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If we defeated communism...
Rowan Atkinson says it better.
Bowser
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9/15/2008 11:45:34 PM
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Palin duplicates the George Bush management style. Secrecy, hire friends, attack critics.
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Bowser
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9/14/2008 5:47:19 AM
"She committed a faux pas concerning the Cold War in claiming that America had defeated Communism "without a shot fired."
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Bowser
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9/14/2008 12:31:16 PM
re: "She committed a faux pas concerning the Cold War in claiming that America had defeated Communism "without a shot fired."
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Marsby
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9/14/2008 3:49:29 PM
A real stretch. She said "communism", not "Russia".
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Bowser
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9/14/2008 6:01:02 PM
A minor historical point
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Robert
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9/15/2008 2:10:11 AM
Oh, I dunno...
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Mary Anne
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9/16/2008 4:36:10 AM
Good Point But
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Marsby
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9/15/2008 1:15:28 AM
OK. At a minimum, then, she doesn't know the difference between "Russia" and "communism".
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Bowser
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9/15/2008 2:07:36 AM
If we defeated communism...
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alcaray
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9/15/2008 12:41:07 AM
Rowan Atkinson says it better.
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Bowser
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9/15/2008 11:45:34 PM
Fascists. Socialists. Traitors.
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Bowser
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9/15/2008 3:30:28 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.