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Democrat calls Republicans liars! Bush to run negative ads about Kerry! Film at 11:00! - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 7:50:43 PM
- Wish I had a nickel for every time Bush lies. Unfortunately, they cost US hundreds of billions. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/11/2004 8:15:13 PM
- Pointing out Kerry's voting record is hardly a "negative attack" - Larry J - 3/11/2004 8:07:13 PM
  - Kerry's botox, his honeymoon and his credibility: - ebnelson - 3/12/2004 3:58:38 AM
  - The Senate - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2004 12:00:24 AM
    - Is that rule in place now? - ebnelson - 3/12/2004 4:08:17 AM

JF wannabe Kerry wants cheese with his whine - ebnelson - 3/12/2004 3:41:42 AM

The hunt for al Qaeda: telegraphing our moves - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 7:41:23 PM
- Reason: To get him to move into the open. We are trying to flush him into sight. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/11/2004 11:34:49 PM
- Man, the Pentagon is telegraphing it's moves? - Bowser - 3/9/2004 8:27:05 PM
  - You may have misunderstood - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 11:19:52 PM
    - It wouldn't be the first time. - Bowser - 3/10/2004 12:29:04 AM
      - "Just guessing?" Sure. So are you. I guess we'll see what happens. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 2:09:30 AM
        
        Yer not a "pup". I am. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/10/2004 3:24:03 AM
        
        Ah. Sorry, misread it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 3:35:08 AM

Oil Giant's Officials Knew of Gaps in Reserves in '02 . . . - D. Spires - 3/9/2004 5:41:46 PM
- This is really bad news - Gary - 3/10/2004 5:00:03 PM
  - re: This is really bad logic . . . - D. Spires - 3/11/2004 7:19:03 AM
    - Refreshing. - Bowser - 3/11/2004 4:38:42 PM
      - re: Okay, who left the gate open -- again . . . ? - D. Spires - 3/11/2004 10:58:31 PM

Washington Post publishes numbered map of White House offices - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 3:03:15 AM
- Maybe it's just a weapon of mass deception? (n/t) - Daniel - 3/11/2004 1:56:20 PM
- And you're not incensed at the Plame outing??!! - Bowser - 3/11/2004 6:34:23 AM
  - I hate to break this to you, but a lot more people are gunning for Bush than Plame. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 5:05:26 PM
    - The West Wing has been around for a long time. - Bowser - 3/11/2004 5:13:57 PM

Latest Brainfart from California Legislature - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 3:01:19 AM
- On his limited behalf. - Bowser - 3/9/2004 3:57:59 PM
  - Linking messages - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 5:29:57 PM
    - (Darned mouse DOES have two buttons, doesn't it. Thanks.) (n/t) - Bowser - 3/9/2004 6:21:51 PM
- If it was up to me, I'd make the minimum age 23 years - Gary - 3/9/2004 7:19:08 AM
  - Not hard to understand with most college students - Larry J - 3/9/2004 5:01:38 PM
    - Our grandparent's generation - Gary - 3/10/2004 7:39:06 AM
      - re: Our grandparent's generation - Bowser - 3/11/2004 4:48:02 PM
      - It's called the "Thousand Yard Stare" - Larry J - 3/10/2004 9:59:29 PM
  - How about at 22, after 4 years of federal service. ;) (n/t) - Lee - 3/9/2004 9:47:44 AM
- "Fourteen or Fight" - Fox - 3/9/2004 4:31:29 AM

This one's a real hoot - Daniel - 3/11/2004 1:41:58 PM
- The 'clarification' in particular, grates. His spokesman must really take people for fools (n/t) - Daniel - 3/11/2004 1:45:19 PM

More bad berries. And not blueberries. - Bowser - 3/11/2004 7:02:51 AM

Speaking of investigations... - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 3:22:50 AM
- Just where the hell was Halliburton's cut??? - Bowser - 3/11/2004 5:34:07 AM

More problems for Bush appointees. - Bowser - 3/11/2004 5:21:07 AM

Salon.com signs up as Democratic Party buttmonkey. - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 8:03:56 PM
- Are you using "buttmonkey" in the perjorative sense? - Bowser - 3/10/2004 8:26:27 PM
  - That WAS a big word. Is "buttmonkey" supposed to be a BAD thing? - Bowser - 3/11/2004 1:48:36 AM
    - re: That WAS a big word. - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 2:27:49 AM
  - And here, so help me Hannah, is the real conservative "buttmonkey". - Bowser - 3/10/2004 9:30:04 PM
    - Re conservative buttmonkeys: Dennis Miller, on Bush -- "I think he's a genius." - Odin - 3/11/2004 12:50:26 AM
    - Kind of an insightful review. Did you read it carefully? - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 11:22:29 PM

On Drudge: Sen. McCain Open to Being Kerry's VP - Bowser - 3/10/2004 8:18:45 PM
- Democrats are fielding a candidate who needs a Republican VP to get enough votes? Cool. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 11:44:42 PM
  - Shows how eager non-robotic Rs are to get rid of him. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/11/2004 2:05:53 AM

"US 'not to blame' for Afghan raid." - Bowser - 3/11/2004 1:52:39 AM

The terrorist Mohammed Abdul Abbas dies in US custody. Good riddance. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/10/2004 12:50:18 AM
- He had been pardoned. - Bowser - 3/10/2004 1:01:37 AM
  - He had NOT been pardoned. Where did you get that crap? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/10/2004 3:38:06 PM
  - Yea! I'm gonna shed tears for the guy. Cry me like a river. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/10/2004 2:18:58 PM
  - "Pardoned?" And now, the rest of the story. - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 2:06:54 AM
    - Of course we get to thank clinton for effin' that up as well. (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/10/2004 2:41:26 AM

Re: Today's Comic - Success_Machine - 3/10/2004 3:08:13 PM
- You'd think she would sew some frills on those striped pajamas, and decorate that cell too. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/10/2004 3:33:17 PM

Gay Marriage Licenses Create a Quandary for the Clergy . . . - D. Spires - 3/7/2004 8:00:46 PM
- Gay Marriage Licenses -who cares?. . and why?. - Publius - 3/9/2004 3:00:05 AM
  - Bush isn't the one pushing this issue. - Lee - 3/10/2004 7:02:01 AM
- Yeah, preists may have to marry the boys they molest - R.L. - 3/8/2004 7:12:03 AM
- Gay marriage is okay for women only :-) - Buck Galaxy - 3/7/2004 8:17:38 PM
  - And in 50 years, what will be the fringe group looking to go mainstream? - Lee - 3/8/2004 2:49:31 AM
    - Dunno, but bigots will be the fringe.... - R.L. - 3/8/2004 7:22:21 AM
      - And why do you find such glee in the idea? - Lee - 3/9/2004 6:31:56 AM
    - Right-wing fundamental Christian conservatives. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/8/2004 5:34:45 AM
      - re:Stop picking on Right-wing fundamental Christian conservatives. - Publius - 3/9/2004 12:14:37 AM
    - Group marriages - Buck Galaxy - 3/8/2004 5:17:37 AM
      - Interstellar marriages - "Bring it on" - RobVG - 3/8/2004 7:31:15 AM
    - I Know, I Know! Bigots like you? (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/8/2004 4:20:30 AM
      - re: Too late . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/8/2004 7:06:45 PM
        
        He can't help it Dan. - Lee - 3/9/2004 6:14:43 AM
        
        I think he missed it, Dan.... (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/9/2004 4:38:10 PM

A slightly different opinion from those who lost people on 9/11 - Tom Brosz - 3/8/2004 8:25:43 PM
- The liberals don't give a flip about the 911 families or decency. It is all about controlling what we discuss in the election - ebnelson - 3/9/2004 4:23:57 AM
- Back to basics. Remedial Decency 10. - Bowser - 3/9/2004 1:11:37 AM
  - If you liked that ad, boy have we got a great follow-up! - RNC staffer - 3/9/2004 4:54:52 AM
  - re: Back to basics. - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 2:45:08 AM
    - Now let's focus, Tom. It's NOT about Clinton. - Bowser - 3/9/2004 5:53:36 AM
      - Am I going too fast for you? - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 7:42:25 AM
        
        You're post raises even more questions. - Bowser - 3/9/2004 2:13:02 PM
        
        More on this - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 7:37:57 PM
        
        re: more questions. - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 5:59:36 PM
        
        Making political profit from dancing on the graves - - - - Bowser - 3/9/2004 6:19:57 PM
        
        Man overboard. - RobVG - 3/9/2004 6:47:53 PM
        
        And you call it what? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/9/2004 8:55:56 PM
        
        Right down the 3rd base line. Fair- not foul. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/9/2004 9:18:10 PM
        
        Could be a 3 bagger if the fielder loses it in his mutt. (n/t) - gbaikie - 3/10/2004 4:36:56 AM
        
        You want to think again on that? - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 6:43:47 PM
        
        You don't want to know if it could have been prevented? - Bowser - 3/9/2004 9:04:31 PM
        
        Dodge and weave - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 12:17:32 AM
        
        You must know RobVG. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/10/2004 12:31:34 AM
        
        You're chasing your own tail again. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/9/2004 9:42:57 PM
        
        I beginning to think you disagree. Crossing my mind, anyway. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/9/2004 10:07:00 PM
        
        I disagree - RobVG - 3/9/2004 10:48:44 PM
        
        I thought so. You must know Tom B. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/10/2004 4:39:42 AM
- A small note on media tilt - Tom Brosz - 3/8/2004 8:29:42 PM

More problems from Halliburton. - Bowser - 3/9/2004 3:42:58 PM
- The Democrats better go back and try again. - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 5:25:27 PM
  - There's just no end to the corruption your new-found tolerance accepts. - Bowser - 3/9/2004 8:20:46 PM
    - I'm willing to wait and see - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 11:46:00 PM

The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 1:52:58 AM
- A feeble bluff by democrats with a very hand (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/7/2004 1:53:01 AM
  - Was that intended to be a meaningful statement? Or did you just have your random noise generator turned on... (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/7/2004 3:54:38 AM
    - >sigh< 'very' weak hand. thanks for paying attention. (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/8/2004 5:19:57 AM
- This is the same prez who won't permit news coverage of returning dead soldiers? - alcaray - 3/5/2004 7:10:51 PM
  - He's enforcing federal law. Imagine that! - Larry J - 3/5/2004 7:37:55 PM
    - If you've followed the story at all, - alcaray - 3/5/2004 8:31:26 PM
  - You're falling into the Strawman trap... - Scott Evil - 3/5/2004 7:25:50 PM
- I think the comercial is excellent and pulls on the heart strings. - Scott Evil - 3/5/2004 7:02:56 PM
  - The best propaganda does just that. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 3/6/2004 1:21:31 PM
- re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Larry J - 3/5/2004 2:57:01 PM
  - Still having problems with that 'reading' thing? - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 6:07:07 PM
    - Selective Indignation - Larry J - 3/5/2004 7:16:21 PM
      - re: Selective Indignation - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 8:31:47 PM
      - Forgot to close the quotation mark - Larry J - 3/5/2004 8:06:16 PM
      - Trying again with the link - Larry J - 3/5/2004 8:05:22 PM
- If Kerry hadn't betrayed the war by denying he supported it - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 6:43:26 AM
- re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Justin Kelly - 3/5/2004 5:19:19 AM
  - You're exactly right Justin. The ad was a strawman ad, and the Kerry folks unwhitingly walked right into the trap. - Scott Evil - 3/5/2004 7:12:55 PM
    - Exercise for student: Get a basic text on rhetoric or logic and look up Strawman, then look up red herring (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 8:41:39 PM
      - Thanks for the lesson in logic! Actually I think we are both wrong: It's a "Bait and Switch" - Scott Evil - 3/8/2004 12:28:18 AM
  - Quickly now, more later - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 6:12:19 AM
    - Actually, it's "leftist psycho hose beast." - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 6:22:22 AM
- re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Justin - 3/5/2004 5:19:09 AM
- P.S. - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 2:46:59 AM
  - Thats the most dense thing I have ever heard you say. - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 4:12:54 AM
    - re: Thats the most dense thing I have ever heard you say. - gbaikie - 3/5/2004 6:35:18 AM
      - re: Thats the most dense thing I have ever heard you say. - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 5:50:30 PM
      - hehe - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 1:49:53 PM
    - Name one. - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 4:31:14 AM
  - re: P.S. - Odin - 3/5/2004 4:03:54 AM
    - Especially focus on those steps the Bush Admin should have done from 1993 through 2000 (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 2:48:57 PM
    - Come to the aid of your party - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 4:18:13 AM
      - Hey Tom, I'll chip in ;-) (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/5/2004 4:58:18 AM
      - As usual, nuance escapes you - Odin - 3/5/2004 4:56:49 AM
        
        Thanks for admiting that Clinton was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. - Scott Evil - 3/8/2004 12:38:15 AM
        
        And if you COULD follow my logic, you'd have even more fun! - Odin - 3/8/2004 2:32:36 AM
        
        Odin, even people who agree with you can't follow your logic. - Scott Evil - 3/8/2004 6:01:36 PM
        
        "Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish" -- Euripedes - Odin - 3/9/2004 12:01:33 AM
        
        re: As usual, nuance escapes you - RobVG - 3/5/2004 6:14:13 PM
        
        Responsibility - Odin - 3/8/2004 3:40:45 AM
        
        re: Responsibility - RobVG - 3/9/2004 12:29:39 AM
        
        re: Responsibility - Odin - 3/9/2004 3:04:56 AM
        
        re: Responsibility - RobVG - 3/9/2004 4:51:24 PM
        
        re: Responsibility - Odin - 3/9/2004 8:54:42 PM
  - Isn't watching GWB & Co. dodge the 9-11 commission is enough to make his use of it offensive. - Bowser - 3/5/2004 2:59:28 AM
    - Proving a negative - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 4:05:19 AM
      - Just like the ufoologists - ebnelson - 3/5/2004 1:51:10 PM
      - It's done all the time. - Bowser - 3/5/2004 11:59:56 AM
      - re: Proving a negative - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 4:21:00 AM
- re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Tom Brosz - 3/5/2004 2:30:21 AM
  - re: The 9-11/flag/commercial flap - Davin L. - 3/5/2004 4:18:43 AM

Sniper Muhammad Sentenced to Death . . . - D. Spires - 3/9/2004 6:59:00 PM

New Iraqi Constitution - Pete S. - 3/9/2004 6:49:19 AM
- IslamOnline.com: Iraq Interim Constitution Finally Signed . . . - D. Spires - 3/9/2004 6:31:29 PM

Zimbabwe Reports Seizing Plane With 64 Suspected Mercenaries . . . - D. Spires - 3/9/2004 6:22:30 PM

An Interim President for Haiti Is Sworn In . . . - D. Spires - 3/9/2004 6:05:23 PM

Iraqi: Saddam 3 Years From Nukes in '91 . . . - D. Spires - 3/9/2004 5:23:47 PM

Cheney and the State Dept. at it Again....do they have no shame? - Lindy - 3/8/2004 7:23:39 PM
- VP Cheney Helped Cover-Up Pakistani Nuclear Proliferation In '89 So US Could Sell Country Fighter Jets - Bowser - 3/9/2004 1:13:26 AM
  - Pakistan Can Do No Wrong - Lindy - 3/9/2004 5:38:54 AM
    - An enlightened military dictatorship spreading nuclear technology all 'round the world. Gotta love 'em, unlike North Korea. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/9/2004 3:45:46 PM

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