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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 06:51 PM
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Hillary Backers To Protest Gore at Book Signing
Edited on Fri Jun-23-06 06:53 PM by AtomicKitten
So, this is how it's going to be in the Dem primary? Oh, it's on.

Protest planned today for Gore book signing

By LEAH M. CAUDLE
http://www.gallatinnewsexaminer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060623/NEWS02/60623004

While many Nashvillians prepare to see Al Gore at his book signing and movie premiere in Green Hills today, a group of people has alternate plans.

HillaryNow.com members will be protesting Al Gore from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the Green Hills Mall during the book signing at Davis Kidd Booksellers, also in Green Hills.

HillaryNow.com is an online group that supports the running of former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential election.

Ellie Stevenson of Hendersonville, a member of the group, said protesters will gather peacefully because they feel Gore is the only person who could block Clinton’s nomination in the 2008 election.

Stevenson also said many protestors are upset because of the war in Iraq.

“If (Gore) had stood his ground in 2002, America would not be in the mess we’re in now,” Stevenson said.

However, protestors are not protesting against the movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," which opens today.

“I completely support cleaning the environment,” Stevenson said. “We think he’s a great person in trying to protect the environment, we just feel he’s not the best Democratic candidate.”'
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 06:54 PM
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1. I think these folks need a hobby. Gore has a right to sign some books
in Nashville. They have a right to hold a public protest.

But Jesus. They ought to at least have a good reason for it.

It doesn't sound to me like they have one.
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man4allcats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:03 PM
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10. By behaving in this manner, I think they do themselves,
Senator Clinton and the party a disservice. It is unfortunate, and I would hope Senator Clinton would agree. As Gore himself has said repeatedly, global warming is not so much a political issue as it is a moral one. Ah well. I guess there are people who, so to speak, simply lack "couth."

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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:11 PM
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19. Yep. I hope that someone from Senator Clinton's office contacts this
local TN group to ask them to chill out a bit.

Signing a pile of books is not an unpardonable transgression.
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:08 PM
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15. Sounds like Freeper black ops to me...
Are these people really Democrats?
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:12 PM
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22. It's a possibility. I don't think many of us would put much past Karl
Rove.

He's a multi-headed Hydra, that one.
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creeksneakers2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:03 PM
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51. That was my first impression too
And the eggheads on cable talk shows have created a fictional Gore/Hillary bitter rivalry to excite their less intelligent viewers. That part looks like a GOP plot too.
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maryallen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 10:44 PM
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62. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
The only campaigning these wingnuts can conduct is DIRTY!
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 12:17 AM
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63. Hillary would scold the hell out anyone acting a damn fool in her name.
The are likely some Rove/DeLay types trying to stir up trouble among Dems.

Or Greens Party members.
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guidod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:48 PM
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46. When's the last time you saw republicans
protesting another republican during an election year?!?!?! Have you lost your mind! :wtf: :mad:
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 06:57 PM
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2. They're so partisan they couldn't see the forest for the trees.
If anything, they should realize Gore is less of a polarizing figure than Hillary is.
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 06:57 PM
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3. Maybe this will get him just mad enough to throw his hat into the ring?
Edited on Fri Jun-23-06 06:59 PM by Totally Committed
This is just such bad form, not to even let Al have his moment in the sun in his hometown.

Bad, bad, bad....

HILLARY

CLINTON

IS

UNELECTABLE.



TC
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cenacle Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:00 PM
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5. Last I heard...
President Gore isn't running. Which is sad, because once you see his movie you realize what it would be like to have a super-smart, sensitive, spiritual, decent man leading the nation. I wish he would run. Boy, do I wish he would run. And I agree, if he does, Hillary doesn't stand a chance.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:02 PM
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6. My take is that Al Gore is in. He's in the mix, he's interested,
he's psyched up, and he's likely making a lot of later-evening phone calls around the country.

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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:37 AM
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79. My take is that he's not.
He's too happy to do it.

And, I don't blame him.
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:02 PM
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7. Maybe tactics like this will raise his hackles enough
to get him off the bench!

I support Wes Clark, but Al is an amazing guy, too. I do not like to see him dissed this way.

TC
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 06:59 PM
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4. Somewhere in a dark bar......Ann Coulter is sipping white wine
..and smiling.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:26 PM
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26. The darker the bar, the more merciful it is for the other patrons.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:55 PM
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35. And a lot of Tequila would help make it more merciful too. n/t
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:59 PM
Response to Reply #35
37. Yes. The rare moment when that worm looks downright lovely.
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:30 PM
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54. .
:rofl:
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 10:36 PM
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61. LOL! thanks!
n/t
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:02 PM
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8. "if gore had stood his ground in 2002'??? to what, pray tell, is this
person referring? surely not the presidential election, which was stolen in 2000?
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:42 PM
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44. typo?
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:03 PM
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9. Protesting someone because they might be competition?
These folks look pretty pathetic.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:05 PM
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12. I could see a group of moon-crazed fundie nutcases protesting Al
for that salacious kiss he gave Tipper at the 2000 convention on stage. Ok. I could see where that would upset their fragile little psyches.

But hells bells. All he's doing in Nashville is signing a pile of books. Sheesh.
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Pithy Cherub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:04 PM
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11. These Hillary supporters are harming her
and they are scared. Why so early. Whatever are they going to do from November to March of 2007 when Hollywood is in serious Award Season and :patriot: President Gore is bringing home the hardware, money and the publicity machine?:rofl:

NOBODY will be able to match all that free media! Party on Gore right into an Oscar Award show which IS live.
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:06 PM
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13. What ground was Pres. Gore supposed to hold in 2002?
Edited on Fri Jun-23-06 07:09 PM by tnlefty
Upset about the Iraq occupation and feel that Gore is a less desirable candidate than Hillary Clinton?:banghead: Look out wine bottle, here I come!

Edit to add: I seem to remember Gore giving a scathing speech in the Constitution Center about Dimson**'s abuses of the Constitution and The Bill of Rights. Shit... look out Cuervo bottle, here I come.
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AlGore-08.com Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 10:34 PM
Response to Reply #13
59. Gore's 1st major anti-Iraq war speech was given 3 weeks before
Congress voted to authorize the invasion of Iraq. The transcript can be read on our site:

http://www.algore.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=84

A week or so after the invasion was authorized, but before it actually happened, a reporter asked Gore point blank whether he would have voted for or against the authorization if he had still been in Congress. Gore said he would have voted against it.

Gore has consistently opposed the war.

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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:07 PM
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14. Why am I thinking psyops from the RW?
all too convenient if you ask me.

Can't wear the tin, it has a bad interaction with the moonlight blonde, but things that make ya go hmm...
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:09 PM
Response to Reply #14
17. Wow, I just said the same thing...concur wholeheartedly...nt
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dogman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:11 PM
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20. My thoughts also.
It seems the RW has pushed Hillary for some time now. I think they believe it energizes their base of Clinton haters. Hmmm..
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:43 PM
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31. Don't be so certain.
The TN Federation of Democratic Women's convention was hosted by my county (Hamilton, TN) in mid-April '04 and there were some younger women (20 ish) who were already sporting Hillary '08 buttons and they would get downright mean if anyone stated no wanting one for ANY reason, i.e., we've just had an election, let's wait and see what happens a couple of years down the road, she will be radioactive in TN, etc.

They were annoying to say the least. One of the committees that I was assigned to was hospitality and so I had to try to be nice to everyone, I served drinks, food, chatted - you know the drill - and I was asked to intervene between this group and others. During the 2nd night I had my fill of their annoying everyone with their persistence and got a little testy with them. I overheard an older woman (late 70's) telling them in no uncertain terms to leave her the hell alone. I don't remember the county that they were from, but I do remember that they had mentioned that they had driven about 5 hrs.

Perhaps they were moles who were attending our convention, but I'll be damned if I would drive 5 hrs. to infiltrate a repub women's convention...but then again I'm not an insane repug woman.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 08:12 AM
Response to Reply #31
73. very telling portrait you paint
of some pretty tenacious supporters of HRC. Although some have called BS on the OP (although it was on Raw Story), your story certainly lends credence to least that breed of dirty politicking.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:43 AM
Response to Reply #31
80. I live in Knoxville.
Edited on Sat Jun-24-06 09:43 AM by Clark2008
Got a Hillary2008 invite.

Doubt there will be any takers except for these same 20ish women.

Most adult Democrats in Tennessee know the woman can't win and aren't lifting a finger to support her. They're looking elsewhere for their candidate of choice in 2008.
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:22 PM
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94. To be fair, some of them were older, 30ish, also, but they just didn't
Edited on Sat Jun-24-06 09:24 PM by tnlefty
want to hear anything about anyone's disagreement with Hillary in '08. Some of us who protested Iraq before it started and who were already sick of it and mentioned that she needed to change her tune, others who mentioned that she didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning, no matter they didn't want to hear it. The main thing that kept pissing folks off was their fallback line, 'you just don't like women', or 'you don't want to elect a woman as president' when they were in a roomfull of Democratic women was REALLY pissing people off. Imagine that!

edit: stupid typo :blush:
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:49 PM
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32. as posted below, the evidence is in
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:51 PM
Response to Reply #14
33. that's what i thought also when i read this, and it's the first i heard of
that site.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:08 PM
Response to Reply #14
38. Perhaps because the founder of HillaryNow ran as an independent
perhaps because they are a very small group that appears well funded, by whom, who knows?
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:43 PM
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45. Exxon?
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 10:14 PM
Response to Reply #38
56. This smells to high heaven - - remember all those "left" sites in 2002-3
that attacked Kerry for his betrayal to Vietnam vets even claiming to be wintersoldier sites, and they got traced back to ....... TEXAS and the swifts.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 10:28 PM
Response to Reply #56
58. Yes, I remember that. HillaryNow also takes pot shots at Kerry
I don't think HillaryNow is a legitimate pro-Hillary website, but more of a site dedicated at confusing people and causing mischief.

HillaryNow compares Kerry to one of the 3 Stooges:

http://www.hillarynow.com/2004election.htm

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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:08 PM
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16. These people need a hard smack upside their thick heads
I don't care who the candidate names associated with this story might be. To have Dem supporters of one guy (<--literary device) protesting the other guy is bad form at any time. To do so nearly two years out is just plain assinine.

Call the Intelligence Police and lock these dumbfucks up.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:55 PM
Response to Reply #16
36. It would be great theater if Al's supporters bought a copy of the
book, had him sign them, and then went outside and threw them at the protestors.

I bet the Gore supporters are good markspersons, too.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:10 PM
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18. WTF?!....This makes no sense at all...
“If (Gore) had stood his ground in 2002, America would not be in the mess we’re in now,” Stevenson said.

What is that statement referring to? What happened in 2002 that Gore might have influenced?

I'll be shocked if more than three or four brain-dead assholes show up for their "protest".

And........Christ-O-Fucking-Rama!...Hillary is a really weak candidate, at least I hope she is.

This country fucking sucks anyway, I'm about over it. I think I'll just retire, move to Amsterdam and become a junkie.




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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:12 PM
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21. Why do I think this is a joke? n/t
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:21 PM
Response to Reply #21
40. Now that you've mentioned it, I believe that is the best explanation.
Otherwise, it's just too dumb.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:12 PM
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23. This is how Hillary supporters protest the war????
Stevenson also said many protestors are upset because of the war in Iraq.

“If (Gore) had stood his ground in 2002, America would not be in the mess we’re in now,” Stevenson said.



that makes a lot of sense ... Oh yeah, I remember now how Al voted to allow our troops to invade Iraq. :sarcasm:]
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WePurrsevere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:14 PM
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24. Maybe it's brain fog but... how would Gore's standing his ground in 2002
(as a prominent yet private citizen) have kept us out of Iraq (mess) any more then if Hillary (and prominent Senator) had (or would)? :shrug:




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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 03:45 AM
Response to Reply #24
71. Yeah. I gotta wonder what the hell it is they think they're protesting.
Wasn't Sen. Clinton the one who voted to authorize Bush to invade?
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WePurrsevere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 06:36 AM
Response to Reply #71
72. Yes, she authorized the use of force if all else failed. Bush had an inch
and took a few thousand miles (and a few hundred thousand lives).
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cobaindrain Donating Member (731 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:18 PM
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25. argh, no more infighting!
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:26 PM
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27. THE EVIDENCE
From: "Robert Kunst" <hillarynow@...>
To: hillarynow@...
CC: theoralmajority@...
Subject: #284- Hillarynow.com to protest Al Gore
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:19:32 -0400

Dear Supporters and media:

With all the national speculation of Al Gore being the only one standing in the way of Hillary Clinton getting the Democratic Party's nomination to run for President in 2008, an unusual opportunity presents itself to Nashville's Hillarynow.com chapter.

Al Gore is doing a book signing for his book, "An Inconvenient Truth", at Noon on June 23, 2006, at David-Kidd Booksellers in The Mall at Green Hills, Nashville.

Hillarynow.com will be making national news in protesting Al Gore, starting at 11A.M., at the corner of Hillsborough Rd., at the entrance to Green Hills Mall.

Our protest signs will include:

1. "MORE GORE? NO THANKS! IT'S ALL ABOUT U.S. AND HILLARY IN '08-HILLARYNOW.COM"

2. "WALTZIN FOR HILLARY, NOT MORE GORE-HILLARYNOW.COM"

3. "GORE BETRAYED U.S.-HILLARY WON'T-HILLARYNOW.COM"

4. "WOULD AMERICA BE IN THIS MESS, HAD AL GORE FOUGHT BACK?-HILLARYNOW.COM"

And other messages, as we expose the 'inconvenient truths' about Al Gore,(1) who betrayed America, when he walked with his tail between his legs on the 2000 'stolen election' and others since, and our need for a paper ballot for 2008, altogether, as the ONLY way to protect our vote.

(2)How Al Gore betrayed his relationship with Bill Clinton, as his VP, and all the positives of that administration, which also cost Gore his homestate of Tenn.

(3)How Al Gore betrayed himself in thinking that this was all about him- instead of U.S..

The 'inconvenient truth' is that Al Gore needs to offer his answers on the environment, and leave a real victory for change to Hillary, who will force the Democratic Party to fight back, which Gore didn't do, and why he lost, in spite of the 'stolen' election.

Contact: Ellie Stevenson, 615-264-0823, who is in charge of this protest.

Or Bob Kunst, 305-864-5110, who will be at the New Democratic Network event in Wash., D.C. at the Mayflower Hotel, when Hillary Clinton will address them. I have a "Hillary '08-Hillarynow.com" tee-shirt to give to her.

On Thurs., June 22,2006, I will addressing Democrats in Knoxville, Tenn., at 7 P.M., at the Panera Bread, 4855 Kingston Pike, in the Beardon area of Knoxville.

On Sat., June 24, 2006, I will be playing 'mas' in costume with Caribe,Inc., in the West Indian Carnival with 100,000 on Ga. Ave., in Wash., D.C. and my two stickers as part of my costume:"No More Bushit-Hillarynow.com"

Below is a statement from Bill Clinton who spoke in Ark. and for the first mentioned about his being the First Gentleman.

On a personal note: I gave Al Gore, 6 months of my life and went to 26 states on his behalf.

When Al Gore refused to even allow what happened in Fla., to even be brought up on the Floor of Congress, at the request of the Congressional Black Caucus, I was enraged at his selfishness, at his stupid politics, and the dangers it would present for all future elections, which has already happened.



That some Democrats are so fearful of Hillary, who makes them fight back, is why Al Gore is being talked about as a potential candidate, in their desperation, and lack of direction.

You can only blame Bush for so much, when his opposition is so 'silent.' If Gore had gone after Bush in 2000 as he has since, our country wouldn't be in such danger.

Yours Faithfully,

Bob Kunst

Pres., Hillarynow.com

305-864-5110

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_oralmajority/message/761?l=1
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:29 PM
Response to Reply #27
28. A**holes...
And WE on the Left keep getting lectures about Party unity!

TC
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:34 PM
Response to Reply #27
30. Gore should sign several extra copies of his book and take them out
to the protestors and give them as presents.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 01:35 AM
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64. Deleted message
Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.
 
AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 08:21 AM
Response to Reply #64
74. this story is posted on Raw Story
Edited on Sat Jun-24-06 08:28 AM by AtomicKitten
and I posted it here as a news item point of interest.

In light of response #31 above (the link I create doesn't work properly, sorry), it certainly lends credence to the notion that there is indeed that breed of supporter of one potential contender for 2008, something that is insidious and destructive within the party and something that will be quite the opposite of fair play in the upcoming primary. Or maybe it is bullshit as you seem to think, but still makes one wonder about its genesis and the reasoning behind it being floated out there.

There are many "real" Democrats on DU, including me. I think perhaps you may want to review your litmus test and stop using that accusation as a weapon to brow-beat others.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 03:44 AM
Response to Reply #27
70. Wow. Those are some ridiculous people. nt
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:55 AM
Response to Reply #27
83. I'm a bit suspect that all the ads attached were targeted towards...
you guessed it, conservatives.

Like Hillary would have done better for us?

I'm not calling my primary candidate until much later, but I will call it when I smell a rat, and there's an essence of vermin in these ops for sure.

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nealmhughes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:32 PM
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29. Al Gore is beloved in the Tennessee Valley.
Probably not at the usual shopping crowd at Green Hills (which is in Franklin, Williamson County, the wealthiest county in Tenn.)though.
Hillary Clinton supporters have a lot of gall to mention the year 2002. Who was a senator hawk in 2002 and had long forgotten universal health care?
I don't believe it was Mr. Gore, who was then growing his beard and reasearching his book, if I remember correctly...
I pretty much believe that only Clark and Gore are the only viable candidates in the South and Midwest right now. While I would love to see Dennis (my boy) run, perhaps a stint as a very senior level cabinet postition is more viable for him.
Hillary might be lucky to get a crumb as Sec. of Transportation or Agriculture.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 07:54 PM
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34. I think this picture of Hillary and HillaryNow's Bob Kunst is photoshopped

Bob Kunst speaks with Hillary Clinton in Washington D.C. 06/23/06 (photo by Evan Sisley)

http://www.hillarynow.com/
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:29 PM
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42. but did ya check out the swell cookie recipes? n/t
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:59 AM
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85. Agreed--the lighting is all wrong on him, not to mention
the fact that his image is much sharper than hers (thankfully I got my new specs yesterday!).

I call BS on Kunst and his group.

And as I mention upthread, when I went to the Yahoo link AC provided, the ads were targeted to conservatives of the nastier type.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:18 PM
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39. This is bad. It makes no sense to protest against Gore at a
Edited on Fri Jun-23-06 08:19 PM by ladjf
book signing. What is their message?
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 01:39 AM
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65. That Group "HillaryNow" sound like a bunch of flakes..
Edited on Sat Jun-24-06 01:39 AM by larissa
They even sell gingerbread cookies on their site and say..

..."and if you don't like Hillary, you can bite her head off"

Looks like they have a two-bit website to try and raise money... and I'll bet about ZERO of the donations sent in actually go for Hillary's benefit.

Shady group... Almost bordering on Freeperism.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 10:38 PM
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96. I'm suspicious that the whole idea is really a joke. That's about
the only conclusion that makes any sense whatsoever.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:25 PM
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41. Kunst isn't even a Democrat
He ran as an independent against Bob Graham for Governor.
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globalvillage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:39 PM
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43. Hundreds flock to Gore book-signing
Nothing here about the protesters. Looks like lots of love for VP Gore, though.
I bought the book the other day, BTW. It's great.

By LEAH M. CAUDLE
Staff Writer


More than 500 people flooded a Green Hills bookstore at noon today to catch a glimpse of the former vice president and hopefully snag his autograph in his book, “An Inconvenient Truth.”

Al Gore appeared at Davis Kidd Booksellers in Green Hills Mall.

<snip>

“When I got here to purchase the book, they said that there were just three more left,” Boylin said.

Gore arrived shortly after noon with the crowd erupting in deafening applause.

“I appreciate the standing ovation,” Gore joked to the already standing crowd.


http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060623/NEWS02/60623011/1001/NEWS
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:54 PM
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47. that's a relief, I hope it's true
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:58 PM
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49. And did you see on this post:
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:02 PM
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50. Success is the sweetest revenge.
THANKS - again - for making my day today.

I've got the DVR set for Letterman tonight.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:06 PM
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52. My TiVo's ready, too!
:hi:
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:12 PM
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53. and Mai Tai
Edited on Fri Jun-23-06 09:13 PM by AtomicKitten
Have a great evening. I am outa here.

:)
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:31 PM
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55. And goodnight to you!
:toast:
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 10:12 AM
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86. Interesting note--as a library book buyer, I've found some things about
the book a bit strange regarding distribution.

First and foremost: Our distributors do an automatic buy for us weekly. They didn't buy this title at all. Very, very strange, particularly with the film release and the author, it should have been a natural. FWIW, our distributor also does A/V so they would have had to have known about the doc.

Not to mention that we get pre-pub alerts from our distributors on potential hot titles monthly; it's my job to pick out the ones we MUST have and get them on street date. How much sense does it make to you that I, of all people working on Collection Development, would have missed this title? When my supervisor, the Collection Development supervisor, realized we hadn't ordered it--meaning I hadn't ordered it, even she got suspicious. Even she realized that there is NO way I would not have picked up this title, no possible way.

It NEVER appeared on a pre-pub alert--not once. I went back and checked.

Not enough evidence IMHO to call foul on anyone, but there is simply no way we would not have caught the book up pre-pub if we had known about it.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 08:56 PM
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48. What matter of great principle inspires the protesters?
Apparently, ambition and the cult of personality. Oh how noble. At least when people protest Hillary its for an issue beyond promoting some politicians career: it's because she showed no courage or judgment in her continued support for the Iraq war. She is not a leader.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 10:21 PM
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57. It's amazing how low Faux Snooze/Rove/GOP will stoop...
HillaryNow.com has got to be a front for Repugs. Maybe I'll infiltrate a local one if it rears its ugly head in my neck of the woods.

Yuck!
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 10:35 PM
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60. WHA? I find it very hard to believe these folks are not trolls.
I would never hold a protest against another DEM- I would just support their primary opponent and then whoever won.

Something stinks.
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scoey1953 Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 01:41 AM
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66. These have to be Republicans in disguise...
Edited on Sat Jun-24-06 01:51 AM by scoey1953
They would have to be idiots to do that..who else but Republican right wingers posing
as democrats. They will stoop to anything, we have known that ever since they sent that
bunch of people to Florida to stop the counting...and of course those so called Military
boatsmen against Kerry...This stinks to high heavan.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 02:18 AM
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67. Real-Life Trolls!
ugh! Always posing as parodies of Dems, on the internet and in real-life too...
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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 02:56 AM
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68. This kind of thing is hurting our Party!
There is nothing wrong with choosing one primary candidate over another, but these bitter primary battles are not good for Democrats! They are all members of the same team. The primaries are simply a time where we choose our favorite team member. I live in California, and our two Democratic candidates Phil Angelides and Steve Westly brutalized each other during the primaries so much that it seems to have helped Schwarzenegger. Apparently, a Democrat at the Meetup I attend told one of the organizers that he was going to vote for Schwarzenegger because he was upset that Westly lost the primary! (I didn't hear the conversation, but the organizer told me about it.)

I'll put it this way: If there was a Democratic primary with John Kerry, Cindy Sheehan, and Joe Lieberman as the candidates, I would support the winner of that primary in the general election regardless of which of the three it was!
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thepurpose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:52 AM
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82. I agree. Playing right into republican hands that we can't get our shit
together.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 03:05 AM
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69. Surely that's not their only reason for gathering, because he is
a political threat? Not because they disagree? And how exactly can you blame Gore for the war in Iraq when they apparently don't have an issue with Hillary supporting the thing. That's just weird.

He's not even fucking running as of yet. That's just crazy. I swear, if anyone ever catches me protesting a potential threat to Kerry, esp. this damn early, you have my permission to punch me in the face.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 08:53 AM
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75. This does not sound real to me...
Sounds more like a hoax, or some righties trying to cause trouble.

If it is real it has to be some weird fringe group.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 08:57 AM
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76. This is a goddamn set up if I ever saw one!
Hillary is just too smart to approve of this group's tactics. I hope she's on it big time to get these people shut down.

I am looking forward to the big expose of this dirty trick in the MSM.:sarcasm:
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:15 AM
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77. Oh, yea... like Hillary is "sooo" popular in Tennessee.
NOT! :eyes:

This will be like a Freeper convention: more Port-A-Potties than protesters.

Geesch.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:32 AM
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78. OK. There's some sort of convoluted twisted logic going on here?!
If Bush hadn't stolen the election we wouldn't be in this mess. What does it have to do with Gore, who fought the stolen election???

DLCers....wierd people! They simply WANT the Democratic Party to fail.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:49 AM
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81. I just wrote them:
Edited on Sat Jun-24-06 09:50 AM by Clark2008
Are you people insane?

First, protesting Gore because you're upset about the war in Iraq is downright stupid. Hillary supported it and Gore gave a scathing speech against it.

Second, Gore has more of a shot of taking Tennessee - or any place else in the South and mid-West - than Hillary ever will.

Finally, it's bad form. Democrats need to stick together instead of protesting one another. You sound like a group of right-wingers.

I'm in Tennessee and support Wesley Clark, if you must know, but I still think you're making a HUGE mistake if your goal is to, indeed, give Hillary Clinton the nomination (she won't win the general election. This country is to gynophobic for that).

Sorry, but you're barking up the wrong tree-hugger.
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globalvillage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 10:41 AM
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87. I wrote to Sen Clinton
and pointed to the "bad form" of her supporters. I agree, this sort of divisive behavior doesn't help their cause.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 11:03 AM
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89. Good on ya!
:thumbsup:
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 09:58 AM
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84. I can't imagine Hillary or her team supports this
They're just not this stupid :crazy:
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 10:58 AM
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88. Only two showed up! ....
according to this thread in GD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1498373

Also, two very nice photos of the event.

TC
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globalvillage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 11:10 AM
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91. Awesome!
How lame to protest Gore's event. They should be ashamed. Nice pic.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 12:49 PM
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92. thanks for posting this
I have taken hits that my OP was BS.

I don't know who these assclowns at hillarynow are, but their kind of negative input in the mix is just disgusting.
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 08:04 PM
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93. No probs!
Glad to do it.

TC
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 11:10 AM
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90. Don't panic. The Hillary candidacy is a clever distraction by the
Democrats to throw the Republican smear machines off target.
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Clarkie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 10:23 PM
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95. What a bunch of jackasses. nt
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 10:51 PM
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97. NOT linked in ANY WAY to the senator or her campaign.
So I'm not upset at Hillary for this.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-25-06 12:42 PM
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98. My e-mail to that group:
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:40:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Ronny K Marshall" <> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: I love Hillary
To: hillarynow@hotmail.com

But I have a question about your group.

Is it true that your organized a protest against Al Gore at a Nashville book signing?

If so, you should be ashamed.

I don't think Hillary would approve such a Rove-like tactic.

You're an embarrassment to other supporters of Hillary Clinton like myself.

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ariellyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-25-06 12:49 PM
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99. Sounds like that white-collar protest in 2000. Paid for by somebody. nt
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