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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:37 PM Original message |
The masterful deflation of Donald Trump shows the power of Obama's chess. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is exactly right. Played to absolute spot on perfection. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:42 PM Original message |
When you're really good, they call you "Cracker Jack". |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. don't say cracker |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You are obviously not a member of Generation X. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ain't it the truth? n/t |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. He certainly has decent comic timing. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Now, if only T Rump were running for president |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Only if it completely annoys you. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I think he does so day after day. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:43 PM Original message |
Snuffing out that crap about the birth certificate was vital. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. And Something Else That Should Be Noted... |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. +1 |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Shhh! |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Seth Myers is now on the "automatic unrecommend" list. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. ROFLMAO !!! |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
85. +2 n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Yep.The same idiots who were so bitterly bitter in 2000 who whined that Gore was no different than |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. You're sounding pretty bitter here, yourself |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. That's not bitterness. That's exasperation. Know the difference. eom |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #52 |
83. I do know the difference -- Apparently you don't though |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. No. It's bitterness. The fact that many (not all) on the Left threw their vote to Nader in 2000 |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. You haven't done your homework |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. +1...nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. or it shows he should have produced the birth certificate years ago to end the BS. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. By doing it now, he made a bigger spectacle of all birthers. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
42. That is exactly right. |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Perhaps, but he sure is emotionally vested in his public image |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Yes, but this whole thing is classic Trump PR. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. the short form bc works for ALL of us. except obama, huh? nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. huh? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. he produced his short form bc years ago. short form works for everyone... but it seems, obama |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. yes, obviously. That's why he produced it. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. doesnt matter. reason doesnt matter to racist. nothing will be enough for racists. nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #44 |
79. I agree, but I think there were folks who went along with birth certificate controversy |
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John1956PA (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Right! Today, my local paper published my LTTE stating that the long-form precedent is dangerous. |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I have mine. It was standard issue back in 1976 when my late father had to get it |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Yep. Apparently, Pres. Obama didn't get the memo that as a black man |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. i hear ya.... pisses me off, disgust me. nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
80. I don't think its right that the President had to produce his longform BC to end the birther bs .. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I disagree |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
92. I agree with you in theory. In practice, that's what Kerry did, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. i dont think kerry ignored because beneath. but because factually/documentary it was lies |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. "History revision is lame". I agree with you, so why are you trying it? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. the first time a presser was called was an afternoon in april. it last one newsday and put in trash |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. No. I think you're right about the timeline there. Fact remained, Kerry ignored it until it was too |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Trump represented the - distillation - of the most virulent of the shit heads |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I see what you're saying, but allowing the lie to flourish for 3 years hardly seems worth it. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I dunno - it was forgotten for a while (in a relative way) until recently - |
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turntxblue (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Loved your comment! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Aw, shucks, thanks. |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Riiiight. Because as a black man, Pres. Obama had to work 3-times harder than any white man |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Racism may have been behind the "controversy", but if he is willing to produce the long form BC |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. Trump was only ONE chump who needed undermining. TeaBaggers, the Birthers, the Afterbirthers |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
66. Deleted message |
aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Oh for fuck's sake..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #78 |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. fortunatey you dont decide wihich posts get 'shut down' and which stay |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #88 |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. now if Obama would only do this to congressional republicans in the real world eh? nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. + |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. The reason that it's chess is that it is not immediately apparent. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Unless you're another chess player. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Even then, the first chess player seeks to decieve the second. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. But the first player isn't always the best of the two. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Or the second player derides the game of chess altogether and wants to play "pencil break". |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Which is why comparing life to chess is pretty simplistic, isn't it? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. It might be, or it might be what checkers-players say when they can't understand chess. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Maybe. Or that might be what people who think they're clever just tell themselves to feel smart. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Donald Trump probably thinks that Barack Obama is smart. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You're trying too hard. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I also think that you are smart. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. LOL |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. That was my chess. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Stick with Go. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I have found great reward in it. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Only when I set them to begin with. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Would you like to play a game of chess some day? I think I'd enjoy that. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Do you play go? |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #59 |
71. Do you shift goalposts? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
93. #72 was meant for you. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Are there some in the real world? I though Republicans were not officially |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. If now he would only use that awesome power for something |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. He does. But against 100 Senators and 538+ House Reps, it ain't |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Branches-shmanches. Everyone can make excuses. |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Not excuses. Facts. But if you don't even understand that, maybe you should |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #63 |
73. Yeah, sure, silly me, how can't I understand that the Congress |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 04:07 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. You're right. You don't understand much. That''s why you needed to change the subject |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 04:26 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Not to make too fine a point of it, but I am pretty certain that I |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #76 |
94. Not to blow my own horn, but you are so wrong it isn't funny anymore. |
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Beth in MN (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
70. I dare Trump to bring up Bradley Manning |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. I am sure if Trump brought up Bradley Manning, Obama would |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. jujitsu |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. He's very good at campaigning, yes. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
86. Yup. Suddenly he's a genius when it's about his own re-election, but policy? |
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fantomas (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. Obama can take a joke. Trump can't. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
69. Where is the footage? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
77. OK, Now lets see him do it to the oil industry. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
82. The guy was a joke to begin with. I see no victory in beating someone with no chance to win |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
84. It was very funny and well done. But, let's also give some credit to his comedy writers! |
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Phoenix63 (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
89. Um.. more like checkers.. |
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