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		<title>By: upright left</title>
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		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Evil Spaniard Says: 
April 4th, 2008 at 1:29 pm 
upright left Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
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As for my party, I was unaware that there is a moderate party. I thought we just have to try to find suitable candidates among the Dems, Repubs and the ocassional sane Independent. 

upright hussein left

Oh, and this is really rich. Matey, you’ve being posting here for years now, and the adjective that I would choose for ideology isn’t moderate. And, “moderate” what? This simple adjective means nothing, and everything if you don’t describe to what is related. You want “moderate” tax cuts? Or “moderate” tax hikes? Etc.
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Evil, I&#039;m sure your definition of far right is anyone who is a Christian and who opposes abortion.  I&#039;m moderate because I want the govt to do more to help those who can&#039;t care for themselves while requiring that those who can, do.  I want our people out of Iraq.  I want taxes on the wealthy increased but not dramatically.  We don&#039;t need to punish success, we just need everyone to pay their fair share.  I want taxes increased slightly overall to get rid of the deficit.  I want the govt to help everyone get healthcare without putting govt in charge of healthcare.  I want the govt to take decisive action on the immigration problem so that we don&#039;t have huge numbers of people crossing the border illegally and we do provide work permits for the millions that want to work here.  I do believe that abortion is murder, but I accept the fact that our society has chosen to protect the right to kill unborn children.  I have never based my vote on that issue.  I accept the fact that there are some areas where govt interference and regulation are necessary.  I don&#039;t think bigger govt is the key to all our problems.  Perhaps one of the main positions that makes a person moderate is not demonizing people who hold opposing views.  ;)

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Evil Spaniard Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 1:29 pm<br />
upright left Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm<br />
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As for my party, I was unaware that there is a moderate party. I thought we just have to try to find suitable candidates among the Dems, Repubs and the ocassional sane Independent. </p>
<p>upright hussein left</p>
<p>Oh, and this is really rich. Matey, you’ve being posting here for years now, and the adjective that I would choose for ideology isn’t moderate. And, “moderate” what? This simple adjective means nothing, and everything if you don’t describe to what is related. You want “moderate” tax cuts? Or “moderate” tax hikes? Etc.<br />
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Evil, I&#8217;m sure your definition of far right is anyone who is a Christian and who opposes abortion.  I&#8217;m moderate because I want the govt to do more to help those who can&#8217;t care for themselves while requiring that those who can, do.  I want our people out of Iraq.  I want taxes on the wealthy increased but not dramatically.  We don&#8217;t need to punish success, we just need everyone to pay their fair share.  I want taxes increased slightly overall to get rid of the deficit.  I want the govt to help everyone get healthcare without putting govt in charge of healthcare.  I want the govt to take decisive action on the immigration problem so that we don&#8217;t have huge numbers of people crossing the border illegally and we do provide work permits for the millions that want to work here.  I do believe that abortion is murder, but I accept the fact that our society has chosen to protect the right to kill unborn children.  I have never based my vote on that issue.  I accept the fact that there are some areas where govt interference and regulation are necessary.  I don&#8217;t think bigger govt is the key to all our problems.  Perhaps one of the main positions that makes a person moderate is not demonizing people who hold opposing views.  ;)</p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/thinkfast-april-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4734806</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has &quot;returned from Libya with a new pair of sunglasses courtesy of his host, Col. Muammar Gaddafi. ... En route to Tripoli, Boehner&#039;s plane was diverted to Surt, Gaddafi&#039;s hometown on the Gulf of Sidra.&quot; Boehner eventually met the colonel inside &quot;a big white tent&quot; in the desert. At one point, a Gaddafi aide &quot;entered the tent with a box of sunglasses.&quot;  Gaddafi told Boehner that the &quot;desert [is] not kind to blue eyes.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;


So now the House Minority Leader is visiting, and accepting gifts from, a proven terrorist? The man Saint Reagan proclaimed to be, &quot;the mad dog of the Mideast&quot;.

But, as a friend pointed out to me, &quot;we have always been at war with Eurasia&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has &#8220;returned from Libya with a new pair of sunglasses courtesy of his host, Col. Muammar Gaddafi. &#8230; En route to Tripoli, Boehner&#8217;s plane was diverted to Surt, Gaddafi&#8217;s hometown on the Gulf of Sidra.&#8221; Boehner eventually met the colonel inside &#8220;a big white tent&#8221; in the desert. At one point, a Gaddafi aide &#8220;entered the tent with a box of sunglasses.&#8221;  Gaddafi told Boehner that the &#8220;desert [is] not kind to blue eyes.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>So now the House Minority Leader is visiting, and accepting gifts from, a proven terrorist? The man Saint Reagan proclaimed to be, &#8220;the mad dog of the Mideast&#8221;.</p>
<p>But, as a friend pointed out to me, &#8220;we have always been at war with Eurasia&#8221;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4734806', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not for the faint of heart:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/what-would-you-do-with-your-first-social-security-check/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What would you do with your first Social Security check?&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not for the faint of heart:</p>
<p><a href="http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/what-would-you-do-with-your-first-social-security-check/" rel="nofollow">What would you do with your first Social Security check?</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4734652', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Evil Spaniard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Evil Spaniard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*ideology* = *your ideology*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*ideology* = *your ideology*<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733852', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Evil Spaniard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Evil Spaniard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;upright left Says: 
April 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm 
——
As for my party, I was unaware that there is a &lt;strong&gt;moderate&lt;/strong&gt; party. I thought we just have to try to find suitable candidates among the Dems, Repubs and the ocassional sane Independent. 

upright hussein left&lt;/em&gt;

Oh, and this is really rich. Matey, you&#039;ve being posting here for years now, and the adjective that I would choose for ideology isn&#039;t moderate. And, &quot;moderate&quot; what? This simple adjective means nothing, and everything if you don&#039;t describe to what is related. You want &quot;moderate&quot; tax cuts? Or &quot;moderate&quot; tax hikes? Etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>upright left Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm<br />
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As for my party, I was unaware that there is a <strong>moderate</strong> party. I thought we just have to try to find suitable candidates among the Dems, Repubs and the ocassional sane Independent. </p>
<p>upright hussein left</em></p>
<p>Oh, and this is really rich. Matey, you&#8217;ve being posting here for years now, and the adjective that I would choose for ideology isn&#8217;t moderate. And, &#8220;moderate&#8221; what? This simple adjective means nothing, and everything if you don&#8217;t describe to what is related. You want &#8220;moderate&#8221; tax cuts? Or &#8220;moderate&#8221; tax hikes? Etc.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733834', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Evil Spaniard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Evil Spaniard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;upright left Says: 
April 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm 
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Evil Spaniard Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
upright left Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
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Evil Spaniard Says: 

&lt;strong&gt;Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, &lt;/strong&gt;and it’s not that Democrats here are “angry” or “extremists”, &lt;strong&gt;but that you’re a dishonest debater.&lt;/strong&gt;
——

&lt;strong&gt;I know, evil, anyone who doesn’t agree completely with the liberal line is a dishonset debater.&lt;/strong&gt;

Thanks for proving my point so quickly.
——-

I’ll attribute that to the language difference and leave that one alone. ;)

upright hussein left&lt;/em&gt;

So you believe blanket statements aren&#039;t dishonest or maybe you believe I don&#039;t see your duplicity over the language barrier?

He, dishonest and pedant.</description>
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April 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm<br />
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Evil Spaniard Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm<br />
upright left Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm<br />
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Evil Spaniard Says: </p>
<p><strong>Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, </strong>and it’s not that Democrats here are “angry” or “extremists”, <strong>but that you’re a dishonest debater.</strong><br />
——</p>
<p><strong>I know, evil, anyone who doesn’t agree completely with the liberal line is a dishonset debater.</strong></p>
<p>Thanks for proving my point so quickly.<br />
——-</p>
<p>I’ll attribute that to the language difference and leave that one alone. ;)</p>
<p>upright hussein left</em></p>
<p>So you believe blanket statements aren&#8217;t dishonest or maybe you believe I don&#8217;t see your duplicity over the language barrier?</p>
<p>He, dishonest and pedant.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733758', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Fred Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Zooey Says 127

Hey Zooey, how come it wasn’t irresponsible to issue huge tax cuts in the middle of a “”WAR”&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

IOKIYAR</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Fred Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm</p>
<p>Zooey Says 127</p>
<p>Hey Zooey, how come it wasn’t irresponsible to issue huge tax cuts in the middle of a “”WAR”&#8221;</em></p>
<p>IOKIYAR<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733418', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zooey Says 127

Hey Zooey, how come it wasn&#039;t irresponsible to issue huge tax cuts in the middle of a &quot;&quot;WAR&quot;&quot;</description>
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<p>Hey Zooey, how come it wasn&#8217;t irresponsible to issue huge tax cuts in the middle of a &#8220;&#8221;WAR&#8221;"<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733336', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Fred 
April 4th, 2008 at 12:57 pm &lt;/em&gt;

There is no one better suited to a fool&#039;s errand than upright left.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Fred<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 12:57 pm </em></p>
<p>There is no one better suited to a fool&#8217;s errand than upright left.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733306', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/thinkfast-april-4-2008/comment-page-3/#comment-4733288</link>
		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Members of Congress have as much as &lt;strong&gt;$196 million&lt;/strong&gt; collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, earning millions since the onset of the Iraq war,” according to the Center for Responsive Politics.&lt;/em&gt;

Which is why we&#039;re still in Iraq -- there&#039;s profit to be made!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Members of Congress have as much as <strong>$196 million</strong> collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, earning millions since the onset of the Iraq war,” according to the Center for Responsive Politics.</em></p>
<p>Which is why we&#8217;re still in Iraq &#8212; there&#8217;s profit to be made!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733288', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Upright, you just go ahead and chase your tail. I&#039;m through with your slant on things.  

You want to make liberals out to be hateful human beings compared to what?  Republicans!!  Seriously.  Give it up, that is a fools errand.  Oh yeah.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Upright, you just go ahead and chase your tail. I&#8217;m through with your slant on things.  </p>
<p>You want to make liberals out to be hateful human beings compared to what?  Republicans!!  Seriously.  Give it up, that is a fools errand.  Oh yeah.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733278', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Zooey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zooey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;On Wednesday, the House voted “to triple to more than $10 billion a year U.S. humanitarian spending on fighting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other stricken areas of the world.” &lt;strong&gt;Tom Coburn (R-OK) has now said that he will block the bill in the Senate, calling it “irresponsible” to spend so much on these humanitarian issues “in the middle of a war.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

Actually, it&#039;s irresponsible to spend so much on war when we&#039;re in the middle of dealing with humanitarian issues.</description>
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<p>Actually, it&#8217;s irresponsible to spend so much on war when we&#8217;re in the middle of dealing with humanitarian issues.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733232', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tombaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Righties have a very badly messed-up backyard to take care of before they can start looking around to their neighbors&#039; yards launching criticisms.

Real conservatives should have their public mouths shut, and their private ones working overtime to clean house and restore some of the tons of credibility they&#039;ve lost in recent years.

Until that is done, judgemental sanctimony directed from Right to Left will be no more than laughed at, and taken as confirmation that whomever is flinging it from the right is merely an asshat wingnut dittohead.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Righties have a very badly messed-up backyard to take care of before they can start looking around to their neighbors&#8217; yards launching criticisms.</p>
<p>Real conservatives should have their public mouths shut, and their private ones working overtime to clean house and restore some of the tons of credibility they&#8217;ve lost in recent years.</p>
<p>Until that is done, judgemental sanctimony directed from Right to Left will be no more than laughed at, and taken as confirmation that whomever is flinging it from the right is merely an asshat wingnut dittohead.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4733224', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jmcdonough120</title>
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		<dc:creator>jmcdonough120</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>from swimming freestyle:

Two disappointing and, undoubtedly, related statistics.  And stinging indictments of a Bush Administration that is so ideologically bent on deregulation, they&#039;ve given up any stewardship of the American economy.  As a consequence, we continue to drift towards an economic downturn European analysts refer to as depression-like while Mr. Bernanke dances nervously in Congressional hearings afraid to say the &quot;R&quot; word and President Bush goes AWOL to a NATO conference.  It will require some real Houdini like moves on the part of the Administration and their minions to squirm out of accountability for this gigantic mess.

Democrats need to loudly remind voters the consequences of leaders allowing outdated and disproven ideological considerations to interfere with the business of managing the government and the, now obvious, implications for the American people.

Loudly.  Very loudly.

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<p>Two disappointing and, undoubtedly, related statistics.  And stinging indictments of a Bush Administration that is so ideologically bent on deregulation, they&#8217;ve given up any stewardship of the American economy.  As a consequence, we continue to drift towards an economic downturn European analysts refer to as depression-like while Mr. Bernanke dances nervously in Congressional hearings afraid to say the &#8220;R&#8221; word and President Bush goes AWOL to a NATO conference.  It will require some real Houdini like moves on the part of the Administration and their minions to squirm out of accountability for this gigantic mess.</p>
<p>Democrats need to loudly remind voters the consequences of leaders allowing outdated and disproven ideological considerations to interfere with the business of managing the government and the, now obvious, implications for the American people.</p>
<p>Loudly.  Very loudly.</p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Evil Spaniard Says: 
April 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm 
upright left Says:
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Evil Spaniard Says: 

Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, and it’s not that Democrats here are “angry” or “extremists”, but that you’re a dishonest debater.
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I know, evil, anyone who doesn’t agree completely with the liberal line is a dishonset debater.

Thanks for proving my point so quickly.
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I&#039;ll attribute that to the language difference and leave that one alone. ;)

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Evil Spaniard Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm<br />
upright left Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm<br />
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Evil Spaniard Says: </p>
<p>Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, and it’s not that Democrats here are “angry” or “extremists”, but that you’re a dishonest debater.<br />
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<p>I know, evil, anyone who doesn’t agree completely with the liberal line is a dishonset debater.</p>
<p>Thanks for proving my point so quickly.<br />
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<p>I&#8217;ll attribute that to the language difference and leave that one alone. ;)</p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
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		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Fred Says: 
April 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm 
You say that like it is true and you can prove it……please do. I personally believe snow’s cancer is appropriate karma for the choices he made.

Don’t lecture lib’s as you call us (funny when you try to come off as a moderate) about caring. You are standing on shifting sand. 

Your party is the party of hatred and death and you hold a patent on hypocrocy…….you just want to attack because if you try to defend you wind up in a corner……


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I see no need to go back through the Snow threads and copy comments for you.  We all know they are there and are readily available to you if you somehow managed to miss them all.  The new search feature works much better than the old one.  It won&#039;t take you long at all. Is the karma comment meant to excuse happiness at the suffereing of others?  Not very caring, I must say.  
As for my party, I was unaware that there is a moderate party.  I thought we just have to try to find suitable candidates among the Dems, Repubs and the ocassional sane Independent.  

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Fred Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm<br />
You say that like it is true and you can prove it……please do. I personally believe snow’s cancer is appropriate karma for the choices he made.</p>
<p>Don’t lecture lib’s as you call us (funny when you try to come off as a moderate) about caring. You are standing on shifting sand. </p>
<p>Your party is the party of hatred and death and you hold a patent on hypocrocy…….you just want to attack because if you try to defend you wind up in a corner……</p>
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I see no need to go back through the Snow threads and copy comments for you.  We all know they are there and are readily available to you if you somehow managed to miss them all.  The new search feature works much better than the old one.  It won&#8217;t take you long at all. Is the karma comment meant to excuse happiness at the suffereing of others?  Not very caring, I must say.<br />
As for my party, I was unaware that there is a moderate party.  I thought we just have to try to find suitable candidates among the Dems, Repubs and the ocassional sane Independent.  </p>
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		<title>By: Evil Spaniard</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;upright left Says: 
April 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm 
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Evil Spaniard Says: 

Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, and it’s not that Democrats here are “angry” or “extremists”, but that you’re a dishonest debater.
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I know, evil, anyone who doesn’t agree completely with the liberal line is a dishonset debater.&lt;/em&gt;

Thanks for proving my point so quickly.</description>
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April 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm<br />
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Evil Spaniard Says: </p>
<p>Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, and it’s not that Democrats here are “angry” or “extremists”, but that you’re a dishonest debater.<br />
——</p>
<p>I know, evil, anyone who doesn’t agree completely with the liberal line is a dishonset debater.</em></p>
<p>Thanks for proving my point so quickly.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4732782', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;upright left Says: 
Tony Snow made no policies regarding Iraq, yet libs were gleeful over his cancer diagnosis and apparent suffering. Even if he knowingly lied for Bush, he isn’t personally responsible for the suffering or death of anyone. Yet libs felt completely justifed in wishing him continued suffering and death. That’s not the desire of a person who cares for his fellow man. That’s the desire of a hateful person who reserves his caring for those who agree with him and those who can be used by him. Libs claim to be all about caring. Seems there is more than enough hypocrisy to go around. ;)&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You say that like it is true and you can prove it......please do.  I personally believe snow&#039;s cancer is appropriate karma for the choices he made.

Don&#039;t lecture lib&#039;s as you call us (funny when you try to come off as a moderate) about caring.  You are standing on shifting sand.  

Your party is the party of hatred and death and you hold a patent on hypocrocy.......you just want to attack because if you try to defend you wind up in a corner......

Tony Snow was and is a propaganda outlet for this criminal administration.  There will be no true justice where these criminals are concerned and what you out of choice interpret as hatred is in fact frustration at the lack of justice.....</description>
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Tony Snow made no policies regarding Iraq, yet libs were gleeful over his cancer diagnosis and apparent suffering. Even if he knowingly lied for Bush, he isn’t personally responsible for the suffering or death of anyone. Yet libs felt completely justifed in wishing him continued suffering and death. That’s not the desire of a person who cares for his fellow man. That’s the desire of a hateful person who reserves his caring for those who agree with him and those who can be used by him. Libs claim to be all about caring. Seems there is more than enough hypocrisy to go around. ;)</p></blockquote>
<p>You say that like it is true and you can prove it&#8230;&#8230;please do.  I personally believe snow&#8217;s cancer is appropriate karma for the choices he made.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t lecture lib&#8217;s as you call us (funny when you try to come off as a moderate) about caring.  You are standing on shifting sand.  </p>
<p>Your party is the party of hatred and death and you hold a patent on hypocrocy&#8230;&#8230;.you just want to attack because if you try to defend you wind up in a corner&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Tony Snow was and is a propaganda outlet for this criminal administration.  There will be no true justice where these criminals are concerned and what you out of choice interpret as hatred is in fact frustration at the lack of justice&#8230;..<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4732758', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
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		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Evil Spaniard Says: 

Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, and it’s not that Democrats here are “angry” or “extremists”, but that you’re a dishonest debater.
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I know, evil, anyone who doesn&#039;t agree completely with the liberal line is a dishonset debater.  I believe Kay, who appears to be a liberal, was even called a troll by a fellow liberal for failing to follow the accepted lib line on an issue.  You didn&#039;t address my original point, which was that most people wish for the removal, rather than the death, of politicians with whom they disagree.  Most of the &quot;by now the 81% of Americans&quot; would find wishing death to politicians to be distasteful. 

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Evil Spaniard Says: </p>
<p>Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, and it’s not that Democrats here are “angry” or “extremists”, but that you’re a dishonest debater.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>I know, evil, anyone who doesn&#8217;t agree completely with the liberal line is a dishonset debater.  I believe Kay, who appears to be a liberal, was even called a troll by a fellow liberal for failing to follow the accepted lib line on an issue.  You didn&#8217;t address my original point, which was that most people wish for the removal, rather than the death, of politicians with whom they disagree.  Most of the &#8220;by now the 81% of Americans&#8221; would find wishing death to politicians to be distasteful. </p>
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		<title>By: Evil Spaniard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Evil Spaniard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;upright left Says: 
April 4th, 2008 at 12:05 pm 
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Fred Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 11:48 am
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My use of the word extremist was meant to show how moderates react to people who wish for, or express joy about, the death of someone with whom they disagree politically. I don’t oppose the death penalty. Neither do I experience happiness at the death of the criminal, no matter how heinous the crime.
Tony Snow made no policies regarding Iraq, yet libs were gleeful over his cancer diagnosis and apparent suffering. Even if he knowingly lied for Bush, he isn’t personally responsible for the suffering or death of anyone. Yet libs felt completely justifed in wishing him continued suffering and death. That’s not the desire of a person who cares for his fellow man. That’s the desire of a hateful person who reserves his caring for those who agree with him and those who can be used by him. Libs claim to be all about caring. Seems there is more than enough hypocrisy to go around. ;)

upright hussein left&lt;/em&gt;

In fact, your use of the words extremist and moderate. As the usual use of &quot;angry&quot; on the Democrats by the Republicans when voice their dissent. Republicans are more war prone and like to act tough, and favor &quot;tough love&quot; doctrines, and are far less kind rejecting oppostion ideas, and these are facts, and facts that Republican pride themselves of practice at every minute. Frankly I find these behaviors far more violent, yet the Republicans aren&#039;t described as often as &quot;angry&quot; as the Democrats. Why? Thanks to a PR campaing crated by the Republicans to distort and picture the Democrats in a disfavorable light.

Why I say all this? Because you&#039;re trying to make the same with the world extremist, trying to pin it to the ones on the left of you (by now the 81% of Americans).

Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, and it&#039;s not that Democrats here are &quot;angry&quot; or &quot;extremists&quot;, but that you&#039;re a dishonest debater.</description>
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April 4th, 2008 at 12:05 pm<br />
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Fred Says:<br />
April 4th, 2008 at 11:48 am<br />
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My use of the word extremist was meant to show how moderates react to people who wish for, or express joy about, the death of someone with whom they disagree politically. I don’t oppose the death penalty. Neither do I experience happiness at the death of the criminal, no matter how heinous the crime.<br />
Tony Snow made no policies regarding Iraq, yet libs were gleeful over his cancer diagnosis and apparent suffering. Even if he knowingly lied for Bush, he isn’t personally responsible for the suffering or death of anyone. Yet libs felt completely justifed in wishing him continued suffering and death. That’s not the desire of a person who cares for his fellow man. That’s the desire of a hateful person who reserves his caring for those who agree with him and those who can be used by him. Libs claim to be all about caring. Seems there is more than enough hypocrisy to go around. ;)</p>
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<p>In fact, your use of the words extremist and moderate. As the usual use of &#8220;angry&#8221; on the Democrats by the Republicans when voice their dissent. Republicans are more war prone and like to act tough, and favor &#8220;tough love&#8221; doctrines, and are far less kind rejecting oppostion ideas, and these are facts, and facts that Republican pride themselves of practice at every minute. Frankly I find these behaviors far more violent, yet the Republicans aren&#8217;t described as often as &#8220;angry&#8221; as the Democrats. Why? Thanks to a PR campaing crated by the Republicans to distort and picture the Democrats in a disfavorable light.</p>
<p>Why I say all this? Because you&#8217;re trying to make the same with the world extremist, trying to pin it to the ones on the left of you (by now the 81% of Americans).</p>
<p>Frankly, your many posts only show a thing, and it&#8217;s not that Democrats here are &#8220;angry&#8221; or &#8220;extremists&#8221;, but that you&#8217;re a dishonest debater.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4732552', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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