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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:16 AM Original message |
We REALLY needed a LIBERAL President... |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. This was on the greatest page when I clicked on it, then it showed only 3 recs. |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It sure seems like that happened to Obama |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. And now it has 71 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. And Gitmo will remain open. K&R! n/t |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Spot on. And as for this attack on Libya... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. But but but... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Well said! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Exactly |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. Precisely |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. That is a ridiculous argument. Obama specifically ran as a post-partisan moderate. |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Just a few words re: SS and torture: |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. So that's really the best you can do? |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
82. Good luck convincing folks of the facts. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Yes. He has already cut it. |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. And I'm sure all the people who voted for him would agree with you |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. I could say something about bogus. nt |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. "Post-partisan" is another way of saying "one party". |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. How ludicrous! He ran in a Party, as a Partisan |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Regarding that "misleading claim that Obama could have gotten a public option if he wanted to," |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
86. That toon sums it up. What a worthless piece of flesh. He'll always sell us out. |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Feingold on the loss of the public option: |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. O puleeze |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. Thats funny....everyone that "I" know voted for a liberal.... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Then they should have paid better attention and read the brochures more |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
73. There is NO SUCH THING as post-partisanship. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
75. You and your accurate memory can pack up and get the hell outta here, buster! |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. Then let's try this platform |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Scuba I would appoint you |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Thanks. Lots of naysayers. n/t |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
57. Unfortunately, the platform doesn't mean a thing if elected Democrats don't act on it. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. I will K&R threads like for as long as they allow me to stay here. nt |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. But "liberalism" interferes with our "freedom" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Liberal" only has meaning within a party since to most conservatives all Democrats are "Liberal". |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. Very true. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Except that the founding fathers weren't as liberal as the poster |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Actually, they were. They were also products of their time. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
16. The pendulum is gone. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. Devoid of reality |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Fail |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Sorry, but elections disagree with you |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. Please, amuse me. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
81. If you really want to have that debate |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Specifically |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Specifically, I think you are wrong |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. It's all about the degree people are willing to go |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I still think you are wrong |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. K&R! What a great OP! |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. kicking n/t |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
27. That might work IF you get rid of the capitalism first. nt |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
77. I'm all for getting rid of capitalism. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Could be we already started - |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. people like to invoke the Founding Fathers as if 'they' embodied |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. i think what they are after when they say The Founding Fathers is The Enlightenment. |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
83. Hamilton was a douche. |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
33. K&R very well said.... |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
34. Wonder if it wold help if the majority in both houses were Progressives. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
35. I would settle for just a traditional "Democrat". |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. We still do. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. Next time we need to turn off our t.v.s when the speeches start |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. KNR! n/t |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. Obama would've been nice follow-up to a Clinton, but not what is needed to fight RW death spiral now |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. We need a President who is a realist. President Obama is a close |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Funny, I remember Dr Dean leading the Democratic Party to a resounding |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. We got the best Liberal Wall Street $$ can buy. nt |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yes. Desperately. Someone like FDR. nt |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. Don't blame me, I voted for Kucinich. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Great vote that was. nt |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Yes, it was. |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yeah, try to elect one, stop yur whinin' |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Some DUERs like losing elections and protesting in the streets. |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. Overdue But Quite The System Is In Place To Prevent It |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
55. I am sorry I can only give this one rec |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Ok. Elect one. Nuff said. nt |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. I intend to do my part |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. Weakest admin I've seen. |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
56. We have a fine center-left pragmatic President, and no Kucinich type can ever, EVER win. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Hear! nt |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
58. To quote a friend: "you just don't know how vicious liberal democrats can be." |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Failure to grasp reality. Looks for all at once. No perseverance. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
63. K&R....n/t |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
65. The ones in power got what they wanted in the last forty years.... |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
67. I can't recommend this post enough K/R |
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Ramsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
69. The reason I am so disappointed in Obama is that he lied to us. He was actually to the right of Hill |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. Outstanding Post |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
74. liberals can't expect shit until they figure out what the right's best weapon is |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
78. KRKRKRKRKRKRKRKR |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
79. This rocks! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
80. When the right wing killed JFK, certain things were obvious re where we were going .... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
84. There was a great Jon Stewart quote a while back: |
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