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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:02 PM
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Bill Clinton gets upset with CNN reporter
January 23, 2008

Bill Clinton gets upset with CNN reporter

(CNN) – Bill Clinton became visibly upset Wednesday over comments by a prominent South Carolina Democrat that compared the former president's actions on the trail to those of infamous Republican strategist Lee Atwater.

In an interview with CNN's Jessica Yellin, Dick Harpootlian, a former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party and a supporter of Barack Obama, said some of Bill Clinton's recent remarks on the campaign trail were appeals based on race and gender. He said the comments were meant to "suppresses the vote, demoralize voters, and distort the record," and said they were "reminiscent of Lee Atwater."

Clinton sharply disputed the charge, and lashed out at Yellin for raising the question.

"You live for this. This hurts the people of South Carolina," he said. "Because the people of South Carolina come to these meetings and ask questions about what they care about. And what they care about is not what's going to be in the news coverage tonight, because you don't care about it.

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Complaining about media coverage
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:04 PM
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1. bill complaining,
after seeking out the klieg lights and putting his face in the news like he does, that really is amazing.
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surfermaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:09 PM
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9. I would be angry with Bill if in a days time he went in and took the College Kids, enough for Hill
to win N.H
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peoli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:04 PM
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2. See Bill lie. See Bill yell.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:05 PM
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3. Quick! Call the police! The Clenis is on a rampage!
:eyes:

--p!
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:05 PM
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4. He appears frustrated
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:06 PM
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5. This often happens with compulsives, of whatever stripe.
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Kindigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:13 PM
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19. Compulsives?
Psychopaths
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:07 PM
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6. Poor Bill, it's all good when the attention is pro-Bill. Otherwise, not so much. nt
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:07 PM
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7. Is it possible
For Bill to destroy all his good will in 6 months?
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:29 PM
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28. yes. this die hard dem and bill-o is up to here with him.
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Hydra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:07 PM
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8. Temper, temper, Bill
Remember, he who loses it or looks guilty loses. Same rules as a court of law.

Didn't you learn that after the media razzed you last time?
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:10 PM
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10. Unbelievable.
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 05:10 PM by hedgehog
In more ways than one.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:10 PM
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11. Don't worry - once she gets the nomination he'll STFU
Bill wouldn't want to piss off daddy boosh or any of his other asshole buds in the repub party.

Wouldn't be prudent y'know.

He only has balls when it comes to trashing other Dems.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:11 PM
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12. Come on Bill, stay cool.........
say what you got to say with a pointed finger. I'm sure you'll find some that still believe you. :eyes:
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Jai4WKC08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 06:08 PM
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35. I remeber when we used to admire
Democrats who didn't take shit from the media.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:39 AM
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49. He gets all red-faced and blustery when he wags his finger.
He makes what comes out of his mouth practically believable. Practically.
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KennedyGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:12 PM
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13. how bout trying to refute what Bill said?
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:14 PM
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21. I don't think any of the up-threaders actually watched it. n/t
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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24. he said the media lives for attacks
and he knows this, which is why Team Clinton started it to bring Obama down after Iowa.
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:12 PM
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14. the Red-faced Bandit strikes again!
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:12 PM
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Bill's right, reporters should be asking questions about things like this:
Bill Clinton May Get Payout of $20 Million
By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER
January 22, 2008; Page A1

Former President Clinton stands to reap around $20 million -- and will sever a politically sensitive partnership tie to Dubai -- by ending his high-profile business relationship with the investment firm of billionaire friend Ron Burkle.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120097424021905843.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:12 PM
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15. Bill won his elections by being the opposite of Lee Atwater
It was W's father who ran the Willie Horton ad and played upon white fears of AFrican Americans.

Bill has never been racist.

I think both Hillary and Obama should back off their attacks. Both are hurting our Dem chances in the general.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:16 PM
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22. He's not a racist. He's just pathological in several ways.
It's clear that he's close to out of control. Why do you think Kennedy and Emanuel privately read him the riot act? He's blowing it.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:12 PM
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16. Love this comment on the CNN page-
Kevin, Louisville, Ky January 23, 2008 3:52 pm ET

This cant be Bill again? yes it is not ! OMG …Monica Lewinsky's ex boyfriend is at it again!! This old man wont go and enjoy his presidentail pension ?
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:13 PM
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17. As a Clinton supporter I thank you for posting that video.
As you are an Obama supporter I gotta wonder - Why did you put that up?

I guess you are hoping no one actually watches the video.

I give you a K and an R.
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:31 AM
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43. pathological posting syndrome
needs to find a Hill Haters Anonymous group.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:13 PM
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18. That was interesting to watch -- He started out all calm and reasonable, and
it seemed like he was whipping himself into being pissed off, and then came the remarks. All in all, though, I think he handled himself just fine.

I DO get the impression that if it's a Clinton WH, there will be no room for Barack Obama. I don't think the Clintons are known for their forgiveness.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:14 PM
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20. Billy Boy sounds... frustrated.
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:16 PM
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23. Did you watch it?
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 05:18 PM by DURHAM D
Or are your comprehension skills just that low?
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:36 AM
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46. I love the spin
don't you? Bill is mad. Bill is frustrated. Bill lies.

Too bad some folks don't get the real message Bill had, that the voters are what count in this election and the media is making a friggin mockery out of it!
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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25. Tweety just read this story and was howling with laughter. nt
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:39 AM
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50. Tweety got spanked by the netroots for his sexist attacks on HRC
Maybe he needs another round.
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:21 PM
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26. Bill tries to bring it but he can't take it
The election was about people's lives and then you went and ruined it with your slime.
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:28 PM
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27. My life was better under Bill Clinton
than under REagan or Bush I.

My life under W hasn't been good.

I want a Dem in the White House.

I will vote for Obama in the general, but I am very uneasy about how he will govern.

You see, I remember all too well all of the news pundits talking about how calm and funny and bipartisan W was in 2000.

Obama gives a great speech, but ...
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:40 PM
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33. I want a Dem in the WH too
and I think Edwards would be best.

But Bill went over the line, injecting lies and ethnicity into the campaign, "Barack Hussein Obama," "drug use," Barack's opposition to the war as "fairy tale", calling him "kid" and so on.

You'll not that neither Edwards nor Obama is calling Hillary old or fat or a lesbian. It's just bull.

I lived better under Bill too. I hate W. I liked Hillary. I voted for her twice. But the lies and ad hominum attacks and the Southern strategy are too much.

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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:22 AM
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40. I have so much
faith in Obama, I really do. Look up his ideas, his staff, his foreign policy experts, he is no dummy, and I think he could be amazing. Transforming!
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:29 PM
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29. So, if HRC becomes president,
how will she rein in Bill? Is he going to be stealing the spotlight and going off the reservation while she is trying to get things done? Will he be stirring things up with Putin and Kim Jong-il?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:32 PM
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30. Yeah, I can see where bil would rather bury the truth about him.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:34 PM
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31. The truth hurts
Time after time the Clinton campaign has put out 1/2 truths
and smears only to say they did not know that their statements
would be taken in a negative way but by then the damage is done
and the lie is out there to do it's "work."
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:37 PM
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32. When someone tries to bullshit you, they often get angry or indignant
Especially when they are called on their bullshit.
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PE Donating Member (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:40 PM
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34. Clinton again gets the Punjab Remark wrong
Clinton repeatedly brings up the D-Punjab remark. That remark was bad, but it was someone from the Obama campaign, not Obama, who said it and reportedly Obama was quite angry about the remark coming from his campaign.

In this tape, Clinton now says that Obama said it. Obama didn't and furthermore he said it was wrong at the time and the remark was made months ago.

Bill Clinton repeats this all the time. I suspect he knows he's stretching the truth.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 06:49 PM
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36. Kick! n/t
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johnnydrama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 09:49 PM
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37. why does it matter
Why does it matter whether a reporter calls out something tht Bill is saying?

I thought Hillary was the candidate?
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:03 PM
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38. Kick n/t
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milkyway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 11:30 PM
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39. Bill's very frustrated. How dare this Obama guy interrupt the Great Restoration! He doesn't seem to
know his place.
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kelligesq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:28 AM
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41. He wasnt upset. He just quietly told the reporter off for trying to
get a race war started.

You should be thankful to Bill instead of disrespectful.

Cant make you obamites happy.
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Bread and Circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:29 AM
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42. If the Clintons are so concerned about South Carolina, then why
...isn't Hillary there?

Who's running for President, her or Bill?

Sometimes I just can't tell anymore.
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:34 AM
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45. I'm sure everyone wants to be considered
as an extension of thier spouse. Rather sexist when you think of it, that Hillary can't be considered her own person because her husband was the president. Hmmm...
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Bread and Circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:43 AM
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51. You know the word "sexist" around here no longer has any
meaning because you all have abused it so much and used it in situations where it just does not even begin to apply, this being one of them.

The point is that Bill Clinton was left to campaign for her in South Carolina while she skipped the state.

In the original post there is a quote by Clinton that makes heavy mention about "concern" for South Carolinians and yet Hillary is not there. That's why it's confusing to me. If there's such concern, why is she gone?

My bet is that when she decided they were no longer politically useful to her so she bailed on them and went to greener pastures.

John Edwards is saying the same thing I am and he's right to do so.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:33 AM
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44. The Tawdry Tale of the Whining Conman
Starring...
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:38 AM
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48. That's cheesey.
It actually looks like something that Drudge would use.
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paulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:38 AM
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47. seems like a valid point to me
The media always look to play up the sensational instead of focusing on the real issues that voters are concerned with.
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:41 AM
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52. Kick! n/t
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:43 AM
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53. I just have to say...
...that I think "Harpootlian" is about the best surname evah.
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