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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:27 PM Original message |
Rush Limbaugh's Self-Serve Gas Station Ordeal |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. could he be testing his audience? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh god- I forgot to add- he said he tipped the register woman $30. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. oh how saintly of him! |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. This is a bribe, straight and true |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. He TIPPED her?? What a dolt! |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Some states have laws against self-serve |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. You are correct. We cannot pump our own gas in Oregon. n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
86. True dat. And you amuse those of us on the other side of the Columbia |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. LOL. It is a sight to behold, isn't it? n/t |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Was dude wearing a talk silk tophat and monocle, I wonder? |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. They will put up with all of his classist BS |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. *retch*... i think it's because they want so desperately to believe |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. "I like Rush because he is just like me, plain, simple, midwestern folk" |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. hahahaha... come on... nobody says that, do they? |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. i know a lot of people who think hes a regular guy of average means |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. wow... i wish it was painful to be that delusional... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
84. Yes, it should cause physical pain, or at least annoying flatulence. |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. My neighbor has a bumper sticker that reads: |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. $175K a year? what kind of "regular people" jobs pay that? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah Rush |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. What a magical, happy, candy-land fuzzy smiley universe Rush lives in. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That's what I was thinking. What the hell is his audience saying to |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. Yes, what an uncomfortable moment of cognitive dissonance THAT must be |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Somebody ought to send him that E-Mail |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Or the one, (which happens to be true) |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. I suppose this is his way of asking for more work visas... |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wonder how his audience took to that story? |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Gas stations I go to DO NOT TAKE 100 dollar bills |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Now that you mentioned it... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
80. Yep, the local Casey's, |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. He's complaining? |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why is he going inside in fhe first place? |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. Without his Viagra handy,... |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Not funny. |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Yes, it was,... |
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Minnesota Libra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Too bad we'll never know what the average working repub thought nt |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Someday someone is going to kick the tar outta that lazy blowhard, |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. The joy of being a lout has always been a big part of Nazi/Fascist appeal. |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. Did he come up short? Or just barely enough? n/t |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. are you series1?!?! |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Pimple-Butt lives in an alternate universe. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. and idiots think hes an expert |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. He can't pump gas but he can get you any number |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. No gas station here would touch a $100 bill |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. of couse they take them, they just mark that brown pen thing across them |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. I always ask them to mark any bills that I receive in change from them |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. No, they don't take them |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #60 |
88. They have to is you push the issue |
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Rufus T. Firefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
79. "No bills over $20" |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. I've never seen signs like that |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Try self-service when you're in a wheelchair and it's raining, asshat! |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Oh don't even get me started on that. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. A/B's have all the fun |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. It reminds me of Bush Sr's cash register encounter |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. That's *exactly* what it made me think of. |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oh yeah Rush the common man from the heartland |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Manhattan is the only place I know of where one gets the gas pumped. |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
58. New Jersey,... |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. yep |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Rush usually has his drug counselor pump his gas for him... |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe he could hook Larry King up to the car. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. And WE'RE the elitists?! |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. by your heading I thought he was caught getting high on gas fumes |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. I heard Jeff Christie pumped his share of gas |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. How did he know that he needed gas? Doesn't sound like he had his posse |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. K and r - 0n account of soul weariness |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's a big bragging deal. After all the money he has made, he still |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. OH! You just reminded me about another thing- |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. oh for fux sake... |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It isn't elite, it's SOP for new money pig people. The only difference |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I thought he was and "Expert" |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. I think he said he paid $4.40 a gallon. What's with that? |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
85. Presumably dude used to pump his own gas at one point, like in the 70's, |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. He complained about pumping his own gas? What a wimp! I've pumped |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. Shows how far he is from the real world. What stupid BS. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
55. I heard this too. |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. That SOB's so lazy, he'd pay to watch someone have sex, using his pills. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. K&R - lets get this on greatest |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. His listeners in TX will hear out out of touch he is. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Amazingly though most people seem completely able to block out the |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. How very true. Still, if many are like me and haven't used full |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
66. just acclimating the ditto-heads to his royal status and untouchable |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
73. Odd he didn't harangue the outrageous gas prices instead. |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
74. LOL...a Pill-Poppin' Porsche Populist. Next week: "How I ordered a pizza! |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Lol... Poser Playing Pretend Land |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
76. Don't yea know... getting his fat ass out of the car causes hemorrhoids? |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
77. Pumping your own gas is hard work! n/t |
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Rufus T. Firefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
78. I've heard him brag that he never pumps his own gas. |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
83. Is he from NJ or Oregon? |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
89. Ewwwwwwwww He had to mix with the peasants. The dittoheads. |
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SensibleAmerican (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
90. The Republicans wanted self-serve gas |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. And ain't it amazing that the gas is the same price as everywhere else? |
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