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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:31 PM Original message |
Studs Terkel, George Carlin... who else deserved to see Obama cross the finish line? |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Paul Newman. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That's a great call. |
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truth please (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. My African-American Grandma who will be 103 years old in April |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
72. Kurt Vonnegut |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ann Richards and Molly Ivins. |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I miss Molly Ivins - a lot. n/t |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I know. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
68. Ann and Molly are my picks too....Wish they could be here.... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Rosa Parks, Molly Ivins, Anne Richards. |
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ebdarcy (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. His mom. |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Kills me she does not experience this. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
78. Definitely, his mom. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
79. Definitely. n/t |
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ROh70 (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Tim Russert, Thurgood Marshall. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hunter Thompson. |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. I think of "Fear and Loathing on the '72 Campaign Trail" a lot these days |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Jon Stewart is good, but he doesn't have that razor edge. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
82. I see the stuff Matt Taibbi is doing these days as clearly HST influenced. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Thanks! I haven't heard of him. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
66. Still the best political book written about that election or any other. |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. This quote (from '72) basically was a prophecy of what's happened in the last 8 years |
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MarthaMyDear (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
75. I wish Hunter S Thompson was here...he would REALLY... |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. MLK, RFK |
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damndude (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. bernie mac |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Jackie Robinson |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. Coretta Scott King |
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luvs2sing (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. My mother... |
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whitewomenforobama (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Abe Lincoln /nt |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. His mother. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yep, that one's a heartwrencher. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. Anne Dunham and Tim Russert |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones and Bill Gwatney |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. This dear woman.... |
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lxlxlxl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Alice Coltrane, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, and David Foster Wallace. |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. Andy Stephenson. n/t |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
71. I thought of him first too.... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. Medgar Evers, Hubert Humphrey, Paul Wellstone |
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BigAnth (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. My daughter Bonnie, who took her own life at the age of 15. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Hope is too a rare commodity some times. I think she'd be happy we found a leader with tons of it |
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BigAnth (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Thanks. This election has been very therapeutic for me. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
51. I am so, so, so, so sorry |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
60. {{{BigAnth}}} Bless you and your Bonnie. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. Martin and Bobby |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Amen |
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Versailles (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. My fiancee's father. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. my dad's mom |
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sunnybrook (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. Coretta Scott King |
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EastTennesseeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. George Carlin died exactly when he wanted to |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. For some reason Russert comes to mind because he was such a |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. My mother's father. |
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mellomel (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. My dad. :( |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Tim Russert. He was looking forward to this badly. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. I want his grandmother to make it to Wednesday at least.... |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. My mother - loved Obama, but died in May 2007, dammit. She's probably my subconscious |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. leftofthedial's mother |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. my Grandma |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. Jerry Falwell |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. My brother-in-law, Jack |
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Bubbha Jo (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
44. Abraham Lincoln. There's gonna be a whole lot of clapping going on |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Don't think so... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. My sweet Daddy. |
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gardenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. One of my friends |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
49. Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
52. Molly Ivins, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson and my mom |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
53. Carlin? You've gotta be kidding... |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
54. what incredibly touching memories |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
55. John Kenneth Galbraith, Pierre Trudeau, Morticai Richler, Marlon Brando, Sterling Hayden |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
56. Barbara Jordan. nt |
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carnie_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
58. Malcolm X |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
59. My Mother. She passed away one year ago today 11/1. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
61. Kephra n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. ..... |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #61 |
73. yes ,Kef |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
63. I can think of 4,188 people I wish were still around to it. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
64. 'Deserved' in a different sense - but Jesse Helms! |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
65. Hunter S. |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
67. Ray Charles, Lou Rawls, Wilson Pickett & John R. Cash! |
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endelfam (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. My great grandfather.... |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. That's amazing! On Tuesday night, we'll all be thinking about the people who came before Obama. |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
74. Anyone with a sense of justice who had to endure the long arc of our country's history |
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indie_voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
76. my dad n/t |
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GreenFiles (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
77. Heath Ledger |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
81. My dad, who volunteered for Adlai Stevenson. He died in |
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