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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:08 PM
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Gravel speaks the truth, will be painted as a crazy, just watch
Its coming.
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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:09 PM
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1. It doesn't help that he does seem kinda like he's about to lose it.
Hate to say it, but it's true.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:10 PM
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3. good point, the story on him will be the way he says it,not what he says
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:11 PM
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5. I'm thinking of him as this election cycle's Al Sharpton...
...they both speak the truth, but their whackadoodle style negates their message.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:45 PM
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12. I agree
Gravel seems a bit nuttty..he'll be perceived that way because that's how he comes off as
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:45 PM
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13. Reprising the Dean Scream.
But I'm betting he's pretty much ignored in the M$M
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tech3149 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:49 PM
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15. I figure if you're not pissed off at this point you're either brain dead
or not paying attention. That's the kind of candidate I can get behind. Kucinich and Gravel presented my interest better than any others.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:10 PM
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2. He'll respond by telling people to get off his lawn.
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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:13 PM
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7. ROFL
Edited on Thu Apr-26-07 07:14 PM by Skinner
(edit)
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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:10 PM
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4. Probably. I hate to admit such ignorance but I know virtually
Edited on Thu Apr-26-07 07:12 PM by snappyturtle
nothing about him and yet I just like him.....he doesn't seem to be trying so painfully hard as the others while they get in their little barbed comments.
edit: typo
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threadkillaz Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:11 PM
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6. you mean like Howard Dean..
Edited on Thu Apr-26-07 07:36 PM by threadkillaz
Another outsider speaking truth to power.
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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:17 PM
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8. Hope he throws a monkey wrench
Ain't big enough to really throw down, but he is, in the language of the proverbial Chicago Nat'l league team, a spoiler. Let him bring up the forbidden points. Our dialogue will be better for it....
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:43 PM
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9. I hope he gets YouTubed, so people can see he wasn't crazy. nt
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:43 PM
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10. He's the comic relief of the debates.
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MazeRat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:44 PM
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11. Yeah, he seemed crazier than a loon but I LOVED everything he said... -nt
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:48 PM
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14. to me, he seemed to echo the passion here on DU
Edited on Thu Apr-26-07 07:51 PM by GreatCaesarsGhost
"let 'em filibuster" - he seems willing to call the republicans bluff.

edit sp
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:49 PM
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16. He doesn't seem crazy to me, either
Completely sane, not to mention courageous.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:50 PM
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18. he did
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-26-07 07:49 PM
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17. Tweaky or not, he spoke his true mind. Definitely admirable in a politician.
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