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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:49 PM Original message |
Rush Holt: "They Said-If You Go Home & Something Happens-We're Going to Say-Its Your Fault" |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Then I would have said... If I go home and something happens, then I'll know it was you |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-08-07 03:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
73. Bingo! |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sad |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Since bush, cheney, rove let the 9-11 attack happen for their supposed |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. The GOP is going to portray the Dems as soft on terror no matter what |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. So true. I see this as just a CYA interview. Dems saying oh please voters |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. Exactly |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. The way to defuse a threat is to PUBLICIZE it |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Sounds like Holt is attempting to publicize it |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. And just one person trying to publicize it sounds paranoid |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's easier to go with the flow than to pick a fight. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Rep. Holt realizes what most people already know |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Interesting thought; I wonder if this really is the case |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-08-07 06:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
74. Our government has become our enemy. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-08-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. The interests of Bush, Inc. and the so-called al-queda are perfectly aligned |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. There's the threat folks. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. What would happen if the Dems called a press conference & announced |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Hell yea. I'd be pround and stand as backup to the sargent |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Because it was all probably implied. Maybe nobody even said anything.. |
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Bob3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. it doesn't' matter they are going to say it's their fault anyway |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. it's like extortion |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. They know the next attack is coming |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Yes, Feinstein seemed very cryptic and ominous to me.. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. It's like the mob |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. I think they do know something |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Well, what she voted for wasn't constitutionally compliant! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think I just figured out the root of the problem. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Yes, they do |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. Actually |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
65. I don't think that the Dems think that we are stupid |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. So did Rep Holt get this on tape? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well that settles it. Until the Democrats can directly control the |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Pretty much.. The GOP/Neocon mafia has made Congress an offer they can't refuse |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. What happens if you go public with information that you.. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. The person who went public would be an instant national hero.. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
64. Who cares when its information that threatens our country? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. They need to stop being ruled by fear, and start demanding facts. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
63. What would Harry Truman do? |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. I knew it |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. Many ARE afraid of being labled 'SOFT ON TERROR' simple as that. |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Santorum said we're "going" to get hit. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. What utter crap. n/t |
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Lincolnian (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Why the hell |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. "they"? Precisely.Their names. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is a foregone conclusion anyway. It's not like the GOP isn't going to blame Dems anyhow. /nt |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. We all know it's coming |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. Harold Ford is a fucking DINO...why should anyone care what he thinks? |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. What is also scary |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Unfortunately, Holt's explanation does not explain |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Politics - they only sacrificed the pawns that could weather the backlash. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. For me, belief doesn't come into it. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Agreed, only it's a protection racket and the way to eliminate that is to prosecute the racketeers. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Agree...and thanks for pointing that out! |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
69. There were some freshman Dems in both houses who voted for it... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Both Webb and McCaskill were DSCC's chosen candidates |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. So who controls "something happening"? I agree with nehark. K & R |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. The only question is... |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. I've always wondered how you could both know and not know |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. We need a Red State Strategy |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Red states will elect Populists |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. And that now they've helped pass this abomination, ... |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. If this is true then Democrats in Congress... |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. The threat is not idle. Remember the anthrax scare? This admin is |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. And this was a surprise to our Dem leadership? They couldn't see that coming? |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Rethugs timed this perfectly. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Nancy was in charge of when the vote came up and how it was handled. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. It's hard to believe career politicians were scared witless of schoolyard bullies. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. Excuses, excuses... they SWORE to uphold and protect our rights. |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
59. And this isnt on the tube why? Rediculous! |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. Then stand up on your hind legs and tell the country |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. Soft on the Constitution is no better than "soft on terror." What a ridiculous phrase anyway. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
67. There is no way that the dems wanted this bill. There is something behind it. Either threats |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
68. Bullshit Rush, the leadership scheduled it to be voted on |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-07-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
71. That's exactly what I first thought |
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72. In case no one has noticed, let me point out that the American ... |
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