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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:36 PM
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why is everyone so wound up about tea partys, town halls etc..
YES.. they are annoying but they are also a the best thing going to expose the insane element that has taken over the republican party.


Let them show their rudeness, ignorance and racism for the world to see. Let the world see their disgusting signs full of hate and disrespect for democracy and the office of the president.

As annoying as they are - they are helping disgrace and take down the republican party in the yes of those independents and moderates that used to vote their way.


Bring it on you pathetic morans - you are doing us a favor in the long run.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:37 PM
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1. In this country, 'insanity' is like a virus. It spreads.
That's why I worry. Americans are the most brainwashed people on the planet. It doesn't take much to sway our collective minds, really.
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:45 PM
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9. I agree on that aspect..
I still think the actions of those who listen to Beck, Rush etc... appall anyone not on the far right fringe - therefore exposing that element. The fact they're associated with the republican party cannot help their cause overall. Yep, they'll still have that 30% of idiots but they're turning off the moderates they had control of for so long.

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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:38 PM
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2. That's the way I see it - ignore them as much as possible, as long as...
...security issues are dealt with.
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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:39 PM
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3. Because they have allowed the media
to change the debate about the urgent need for Health Care reform and the harm that the insurance companies do, to these silly lies about death panels and illegals and socialism.
Look how much this has already watered down any real reform.
It is having a very negative impact, mainly because of the media's obsession with them.
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:41 PM
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5. The media has done that on their own
These idiots are just repeating what they hear then add all the racist and insanity for all to see.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:40 PM
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4. Mark McKinnon (fomer Bush campaign henchman) said the same things
nt
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:41 PM
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6. Distraction du jour.
Keeps prying eyes away from what they're really doing.


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1Hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:43 PM
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7. The Boston Tea Party was a prelude to war...do you see the possible corollary? n/t
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:44 PM
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8. This is the problem with people who yell the loudest...
If you have a public event, organized by a liberal group, you can have as many as three hundred people show up, but if only a handful of these crazy, screeching people show up, too, they get as much media attention as all the people who showed up out of sincerety, and they wreck all the work people had to do to get it all together, just by showing up and screaming. In other words, they have to do very little work to get a disproportionate amount of attention.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:48 PM
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10. True - it's like watching a train wreck. nt
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:48 PM
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11. Just look at them!
I saw a handful of photographs from today's gathering across the river here, and they're so funny, so stupid, so utterly embarrassing, I am all in favor of giving these people all the rope they want in order to hang themselves.

Can you imagine the wit it took for a bunch of grown men to stand around a pile of horseshit (thank you, Park Police) and slide an Obama sign under the droppings, and then circle the mess and photograph it? Those clods regard that as incredibly funny. Others look at them and shake their heads, as I did.

All across the country, intelligent, informed, thoughtful Americans - the ones who voted for President Obama, and others who have awakened and come to their senses - are watching these fools and, believe me, they understand what a joke they are. The good people are well aware of what tools these poor people are, and how they're being set up, exploited, and mocked.

Shine the light on them. The brightest light available. The more they talk, the more dumb signs they carry, the more they become the true objects of derision they really are, and the more the smart Americans, the ones who choose to be informed and to make up their own minds, can stay on their true course.

They're such a vast minority, and they're so impotent.

But, we have to keep them out there, where we can watch them, too..............................
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:50 PM
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12. exactly - they're full of hate and empty on brains
well said :thumbsup:

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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:51 PM
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13. I hear what you're saying....it just annoys the hell out of me
can't help that
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 06:00 PM
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14. oh.. I agree
I've been known to yell at the TV myself. :D But, they are hurting the GOP and that's ok with me.
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