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Be careful what you pray for: The next four years - E.P. Grondine - 11/4/2004 1:19:30 AM
- Sounds like a good analysis to me............ - Lindy - 11/4/2004 6:44:09 AM
  - I hope I'm wrong - E.P. Grondine - 11/4/2004 7:22:44 PM
    - CO2 Reports - Lindy - 11/4/2004 8:01:44 PM
- Ed, have you EVER been right on ANYTHING? - p - 11/4/2004 2:21:41 AM
  - Personally I think EP makes a lot of good points - LJ - 11/4/2004 9:11:06 PM
  - p, you have no idea how much I wish I was wrong on this - E.P. Grondine - 11/4/2004 3:05:19 AM
    - re: p, you have no idea how much I wish I was wrong on this - p - 11/4/2004 3:18:21 AM

Why Dashel lost - SteveS - 11/4/2004 3:37:11 AM
- Yet another right wing lie you fell for... - R.L. - 11/4/2004 7:12:01 PM
  - It was humor R.L., posted from a humor site (n/t) - SteveS - 11/4/2004 7:57:47 PM
    - Yeah... that was SOOOOO funny... (n/t) - R.L. - 11/4/2004 8:03:23 PM
      - I thought it was right on target - SteveS - 11/4/2004 8:43:48 PM
- A Senior Moment - Mark Eby - 11/4/2004 3:51:00 AM
  - Partisan environmentalist - SteveS - 11/4/2004 4:01:39 AM
  - Actually, that's a fake picture. - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 4:00:21 AM
    - re: Actually, that's a fake picture. - LJ - 11/4/2004 9:08:10 PM
    - Damn Tom! You take all the fun away ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 11/4/2004 4:06:39 AM
      - And now, something nice about Daschle... - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 4:20:25 AM
        
        And to think some say you're biased... (n/t) - SteveS - 11/4/2004 4:36:14 AM
        
        Oh, I am. - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 5:10:26 AM

Michael Moore isn't taking it too well. - Lee - 11/4/2004 12:11:51 AM
- Zzzzzzzzzzzz!....... - Jacob Samorodin - 11/4/2004 7:52:35 PM
- Now on e-bay - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 3:56:03 AM
- Democraticunderground.com is fun to read, too. - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 1:23:22 AM
- Moore sure to enjoy more salse, as the quagmire in Iraq continues - E.P. Grondine - 11/4/2004 12:24:26 AM
  - Make that "sales" (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 11/4/2004 12:25:28 AM
    - He does look like he enjoys lots of salsa. - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 12:41:39 AM
      - and now he has another incentive to loose enough weight and avoid heart desease - E.P. Grondine - 11/4/2004 1:23:54 AM
- I don't get it. Are those soldiers? 9/11 victims? What's the gag? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 12:17:51 AM
  - They're soldiers who have fallen in Iraq. - Lee - 11/4/2004 12:30:24 AM

Some more examples of the left's main problem: - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 10:44:33 PM
- Repeat after me... - alcaray - 11/3/2004 10:51:18 PM
  - Clinton won the first time with 43 percent of the vote, and 49 percent the second time. - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 12:15:56 AM
    - Jeez you missed the point too. - alcaray - 11/4/2004 6:25:26 PM
  - re: Repeat after me..."Ross Perot, comes out of nowhere, just in time to split the vote, and then fades away." (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 11:02:47 PM

Myths Shattered: - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2004 5:52:26 PM
- or...... - Art Martin - 11/3/2004 9:00:19 PM
  - Let Freedom Ring....tut tut - Lindy - 11/3/2004 11:13:41 PM
    - " I am sure this will come out in some form of edict where dissent will be outlawed in public places" - phil - 11/3/2004 11:34:05 PM
    - re: Let Freedom Ring....tut tut - Art Martin - 11/3/2004 11:31:41 PM
      - The next four years.......... - Lindy - 11/4/2004 6:09:54 AM
        
        crack babies - p - 11/4/2004 5:40:47 PM
        
        re: crack babies - media hyperbole - or not? - LJ - 11/4/2004 6:01:35 PM
  - re: Some facts...... - Raoul - 11/3/2004 9:48:32 PM
    - When has Bush ever been 'unilateralist'? (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 10:14:49 PM
      - er, really, you guys? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/3/2004 11:12:00 PM
      - Remember that "unilateralist" has been defined as "without France and Germany." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 10:32:21 PM
        
        or China or Russia or India or Canada or Brazil or Pakistan or Saudi Arabia or.... 4.75 billion people's countries (n/t) - LJ - 11/3/2004 11:35:04 PM
        
        Yeah, but when a Democrat talks about mythical "allies," he ain't talking China. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 5:12:56 AM
        
        Don't forget Belgium, too! - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 11:03:38 PM
  - re: or...... - phil - 11/3/2004 9:22:31 PM
  - Some comments - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 9:19:55 PM
  - the Dems had that Achille's Heel of not wanting to be mean - FrankC - 11/3/2004 9:18:17 PM
    - Didn't start this one Frank - Art Martin - 11/3/2004 9:54:42 PM
      - Having lived under 12 presidents.... - FrankC - 11/3/2004 10:41:19 PM
        
        The shock wasn't only nationally Frank - Art Martin - 11/3/2004 11:01:03 PM
        
        So I take it you voted "no" on 400 and 200? ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2004 12:47:15 AM
        
        "every proposition I took a stand on, I ended up on the losing" - p - 11/3/2004 11:37:20 PM
        
        Reality check - Mary Anne - 11/4/2004 12:10:17 PM
        
        re: Reality check - p - 11/4/2004 2:12:38 PM
        
        Might want to be careful about that generalization. - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 7:05:49 AM
        
        God Phil.....now we should all think alike?? - Lindy - 11/4/2004 6:16:56 AM
        
        re: I can honestly say that ALL the people and referendums I voted for won last night... - Scott Evil - 11/3/2004 11:11:45 PM
        
        I can appreciate the local thing - FrankC - 11/3/2004 11:10:19 PM
      - That was rubbing salt? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2004 10:08:55 PM
        
        Was pretty mild. My emotions are a bit raw today. - Art Martin - 11/3/2004 10:37:16 PM
        
        Awwwww - p - 11/4/2004 2:36:23 AM
        
        "every proposition I took a stand on, I ended up on the losing" - Mary Anne - 11/4/2004 12:18:21 PM
        
        re: Was pretty mild. My emotions are a bit raw today. - REB - 11/3/2004 11:32:36 PM
        
        Use it or lose it?? - Lindy - 11/3/2004 11:28:08 PM
        
        When in Rome? - REB - 11/3/2004 11:38:05 PM
        
        Nice thought but.......... - Lindy - 11/4/2004 6:26:09 AM
- re: Myths Shattered: - Larry J - 11/3/2004 8:03:40 PM
- so god is on the Bush side (n/t) - dwc - 11/3/2004 7:07:06 PM
  - God(s) had nothing to do with it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2004 7:35:19 PM
- Does that mean you like Cheney? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/3/2004 6:39:14 PM
  - Well this might answer that question: - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2004 7:30:15 PM
    - PS. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2004 7:33:48 PM

Calling the states... - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 4:34:25 AM
- NM, NV and IA - FrankC - 11/4/2004 4:57:37 AM
  - re: NBC Called OH shortly after Fox... - Scott Evil - 11/4/2004 3:00:42 PM
    - True, but they stayed at 269 EV for almost a day after (n/t) - Gary - 11/4/2004 4:08:16 PM
  - No one (not even Fox) wanted to declare victory for Bush (n/t) - Gary - 11/4/2004 6:30:43 AM

MSM Bias - phil - 11/4/2004 3:07:29 PM

More Dumb Liberal Analysis - Mark Eby - 11/4/2004 3:48:08 AM
- "It was a mistake to taget the moderates" is especially stupid. NOBODY can win without the moderates. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/4/2004 2:23:41 PM

U.S. Troops Watched Al-Qaqaa Looting - Donald - 11/4/2004 1:36:03 PM
- re: They should have caught that on film. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/4/2004 2:05:50 PM

Kerry has conceded to President Bush. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 4:15:01 PM
- A class act at the end. - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 4:57:17 PM
  - re: Kerry contrary to the mud slung by the MSM, RNC and Swift Boaters for Lies was a class act from start to finish and we (DNC) wanted him and the we (USA) very possibly needed him. I hope America i… (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/4/2004 12:10:43 AM
    - Wave farewell, as Chris leaves this dimension entirely... - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 12:46:58 AM
      - re:I haven't lost anything, Tom. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/4/2004 8:48:27 AM
- This is an important moment in history - Gary - 11/3/2004 4:35:33 PM
  - A lot of folks shared your fears, apparantly. - alcaray - 11/3/2004 8:39:35 PM
  - Preemptive foreign policy - Mary Anne - 11/3/2004 4:58:35 PM
    - Playground politics - Gary - 11/3/2004 5:24:14 PM
      - "My hope is the destruction will occur somewhere other than in North America, Europe or Australia." - LJ - 11/3/2004 5:43:10 PM
        
        re: No it is a brutal reality that the world will face if they don't wake up to reality. - Scott Evil - 11/3/2004 6:06:21 PM
  - re: A horrific attack could still happen. - Scott Evil - 11/3/2004 4:58:18 PM
  - Agreed - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 4:42:19 PM

Meanwhile, back at the rest of the planet... - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 1:32:15 AM
- re: Meanwhile, back at the rest of the planet... - LJ - 11/4/2004 1:51:53 AM
  - Rumors - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 4:12:16 AM
    - Ah... but then Lileks would go into mourning! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2004 5:12:54 AM
      - Nobody's going to get that, you know. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 5:50:41 AM
        
        You did. I know who knows what and target my comments accordingly. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2004 7:45:46 AM

My opinion - LJ - 11/3/2004 5:38:56 PM
- Do you mean it? - Mary Anne - 11/4/2004 4:07:32 AM
  - Absolutely! - LJ - 11/4/2004 7:04:40 AM
  - The question is do YOU mean it? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2004 5:06:00 AM
    - Yes. - Mary Anne - 11/4/2004 5:23:58 AM
      - Zoos take care of animals, too. - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 6:04:31 AM
        
        America: Love it or leave it. - Mary Anne - 11/4/2004 6:08:25 AM
- Interesting. - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 7:32:21 PM
  - re: Interesting. - LJ - 11/3/2004 7:51:37 PM
    - Sad. - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 10:17:57 PM
      - re: Sad. - LJ - 11/3/2004 10:25:14 PM
        
        re: Sad. - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 11:12:30 PM
    - I can't help but agree with you LJ........... - Lindy - 11/3/2004 8:50:52 PM
      - Yes, as you just said Bush is your Daddy! (n/t) - p - 11/3/2004 9:25:21 PM
- re: My opinion - gbaikie - 11/3/2004 7:12:39 PM
- PS - 300,000,000 people and the best the US could come up with to run for President were Kerry and Bush?? (n/t) - LJ - 11/3/2004 5:47:13 PM
  - LJ?....Aren't you one of those 300 million people?..How well would you do as President? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/3/2004 6:40:56 PM
  - Does that mean that would make an excellent president, LJ?...If so!....Run, dammit, run!!! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/3/2004 6:36:56 PM
    - First I'd have to move to the US (just after hell freezes over) then Arnold would have to push through his non-US born constitutional amendment (n/t) - LJ - 11/3/2004 6:42:46 PM
  - Well Bush will have his 8. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2004 6:02:27 PM

Really bad news for DNC fanatics - p - 11/4/2004 3:14:39 AM
- Sorry, Charlie. I know the difference between "Closed" and "Equal Treatment". - Mary Anne - 11/4/2004 4:18:21 AM
- Here's the good news - SteveS - 11/4/2004 3:44:05 AM
- Maybe if we pay the Canadians a $100 a head, they'll take them off our hands - Gary - 11/4/2004 3:33:10 AM
  - No, Gary I think they may have something here... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/4/2004 4:48:34 AM

How the election was lost - phil - 11/4/2004 2:46:10 AM
- Possibly But - Mark Eby - 11/4/2004 3:22:32 AM
  - I think Phil's right, republicans went after there base and they voted (n/t) - SteveS - 11/4/2004 3:46:11 AM
    - So Did The Democrats - Mark Eby - 11/4/2004 3:52:54 AM
      - re: So Did The Democrats - SteveS - 11/4/2004 4:14:20 AM
        
        re: So Did The Democrats - Mark Eby - 11/4/2004 4:19:48 AM

Arafat's health 'suffers setback' - David F Mayer - 11/4/2004 2:35:48 AM
- re: Arafat's health 'suffers setback' - David F Mayer - 11/4/2004 2:38:13 AM
  - Fuck camels up the ass at your own risk - p - 11/4/2004 2:48:35 AM
    - Uh...careful on the subject lines... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2004 3:56:59 AM

Seriously! Did Don change any of your minds when it came to casting your ballots? - Jacob Samorodin - 11/3/2004 7:15:46 PM
- Yes - Mark Eby - 11/4/2004 3:39:37 AM
- Nope, make up my own mind but nice to know there were other sane people in the world noticing. (n/t) - Art Martin - 11/3/2004 9:57:55 PM
- The count will continue - Donald - 11/3/2004 9:04:27 PM
  - Oh well. Lie on, Herr Goebels! - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 10:12:13 PM
  - Who's your daddy Don? - FrankC - 11/3/2004 9:20:52 PM
- If he spammed that stuff enough, he probably did change a few minds - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 7:23:26 PM
- Not at all. I want a president who is tough on terrorists. Bush is! - David F Mayer - 11/3/2004 7:18:05 PM

Kerry vs Edwards - phil - 11/3/2004 7:39:46 PM
- In Retrospect - Mark Eby - 11/4/2004 3:35:09 AM
- Edwards will not even be recognized in public in a matter of months. - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 10:16:04 PM
  - re: I know some Democrats who think he is the second coming... - Scott Evil - 11/3/2004 10:35:06 PM
    - He made his sack of cash, and he will now be a gentleman farmer some place.. - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 11:01:18 PM
- Have to agree. Edwards is a whiner (no hope in 2008) (n/t) - Tony - 11/3/2004 8:29:02 PM

U.K. Papers And The World Trash Bush - Eric - 11/4/2004 2:32:37 AM

Tom Brosz: Time to bring out your predictions. - Gary - 11/3/2004 4:10:42 PM
- I had NF idea (n/t) - p - 11/4/2004 2:28:08 AM
- Okay! Here we go. - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 4:43:07 PM
  - Blindsided - FrankC - 11/3/2004 5:11:35 PM
  - re: Knowing what we know now... I believe my forcast was largely correct. - Scott Evil - 11/3/2004 5:09:22 PM
  - re: Okay! Here we go. - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 4:53:04 PM
  - Crow tastes okay with a good barbeque sauce (n/t) - Gary - 11/3/2004 4:47:49 PM

dragged howling, screaming, and clawing ruts in the sidewalk with their fingernails... - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 5:03:18 AM
- Media still dragging its feet. - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 8:48:59 AM
  - They got burned badly 4 years ago. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/3/2004 8:45:09 PM
  - Correction on Ohio. Bush lead now MORE than 170,000 votes. - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 9:01:50 AM
- It feels good watching the MSM in anguish and pain. - Gary - 11/3/2004 5:57:10 AM
- Nope. It's over. I think the nobler aspects of America fought the good fight, and lost. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/3/2004 5:24:04 AM
  - So Michael Moore is noble now? - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 4:44:00 PM
  - Ah. The famous "The Electorate is Stupid" excuse. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 6:13:54 AM
    - I see that graciousness in victory is not going to be the rule here. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/3/2004 1:56:17 PM
      - Read Bowser's post again. - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 6:09:50 PM
        
        Yeah, yeah... - Mary Anne - 11/3/2004 7:41:04 PM
      - It takes two to tango. - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 3:16:45 PM
        
        On this particular board, the Nazi references have been spoken mostly by you. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/3/2004 5:03:20 PM
    - That's a liberals way of saying "We Lost!". Sounds nice doesn't it? (n/t) - Gary - 11/3/2004 6:24:51 AM
  - It is NOT over - phil - 11/3/2004 5:25:54 AM
    - Ohio... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2004 5:33:21 AM
    - I don't understand Ohio. - Bowser - 11/3/2004 5:27:18 AM
      - They Were Just Yanking Your Chain (n/t) - ID - 11/3/2004 3:31:47 PM
        
        No, ohio was legitimately up for grabs at that time - p - 11/4/2004 2:26:22 AM
- CNN calls Florida for Bush. Fox News? Not yet. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 5:14:32 AM
- Oddly enough, Fox News is holding out on Florida too. Overcompensation? ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 5:09:55 AM
  - They did that with their last opinion polls as well. - Gary - 11/3/2004 6:33:35 AM

World Leaders on the Election - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 10:02:27 PM
- I'm impressed, hope they mean it - SteveS - 11/4/2004 2:26:08 AM

Bush 51% Popular Vote, now that's impressive (n/t) - SteveS - 11/3/2004 3:15:50 PM
- Bush 286 Kerry 252 (n/t) - SteveS - 11/3/2004 3:47:02 PM
  - That was my prediction :) What do I win? - REB - 11/3/2004 3:53:22 PM
    - Good job REB, I predicted 51% / 48% Bush on the popular vote... - SteveS - 11/4/2004 12:22:43 AM
      - Scratch that I just looked at me prediction, Damn! (n/t) - SteveS - 11/4/2004 12:43:50 AM
    - Post your address and I'll send you some cookies (n/t) - Gary - 11/3/2004 4:43:00 PM
- Now we will hear four more years of whining by the Democrats. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 11/3/2004 3:18:34 PM
  - It gives them something to do. (Too bad Lieberman didn't win the nomination) (n/t) - Gary - 11/3/2004 3:45:40 PM
    - If Leiberman had won the nomination.....Tom's prediction would have come true ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 11/3/2004 4:05:12 PM
      - Is there a candidate... - FrankC - 11/3/2004 6:58:12 PM
        
        Of the candidates there were..... - Tony - 11/3/2004 7:47:32 PM
      - I think Leiberman would have stomped Bush but we'll never know for sure. (n/t) - Gary - 11/3/2004 4:53:15 PM

Those bogus exit polls - Gary - 11/3/2004 4:20:14 PM
- re: Those bogus exit polls - SteveS - 11/4/2004 12:35:10 AM
- re: What happend to the heavy youth turnout for Kerry? - Scott Evil - 11/3/2004 5:55:47 PM
  - I hate to point this out, but the "youth vote" hasn't really turned out that much since the voting age was dropped to 18. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2004 7:41:16 PM
- It had the feel of push polling. - ebnelson - 11/3/2004 4:25:38 PM
  - Zogby is finished - Gary - 11/3/2004 4:39:44 PM

Does anybody have a bootleg copy of "Fahrenheit 911"? I'm ready to watch it now. - Scott Evil - 11/3/2004 5:22:23 PM
- The MPA takes a dim view of video piracy - E.P. Grondine - 11/4/2004 12:30:03 AM
- Fahrenheit 911, the temperature at which the dreams of Democrats burn. (n/t) - Lee - 11/3/2004 9:21:17 PM
- See if you're still laughing a year from now (n/t) - LJ - 11/3/2004 6:54:55 PM
- I think Osama has a copy (n/t) - Gary - 11/3/2004 5:25:25 PM

What's John McCain's stance on the Supreeme Court? - Scott Evil - 11/3/2004 10:52:57 PM

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