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MediaSlander.com - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 11:50:13 PM

"Compromise" arrived at in the Senate. - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 4:36:48 AM
- Every time I decide I'll give McCain a 2nd chance... - Scott Evil - 5/24/2005 8:14:40 PM
  - He just saved the Republicans from self-destructing... - alcaray - 5/24/2005 10:13:10 PM
    - Right... - Scott Evil - 5/25/2005 4:49:21 PM
      - agree on the back-burner point - alcaray - 5/25/2005 5:05:52 PM
        
        Frist wanted to get it out of the way before a Supreme Court nomination fight came up. - Scott Evil - 5/25/2005 7:02:07 PM
        
        re: Frist wanted to get it out of the way before a Supreme Court nomination fight came up. - alcaray - 5/25/2005 9:19:57 PM
    - "self-destructing?" - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 2:08:03 AM
      - Sometimes, getting a majority of voters "mad at you" - alcaray - 5/25/2005 3:55:09 PM
        
        Funny... - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 6:01:10 PM
        
        Your perennial answer to tough poll results. - alcaray - 5/25/2005 9:25:51 PM
        
        A good answer though, isn't it? - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 9:29:41 PM
        
        re: A good answer though, isn't it? - alcaray - 5/25/2005 9:54:32 PM
        
        That hasn't happened to a lot of Republicans lately. - Scott Evil - 5/25/2005 4:55:03 PM
        
        You saw the polls where voter's respect for congress is declining steadily? - alcaray - 5/25/2005 5:07:30 PM
        
        Yes. but voters tend to believe that "thier" Congresscritter is above the fray. - Scott Evil - 5/25/2005 6:43:55 PM
        
        I'm sure you are right. - alcaray - 5/25/2005 9:27:18 PM
- 3 drinks for me today - p - 5/24/2005 6:10:28 PM
- Remember....... - Publius - 5/24/2005 2:39:25 PM
  - Oh, spare me. - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 3:09:04 PM
    - You are spared, being the pre-eminent Whig on these boards.... (n/t) - Publius - 5/24/2005 3:26:57 PM
- I'm mostly OK with it - Tony - 5/24/2005 2:32:40 PM
- Now watch. - Bowser - 5/24/2005 5:24:46 AM
  - He even lied to the Pope?? - Lindy - 5/24/2005 6:00:50 AM

Hu is in China? - Donald - 5/25/2005 2:06:45 PM
- You know things in the middle east started going downhill when... - R.L. - 5/25/2005 7:25:15 PM
  - I just knew I was going to regret clicking on that link... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 9:22:08 PM
- re: Hu ? - Publius - 5/25/2005 3:28:08 PM

Newsmaking from Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 6:06:13 AM

1,647 - Donald - 5/25/2005 12:31:30 AM
- True. Been a lot worse for Iraqi civilians. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 4:27:12 AM

More on Zimbabwe - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 5:09:28 PM
- "This kind of thing is not an "aberration" of collectivist ideas. - David F Mayer - 5/24/2005 11:55:04 PM

Arabs Success and Lack of Same in Foreign Lands - phil - 5/24/2005 8:34:40 PM

Saddam in his undies - Donald - 5/21/2005 1:14:58 AM
- re: If the Geneva Convention prohibits showing exploitive pictures of POW's, Didn't the Sun violate the Geneva Convention? - Scott Evil - 5/23/2005 1:35:32 PM
  - No - Donald - 5/24/2005 12:31:44 AM
    - I didn't sign the Geneva Convention either. - Scott Evil - 5/24/2005 8:30:14 PM
- Nobody cares at all. - David F Mayer - 5/22/2005 4:18:13 PM
- What's offensive anymore? - Lindy - 5/21/2005 4:21:45 PM
  - re: What's offensive anymore? - Donald - 5/21/2005 4:43:44 PM
    - Jihadists - Lindy - 5/21/2005 5:10:26 PM
      - No - you're just projecting your irrational fears onto GWB (n/t) - p - 5/21/2005 7:32:31 PM
      - Uh...short answer, Lindy? No. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 5:42:44 PM
- Chrenkoff comments - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 7:42:09 AM
- re: Saddam in his undies - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 7:32:55 AM
  - re: Saddam in his undies - gbaikie - 5/21/2005 9:12:28 AM

Want to start a pool on Howard Dean? - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 5:18:02 AM
- Even more Dean! - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 8:39:10 PM
- I just don't care enough to bother. - Scott Evil - 5/23/2005 1:50:17 PM
  - You're going to love the 21st century, when you find out about it. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/23/2005 3:14:24 PM
    - case and point. - Scott Evil - 5/23/2005 4:46:50 PM
      - 75%? - Lindy - 5/24/2005 1:39:22 AM
        
        Thanks for making my point. - Scott Evil - 5/24/2005 8:26:31 PM
      - No I think you are a Neandertal because you think women don't need careers. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/23/2005 4:53:43 PM
        
        I never said that. They can have sex, multiple partners, even the babies that result from such activity, and still have careers. - Scott Evil - 5/23/2005 5:13:15 PM
        
        You said: - alcaray - 5/23/2005 6:03:32 PM
        
        re: You said: - gbaikie - 5/23/2005 6:57:33 PM
- Latest Dean brain fart... - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 5:22:19 AM
  - Similar to my man Ted Kennedy's mumblings... - p - 5/23/2005 8:27:23 PM
  - Bush brain fart - dtb - 5/23/2005 5:59:54 AM
    - re: Bush brain fart - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 8:08:54 AM
      - Gee, do you think all this might help Bush's sagging public opinion polls? - Publius - 5/24/2005 2:56:53 PM
    - re: Bush brain fart - gbaikie - 5/23/2005 6:54:47 AM
      - Why? - Lee - 5/23/2005 7:28:19 AM
        
        re: Why? - gbaikie - 5/23/2005 7:24:12 PM
        
        Boxer, how could I have forgotten her? :-\ - Lee - 5/24/2005 7:34:33 AM

The Education Establishment at Work - p - 5/24/2005 6:01:40 PM

Prewar WMD claims worried analysts - Donald - 5/22/2005 1:52:12 PM
- Interesting. Another recycled attack. - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2005 5:54:08 PM
  - An added note... - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2005 5:55:34 PM
    - re: An added note... - Donald - 5/23/2005 1:26:19 PM
      - We don't need the media to remind us - Sam F. - 5/23/2005 2:24:23 PM
        
        Just out of curiousity Sam.......... - Lindy - 5/23/2005 3:38:36 PM
        
        No and yes. (n/t) - Sam F. - 5/23/2005 6:04:49 PM
        
        Both you and Donald miss the point. - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 4:20:59 PM
        
        So do you - Lindy - 5/23/2005 4:47:52 PM
        
        Ah, the "If it could be true, then it IS true" liberal mantra - p - 5/23/2005 9:03:53 PM
        
        Another Law of the Left: "If a Democrat loses an election, it's because some horrible injustice was done." - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 8:44:16 PM
        
        And the Left - just exactly who is that? - Bowser - 5/23/2005 9:47:34 PM
        
        Nobody, Bowser. There is no Left. - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 2:35:00 AM
    - So we now have a True Believer who acknowledges Bush lied to get the US into war!!?? - Bowser - 5/23/2005 6:05:21 AM
      - Platonic medicinal lie............ - Publius - 5/24/2005 3:24:54 PM
      - re: Bush lies all the time they simply ignore it... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 5/23/2005 8:41:51 AM

Tillmanâ€™s parents lash out at Army - Eric - 5/23/2005 12:05:29 PM
- They deserved better - Donald - 5/23/2005 1:47:33 PM
  - Media Hypocrisy - Lindy - 5/23/2005 3:36:00 PM
    - Media Lies - Lindy - 5/23/2005 4:41:30 PM
      - re: Media Lies - Alan G. Archer - 5/24/2005 2:31:02 PM
      - Invincible ignorance - p - 5/23/2005 8:37:13 PM
      - They also say they don't torture people either. n/t - Eric - 5/23/2005 7:57:50 PM
      - Remarkable. - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 7:48:52 PM
        
        Speaking of "remarkable" and "gullible".... - Lindy - 5/23/2005 8:31:34 PM

1,644 - Donald - 5/24/2005 1:33:53 PM

Atlas shrugs in Africa - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2005 10:42:16 PM
- "new investors" - David F Mayer - 5/23/2005 1:22:11 PM
  - Just another African scam - Sam F. - 5/23/2005 2:23:05 PM
    - I get those letters all of the time too. - David F Mayer - 5/24/2005 1:23:10 PM

Sen Clinton "deeply disturbed" - p - 5/23/2005 8:58:47 PM
- Better read it next time...... - Lindy - 5/24/2005 1:42:50 AM
  - Can you not recognize SARCASM when you read it? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/24/2005 1:21:21 PM
  - re: Better read it next time...... Gee, Ya Think? (n/t) - p - 5/24/2005 1:13:36 PM

Good News From Iraq, Part 28 - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 10:00:47 PM
- What I would consider REALLY Good News From Iraq - David F Mayer - 5/24/2005 1:19:38 PM
- re: Good News From Iraq, Part 28 - Bowser - 5/24/2005 2:45:17 AM
  - Who's doing most of "the killing, the maiming, the torturing" in Iraq? (n/t) - Sam F. - 5/24/2005 8:32:41 AM

Patterns of Abuse - NYT (risking Robert's wrath) - Bowser - 5/23/2005 9:45:54 PM

Opinion column on Galloway and the U.S. Senate - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 7:47:43 AM
- Galloway gets 3 minute Standing Ovation by his countrymen - Lindy - 5/23/2005 3:48:31 PM
  - Big deal. - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 4:27:50 PM
- Another column I enjoyed by the same writer - Sam F. - 5/21/2005 9:55:13 PM
- Or, Expand Your English Vocabulary - Sam F. - 5/21/2005 9:08:06 PM
  - Christopher Hitchens walks on water - Gary - 5/21/2005 11:17:23 PM
    - re: Christopher Hitchens walks on water - -p - 5/22/2005 4:00:14 PM

1,636 - Donald - 5/23/2005 1:27:00 PM
- Meanwhile: Iraqi rebels kill security chief - Donald - 5/23/2005 2:22:12 PM

"Sanctuary" - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 8:20:52 AM
- Too long - Gary - 5/21/2005 11:05:58 PM
  - Too hairy - Alan G. Archer - 5/22/2005 10:20:10 PM

1,630 - Donald - 5/20/2005 1:02:30 PM
- Meanwhile: Clashes Break Out Over U.S. Occupation - Donald - 5/20/2005 1:53:33 PM
  - Apparently Sadr has to have his ass kicked on a regular basis. - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2005 3:29:13 PM
    - Why is he still alive? - Gary - 5/22/2005 12:04:53 AM
    - Unfortunately... - Donald - 5/21/2005 1:17:18 AM
      - Count again. - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 7:25:41 AM
        
        re: Count again. - DOnaald - 5/21/2005 1:48:58 PM
        
        Myths. - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 5:55:59 PM
        
        re: Myths. - Donald - 5/22/2005 2:18:45 PM
        
        re: Myths. - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2005 6:15:24 PM

Sic Transit Gloria Republican Party - p - 5/20/2005 2:05:26 PM
- Yes, the Republican Party is dead. - David F Mayer - 5/22/2005 4:19:35 PM
- Of course, the catch is... - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2005 3:23:22 PM
  - The Dems have gone so far left, that they have envited the Republicans to take a middle stance on almost every one of those issues. - Scott Evil - 5/20/2005 4:47:51 PM
- Most of those items - Tony - 5/20/2005 2:59:59 PM
  - re: Most of those items - p - 5/20/2005 4:10:56 PM

Bush hails Afghan ties, but abuse stirs outrage (Karzai "shocked") - Bowser - 5/21/2005 5:44:23 PM
- Link. And meanwhile, Laura Bush is advocating women's rights around the world. - Bowser - 5/22/2005 2:03:28 AM

Not quite the actions of a "liberator" - Brits effectively blast US. - Bowser - 5/21/2005 9:56:03 PM

So, how's that "European Union" idea coming along? - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 7:42:42 PM

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