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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:40 PM
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Bush gets first look at anti-war protest near ranch

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/12/AR2005081200923.html

Bush gets first look at anti-war protest near ranch

By Patricia Wilson
Reuters
Friday, August 12, 2005; 1:16 PM

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush got his first look at an anti-war vigil near his ranch on Friday as his motorcade took him by the protest site lined with small white crosses representing fallen American soldiers in Iraq.

When Bush's black sport utility vehicle carried him past the site to a Republican fund-raiser, the protest leader, Cindy Sheehan, whose son was one of the nearly 1,850 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, held up a sign that said: "Why do you make time for donors and not for me?"


Other signs said: "Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam" and "Bring Them Home Now." Some protesters held up white crosses as well.

The protest vigil began last Saturday and is being led by Sheehan, who has been demanding a meeting with Bush to discuss her opposition to the Iraq war.


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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:46 PM
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1. Why is there another article which says he took the helicopter?
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:59 PM
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15. This one was about previous days and may be the reason why
he did not do it today.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:14 PM
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42. Ahhh, yesterday, he was going out of state but today he was just
going to a neighbor's place so that would have been really weird (and obvious) to take a helicopter.

Thanks.
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samdogmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 10:28 PM
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104. I posted this earlier because I read that he took the helicopter, but...
anyway--he's not really "Free". For all the "freedom" he's trying to spread around the world, he really doesn't enjoy any himself. Can you imagine not being able to get in your car and just drive wherever you want to go? He's made so many enemies he'll never be really "safe" out in public any time soon. In a way it's kind of like his own little prison. How awful would it be to not be able to go anywhere without hours of logistical planning ahead of time? He has a lot in common with poor Martha Stewart. His own little "house arrest"!


During the 1996 election I lived in a very wealthy area--actually on the end of a very unbelievable street. We had fundraisers for Clinton and Dole on my street(!) and Bob Dole and Hilary Clinton attended these events. The secret service, etc. did the usual "arrangements", but you know what? Hilary was able to ride down my street, past my house waving with CLEAR glass limo windows (and my children and I stood out in my yard waving back with a big thumbs up!) At this time, the majority of my Republican neighbors had put-down signs in their yards and were in general not very hospitable because we weren't allowed to leave the street, etc. and these "rich" jerks (for lack of a better word hated their loss of authority). But you know what? Hilary came freely, we didn't need a third world military force to protect her and in the end, her husband WON!!!!! We also viewed the Bob Dole parade, although our participation was subdued and just respectful.

Unfortunately, Bush has made so many enemies he can't duplicate this experience. WOW, what a debacle!)
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samdogmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 10:28 PM
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105. dupe, sorry!
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 10:33 PM by samdogmom
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 09:30 AM
Response to Reply #42
113. 1 million dollar snatch from the neighbors for GOP barbeque... bet
they covered his face with a towel.
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:47 PM
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2. They are reporting only 50 protesters.....
I am curious, did he look at Cindy? What did he think of the crosses?
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:49 PM
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4. I'm curios... does he think at all?
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no_to_war_economy Donating Member (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:51 PM
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5. you know he closed his eyes and put his hands over
his ears and shouted LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA until they passed the protested

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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:56 PM
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10. He probably wasn't even in the vehicle.
I bet the chopper took him way out of view. They have tinted windows so it would be easy for the liars to ...just lie.
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Lindacooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:15 PM
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100. Maybe he was in the trunk! LOL!
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meganmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:04 PM
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28. I am curious
Have you decided about DC yet? :P
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 02:13 PM
Response to Reply #28
55. Pretty much, I'm steering toward going.
I talked to Terry last night to see if she wanted to go as well. I was looking for a good place to stay. Any recommendations? Walking distance is a must. I saw several expensive options...I might just have to dish out a few bucks.
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meganmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 02:21 PM
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56. I ended up going a different route
I am driving out there (taking the whole week off and visiting my sister in PA on my way back) so I needed a place where I could park my car without spending an extra $40 a night. I got a room at a hotel near National Airport, so there is Metro service nearby and a cab ride to the capitol is only $10. If you are flying, staying right in the capitol area may be a good idea if you can swing the $$$.

And check the DC 'state' forum for details on DU events - there is a meetup on Friday and a party on Saturday too.

:woohoo:
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 02:57 PM
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59. Thanks for the logic.....
Checking the D.C Forum.....Now why didn't I think of that? Great!

I'm driving. I also never considered the metro service....Looks like I have some home work to do.

:pals:
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MountainMama Donating Member (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:40 PM
Response to Reply #59
98. Hey!
If you're going to DC, do the Metro. It's great and fairly inexpensive. It's the only way to fly. :)
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 07:33 AM
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110. That's probably accurate
On Thursday there were over 700, but that was in total throughout the day. People come and go. If he went by in the morning, that's about how many people are there at that time. Ditto the late afternoon. There just isn't enough goddam room for a lot of people.
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:48 PM
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3. well, well, so much
4 Corporate News Network's report he would stop. CNN on top of it yet again! On his way to his base - the have mores - This is soooo f*cking 'let them eat cake'. My disgust has no boundaries 2day.
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DemNoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:51 PM
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6. First look?
I bet he never took his eyes off the Gameboy
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livvy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:54 PM
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8. Ummm...I don't know.....
I bet he was watching Laura trying to teach him again how to tie his shoes.
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howmad1 Donating Member (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #8
57. Hmmm,
Maybe he was making it with Condi in the back seat. }(
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:54 PM
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7. There's no guarantee he even looked
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 12:57 PM by Rob H.
If the windows were tinted darkly enough, who knows what he was looking at? ("Uh-oh. Um, here Georgie, look at the sparkly ball! Look at it! Good Georgie!") The reporter is assuming too much.

Edited to add: even if he did look at them, he's probably so deluded into thinking of himself as an infallible "war president" that he just saw them and thought, "Why do they hate 'Murka?"
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:59 PM
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17. Buh-bye, Stevie, you suicide poster
Too bad you only faded away like a bugstain on a freight train window.
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:03 PM
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24. What's your address?

I have an army recruiter sitting here who is just dying to speak to you.

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melissinha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:03 PM
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25. No because
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 01:06 PM by melissinha
your post was completely illogical and intended to flame us, we respond to logical statements from the right, but your manner of posting oviously intended to get us riled up.

buh bye!
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:03 PM
Original message
Spread freedom and democracy on yours.
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:05 PM
Response to Reply #22
31. Steve, we follow the "rule of law" here
And you neglected to read rule one:

Who We Are: Democratic Underground is an online community for Democrats and other progressives. Members are expected to be generally supportive of progressive ideals

What are you, some kind of activist poster?
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:13 PM
Response to Reply #17
40. Darn. Missed his reply to me.
I'm sure it was pithy, intelligent and the very soul of wit.
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julianer Donating Member (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:58 PM
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12. Cheerio old bean n/t
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:59 PM
Response to Reply #9
14. How clever and articulate you are little boy. NOT!!! nt
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 01:00 PM by VegasWolf
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:59 PM
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16. Bye!
:hi:
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likesmountains 52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:00 PM
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18. enlist yet? n/t
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:02 PM
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23. Enlist yet? Hahahahaha!!! nt
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:04 PM
Response to Reply #9
29. Do you perchance know the definition of the word fraud? Your
usage of the language is quite appropriate for a redneck FReeper.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:05 PM
Response to Reply #9
30. He can't justfiy why he went to war. *THAT'S* the problem, troll.
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:06 PM
Response to Reply #9
33. Hey Stevie? Stevie? Where are you? Don't you want to come out and
play?
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 02:11 PM
Response to Reply #33
54. he'll be back
he'll try again under a different name

just like herpes, they always come back
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Bob3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:09 PM
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35. Gee I don't know - it seems to be working pretty well
One monther is making * is hide behind tinted windows or under his desk. His approval ratings are in the toilet. A majority of the country thinks he's screwing up Iraq and thinks we shouldn't have gone in there in the first place.

It seems to be working rather well all told.

And one more point putz - he does owe the american people the truth on why he went to war. He is an elected representaive of the american people not their king.

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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:13 PM
Response to Reply #9
39. Steve: please learn to write and punctuate properly.
You should be supporting English teachers instead of Bu$h. It is interesting that the majority of tombstoned posters can barely express themselves in their native language.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:51 PM
Response to Reply #39
51. Hey, that's a fine looking horse!!!
You oughta send a poster of that horse down to Crawford...if Cindy can't melt the Chump's heart, a glance at that horse would at the very least leave him shaking in fear! See, it doesn't have rockers on the feet!!!
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 02:08 PM
Response to Reply #51
53. Thanks! He's my filly's sire. He would really scare Chimpy!
He's 17 hands tall (as measured at the withers, that is to say the base of the mane where the neck meets the back).
That's 5'-8" for you non-horsie folks! Big. Real big. Big mover too! He's an approved Oldenburg stallion who was first shown in the jumpers and is now being trained for dressage.

here's a picture of him doing his jumping test at the Stallion Approvals at the Oldenburg Verband in Vechta, Germany:


and here's my filly (his daughter) Cotton (at 6 months and 3 months)
She's two years old now :) :loveya::
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Az_lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:40 PM
Response to Reply #53
81. Beautiful animal...
I have horses, two mustangs and a paint, but nothing like this.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 05:42 PM
Response to Reply #81
85. All horses are beautiful! The most magnificent of all animals!
They are magic! Paints and mustangs are especially wonderful. There is an Appendix Paint yearling filly at the farm where Cotton lives. Paints are really unique and splashy! I like 'em! (smart too!)

My boss owns a mustang named Major. They are so special!

Do you show your horses, trail ride or keep them as pasture ornaments? Cotton is only 2 and I can't ride her until she's 4 (warm bloods mature later due to their size and breeding).
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:46 PM
Response to Reply #85
102. LOL
I've never heard that term, pasture ornaments!

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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 11:38 PM
Response to Reply #102
106. It's a term of endearment for a much beloved horse pet
who cannot breed or be bred or be ridden. It might happen through illness, injury or age. If you own a horse, especially a gelding, you might have to take care of a pasture ornament. Sometimes, they can babysit baby horses, keep another horse company or be used for a therapeutic riding program if the temperament is right. They can live from 18 to 50 + years. A horse is a long term commitment.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:44 PM
Response to Reply #39
101. Actually,
their native language is stupid and I think they do a far job of expressing that. :)
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:15 PM
Response to Reply #9
44. Cindy is getting Bush's base all in a thither! Her efforts are working
fantastically well!!!
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shaniqua6392 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:28 PM
Response to Reply #9
47. Maybe he should call
1-800-GO ARMY!!!! Foolish little boy.
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FuzzyDicePHL Donating Member (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 12:59 PM
Response to Reply #7
13. My guess
is he saw her and mumbled something completely assholeish which I feel sure would include the word, "bitch," somewhere, knowing him.
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Bob3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:16 PM
Response to Reply #7
45. he was lying on the floor of the car covered by a blanket
with ms. Rice laying on top of him saying "they all love you yes they do, we have to do this otherwise they would rush the car because they love you so much."

I have to stop - I'm making myself ill.
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hamsterjill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:16 PM
Response to Reply #45
61. "he was lying on the floor of the car..."
Condi was probably reading him "My Pet Goat", don't you think???
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:47 PM
Response to Reply #61
103. Nope
she was playing with his pet goat.

Okay, now I need to go wash my brain out with soap.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 06:47 AM
Response to Reply #103
108. ewww the visuals.....
:puke:
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Bob3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 08:09 AM
Response to Reply #108
112. I know - that's why I had to stop writing
N/T
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:24 PM
Response to Reply #45
97. After they got him from
under the bed into the car..

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melissinha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:01 PM
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19. Troll alert!
What ceases to amaze me is the lack of LOGIC in these republican's arguments... What is fraudulent about Cindy. She is a person, she is a mother of a dead soldier. You are fraudulent patriot, Steve!
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:04 PM
Response to Reply #19
27. Tee hee! "Steve" got tombstoned! Another notch on my belt !!
Fee fi fo fum - I smell Freeper scum.

:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:
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melissinha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:08 PM
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34. 10 minutes flat!
Wonder how many alerts they got on him.....

good job guys.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 09:32 AM
Response to Reply #27
114. Touche`
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 05:02 PM
Response to Reply #19
83. I like to call those types: ARMCHAIR PATRIOTS.
Willing to defend the country as long as there is no chance to spill their beer, or leave their recliner.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:01 PM
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20. He had his eyes closed and his fingers stuck tightly in his ears and was
saying "Nah, nah, nah, Karl, tell me when we are past them, please."
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:03 PM
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26. AAR news just said he was going to a BBQ fundraiser at a neighbor's ranch
and it was expected that he would raise at least 2 million dollars.
:grr: He ONLY has time for fundraisers and Halliburton.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:06 PM
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32.  "Why do you make time for donors and not for me?"
That says it all right there.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:10 PM
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36. The arrogance of these pricks is overshadowed only
by their stupidity. A week ago there was one aggrieved woman on a mission. Chimp could have quietly invited her in, heard her out, and sent her on her way. Today there is press from around the world. Even the US corporate whores are represented.

His driving past her on the way to a big bucks luncheon sends absolutely the wrong message to ordinary Americans. "I don't give a shit about you and your protest. Get out of my way."

I think if there's one thing that unites ordinary Americans it's the feeling that they are routinely disrespected by those in positions of authority and power. It happens in school, on the job, at government offices like the DMV, and its happening in plain sight to Cindy Sheehan.

The longer this goes on, the worse it is for the chimp. Here's a guy on vacation for God's sake who won't take a few minutes to meet with a Gold Star Mother. If anything can wake up everyone but the most callous freeper, this is it.

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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:12 PM
Response to Reply #36
38. Shrub snub's Cindy for Fund Raiser! nt
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:08 PM
Response to Reply #36
60. One of the most powerful forces in nature
is the maternal instinct and the bond between mother and child. Bush et al don't have a chance. Bush et al are clueless as to what they have stirred up (what with them being hatched reptiles and all). Somehow I think this will not be the vacation he envisioned.
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loudsue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 06:32 PM
Response to Reply #60
87. Bush is trying to KILL all the powerful forces of nature...
All of them. Even Our Mother, Herself.

He's been clueless for so long. It's just that now more people are seeing him for how he really is. Even a great many of the kool-aid drinkers.

The man is sick down deep in his soul...what there is of it.

:kick::kick::kick:

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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:10 PM
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37. Geez, quite an impressive bubble he lives in, i can't believe this was his
1st time seeing it, what a wimp.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:13 PM
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41. We got very close to Bu$h near SMU in November 2002.
He had to see us. He drove right by us. We were protesting the war in the rain and he was arriving at SMU for a campaign speech just before the mid-term elections. A couple of the protesters had tickets to the event in the SMU coliseum. They got in and actually managed to heckle Bu$h before getting kicked out. But then, we are talking about a man who just doesn't care. Millions protested around the world and Bu$h was not phased.



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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:14 PM
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43. I miss all the troller fun.
BTW, I saw Mike Love of the beach boys on one of those morning shows (the one with matt lauer) And he said his new album was going to be titled "Mike Love Not War" with on song on it called Make Love not War, "I feel that there are better ways to sove problems than war" (Not vebatim but I thought I'd mention it, since he got a anti-war plug on, what is it MSN? I don't watch much TV)I don't know much about the Beach Boys but I thought that was cool
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:19 PM
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46. You didn't miss anything. He mumbled something inarticulate and then
ran away.
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melissinha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:30 PM
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48. I beg to differ
he didn't run away, why kicked him out in record time!

as long as he's gone.....
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shaniqua6392 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:30 PM
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49. So he
Likes to fancy himself like his idol-B*SH. Mumble something incoherently and run away like a chicken hawk!! LOL
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:33 PM
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50. Bush: "A funny thing happened on my way to the fundraiser."
Would sure love to hear what comments he made to his suckup donors about Mrs. Sheehan. I doubt he could restrain himself from some nasty, sarcastic remark while surrounded by his adoring followers.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 01:58 PM
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52. It'll probably be along the lines of his Press Club speech a few years ago
"Heh heh heh...no weapons of mass destruction here.....or here, either...."

That was when I realized the full extent of his tone-deafness. I knew he was a stupid, non-listening dunce, but that performance, and the sick looks on all too few faces in the audience, made me profoundly aware that he really does not give a strained shit about anyone but himself. He and his crowd just do not get it. But I think we are at long last getting to the tipping point--this feels to me alot like the days running up to when Vietnam finally blew up, when the silent majority started turning away from the White House lines and lies.
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soda Donating Member (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 02:39 PM
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58. nice comic
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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62. Bush Motorcade Passes War Protesters
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 02:53 PM by wicket
LINK

President Bush and his motorcade passed the growing camp of war protesters outside his ranch Friday without incident.

As Bush passed on his way to and from a political fundraiser, law enforcement blocked two intersecting roads where the demonstrators have camped out all week. Officers required the group to stand behind yellow tape, but no one was asked to leave.

The motorcade didn't stop.

Cindy Sheehan, the California mother who started the vigil along the road leading to Bush's ranch, held a sign that read: "Why do you make time for donors and not for me?"

It was unclear whether Bush, riding in a black Suburban with tinted windows, saw the demonstrators.

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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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63. In the end ...
... he loses.
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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64. bush has to ride in a vehicle with tinted windows.....
what a wimp. I thought tinted windows were illegal!
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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65. MEME: Bush is a Wimp...retro-viva! Like father, like son.
Bush is a coward who can't even face a grieving mother. What a pussy.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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67. I agree totally except
I respect his daddy for fighting in WWII, flying for the air corps. He got shot down over the Pacific Ocean and was rescued by a US Sub. I don't respect him for anything else but when it comes to balls, there is no comparison between father and son.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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70. "got shot down" ..there's some controversy about the "shoot-down"
but over the years, HIS version has been readily accepted.. He IS the only one to make it out alive, since he left his two crewmen to burn up in the plane..

Don;t believe everything in the Bush-family history
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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72. Roger That
And you are right. I often slip up and think most people are honest. Maybe papa bush was padding his resume!!
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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79. In J.H. Hatfield's book, "Fortunate Son" eye wittinesses to the
incident your talking about, Chester Mierzejewski, Lawrence Mueller and Thomas R. Kenne, a pilot. These airmen claim Poppy bush is a goddamn liar. The plane was never on fire. Two men died because of bush's cowardice.

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troubleinwinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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66. "It was unclear whether Bush... saw the demonstrators."


Of course he didn't.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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77. Yeah, he was curled up on the back seat under his blankey,
clutching his teddy bear!
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Miss Chybil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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68. I thought I read a post earlier that said he was taking the chopper? nt
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leftylady Donating Member (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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69. That is what I heard, too.
That way he wouldn't even have to look at the protestors. He just fly off in the other direction.

We should all go down there - thousands and thousands of us. He wouldn't show up at such an unplanned rally but it might be kind of fun.
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bigluckyfeet Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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71. Maybe he Went by Copter
and had the motorcade go by to fool them.
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Miss Chybil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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76. I was honestly going to go, but then I remembered my son starts school
on Monday and we have to shop for clothes tomorrow. I would have loved to be part of it. Maybe, I'll still get to go before it's over.
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psychopomp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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73. Gone... gone boy, you gone
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 03:22 PM by psychopomp
Seen ya George, you lose this round!
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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74. Covered by SS........
It was unclear whether Bush, riding in a black Suburban with tinted windows, saw the demonstrators.


The SS must have threw him on the floor and covered him........please don't look Mr. Prezadent.:evilfrown:





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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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75. Did Jenna stick her tongue out at them?
Creeps.
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samdogmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:46 PM
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78. I posted this earlier because I read that he took the helicopter, but...
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 03:49 PM by samdogmom
anyway--he's not really "Free". For all the "freedom" he's trying to spread around the world, he really doesn't enjoy any himself. Can you imagine not being able to get in your car and just drive wherever you want to go? He's made so many enemies he'll never be really "safe" out in public any time soon. In a way it's kind of like his own little prison. How awful would it be to not be able to go anywhere without hours of logistical planning ahead of time? He has a lot in common with poor Martha Stewart. His own little "house arrest"!

Edit: During the 1996 election I lived in a very wealthy area--actually on the end of a very unbelievable street. We had fundraisers for Clinton and Dole on my street(!) and Bob Dole and Hilary Clinton attended these events. The secret service, etc. did the usual "arrangements", but you know what? Hilary was able to ride down my street, past my house waving with CLEAR glass limo windows (and my children and I stood out in my yard waving back with a big thumbs up!) At this time, the majority of my Republican neighbors had put-down signs in their yards and were in general not very hospitable because we weren't allowed to leave the street, etc. and these "rich" jerks (for lack of a better word hated their loss of authority). But you know what? Hilary came freely, we didn't need a third world military force to protect her and in the end, her husband WON!!!!! We also viewed the Bob Dole parade, although our participation was subdued and just respectful.

Unfortunately, Bush has made so many enemies he can't duplicate this experience. WOW, what a debacle!)
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Daftly Donating Member (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 03:49 PM
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80. No excuse, he should meet with Cindy, but...
but didn't he do that once. Granted, she said he was rude and obnoxious (surprise), but why wasn't once enough. I mean, why would you want to have him spit on you again? If I were her, I do everything I could to undermine him, but I would never want to lay eyes on him again.

(Unless it were in a lonely unlit alley with no witnesses.)
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neonplaque Donating Member (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:57 PM
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82. I'm sure he flipped them off from behind that tinted window!
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 05:32 PM
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84. Or mooned them.
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 05:33 PM by Dulcinea
A "pressed ham" against the window.
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SwimmerFilms Donating Member (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 06:23 PM
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86. I have footage of a caravan passing the camp THURSDAY...
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 06:53 AM
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109. Welcome to DU!
:hi:

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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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88. Silent Bush drives past anti-war protesters
The Jackal slinks to his lair.

US President George W Bush has driven past protesters rallying around a mother whose soldier son was killed in Iraq but did not stop or invite her to talk with him as she has requested.

On his way to and from a political fundraiser near his Texas ranch, Mr Bush's motorcade sped past the roughly 50 demonstrators gathered behind Cindy Sheehan, who clutched a sign that read: "Why Do You Make Time for Donors And Not For Me?"

Ms Sheehan, who met the President one year ago after her son Casey was killed in Iraq, has drawn national attention since she camped out near Mr Bush's ranch last weekend and publicly sought another audience.

Some of the demonstrators yelled out "talk to Cindy" as the President's 15-vehicle motorcade drove past what has been dubbed 'Camp Casey', while others waved signs calling for the return of US troops deployed in Iraq.

ABC
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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89. "Silent bush"...oh how
I wish we never had to hear that monkey dribble again.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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96. Silent Chimping
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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90. Keep that varmint treed, Cindy!
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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91. can any one confirm that the man was in that convoy?
i would not put it past him to send the convoy out and himself take a backroad away from the convoy...the man is such a bastard!

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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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92. Absolutely the worst thing he could have done.
Displaying open contempt for the mother of a dead soldier while on his way to a fundraiser. Only the most far-gone freeper would even attempt to justify it.

Hope it bites him in the ass bigtime as his ratings sink to the single digits.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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93. Maybe Cindy
should shave all her body hair, so that she looks like Jeff Gannon. Then I bet Bush would stop and even let her in his limo.

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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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94. What would George Washington do?
You loser! You're going to get your eviction notice shortly.
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FightingIrish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 07:07 PM
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95. Can we have another approval rating poll now?
That should just about take him to the bottom.
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 08:40 PM
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99. Wonder if he tossed her a barbeque rib on his way back to his "ranch"?
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 06:21 AM
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107. Eyes closed, fingers in ears: "La la la la I can't heeeeear you!"
Tinted windows in the royal coach; driver whipped up those horses to a gallop. Boy emperor didn't see a thing.

Hekate
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 07:44 AM
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111. My, my,
what a compassionate conservative * is.
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