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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:11 PM Original message |
Is it naivete when we expect politicians to tell us the truth... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, it's self-respect. - n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. thank you. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It freaks me out how many people accept being screwed over by those in power. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sometimes they do. Obama tells the truth, I believe. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kerry tells the truth |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Being from Port Orford and talking with both DeFazio and Wyden |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. We're pretty lucky |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Should we be less outraged that lives are lost as a result? |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nixon didn't, Agnew didn't, RayGun didn't .... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Honest politician = Oxymoron |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Well, Bernie's been in politics for a dog's age |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Well said! If more people thought that way, our country would be better off. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. There are lies, and then there are lies. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think we live in a culture of lies |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Many career Politicians speak honestly mos t of the time |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Good point. I was referring more to politicians of the upper echelons. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. ... |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. On the other hand the nature of politics is to please a group of people |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I've always thought the pandering balancing act also displays contempt for people |
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