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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:01 PM
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i say we encourage use of the term PUMA
here's what im thinking :think:

By far, most hillary supporters here are decent about the events so far. Whatever vitriol has occurred is water under the bridge to them and they accept the reality of what has happened. Maybe not enthusiastically, but that's their right.

praising the Clintons and their good public works shoudl be a completely acceptable act. They did great things and we shoudl acknowledge that.

instead what we have are "concern trolls" that try to slam Obama indirectly and Troll Alarmists that are hunting big cat.

I say we use PUMA to refer to the people we think are working against Obama and the democratic party. maybe they claim on the face that its for Hillary, but i think we all know its really not.


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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:02 PM
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1. Oh brother
:eyes:
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:15 PM
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2. How about we concentrate on our real enemy- McSame
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:20 PM
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3. Isn't a puma really the same thing as a cougar
?
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:23 PM
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4. I say we don't talk about them and let them heal. It is taking a while
for them to hit acceptance. We need their vote and talking about them will just stir the pot.
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last1standing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:02 PM
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8. PUMAs are not disgruntled Hillary supporters. PUMA is a repub cover operation.
It was founded by a mccain supporter and its members are dedicated to everything that Hillary Clinton opposes.

They will not heal, they will fester.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:04 PM
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9. Why we should ignore them all the more. I'm sure some of them
are republicans who crossed over to vote for Hillary and now want to cause disruption for the democrats. Just ignore them. Some of them need to heal. Some of them need to heel.
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last1standing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:07 PM
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10. So we should let their lies go unanswered? Isn't that what Kerry did with the swiftboaters?
We've been down that road and got four more years of bush*.

Don't you think it's time we tried it another way?
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:09 PM
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11. Since MCCain is putting up an ad directly addressing them
they cannot be ignored.
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KAZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:16 PM
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12. "Need to heel"? WTF, were they stabbed or something?
It's been 2 months for fuck's sake.

I'm not ignoring shit, pal.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:20 PM
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13. By heel I meant "heel like a dog" , as in stop. Some of them did
loose faith when Hillary lost. Give them until after the convention. Try and be in kumbaya stance until the convention is over and see how they behave. Of course McSame will try and stir the pot. So he can then be taken down by biden for runny a campaign that has less to do with policy and more to do with cultures of personality.
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KAZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:27 PM
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14. OK, you spelled it 2 different ways in your OP, but I can agree...
.. about waiting for the end of the convention. Sorry I jumped on ya.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 09:24 AM
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33. I meant to spell it two different ways. Some of the pumas also need
to heal and then get over it.
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 05:53 AM
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23. That's the spirit.
Edited on Sun Aug-24-08 06:19 AM by cornermouse
Heel. Like a dog. Kumbaya?

Can you "hear" yourself? Seriously. Since a lot of Hillary's supporters are women is it farfetched to conclude that you think women need to be subjugated like dogs? Is this what the democratic party has become?
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 09:25 AM
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34. Oh gees. I said they need to heal and then heel. It was a play on words.
As a woman I would never call any other women a dog.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:28 PM
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5. I say you need a hobby.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:32 PM
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6. well, i have several
i like electronics and computers.
I enjoy boxing and watching boxing.
dressing in medieval gear and smashing others with sticks.
i also like sewing. :)
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 08:29 PM
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15. oh you're a monty python extra?
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 01:42 AM
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16. Interesting hobbies.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 08:46 AM
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27. thanks
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 07:51 PM
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7. Let's not.
I LIKE pumas.

Let's allow the human group to fade, and the term to be reclaimed by those who it belongs to.

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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 01:51 AM
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17. I'd just as soon we never again discuss the alleged PUMAs.
It's GOP stink bait, and little else.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 09:22 AM
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32. We need to starve 'em out. They know just enough to stay here--but we can alert without responding.
It's frustrating sometimes, I want to surgically slice 'em a new one--but if their threads die, or their provocative best gets ignored, they'll end up turning on each other.

Now THAT would be worth watching!
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 02:25 AM
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18. Pumas are right wing, and probably paid for their "work"
as opposed to serious and sincere Hillary supporters.
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JoFerret Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 04:57 AM
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19. It's finally time for YOU
to support the nominee and the democratic ticket.

Come on board - we have a great presidential candidate and a winning democratic ticket.

Stop working for McCain.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 08:47 AM
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28. now your just babbling
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Hieronymus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 05:44 AM
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20. I just heard a 38 yo woman on a talk show in San Francisco. She is
voting for McCain, because she likes Hillary. When asked about McCain's promise to do away with Roe vs. Wade, she said oh, it'll never make it to California. The host gave her several opportunities to defend her position. She even indicated that it might be best to lose Roe vs. Wade ... to teach a lesson of some sort?
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 05:49 AM
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22. That really pisses me off.
MPK
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 05:56 AM
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24. That right there describes the Kittycult mentality
PUMAs are the epitome of sore losers.

What I want to know is, why do they hate Hillary so much?
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 05:58 AM
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25. and we believe she is a "Hillary supporter" because????
Just like I believe all the CSPAN callers who start with "I'm a life long democrat" and then go on to slam all Dem leaders and praise bushco (and now McCain)?????

Ya, right.
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chascarrillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 06:12 AM
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26. Because we have a (very small minority of) Hillary supporters saying the same thing here.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 08:52 AM
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30. sure, thats a given
all of us who slam PUMA morons know that there is a strong possibility that they are just disrupting and had no intention o voting democrat(much like the entire states of KY and WV).


if i slam a PUMA, i am well justified. And ive made it clear, as have many of my view, that real hrc supporters aren't counted in those roles. PUMA, is the term we use to separate them out.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 08:49 AM
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29. why would anyone want to protect these morons?
they are one with McCain.
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threadkillaz Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 05:45 AM
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21. Peek Up My A##
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AZSlacker Donating Member (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 09:02 AM
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31. Once the convention is over, I think the PUMA "movement"
Here and elsewhere on the intertubes will stagnate and become largely irrelevant. The ones who plan on voting for McClone to make a point will do that, and the actual democrats will vote for Obama. Once the convention is over however I think that all 462 of them won't be given attention by the MSM any longer.
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