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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:39 AM
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Cokie Roberts calls 'torture' a fantastic campaign issue.
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 09:46 AM by spanone
On ABC bullshit show. She said that the Rethugs screwed up a great campaign issue. God Almighty. We are talking about FUCKING TORTURING PEOPLE. This is a sick nation.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:40 AM
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1. Thanks For The Info - Cuz I Don't Watch ABC Any More (nt)
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:42 AM
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3. Someone has to keep tabs on the dark side.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:48 AM
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9. True (nt)
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:42 AM
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2. She has been a shill for the dark side for years. nt
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:46 AM
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8. You are absolutely right. A shill --- a droning shill.
Why NPR listeners did not see through her years and years ago is beyond me.
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pooja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:44 AM
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4. Why is there a debate? Why are we discussing this?
Humanity has decided it is wrong to torture another human being. Hell, animal cruelty is a crime. Why would this even be a debate? Everyone needs to put a sign on their lawn that says TOTURE IS WRONG. TORTURE IS CRUEL. Add a few pics of what torture looks like to push your message across.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:44 AM
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5. Maybe Cokie can get into reality journalism and volunteer to illustrate
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 09:44 AM by The Backlash Cometh
for us how a victim feels when they get water-boarded?
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:51 AM
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15. I would volunteer my services... Seriously
For real!! Let's do it on live TV so everyone can see how it is done. Let's do it without the use of modern torture devices... even better what is at hand out on a farm and mother nature.

It would be humane because I say it is! I would tell her it is humane because it is two humans interacting with each other.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:56 AM
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17. A liberal on t.v. volunteering to be waterboarded? Not a good idea.
The Republicans would love it. The ratings would go through the roof.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 12:03 PM
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33. You didnt piece it together right - I volunteer my services to...
torture Cokie
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 12:08 PM
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35. LOL! Now the lottery for that role would be HUGH1111!!!
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:17 AM
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20. Rush could volunteer to help college kids "blow-off-steam"...
by being part of a naked human pyramid with other bloviators.
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:18 AM
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21. My guess is that Cokie has some whips and leather in her "closet". nt
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stlsaxman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:30 AM
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27. Visualizing Cokie and Stephen Roberts in a D/s "scene"....
is beginning to make perfect sense!
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:44 AM
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6. What a disgusting mindset for ANY human being. She is a lost soul by now -
she is a zombie - a casualty of the GOP takeover and control of the broadcast media. They imposed a fascist worldview on so many talking heads and Cokie turned into one of their most loyal zombies.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:49 AM
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12. You're Think Her Brush With Cancer Would Have Made Her Appreciate Life,
wouldn't you?
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:50 AM
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13. I checked out of ABC a while back, but I think your characterization of
Cokie Roberts as a "zombie" is just about perfect.

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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 12:05 PM
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34. Money changes everything.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:45 AM
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7. Sorry, don't watch freaking ABC any more
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 09:45 AM by dogday
but I don't put anything past them....
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:49 AM
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10. She was ALWAYS One of Them.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:49 AM
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11. "Cookie" Roberts is mentally unstable.
NGU.


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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:51 AM
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14. Is she for it or against it? nt
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 09:53 AM
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16. Hey, it's a great campaign issue, who cares?
:sarcasm:

She didn't say which side she comes down on, but I'd venture a guess that she backs bush*.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:56 AM
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30. She's all heart, that one. n/t
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:01 AM
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18. That woman is one sick, sick, asshat.
Her transition from moderate to rethuglican shill has been remarkable.
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:04 AM
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19. What's amazing is that TORTURE is being discussed AT ALL!
The "ideas" that these insane REPUKES are proposing used to be considered so vile and disguating, only the criminally insane would dare to discuss these views with themselves in secret. NORMAL persons were afraid to even THINK such things aloud, let alone CAMPAIGN for them!

That is how LOW we as a nation and world have come - it's been a successful race to the BOTTOM - we are now in Idi Amin's and Pol Pot's world...
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:20 AM
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22. Does she think war is fabulous as well? God I'm sick of
these fashion diva "journalists". Did you see Christianne Amanpour on Bill Maher this weekend. This is a real journalist and the contrast to Roberts, et al is striking.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:21 AM
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23. A disgusting result of her inside the Beltway mentality
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bluedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:24 AM
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24. what are the other countries saying
about the US trying to "clarify" the Geneva Convention laws?

its a wonder there is NO worldwide outrage over this!!!!!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:25 AM
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25. There could be, but who would report it? ABC? bwahahahahahaha
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 10:28 AM by spanone
That's a good question. I haven't seen ANYONE reporting on the worldwide backlash or support of the new bush* torture doctrine. We have a media much like our president, they are not curious.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:27 AM
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26. I've received numerous letters from friends overseas...
They're FURIOUS!

We don't hear about it here because our Corporate Media... SUCKS!
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:33 AM
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28. It's an even better issue for the world court. n/t
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:46 AM
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29. I see that wizened little twerp at the Shakespeare Theatre fron
time to time. I guess she roots for Iago, Lady Macbeth, etc.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 10:59 AM
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31. 'great campaign issue'?!
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 10:59 AM by HypnoToad
I'm trying to fathom the American public being in support of torture. For some reason, it's not working unless I put a laugh track behind it and pretend it's one big-ass tv show.

Sad.

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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 12:29 PM
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36. I'm afraid that will be the outcome of this. Congress will allow torture
even if they cloak it in some other 'politically' savvy name.

According to the talk shows, they are working on a compromise?
You either torture or you don't folks. Compromise means bush* has won this like all his other phony battles with Congress.
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 11:17 AM
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32. She probably thinks of "torture" as a little spanky with her tickle
She's just a dumb slut for the VRWC.

In her mind, suffering a bit of pain for the glory of Bushco would be a gloriously sensual experience.
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zreosumgame Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 12:34 PM
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37. follow the money...
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