They are among us!! Tea baggers infiltrate DU!!!

underpants

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:06 AM
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They are among us!! Tea baggers infiltrate DU!!!

:bounce::bounce:

They've been hiding in plain sight this whole time!!!

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baldguy

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:09 AM
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1. Wouldn't laws against indecent exposure cover that?

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Captain Hilts

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:09 AM
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2. Here's one right here - actually a RELATIVE of mine!

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lamp_shade

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:11 AM
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3. I noticed.

:shrug:

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:13 AM
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4. Don't know about Tea baggers among DUers but I do know about the 52% of independents who voted for

Obama who are angry.

Obama represents them just as much as he does the 89% of Democrats who voted for him.

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Spazito

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:30 AM
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9. Angry about what? n/t

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 10:52 AM
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12. The few with whom I've discussed the issue are angry at govt. bail outs of banks and that group,

Edited on Wed Apr-15-09 11:07 AM by jody

no assurance that bail out of GM and Chrysler will help their now unemployed workers, and little hope that the stimulus bill will go to unemployed and homeless.

I don't claim that my few conversations represent those who might attend TEA Parties.

I do know that Obama is running for reelection right now and he is paying attention to the 52% of the independent voters, 29 % of all voters, who voted for him and without their votes he wouldn't be president.

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EstimatedProphet

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Wed Apr-15-09 10:56 AM
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15. Wait - Obama's running for re-election?

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:04 AM
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19. I'm surprised that anyone would not realize that, that's just presidential politics. n/t

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EstimatedProphet

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:18 AM
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26. Or it could be that he's just being president right now.

Of course, he probably will run for re-election in 2012, but I doubt that he's organizing his campaign right now.

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:25 AM
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32. I did not say "he's organizing his campaign", I simply recognized that modern presidents realize

that their every action has political consequences that affect reelection.

IMO and sadly for We the People, the last president began running for reelection immediately and he and key staff members went on the campaign trail with reelection speeches from day one so much that he ignored the known threat that became the 9-11 tragedy.

I don't believe Obama will make that stupid mistake.

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cherokeeprogressive

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:20 AM
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29. The focus on 2012 started at 12:01 p.m. 1/20/2009.

Don't pretend that President Obama is unlike all the other politicians who preceded him in the Oval Office. He's not, and I would bet my bottom dollar that the term "re-election" escaped SOMEONE's lips, either his, Michelle's, or those of a high placed advisor before the sun went down on Inauguration Day.

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lunatica

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:32 AM
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35. And your point is?

Politicians are always doing political stuff. It's who they are and what they do. Do you think they should stop thinking in political ways while they're in office. If you do you're being naive

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:36 AM
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36. I believe the reply was to #15. "Wait - Obama's running for re-election?" n/t

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TornadoTN

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:00 AM
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16. There's no doubt that there are some independents upset about the bail-outs

Hell, I'm a liberal and I'm upset about most of them.

However, these protests are misdirected for the independents. It's a deliberate attempt to "rebrand" the GOP away from the people who were largely responsible for this meltdown and to define Obama as a big spender. However, it's a specious claim given the massive spending and debt that accumulated over the past 8-14 years.

I would hope that most independents would know better than to attach themselves to this bandwagon. It's just the same people who created this mess trying to shift the blame away from their own involvement.

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:07 AM
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21. #9. "Angry about what?” I said in #12 “I don't claim that my few conversations represent those who

might attend TEA Parties.”

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Spazito

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:09 AM
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22. I am confused....

Your original header seems to say 52% of Independents are angry with him and infer he needs to represent them too yet this post seems to say he IS paying attention to them and it is because he is running for re-election. Are you saying 52% of the 52% of the Independent voters are angry with him because of the bail-outs, etc.?

I am honestly very confused at what you are saying.

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:14 AM
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23. Mea culpa, should have said "Don't know about Tea baggers among DUers but I do know about {some of}

Edited on Wed Apr-15-09 11:16 AM by jody

the 52% of independents who voted for Obama who are angry."

ON EDIT ADD:

I can not correct my error because the time limit has expired.

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Spazito

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:18 AM
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28. okay thanks, that is clearer....

It seems from the polls I have seen posted recently, Obama still has the support of the majority of Independents so I am guessing it is a relative small number of Independents who voted for him that are angry?

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:30 AM
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34. I agree re unknown but since the final vote was Obama 53% v. McCain 46%, a shift of 4% could have

placed McCain in the Oval Office.

IMO until the effect of TEA Parties on independent voters is known, Obama and his advisers will not ignore or disparage the movement.

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Spazito

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Wed Apr-15-09 12:26 PM
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38. Were the few you spoke to Independents that voted for Obama or was it mixed?

I don't understand why the teabagging parties would have any effect on the Obama Administration at all. I have seen no data on what percentage of Independents are expected to attend the parties versus the percentage of republicans expected and am wondering if you have seen any?

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 03:50 PM
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42. Yes, "Independents that voted for Obama". I've seen no stats on expected attendance. n/t

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Spazito

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Wed Apr-15-09 07:11 PM
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45. Thanks! n/t

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:18 AM
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27. Concern trolls tend to have a confused discourse.

They don't want to convey information, you know. They want to poison the well. Do a search by author.

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lamp_shade

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:32 AM
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10. And angry at who?

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 10:55 AM
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13. Government in general. IMO their anger at govt. is misguided because they keep reelecting senators

and congresspersons who created the mess in D.C. that angers them.

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sinkingfeeling

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:38 AM
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11. Do you a source for your percentages?

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:02 AM
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18. Sure, see below.

President, National Exit Poll, Vote by Party ID

Total            Obama     McCain     Other/No Answer
Democrat (39%)     89%       10%         1%
Republican (32%)    9%       90%         1%
Independent (29%)  52%       44%         4%

As President, Obama represents the 11% of Democrats who did not vote for him as well as 91% of the Republicans and 48% of the Independents who did not vote for him.

President Obama does not just represent those who answered Democrat and voted for Obama, 35% of all voters (39% x 89%), or even just the 53% of all voters who voted for Obama.

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:16 AM
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25. Where does it say that the 52% are "angry"?

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sinkingfeeling

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:42 AM
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37. I only see stats about something that happened in Nov. 2008. Where's the source of the '52% are

angry'?

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 03:51 PM
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43. See # 23. n/t

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AllieB

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Wed Apr-15-09 12:39 PM
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41. Where does it say that the 52% are "angry"?

:shrug:

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 03:52 PM
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44. See # 23. n/t

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Bjorn Against

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Wed Apr-15-09 07:33 PM
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47. I am a leftist independent, I don't want you associating me with the teabaggers in any way

I voted for Obama and I would never even consider voting for any Republican, but I don't like party politics so I consider myself an independent and will tell pollsters that when they call me. People always want to tell us what independents are thinking, but an independent is just that, independent. I am a leftist as are a number of other independents, the media wants us to believe that all independents are in the "center" but the reality is that is not true at all. There are independents on the left and independents on the right, I am sure there are virtually no independent teabaggers out there today who voted for Obama however.

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 07:47 PM
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48. I don't know you so why do you think I would associate you with tea-baggers? n/t

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Bjorn Against

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Wed Apr-15-09 07:50 PM
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49. Posting the numbers of independents as if it meant something does suggest that.

To be clear I am not saying that is what you meant to suggest, I am just saying your words could be read that way so I wanted to make the point that most independents are not the teabagging type.

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jody

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:56 PM
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50. You say "most independents are not the teabagging type". Any proof you know how about 38 million

independent voters in the last election feel about the Tea Party movement?

I certainly don't, I only know how a few feel as I stated elsewhere.

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Bjorn Against

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:03 PM
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52. I haven't taken a poll, but when I look in the streets I see the far right.

I do know that polls show that Republicans approval ratings are at an all time low however, so I don't think protests that push the Republican agenda are going to go over well with the independents who are running from the right-wing at the moment.

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:02 AM
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17. This nincompoop has me on ignore. Somebody ask him if...

...the Obama-led army of gay welfare queens has already stormed his house to grab all his guns.

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L. Coyote

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:22 AM
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31. They were here. They looked a lot better than that TP army KO was talking about!

And they were not interested in grabbing guns. They were all sitting in a circle chanting, "One Voice Can Change The World."
Then I woke up and noticed I drooled the keyboard. :rofl:

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underpants

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:25 AM
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33. Did they bring carrot cake?

Coca-Cola?

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L. Coyote

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Wed Apr-15-09 12:36 PM
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40. No, and I forgot to ask, "What kind of tea are you people drinking?"

or not drinking :rofl:

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walkaway

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:13 AM
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5. I don't know about DU but Contessa Brewer is lovin the Teabaggers!

"It's for everyone, not just conservatives" It is apparently for everyone who doesn't like paying taxes. The leaders of the Republican party aren't allowed to go. Just regular people like Hannity, Beck and the rest of the usual suspects.

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Poiuyt

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Wed Apr-15-09 10:55 AM
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14. Funny. That's not what her colleague, Chuck Todd said"

But let’s be clear about one thing: These tea parties are hardly non-partisan events. While there’s certainly a grassroots component here, these parties have been co-opted by a major America political party (the RNC's Web site allows for creating send-a-tea-bag post cards to Dem leaders) and an entire cable news channel (which has been promoting the events). The main Web site for the events today, Tax Day Tea Party, is funded by conservative groups, and a public records search shows it's registered to a conservative techie, Allen B. Fuller, who used to be a legislative correspondent for GOP Sen. Richard Shelby and who touts creating Web sites for Republican elected officials. Also reportedly involved in today’s protest events are FreedomWorks, a conservative group founded by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, and Americans for Prosperity.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/15/1892475.aspx

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underpants

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Wed Apr-15-09 12:29 PM
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39. The RNC is still the party of the south

and this confirms it

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jpak

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:14 AM
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6. They're dressed as pirates and eating cornflake fried chicken!

:wow:

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meegbear

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:18 AM
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7. IN YOUR FACE!

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Arugula Latte

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:05 AM
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20. And in your face ... Again! And again! ... Repeatedly in your face!

:rofl:

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blogslut

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Wed Apr-15-09 08:21 AM
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8. Hiding?

I wear my teabag flag proudly, thank you ;)

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L. Coyote

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:16 AM
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24. I noticed a slight smell of TP around here!

:rofl: Oh wait, I'm on a computer! :rofl:

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Carni

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Wed Apr-15-09 11:20 AM
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30. Your member name and teabagging as topic...

Is a little ironic LOL! ;)

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Quantess

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Wed Apr-15-09 07:17 PM
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46. .

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TankLV

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Wed Apr-15-09 09:23 PM
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51. Don't worry - this cold snap will almost make 'em dissappear...

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