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klg
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response 53 of 101:
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Dec 2 17:04 UTC 2003 |
No. We are not. From where do you get that idea?
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tod
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response 54 of 101:
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Dec 2 18:19 UTC 2003 |
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rcurl
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response 55 of 101:
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Dec 2 18:22 UTC 2003 |
She has to vote on behalf of her constituents on matters that affect
or are affected by the conflict in Iraq.
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tod
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response 56 of 101:
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Dec 2 22:59 UTC 2003 |
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rcurl
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response 57 of 101:
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Dec 2 23:57 UTC 2003 |
I'm sure she can visit food stamps whenever she wishes.
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gull
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response 58 of 101:
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Dec 3 14:42 UTC 2003 |
Re #53: Nearly every conservative talk show host and columnist I've read
has done at least one article in the last year about how they think
there's a conspiracy afoot in the Democratic Party to set up a Hillary
candidacy in either 2004 or 2008. Generally the theory revolves around
either Clark being a stalking horse for Hillary, or the Clintons setting
up a deliberate loss in 2004 so the field will be open in 2008. William
Safire wrote about this last month, for example.
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tod
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response 59 of 101:
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Dec 3 17:08 UTC 2003 |
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klg
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response 60 of 101:
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Dec 3 17:15 UTC 2003 |
Mr. gull
You ought to be more discerning. That which Republicans believe is not
necessarily reflected by "conservative talk show hosts and columnists"
(a very tiny sample of what you might call "Republicans") and vice
versa. Quite obviously, the latter are interested in attracting
attention (listeners and readers) and will focus upon that
which "sells" rather than providing a true picture of Republican
interests and beliefs.
Thank you.
klg
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scott
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response 61 of 101:
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Dec 3 17:18 UTC 2003 |
Messers klg(s),
We'll bear that in mind the next time you post *any* link from *any* media
source to support *any* of your arguments.
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klg
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response 62 of 101:
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Dec 3 17:24 UTC 2003 |
Mr. scott.
As always, you are too kind.
klg
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johnnie
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response 63 of 101:
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Dec 4 01:21 UTC 2003 |
Incidentally, it turns out that the story of the British Airways pilot
spotting AirForce1 and nearly blowing the whole plan seems to have been
made up by the folks at the White House. Trying to add a little extra
drama to the project, I guess. Kinda like the whole WMD thing.
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scott
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response 64 of 101:
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Dec 4 02:33 UTC 2003 |
Force of habit?
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johnnie
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response 65 of 101:
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Dec 4 15:33 UTC 2003 |
And you know that picture of the president holding a tasty-looking
turkey on a platter, surrounded by adoring troops? Turns out the turkey
wasn't real, either. That is, it was an actual turkey, but it was
inedible due to the various things done to pretty it up, a decoration
instead of a meal. A photo-op turkey, in other words (insert Bush joke
here).
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other
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response 66 of 101:
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Dec 4 15:45 UTC 2003 |
Plus, it was probably twenty pound lighter than the real thing, you
know, so he wouldn't look like he was struggling to hold it up.
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flem
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response 67 of 101:
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Dec 4 18:06 UTC 2003 |
I like this photo-op turkey better:
http://www.polizeros.com/images/2002/10/09/bush_turkey.jpg
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aruba
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response 68 of 101:
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Dec 4 19:02 UTC 2003 |
Heh. THat's a good one.
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bru
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response 69 of 101:
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Dec 4 19:10 UTC 2003 |
Gee, you think it might have been a CENTERPIECE!?!?!?
Get a life.
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happyboy
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response 70 of 101:
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Dec 4 19:40 UTC 2003 |
you first, stink-o.
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tod
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response 71 of 101:
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Dec 4 19:48 UTC 2003 |
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mcnally
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response 72 of 101:
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Dec 4 20:40 UTC 2003 |
I'm on the verge of deciding that Bush's annoying persona is actually
a stroke of political genius. He can deliberately distort intelligence
data to manipulate the country into going to war but because of the
personalized loathing he generates among his political opponents for
some reason we're talking about the phony Thanksgiving turkey he posed
with instead. How cool is that, from Bush's standpoint?
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tod
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response 73 of 101:
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Dec 4 20:53 UTC 2003 |
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klg
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response 74 of 101:
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Dec 4 21:08 UTC 2003 |
what data were "distorted"?
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mcnally
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response 75 of 101:
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Dec 4 21:41 UTC 2003 |
Since the actual data was too super-secret to show us, lest it reveal the
identity of intelligence sources (which, of course, the administration
would never, never do..) I suppose it might be a bit of a misstatement to
say that "data" was misrepresented when most of the flagrant distortions
concerned second-hand analyses of data, for which the source material was
never publicly revealed.
Nevertheless claims about Saddam's alleged attempts to purchase uranium
from Niger and about the lack of non-nuclear applications for the aluminum
tubes purchased by the Iraqis were presented as fact by the administration
and have been widely and credibly debunked. Furthermore, in the aftermath
of the war, truth values of many of the claims made by Bush and his
advisors appear increasingly dubious although the claims themselves are
not (yet) provably false.
But hey, I'm drifting here. Let's hear more about Turkeygate.
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bhoward
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response 76 of 101:
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Dec 4 23:04 UTC 2003 |
It took me two readings to grok that.
Definitely time for my morning coffee.
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mcnally
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response 77 of 101:
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Dec 5 00:10 UTC 2003 |
re #76: I'd better tone it down a bit, then. If it was tough on you,
I can only imagine the effect on klg..
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