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Strive to be Dust

    • 27 Apr 07
    • 4:35 am

    I've followed the news closely and read up on the background of all of Sen. Clinton's positions, yet I can't seem to find any solid evidence for all of the accusations that are being flung at her. Since when did the GOP slander of the 90's become the conventional wisdom of self-proclaimed Democrats in 2007? And, yes, I do mean slander. Just what is all this crap about Sen. Clinton trying to be a man? What's the evidence for this slime attack? From the very beginning, she has honestly labeled herself as a centrist. Who is the one being misleading in …

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    • 01 May 07
    • 12:49 am

    Well, well, well, Mr. Rockford. Is this the same monomaniacal blood thirsty troll that that used to make a fool of himself regularly over at Kevin Drum's site? Hey Rock (hopefully not a psuedonym for Rockford) just how stupid do you think the readers of this site are? Aside from the wing-nut trolls like rockford who are obviously foaming at the mouth and the TV and radio nut cases whose idea of winning an argument is to say, "SHUT UP!" until there is a commercial break, there is an endless supply of purple faced screamers posting in blogs like little green …

    Posted to Why Women Hate Hillary
    • 27 Apr 07
    • 4:53 am

    The basic problem here is the Surpreme Court decision. The idea that campaign contributions are a form of free speech is a sick joke. It's not free speech (in the egalitarian form as intended in the Constitution) when over 90% of the population can't meaningfully compete to make their finantial vioce heard. On the contrary, by not having the means to make 5 or even 6 figure donations, we are denied our right to speak. That decision by the Court is helping drive our country into a new fuedal age.

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