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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:50 PM
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Poll question: Waste of Oxygen: Which GOP Senator is the Worst?
Edited on Fri Jan-28-05 06:59 PM by Old Crusoe
This poll asks your opinion on the most egregious case of a waste of oxygen among current-term GOP U.S. Senators.

Only room for 10 slots on the poll, so No. 10 is marked 'Other' for the SEVERAL other deserving nominees. Please -- no Lieberman votes, tempting though it be.

Have at it, people.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:52 PM
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1. Other - for all of the above
Because all these guys have the same warped mentality.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:55 PM
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9. Agreed -- it's a very rich field of deserving nominees.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:26 PM
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36. Yes it's all of the above
plus many more.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:29 PM
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38. Yes. Any hauling to be done will require an extra wide --
-- shitwagon.

thanks for the post, donheld.
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DireStrike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:52 PM
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2. Which is the one that looks and sounds exactly like rush?
I forget his name, but he wins my vote.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:52 PM
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3. Can't believe Inhofe isn't on the list
Talk about a waste of amino acids . . .
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:57 PM
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10. He is a monster, no question. Only 9 slots, so I put --
-- 'Other' so that deserving nominees like Inhofe could be included.
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Lori Price CLG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:53 PM
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4. I voted for Chambliss, but where is the 'all of the above' button?
LieberBush should be on the list, as well. :)

Cheers,
Lori R. Price
Gen. Mgr., Citizens for Legitimate Government
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:58 PM
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11. I'm with you on Lieberman, but with only 9 slots --
-- I wanted to stick to GOP bashing. They're egregious even withOUT Lieberman!
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Lori Price CLG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:59 PM
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13. Darn, I just noticed Bill 'Cat Torturer' Bill Frist was a choice!
You really need to list nearly all of the Republicans, with about six or seven exceptions - those who have integrity - omitted from the roster. LOL!

Cheers,
Lori R. Price
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:14 PM
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30. I wish the U.S. Senate could prove you wrong on that, Lori --
-- but I think you're exactly right.

The modern-day GOP is such a pack of venal little monsters. A very high yuck factor.

And THE CAT BUTCHER is as deserving as anyone for "most egregious waste of oxygen."

Thanks for your posts.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:53 PM
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5. Norm Coleman
One of the biggest butt kissers.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:59 PM
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12. Yes. I can barely stand to see his usurping puss --
-- sitting there in Paul Wellstone's chair.
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Lori Price CLG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:01 PM
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17. Yes, plus was Coleman complicit in Wellstone's assassination? n/t
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wellstone dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:07 PM
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24. I'm so ashamed
this is the first time I wanted to vote for Norm Coleman, and couldn't!
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:12 PM
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28. Hi, wellstone dem. Are you a Minnesotan?
Mark Dayton is showing signs of life these days. I don't think he's a Paul Wellstone, but he's better than anyone the GOP has thrown up for the Senator so far up there.

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zann725 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:41 PM
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46. I agree! Did you see him on Social Security Panel today on CSPAN?
Awesome! I sent him two emails this week, complimenting him on his positions and presentations on both the Presidential Cabinet nominations, but also today on the Dem. Committee on Social Security.

He seems to have such integrity, and passion. And he 'says it like it is. No minced words with Dayton!
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:08 AM
Response to Reply #46
49. Yes -- he is just coming alive. I missed the C-Span appearance --
-- but on the Senate floor lately, Dayton is on fire.

Love the guy.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:14 AM
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53. count me in the Norm Coleman camp too
He lives just to grate on my every nerve.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 01:17 AM
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60. Yeah, why no choice for Norm Coleman
Carpetbagging Opportunist
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 01:42 AM
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61. Well, GloriaSmith and KitchenWitch --
-- I did put in an 'Other' since there are so MANY cretinous GOP assholes to choose from.

I can't give Norm Coleman special treatment because he's just ONE cretinous GOP asshole.

He's a very BIG cretinous GOP asshole, but he's just one nevertheless.

One tries to be fair...

: )

(thanks for your posts)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:01 AM
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67. Sure
No problem...Normie has just been sticking in my craw for about the past 7 or so years!
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:04 AM
Response to Reply #67
68. I don't blame you one bit. I may contribute to any good --
-- Democrat who runs against him next time.
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Cats Against Frist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:58 PM
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83. He's a fucking idiot -- doesn't know the meaning of "classical liberalism"
I saw him on Hardball, rejoicing about the "death of classical liberalism," not knowing that "classical liberalism," is mostly known as the liberalism of the founders -- not the liberalism of the left.

So, in effect, he was denouncing everything on which this country was founded. Which, for a GOP mouthpiece, would be the only true thing that ever escapes his lips.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 12:55 AM
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92. Calling him "a fucking idiot", Cats Against Frist, --
-- works just fine for me.

: )
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:54 PM
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6. John Cornyn is from Texas, not Florida
Unfortunately.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:01 PM
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18. Thank you for catching that, Fenris.
I've changed it on the poll, thanks to your vigilance. Apologies to DUers in Florida!
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Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:54 PM
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7. Gee, that's the first itme I've ever voted for George Allen.
His smirky face and lock step messages just irritate me like fingernails on a chalk board.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:02 PM
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19. Same here. I get a visceral response of negative --
-- energy whenever he's on C-Span, etc.

Just a creepy, obnoxious guy.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:05 AM
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69. Just in case you missed my thread on the SOB
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1542134
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:45 PM
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101. Thank you, LibDemAlways.
I will re-visit that thread.
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PDittie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:54 PM
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8. John Cornhole of the Great State of Texas
he makes Kay Bailey look like Barbara Boxer
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:03 PM
Response to Reply #8
20. Yes. He is a diseased insect, slithering through --
-- the chambers of power in Washington. Yuck.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:59 PM
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14. Jeff Sessions(AL) embodies all that is evil about the Senate
Edited on Fri Jan-28-05 07:00 PM by ProudToBeBlueInRhody
A contemptable individual.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:05 PM
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21. Yes. One small insight: I had Jeff Sessions' website --
-- up to write to him to oppose Gonzales when I had the inspiration to do this poll.

Jeff Sessions is the original waste-of-oxygen in my opinion.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:11 PM
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27. Don't expect him to oppose him.......
....during the Ashcroft hearings he "Apologized for the questions a good man like you has had to face from these Democrats."
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:17 PM
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33. OMG. It's the "those dirty freedom-hating liberals" argument again.
We need an entire network -- maybe Soros could help with the cash -- and just compete against these fascists.
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:59 PM
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15. So many senators, so few votes
Other. None of those listed make the fur on the back of my neck stand up the way that smarmy asshole Norm Coleman does.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:06 PM
Response to Reply #15
22. I object to your calling Norm Coleman a "smarmy asshole" --
-- on the grounds that you're being too charitable.

(thanks for your post!)
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ThorsHammer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 06:59 PM
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16. I'm sure Coburn will have some "interesting" quotes
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:07 PM
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25. Probably he will, yes. I wonder how the rampant lesbianism crisis --
-- in Oklahoma high schools is doing?

And thank God Coburn pointed that out so we can all worry.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:06 PM
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23. Other means Jeff Sessions from Alabama
What a depraved wingnut. Unfortunately, he's one of my Senators. Richard "the fainthearted" Shelby is the other:puke:
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:10 PM
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26. Hi, liberaltrucker. Yes -- you're stuck with two doozies.
Well, you hang in there. I appreciate your posts on DU, too, by the way.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:01 AM
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66. Thanks
Friend. I'm blue stuck in redx(
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StephanieMarie Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:13 PM
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29. Delay. He's pure evil.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:16 PM
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31. Yes. He does enough damage as it is over in the House.
Tom DeLay in the U.S. Senate? Chairing committees? Doodling with foreign policy?

Forbid it, Almighty God!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:16 PM
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32. Those are tough ones to choose from..
but I went for frist since he's the head blowhard!
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:19 PM
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34. Hi, zidzi. I'm starting to get REAL nervous about THE CAT BUTCHER.
I have a feeling he has the inside track on the GOP nomination next time.

And wow, is that creeping me out.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:20 PM
Response to Reply #34
35. You should have seen him with Tweety Matthews.......
....the night of the third debate......the man is on some sort of meds, that's for sure.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:52 PM
Response to Reply #35
41. And they're so handy!
The meds, I mean!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:50 PM
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39. I haven't listened to anything
Edited on Fri Jan-28-05 07:51 PM by zidzi
frist has said. I don't want to creep out myself, unecessarily.

My friend said she saw frist on stephanopoulos the other Sunday and he was talking about how the Americans just have to sacrifice(so the top 1% won't have to pay their fair share of taxes) as far as Social Security is concerned. She said he was so cavalier about the whole thing that she was getting queasy!

She's the kind who wrote him a letter and told him what she thought!


Hi, Crusoe!
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:28 PM
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37. Here in the early going, Rick Santorum is off to a lead.
'Other' is doing well also.

One difficulty is choosing from so MANY deserving GOP wastes of oxygen. Yet DUers seem to be rising to the occasion.

Carry on.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:51 PM
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40. Joe Lieberman
?
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 07:55 PM
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42. Joe is a lot more Republican than some Democrats.
He's more conservative than the man he replaced -- Lowell Weicker, and more conservative than our platform.

I really think Joe thought he would win the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries last year. But he was buried alive.

Bush may yet appoint him to some post or other, but essentially, Joe's time has come and gone. Gore put Joe in the spotlight for a brief moment, and now the light is off and Joe's just wailing in the dark.
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Poppyseedman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:22 PM
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43. Mel Martinez of Florida ???
Why would you include Martinez in this poll?

Not that one day he may rank right up there, but he just cast his first votes.

I can think of several more deserving "Distinguished Representatives of the People" who deserve a shot at the "Worst Waste of Oxygen" GOP poll.

Norm Coleman, Linsey Graham, Chuck Hagel, Orrin Hatch, Trent Lott
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:10 AM
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50. 'Cause I'm a Floridian and I'm trying to avenge Betty Castor!
Yes -- there are other, longer-standing wastes of oxygen.

But you're right also to suggest that Mel will increasingly qualify as the months and years go on.
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Pepperbelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:24 PM
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44. INHOFE. What more is there to say? He's bugshit crazy. nt
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:12 AM
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51. He really does seem to be out of his mind --
-- his mind, such as it is.

I'm no fan of J. Inhofe, that's for sure. I hope he is abducted by aliens real soon.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:29 PM
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45. Who is that Senator from Alabama? nt I really don't like him.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:13 AM
Response to Reply #45
52. Either Jeff Sessions, who is a cretinous fool or --
-- Richard Shelby, who is a forked-tongue traitor.

Not much of a choice, seems to me.
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TheDonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 11:42 PM
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47. So hard to do! But I'll go with my sack of shit senator, Santorum
he's got an ego the size of PA, the demeanor of a 12 year old idiot, and less class than summer.

Total waste of space. I'm hoping PAers revolt and knock him out of office.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:15 AM
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54. If you folks can get rid of Rick Santorum --
Edited on Sat Jan-29-05 12:15 AM by Old Crusoe
-- I will buy each and every one of you the coldest beer in Harrisburg.

As I type this, he is leading the poll by a significant margin, so your instincts are totally right-on.
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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:03 AM
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48. Inhofe, Coburn, Santorum......my vote(s) ...isn't OK wonderful????
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:17 AM
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55. Yes, you're saddled with Inhofe and Coburn.
I'm not sure the country can stomach too many more GOP senators. This current batch nationwide is REALLY bad.

Plenty of blame to go around, bobbieinok. We can't blame just one state alone.
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pdurod1 Donating Member (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:20 AM
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56. Ben Nelson -D Nebraska, might as well be a republican. Senator Hagel
has voice more critical opinions of the Bush crime family than most Senators and he's a repub. Nelson doesn't want to be an obstructionist. Well Ben, you're in the opposition party, remember? Quit being Lieberman lite!
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 01:43 AM
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62. Hi, pdurod1. Yes -- what IS t with Ben Nelson?
He seems so... cadaverous.

Has his staff checked his pulse lately? Maybe someone should notify a funeral home...
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 12:47 AM
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57. Any Senator From Oklahoma !!!
Take your pick.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 01:45 AM
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63. WillyT -- can we organize a seance or something and --
-- bring back Fred Harris? He was the last Oklahoma Senator I loved. He ran for president and placed but didn't win in the primaries, but damn it, I liked him and I sure miss him nowadays.

Do what you can, ok?
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leanin_green Donating Member (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 01:01 AM
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58. I really find Santorum despicable!
I have a as hard a time watching this arrogant, smug bastard as I do Smirky.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 01:48 AM
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64. You have many friends at your back on that sentiment, leanin_green.
Santorum is running away with this poll.

He is a much-feared, much-detested presence in the U.S. Senate.

I would LOVE to see him defeated at the polls in 2006. Friends of mine in Philadelphia believe that Robert Casey, Jr. will run against him, and despite his conservative stand on abortion, they believe most Democrats will rally behind Casey to defeat Santorum.

If Santorum loses, I don't think many people on DU will miss him.
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paulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 01:12 AM
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59. Orrin Hatch
just the sound of his voice...

that sanctimonious tone as he lies, cheats, steals...

he's a hypocrite and liar of the first water...

:puke:

I really, really, really despise him....
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 01:50 AM
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65. Yes, Orrin Hatch. He kind of reminds me of a cross between --
-- Paul Lynde of Hollywood Squares fame and Mr. Drysdale, the banker from Beverly Hillbillies.

And his voting record is abominable.

You're right. He needs to be included as a nominee on this list.
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pdurod1 Donating Member (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:37 AM
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71. Must be their lovechild
I remember Orrin on my TV during the "long dong silver" supreme court hearings of the early 90's. I think Orrin was jealous!

Frist reminds me of the coked-up freak on Sharkys Machine circa 1981
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:43 AM
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72. LOL! Terrific.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 09:33 PM
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91. my other vote was directed at Orin black is white up is down Hatch
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:49 PM
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102. Hi, Supersedeas. I have to agree with you -
-- Hatch is shifty. Slipperier than a buttered eel in a lard bucket.
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:16 AM
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70. Other - for Orin Hatch
He's just gotten worse and worse.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:45 AM
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73. Hi, janeaustin. I agree. He DOES get worse and worse --
-- and he was hardly bearable to begin with!

Whatever made him think he could make a viable run for president?
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:35 PM
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79. Gosh, anybody could be President now.
bush proved that.
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Wabbajack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:50 AM
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74. chaffee
Says he's a moderate yet he's still with the pukes.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 12:59 AM
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93. Hi, Wabbajack.
Can i ask a question?

Do you know if Langevin is going to challenge Lincoln Chaffee in 2006?

There's talk of it on other blogs, and the early polls suggest that Langevin could unseat him.

I was wondering if you had any updates on this.

If it were left to me, I'd trade Chaffee to Connecticut to replace Lieberman, and elect Langevin in RI.

As for Lieberman -- I think he should be the new Orick vacuum cleaner guy.
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Wabbajack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:04 AM
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97. I don't
have any special information but I heard Langevin is considering it.

I'm disappointed he's anti-choice like Weygland was. I'm thinking that's part of why Chaff won so easily in 2000.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 02:47 PM
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106. Anti-choice? Hmmm. You're right -- that's disappointing.
It would be nice if Democrats were a bit more pro-women.
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porkrind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 03:01 AM
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75. Orrin Hatch of course.
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progressiveright Donating Member (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 06:10 AM
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78. didn't he push for the bill to have paper trail for voting machines?
he deserves some credit for that
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Quetzal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 05:49 AM
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76. Santorum
Absolutely THE WORST Senator out of the bunch.
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progressiveright Donating Member (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 06:06 AM
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77. santorum
Edited on Sat Jan-29-05 06:09 AM by progressiveright
is the devil



he's evil. no doubt about that. he will sell out anybody. he fucks liberals every chance he gets, he fucked conservatives when he supported specter over toomey for political reasons, he's like a GWB who can talk
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:49 PM
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80. My PA Senator, Rick Santorum
is the absolute worst piece of shit I've ever come across. He has to go in 2006. It's important.

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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 06:10 PM
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85. I second your description of lil' Ricky and --
-- offer any encouragement I can to get rid of him in 2006 at the ballot box.

As you can see, he's doing AWFULLY well in this poll.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:53 PM
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81. Hobson's Choice .. all are terrible.
To the list I would add Jim DeMint (SC asshole), Mitch McConnell (KY jelly), and Kay Bailey Hutchinson (TX airhead).
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 06:12 PM
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86. Well, DemoTex, your three additions aren't just good --
-- they're dead-on great.

Without a doubt, those three are true qualifiers for the waste-of-oxygen criterion.
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Cats Against Frist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 02:55 PM
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82. I'm "Cats Against Frist," but I voted for Santorum
That man gives new meaning to the term "sentimental bullshit." I've never seen anything as disgusting as his thinly veiled bigotry masquerading as sentimentality, "ooohhhhh my goddddd if butttt sexxx iss leggggall whaaaat abbbouuut theee chiiiildren, whaaaat abouuuuut the fammmilies."

And then, of course, he's a dishonest liar.

He is numero uno most pathetic, hands down.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 06:14 PM
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88. You make a strong case and the choir is definitely with you.
He is an underhanded slime, no question.

I don't think it's an accident that he's running away with this poll, either.

Thanks for your post, Cats Against Frist.
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iwantmycountryback Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 03:24 PM
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84. I voted for Coburn, but
Jim Demint of South Carolina should be on the list, and so should Inhofe also from Oklahoma.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 06:15 PM
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89. Hi, iwmcb. Inhofe is getting such distinct notice by DUers --
-- on this poll that I might have to cook up another post just for him.

I agree with you -- he certainly is deserving of mention on any "Waste of Oxygen" list.
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JHBowden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 06:13 PM
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87. Santorum
Chambliss is up there, but I don't think any suck as bad as Santorum.
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joanski01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-05 06:34 PM
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90. I didn't vote for the Repuke Senator
who I hated the most -- which is my Senator, Rick Santorum -- I voted for the waste of oxygen Senator, which to me means the one that just stands up there on the Senate Floor and blabs the Repuke talking points. The rubber-stampers that got in through cheating. I voted for John Cornyn. Norm Coleman is even more of a waste of good oxygen.

As of today, Saturday, January 29, 2005, my opinion is that ALL republicans are evil and want evil for the people of this country.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:02 AM
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94. I think we here in the Choir are with you on that.
I am hopeful that in the midterm elections we will pick up a couple seats, maybe three.

There is even a chance of unseating Rick Santorum, although it won't be easy.

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dazzlerazzle Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:09 AM
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95. bill frist wins most boring
and susan collins a close second... they should use videos of them on the senate floor to torture detainees at guantanamo..
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:44 PM
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100. A video of Frist speaking would simply be appallingly --
-- inhumane. We have to show SOME restraint.

-- : ) --

Is Frist dull? My god yes, he is. If this were a movie, I'd cast him as the funeral director.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:15 AM
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96. I'm nauseous just reading that list.
I detest every last one of them, but Santorum is particularly repulsive to me. :puke:
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:51 PM
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103. Your point's well-taken, in_cog_ni_to, about --
-- the entire list being nauseating.

I should probably have offered complimentary TUMS with this post. : )


Thanks for the feedback & great sensibility.
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:47 AM
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98. My choice
Norm I-can't-believe-they-whacked-Wellstone-for-this-guy Coleman.

Julie
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:53 PM
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104. Hi, JNelson. I'm picking up some VERY strong -
- anti-Coleman sentiment on DU.

I hope it translates to his being turned out by Minnesota voters next time.

I'm no fan of Norm myself, and as I posted above, I'm sick of seeing his usurping puss in Paul Wellstone's rightful Senate seat.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 12:31 PM
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99. Can someone post all of their motley faces here. Would like to make
a new dart board.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:55 PM
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105. LOL. Excellent marketing idea, by the way, lonestarnot.
I'm serious -- it would be a good fundraising product for the 2006 mid-term elections.

Hell, I'd buy one.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 07:19 PM
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108. Well Ok then, I need a post of pics.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 03:13 PM
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107. Santorum since..
I'm so mad that PA has him for a Senator. But Frist is just as bad, and has more power.

Coburn has a lot of potential to be worst.
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