pubs?? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #258 |
271. It's really unreal to me. There is no excuse for hating a race of people 30 years after the fact. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #271 |
287. I t may be unreal to you |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
269. they probably hated you too, dickweed. nt |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #269 |
285. Huh? They freaking TORTURED him. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #285 |
286. Not Viet Cong, the NVA |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
270. John is human garbage. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
273. He's a Maverick! ... RRRrrrrrRRRrrrrrRRRrrrrrr VROOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
274. You're right. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
275. Perhaps McCain should consider what Americans would have done to a captive whose nation had |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
278. He has nothing to apologize or be sorry for. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #278 |
281. Yes, everyone knows what he endured. I still don't give him a pass on bigotry. |
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ZenKitty (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #281 |
292. Sticks and Stones and all that |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:03 AM Response to Reply #292 |
293. I don't understand what you're getting at |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
289. so i guess he's not going for the vietnamese-american vote, is he? n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #289 |
290. Or the Koreans. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #290 |
291. thanks. (or the asian-american vote in general, i should say.) (he's such a flop!) n/t |
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