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kpete

(71,996 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 10:51 AM Dec 2014

Wonder where he his now... oh right.

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https://twitter.com/ChrisLynnHedges/status/541426250557173760

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Wonder where he his now... oh right. (Original Post) kpete Dec 2014 OP

k & r ! n/t wildbilln864 Dec 2014 #1

Yeah, where is that guy? We could use him. nt truebluegreen Dec 2014 #2

"Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #3

"That guy" is a sellout to everything he once stood for. 99Forever Dec 2014 #4

The word we used back then was "co-opted" dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #5

I guess he grew up and realized the world is more complex than a bumper sticker. Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #6

wildbilln864

(13,382 posts)

1. k & r ! n/t

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Sun Dec 7, 2014, 10:54 AM

Dec 2014

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

2. Yeah, where is that guy? We could use him. nt

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Sun Dec 7, 2014, 11:43 AM

Dec 2014

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

3. "Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton

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Sun Dec 7, 2014, 12:03 PM

Dec 2014

99Forever

(14,524 posts)

4. "That guy" is a sellout to everything he once stood for.

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Sun Dec 7, 2014, 12:08 PM

Dec 2014

"That guy" might as well have never spoken up.

"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

5. The word we used back then was "co-opted"

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Sun Dec 7, 2014, 03:54 PM

Dec 2014

It was a big word, deep with meaning, you could accuse someone of being "co-opted" and they would get mad.

Et tu, Kerry?

Ykcutnek

(1,305 posts)

6. I guess he grew up and realized the world is more complex than a bumper sticker.