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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:14 AM Original message |
Has there ever been a time when politics was so ugly? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. sure, 1860 nt |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. that was my first thought nt |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. The 19th Century was *much* uglier. n/t |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. But Bush said he was a uniter not a divider - the liar |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. You mean around the civil war era? Are we come to a place |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well, there was this political dispute called the Civil War. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Our ellected representatives are beating eachother with canes yet... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Wow, what a piece of history... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. f*cking Kansas, AGAIN |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. This incident, btw |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. Oh yeah |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. You mean in the US? |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes, in the US, is the question. What do we do and where does |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. American politics, imo, has always been a contact sport. Things now |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. *sigh* I thought the 21st century would be wonderful, enlightened, |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Oh, I still believe that it will be wonderful, enlightened...*grin* |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. You've hit an important point ... |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. Not in my memory..... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. I know everyone is telling you the CIVIL WAR was pretty rude, but I |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. There was hope through it all though |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I think that is because the younger people are not as invested this time |
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Sufi Marmot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. That whole Hamilton-Burr fracas didn't end very well... n/t |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. I wonder how people became so ugly again? Why are we going |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I think it's cyclical |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. Absolutely ... |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Sure-- actual fistfights and brawls at the polls during the 1830s & 40s |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'm waiting for fist fights and gun play...... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
27. That whole cavalry versus the Native Americans thing |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
29. It's certainly the worst it's been this century. n/m |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. LOL! |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
32. It's pretty bad at the moment |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. In ways it is good and we are getting closer to something |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
34. if you think the US is bad, try living somewhere else |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
35. actually, I think we're closer than we think we are. we're heightened |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
36. OK, the rise of the right, BUT, what of the fall of left in the U.S.? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. Yes. Check out 19th century politics. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. When Andrew Jackon's wife was driven to her death. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
39. Gingrich is to blame for the modern decline in civility. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The harpies came out during Monica-media-fest. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not in my life time of political awareness, at times I wish |
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