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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:58 PM Original message |
Who here grew up in small town PA? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. We'll see how your hometown votes. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. bitter. Is that all you have? BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHA! |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. One might ask, is that all you have? |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. being better than you is not condescension. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. You're "better" than me? And that's a "fact?" In what way are you "better" than me? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
85. Well, I hope that Obama doesn't share your attitude. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. We're better than those who support a proven liar. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. All of them angry and bitter? |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I am a happy camper |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Good job. You've fooled everyone here. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
78. the words that you type... |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Let me explain further. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
86. But are they clinging to religion, guns, and anti-trade agreement feelings |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. I grew up near Boyertown, PA. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. It's sad. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. My brother still lives in PA and has to work 2 jobs to try to hold on to his home. |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hell, I'm angry and bitter |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. The truth hurts and Obama is being attacked for speaking it. |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. thanks, I'm doing better |
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Psst_Im_Not_Here (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Sometimes I wonder |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
87. Try to get into a neutral fram of mind. Then read his words as carefully as you can. |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yea sounds to me Obama hit on it dead on. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. Polarized the Electorate |
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HootieMcBoob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. I grew up in Washington, PA |
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Freedomofspeech (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I was born in Washington, PA.... |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. I don't recognize the guy who talked the happy talk of we can all get along...you, me , the Indies |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
72. None of what you said exonerates her for choosing to lie, repeatedly and without reservation. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Me too....and all my family |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. I grew up and still live in a small NJ town |
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Prefer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Chambersburg is half mexican now |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Avoca, PA--between Scranton And Wilkes-Barre. I lived there from |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. My Dad did the same thing. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. I mainly remember his loneliness in Philly and his exhaustion |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
53. I used to live in the Poconos |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
80. holy shit! I lived in Kunkletown! |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Dictionary.com: bitter - Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. You got it right! Ask Buffalo NY about Hillary! Check this out & pass it around!!!!! |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. Ask Hershey, PA About HRC and NAFTA |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's possible this whole thing could backfire on her big time. nt |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Warminster, Bucks County here. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
91. Centralia is the saddest metaphor for what Obama is talking about |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Chadds Ford, PA |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. "Grew up in small-town Ohio" checking in. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. We'll have to wait and see. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. My husband, who now lives in Indiana |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R this thread. |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
52. OMG....the Naval Shipyard IS gone, isn't it??? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. It's still there. The jobs are gone though. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hillary's Dad? |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Oh yeah, that's right. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Oh, please... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
77. Unlike your allegations about Obama, there's evidence that proves clinton lies repeatedly. |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Newtown, PA - County of Bucks |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I think it may be closer, but it is a tough call. |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Sparo |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. My mom is from one of the smallest - Indianhead. |
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Freedomofspeech (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Part of the Connvellsville School District... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. Hah - you ever been to Peachins? True Deliverance land. |
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philk17088 (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. same here |
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solito (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
41. did hard times make you buy a gun? |
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Freedomofspeech (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Gun ownership is a big deal here.. |
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ELY08 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Macungie Here |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Welcome to DU! |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
79. It is INDEED a big deal in Pennsylvania |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #41 |
57. No, he didn't say that. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
75. Hey...watch this... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
89. Did hard times make you go to church? |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
49. I did....county seat too..NW Pa.. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
50. I am reading these responses with tears in my eyes. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Me too. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Not to mention Ohio. People are really suffering. |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
58. Grew up in New Hope, PA |
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lmbradford (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
59. small town OK here... |
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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
61. I spent my teen age summers helping out on my grandparent's farm |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Trout in the Yellow Breeches......still a good place. |
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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. exactly... it ran through their farm and was where I learned to fly fish |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. I've only gone in at the Allenberry access. Did you tie a beetle? |
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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Gotta go so can't get into loooong professional discussion but |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
62. These are the same kind of people Jesse Jackson talked about in |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. huh? |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. As a little girl, I lived in Slippery Rock, PA in Butler County for a few years |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
66. My father |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
67. Oh, but don't you know? NAFTA was good for PA and did no harm during the 90s. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
68. I grew up in small town OH, right next door to PA. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
73. I didn't grow up in PA... |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. stillcool |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Stroudsburgh area... |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Yes, it is. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
88. I was born in Scranton....But my parents left when I was a year old, so I guess it doesn;t count |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Hillary would count it. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
92. I lived in Lewisburg for some years |
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futureliveshere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
93. well said.. anger if channelized correctly is an extremely effective weapon |
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