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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:10 PM Original message |
What started the '_________gate' craze? |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. KoreaGate |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. So can we stop calling every scandle a Gate? |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I kind of like it because it reminds of the corruption that |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Well, I know it's as much of the mainstream as 'Klingon' is, but it's |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. You're just trying to cause trouble and create Toadgate, or is that |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Imaginationgate |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. There was a "Koreagate" after Watergate |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. If toothpaste was investigated |
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fluffernutter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. with those uber cool max fresh breath strips |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yes, i did. Here is my gate |
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fluffernutter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. of course you have to be part of the ___gate craze! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. ROTFLMAO!!!! |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Golden Gate! |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. That drives me completely nuts! |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. I like when scandals are called Affairs, like the Iran Contra Affair |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Nothing more romantic than Contra rebels in Nicaragua. |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I know! |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. You mean Contragate? n/t |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. FBI agent that was one of the first to testify coined it "watergate" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Ah. How about |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. LOL...i'll ask Glennon what he thinks... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wasn't there "ABSCAM" since Watergate? Fake Arabs bribing congressman? |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. It was the damn bracelets! |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-04 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think it's the Repukes trying to water down the fact that they were |
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