UNRETOUCHED PHOTO: Fred Thompson's wedding

yurbud

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:41 PM
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UNRETOUCHED PHOTO: Fred Thompson's wedding

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waiting for hope

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:42 PM
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1. An Olson Twin......

Oh My eyes, they BURN!

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yurbud

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:44 PM
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2. he had her cloned from stem cells.

if you have money, you can find a way.

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bluerum

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:44 PM
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3. Ol Fred is looking pretty chipper there. eom.

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Greeby

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:45 PM
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4. Good evening boys and ghouls!

Eeehehehehehehehehahahahahaa! :evilgrin:

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Ava

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:47 PM
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5. let's not forget kucinich is much older than his wife also

i'm not going to judge a person because they married a younger person. i'll judge them on their politics. ;)

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LSparkle

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:52 PM
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7. I agree, except that the Cons are calling this guy the "next Reagan"

Ronald Reagan was just a divorced man for Pete's sake -- not a divorced man who then did a lot of womanizing before settling on a much younger second wife. It's the hypocrisy that galls me ... Can't wait to hear what Lorie Morgan has to say about ol' Fred ...

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TheCowsCameHome

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:55 PM
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9. Well, Reagan is dead, isn't he?

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AlCzervik

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:56 PM
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10. oh boy what next condiment will be reclassified as a vegetable?

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mzmolly

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:35 AM
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40. Heh. Uhm salt? Then again, salt is seafood sooo?

Edited on Tue Jun-05-07 12:37 AM by mzmolly

A bit of background for the yungunz among us: > http://www.rossde.com/editorials/edtl_Reagan.html

"...the one issue of Reagan's administration that sticks most strongly in my mind is how he attempted to cut funding for school lunches for children living in poverty. After all, the schools all had ketchup; and, according to Reagan, ketchup is a vegetable. Therefore, funding to ensure school lunches were balanced by including vegetables was unnecessary."

I always recall the cheese lines as well as the generosity of making sure poor kids had ketchup. > http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0617-06.htm

"Reagan's response to the 1981-1982 recession, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, was to declare ketchup a vegetable, release federal cheese surpluses, and shackle the strike leaders of the air traffic control union hand and foot and lead them off to jail. My most pronounced memories of the Reagan years are the three hour cheese line and the German care packages to unemployed workers in Detroit. In the first two years of the Reagan administration, his policy was a forced economic recession and de-industrialization of the United Stated. He cut federal low income housing funds by 84%; his tax cuts for the rich, his “trickle-on” the poor and working class economics ended up tripling all previously existing U.S. government debt. So, when I think of the Reagan legacy, I think of urban decay, crack, homelessness, racism, rampant corporatism and the destruction of the American dream. Amidst the growing homelessness and despair, I remember seeing graffiti all over inner-city Detroit that simply said: “Ronald Wilson Reagan 666.” Reagan’s policies so marked him as “the beast” in Detroit, blue-collar workers actually cheered when he was shot. The hottest song on underground radio was “Hinckley had a Vision.” The song’s refrain, “He knew, he knew.” When the mainstream media was analyzing Reagan's legacy and actively participating in the mythologizing of the 40th president, they conveniently ignored volumes of work by mainstream reporters."

In all fairness to Reagan, cheese is a complete/balanced meal, and can provide shelter in a pinch from what I gather? :sarcasm:

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rasputin1952

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:42 AM
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43. Let's not forget the "trees cause pollution" insanity...

IMO, the only president worse than Reagan, is bush...and bush will be a hard one to beat...x(

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mzmolly

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:43 AM
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45. I hear ya.

Trees cause pollution? That's a new one!

:hi:

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Ghost in the Machine

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Mon Jun-04-07 09:25 PM
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22. "not a divorced man who then did a lot of womanizing before settling on a much younger second wife"

That's just not right. Really. What makes you think he just "settled" for her?? I find this statement disturbing. Very disturbing. Maybe there are people out there that just settle for someone else, but I could never do it. "Settled" makes it sound like you could have had a steak, but chose a hamburger instead...... and this is coming from a 44 year old, overweight guy that was dating a 24 year old Hooters girl, one of the most beautiful women I've ever dated... but she wanted kids and mine are almost grown.... I'm not ready to go there again, and never will be.

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johnaries

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Mon Jun-04-07 10:30 PM
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27. Oh, Je-sus Ch-rist! Did ANY of you read THIS part of his post.

"It's the hypocrisy that galls me"

It's not that Fred married a younger woman or that Kuchinich married a younger woman. Fred claims to be all "Family Values" and then ignores them when it comes to his own personal life. He's a fake!

Kuchinich married a woman even younger than himself, but wasn't this his first marriage? How many times has he pretended to represent "Traditional Family Values" which are nothing more than a set of unrealistic rules?

It's not the act, it's the HYPOCRISY, people!

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Ghost in the Machine

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:20 AM
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37. Did you reply to the wrong post? I don't see anything in this response

that has a thing to do with what I asked, but since I have your attention, do you have anything to say about this "settling" matter? Did you, or anyone you know "just settle" for your partner? If you're single, would you "just settle" for someone?

I'm trying to get visualize the internal thought process of this. "Well let's see here, s/he's* got an irritating voice that reminds me of fingernails across a chalkboard, s/he gets drunk and beligerent every day, can't hold an intelligent conversation, can't tie his/her own shoelaces or walk and chew bubblegum at the same time, but goddammit, s/he's just so damned cute and s/he's 20 something years younger than me, so I guess I can live with it...."......... sound about right??

*Fictional person. I'm NOT a mindreader and don't know if this is anything remotely close to anyone's thoughts. I'm not responsible for any similarities to the actual thought processes of any person, living or dead, who may have thought like this. No minds were read during the making of this post. Or were they?

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eridani

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Tue Jun-05-07 01:15 AM
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49. No, Kucinich had been divorced for about 20 years when he met his current wife

It's the visuals that are different. Thompson looks way older than his wife, and Kucinich looks at most 10 years older than his wife.

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mitchum

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Mon Jun-04-07 11:04 PM
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28. One correction: Reagan did do a hell of a lot of womanizing after his divorce

Granted, there was not a vast age difference between Reagan and Nancy The Witch In Red, but he did a lot of catting after his divorce from Jane Wyman

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pnwmom

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:52 PM
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8. I'd rather forget that, actually. But Kucinich isn't a major candidate.

Thompson may well be the nominee.

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dave_p

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Mon Jun-04-07 08:00 PM
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15. He's the major candidate for some of us

I know, too political for others. Life's a bitch

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yurbud

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:12 AM
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36. unless they pull someone else out of their ass at the last minute, Thompson is it.

the rest are either a joke or won't get past their base.

Mitt seems determined to give the religious right a reason to hate him with the L. Ron Hubbard crack on top of being a Mormon, and a recovering moderate.

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Clark2008

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:58 PM
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11. Thank you, Ava.

You're, what, now 15? 16? And you're much more mature than half this board.

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Ava

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Mon Jun-04-07 08:00 PM
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14. 16

and keeping the roads hot with my new license :rofl: ;)

i just think that it's hypocritical to put down thompson because of his younger wife but then not do the same with dennis kucinich. personally i don't care who they are married to - it's about their political views and actions for me.

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rasputin1952

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:50 AM
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46. Makes little difference to me either....It's a persoanl thing

between them...but there is humor to be had.

At my age, almost anything female looks good...uh-oh...just got a mental pic of me and Nancy Reagan....

Off to boil and bleach my brain...:(

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Ava

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:58 PM
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12. fred thompson's wife - 25 years his junior

kucinich's wife - 31 years his junior

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RaleighNCDUer

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Mon Jun-04-07 08:08 PM
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16. OTOH, Fred Thompson's wife

brings to mind a truck-stop waitress.

Dennis's wife is a beautiful, brilliant progressive who, I believe, is largely responsible for taking a moderate Dem and turning him into a real progressive candidate.

not that I'm comparing.

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yurbud

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Mon Jun-04-07 08:15 PM
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19. I won't disparage Fred's wife's looks, or even seriously frown on his choice of a young chick

here in LA, girls take 60 year old movie producers as dates to their proms.

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jaysunb

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Mon Jun-04-07 10:16 PM
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23. WHAT !!?? NOBODY has called me for a prom date.

Well...I'm not a producer, so that could be it....:rofl:

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yurbud

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:03 AM
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31. if it was just any middle aged balding pot-bellied pig, I wouldn't be typing this right now

I'd be at an after-kegger.

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pnwmom

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Mon Jun-04-07 11:52 PM
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30. Well, if that's true, let's hope he doesn't get divorced again. n/t

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eridani

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Tue Jun-05-07 01:17 AM
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50. That had more to do with his daughter hitting reproductive age, I think n/t

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Hepburn

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Tue Jun-05-07 03:09 PM
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51. Please......

.....don't insult truck stop waitresses. Jerri Thompson could only wish to look that classy.

That's the difference between Thompson's young bride and Kucinich's ~~ Fred's has -0- class and Dennis's is ALL class.

It's not the age difference, who cares about that, it is what KIND of woman each man chose.

JMHO

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ddeclue

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Mon Jun-04-07 08:12 PM
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18. From a P.R. point of view, Kucinich would be better off single.

She just looks bizarre with him..

My take on Kuninich+the Mrs = Gilligan marries Ginger...

On the other hand, I can't fault him because: how in the hell did he ever land her? She's way out of his league!!!

Doug D.

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yurbud

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Mon Jun-04-07 08:18 PM
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21. he's a congressman or on the plus side, an independent thinker who says what others are afraid to

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yurbud

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Mon Jun-04-07 08:17 PM
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20. Dennis looks like a yard gnome. I like him anyway. I actually think Thompson is least embarrassing

of GOP candidates, at least superficially (not counting Ron Paul).

of course, when you scratch beneath the surface, he is as much a corporate stooge as Bush, Mit, Goolie, or the assorted Jethros running for the GOP nomination.

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Bake

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Mon Jun-04-07 10:24 PM
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24. You're young; you'll get over that ...

:-)

Bake

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eridani

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Tue Jun-05-07 01:13 AM
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47. The Thompson visuals are a little creepy

Thompson and his wife are actually closer in age than Dennis and Elizabeth. Their pictures tell a completely different visual story, though. Remember that as a young adult, Kucinich was often mistaken for a newsboy. The flip side of that is that thirty years later as a senior citizen he looks like a vigorous young adult.

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Raine

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:49 PM
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6. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

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janetblond

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Mon Jun-04-07 07:58 PM
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13. ROFLMAO

That IS funny.
I heard his 2nd wife is YOUNGER than his own daughter.
Oh boy. Heaven forbid if the religious right finds out.

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ddeclue

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Mon Jun-04-07 08:09 PM
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17. The real photo is creepy enough...yikes! n/t

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Rex

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Mon Jun-04-07 10:25 PM
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25. LOL!

Whoops, guess I'm going to hell for laughing!

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Bake

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Mon Jun-04-07 10:27 PM
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26. THE CRYPTKEEPER!

We have a new name for Old Freddie!

Bake

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yurbud

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:06 AM
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33. cryptkeeper could be the new mascot for GOP along with recycled NRA bumpersticker:

"You can have democracy back when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers."

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BuyingThyme

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Mon Jun-04-07 11:06 PM
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29. That's fake.

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yurbud

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:04 AM
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32. shit. I was afraid someone would figure it out. Is it because the Olson head does't fit?

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BuyingThyme

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:09 AM
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34. The reflections on Thompson's head do not jive with

the reflections on the young lady's left arm.

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yurbud

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:10 AM
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35. and a gentlemen of his station and generation wouldn't let his hair grow that long

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A-Schwarzenegger

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:32 AM
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38. Remember when libruls was OK with whatever grown adults did amongst themselves?

Oh, that's right, this is about REPUB hypocrisy. LOFL.

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BuyingThyme

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:34 AM
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39. Have people here expressed genuine disdain for his relationship,

or has it mostly been about family-values hypocrisy and like that?

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A-Schwarzenegger

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:36 AM
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41. It's a thin line, eh?

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BuyingThyme

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:41 AM
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42. I haven't paid attention at all, so I really don't know.

I say he should be able to mess around with any human being of mental competence who's reached the age of 18.

Well, myself excepted.

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yurbud

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Tue Jun-05-07 12:42 AM
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44. it's my work but I don't really care. Much like Cheney's face-shooting incident

it could easily have been a non-partisan joke.

On the scale of personal attacks, this is about a 0.5 out of 10.

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Swamp Rat

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Tue Jun-05-07 01:15 AM
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48. LOL!!!

That's GREAT!!! :rofl:

:thumbsup:

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