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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 11:44 PM Original message |
Last time an unexperienced politician from Illinois |
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az chela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. That shows in his speeches. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. And on a lighter note |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I'll be happy to see the Cubs go all the way this year. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Touche' |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. As a Reds fan who grew up near Cincy |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I am sorry you have Dusty Baker |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. How the GOP attack machine will spin that |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The union was well on its way to disintegration |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yep. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
54. The Democrats lost the South |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Hey, don't let the facts get in the way of good, Rovian propaganda |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Ah, you mean the idea... |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. Who? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Grant. nt |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. Actually, Grant came after Lincoln, and had less experience. nt |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And until Chimpy came along |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Indeed. My point was that the OP is mistaken. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Point well taken |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I just find all this mythologizing of politicians creepy. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes but he cut his political teeth in Illinois |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Lincoln was born in Kentucky and grew up in |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. No. He grew up in Indiana. nt |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. A thousand lashes with a wet noodle. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Well said |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Except the part about Tennessee. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. And one other point |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Running for president pretty much qualifies one as a politician. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Eisenhower was not a politician |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. what about Eisenhower? |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
58. He warned us |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. And was not from Illinois |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. By that standard, neither Lincoln nor Obama are from Illinois, either. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Yup |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Used to live in Chicago. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Yes, I know that Lincoln was born in Kentucky |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. Hear him mention the Fields of Gettysburg & Antietam |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. Well if the South tries to secede |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. LOL! |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That was Lincoln's mistake |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. LMAO nt |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. How cool is it |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Great point |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Thank you, max |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No problem |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The wife's on our side, I take it. |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Agreed |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. 5 months, max |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. My daughter is like that |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. You have truth on your side |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I'm a 62 year old white haired woman with an oxygen tank. |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
32. Yes and he had a civil war that cost more American lives than all the other wars |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Goldie |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. They are still whigged out |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You still with us, Goldie? |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I think Goldie |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Thank you Condem |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. The union was going down the path |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
53. Last time our country was this divided... |
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maxpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Bravo |
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