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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:47 PM Original message |
Elizabeth Warren: I Created 'Occupy Wall Street' |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. This won't go over well with the Occupy crowd. Big mistake. nt |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I'm pretty sure that OWS is smart enough to read the entire article and realize |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. Yes. At no time did she actually say, "I Created 'Occupy Wall Street'" |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Al Gore invented the internet. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. +1... hopefully enough people have learned from the Al Gore treatment. (nt) |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. EXACTLY the same thing ... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. the funny thing about gore was that he was mocked for all his "information superhighway" talk |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
77. "I took the initiative in creating the internet" |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Pacific Bell in their ads many years back claimed "they invented the internet"... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
86. GMTA |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
96. Al was able to say that WITHOUT using the word "invented." Amazing. /nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
101. That was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the OP. eom |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh good ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Deleted message |
Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Uh oh ... |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yo, OWS, I'm really happy for you |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
70. I'm not surprised at who's anxiously running with this lame smear. /nt |
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sibelian (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Me neither. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. With modesty like that she is going to be right at home in the Senate. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. The "intellectual foundation" is common sense. nt |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Great. Because another "I invented the internet" is all we need. |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Don't you think it could have been taken out of context? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. +1 |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. I love how they create the misleading impression the title is a quote. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Good catch - shame on 'Business Insider'. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. To email the author: |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Daily Beast -- Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Warren? |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Keith Olbermann is also taking some credit |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I believe Robert Reich, Ted Rall and others also called for grass roots action |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. And Al Gore did on Countdown. n/t |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
91. i missed that interview. thanks! |
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TacoD (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. If any one person can be given credit for OWS |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
78. Everyone who supports this movement deserves the credit. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
81. AND Michael Moore. Hey, I don't frickin' CARE! As long as SOMEBODY got it going. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
90. agreed! |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Occupy did play that special comment to open |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've said some really stupid shit in my life.. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. It's the Daily Beast's interpretation. There is no such quote in either the truncated version |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. The Daily Beast headline is clean, it's Business Insider. nt |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
66. Look at the the title of your browser window when you click on the Daily Beast link. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Ah, so it does. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
98. What she DID say is bad enough |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. d'oh! |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. The OP misrepresents Warren. |
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sibelian (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
80. She is quoted as taking credit for the "intellectual foundation" of the movement. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. The foundation actually is in Spain |
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DianeK (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. I love Elizabeth Warren but... |
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evrstrong (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
85. I'd give it to Ralph Nader... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Exaggerated headline...Common practice corpmedia uses to force a controversy where there isn't one. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Ecclesisastes: "Vanity, vanity, all is vanity". This is such bullshit, and |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. As usual, DUers are being led by the nose by the right wing media. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Not true. Busienss Insider quotes an article from The Daily Beast |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. To compound things, you're misquoting the Daily Beast. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Quote from the Daily Beast: |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
65. When I click on the Daily Beast the title on the top of my browser says 'I created |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. It's severely disappointing... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. The headline is RW bullshit! |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. No kidding....what a con job...folks...READ the article first...they made up the quote.. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. I tried to follow the link to the interview, and there was no interview. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. It came from this article: |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. But that's not an interview. It said : "Read the full interview here -" |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. First off, that is not what she said. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. The author, Zeke Miller, is a RW Tool, Wannabe 1%er, Can't-Get-A-Date, Puke-Encrusted Turd! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. There we go. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
100. Suprising that this turd is being given credibility and "catapulted" on DU, |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. You know what is the worst thing about this whole thread? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. The worst thing is that people who do read the story accept |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
94. Maybe this will be fixed in DU3 too? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:11 PM Original message |
RW Business Insider made that quote up; what she DID say is 100% TRUE. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. No. Warren DID NOT create much of the intellectual |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yes, she did. She was talking about these issues eons ago on PBS, |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I guess we're going to have to debate the meanings of "create" |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Sometimes, saying grandiose things is simply a matter of having a brainfart. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
74. From the Huffington Post we find out that she was referring specifically to the issue of |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. I was writing without the benefit of the Huff Post. Given this new |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #84 |
95. Thank you so much for that. Your reaction is why I've been so adament |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. 2 Income Trap review |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Did you read the book? |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. She basically was saying that famlies today |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
42. MISREPRESENTATION in headline. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. GAWD I hate seeing DUers fall for RW bullshit... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. +1 |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. A: She can certainly claim some credit for drawing attention to the plight of |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
53. I invented the knock knock joke. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. That is pathetic...the editors should be fired for misleading the country |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. This is a two level issue. First level, business insider headlines with something she never said. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Thank you. You have stated the situation far more cleanly |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. She never claims to have created the intellectual foundations of the movement. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Do you think that her reasearch on consumer debt is "much of the intellectual foundation for what |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #79 |
92. there is a difference between much and majority. When you come to protcting consumers from banks |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
62. Self delete. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
63. Interestingly, they do not emphasize she was a Republican until the early 1990s. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
64. Too bad she didn't say that. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
68. I don't believe she said that. More like this is a right wing attempt to divide and conquer. n/t |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
69. This is what happens when decent people run for office |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
83. Why #Occupy Wall Street (video with Elizabeth Warren) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
88. Misrepresent much |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
93. no, she didn't. sorry. nt |
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Cowpunk (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
97. Demand A Retraction! Zeke Miller at Business Insider made this up. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
99. unlike many repliers to this post, OWS protesters will actually read the article |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
102. they should embrace her |
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