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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:25 PM Original message |
The 800-lb Gorilla in the Room |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's vile to watch megalomaniacs in the persons of HRC and Bill Clinton DE-COMPENSATE. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. the political lines have been pretty clearly drawn within the Jewish community. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. thank you for appreciating the differences |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Israel security is where many Jews and many Republicans are good buddies |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. One more wrinkle: A number of the rightwing settlors originally came from |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. good point |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. I love and support Israel. I also am proudly voting for Obama because I have seen nothing |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sometimes it seems as though the mechanics of politics favors |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. BREAKING NEWS!!! Jews are not monolithic |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. thank you for reiterating what I said |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. read (the OP) a little, |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
65. But I do know some NY jews who are so wedded to the fight that they don't want |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. A sincere thank you for this post. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Got peace if you want it |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. The Iranian leaders are about power |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. peace at what price? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. How does Israel get pushed and pushed and pushed? |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. too complex |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I have read up on this issue and that's why I take issue with your remark |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Yes |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Apparently recent history disagrees with you as well. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #48 |
72. If Israel wants to be left alone, why do they ask us for arms shipments |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. most Jewish voters will vote for Obama |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think this is an important point to continue to make |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I agree. The problem is that extremists are always the ones who shout loudest and get most attention |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
57. Many -- not all, I repeat, not all -- Jews are well educated, which |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. The Jewish conservatives in my family |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's common sense to assume people often look out for their own self interests |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
68. What 'blood' have you ever sacrificed for Israel? |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R for great minds thinking alike :) |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. "I support Israel's right to existence"~~~How big of you. Israel and the U.N. thank you. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I support Israel's right to existence too. I await your sarcastic reply. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. If they don't say it, condemn them. If they do, call them egotistical. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You are so very correct... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. You're not even an effective troll |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oh, sorry. I thought |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm going to reply with a post I wrote on another msg board earlier today |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
70. As a British citizen, I strongly agree with most of this |
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haymakeragain (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Jews for McSame!!!!!! |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. You said what I said |
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haymakeragain (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Isreal/Palestine is so problematic, from both angles. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. What a beautifully constructed, thoughtful post. Huge K&R. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. NY machine has NOTHING on Chicago... NOTHING. I find it funny that fact gets ignored. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I don't ignore it. But it has nothing to do with the subject of this post |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Kyle-Lieberman might be more imperical truth |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. Deleted message |
RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. care to back up that hysteria? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. if you honestly believe that crap, you are truly on the wrong web |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. What is an islamist exactly? And what closeness? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Maybe it's the former Bill Clinton staffer, Robert Malley, who was falsely smeared |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. Yeah damn Obama for associating with peacemakers. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 06:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
74. well, HAMAS for starters; it might not be right, but when these people basically 'endorse' Obama, wh |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I agree |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Bullshit. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
42. What should Israel do, give up Gaza? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. They own Gaza? First I heard about it... |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Hamas now has control of the Gaza strip, my question was an attempt at |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. my bad, this thread is particuliarly bad! |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I didn't claim Hillary was on the AIPAC payroll |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #53 |
75. Not even the OP,,, just the polarities of the usual |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. What the fuck are you talking about now? |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. What should Israel do as it's part to get peace in the region, it already has |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I agree. But my Israeli in-laws, including the ones who fought in '67 and '73 |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
71. You are absolutely right, I also have Israeli relatives, who say the same, |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. let Hamas? |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
54. excuse me, friend. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. thank you for reiterating what I said |
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sfaprog (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
58. One thing... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I don't understand this either. No one can win a zero sum game |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
60. Too much is ascribed to Jews in politics in many ways |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. did you even bother to read my OP? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I did and if you'll notice - |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. Obama does much better with Jewish voters than McCain |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
63. Excellent open-minded post! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
69. I've noticed this. GOP has been trying to start a "Jewish Flight" from the dems for a while |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
73. Because Geraldine Ferraro is from NY, |
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