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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 06:56 PM Original message |
The Dutch point of view on American elections |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. an old guy who sang bomb bomb Iran? who is that? |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. McCain |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You're kidding me, right? I know you are! |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. oh my god, I didn't know. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You didn't? Well, I guess it's hard to keep up with all those jackasses. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sorry...two wrongs don't make it |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I know, you're right about the media. We are different in that we would never have drivel like Fox |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Viva The Netherlands!~ |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I guess Dutch media think they will attract more viewers if it's about Clinton or Guiliani. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Wee tot is "klein knaap". Wee is Scottish. Tot short for Tottler. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 07:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I guess some do. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. It's not just FOX ... it's the entire mainstream M$M that lies to us every damn day. n/t |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I know. I was using Fox as an example. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. whozat?? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think you just described most American voters, too. n/t |
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ooga booga (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. I hope that DU's foreign correspondents will continue to send |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Thank you. What's absurd to us, is campaigns start a year and a half before elections. |
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ooga booga (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. good observations |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I still see a big difference between e.g. the Bush-Kerry debates and Dutch debates. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Kerry debated Newt Gingrich this year on global climate change, |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm not trying to pass off Holland, or Dutch debates as supreme, by the way. |
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ooga booga (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Here there's a lot of risk management |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Also, I can't stand they give so little time to candidates who are not in the 'top three'. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks for the post, I love hearing foreign perspectives like this (n/t) |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
19. No, our USA media are part of The Fifth Column. Unlike in the USA, Dutch politicians REPRESENT |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Don't think all Dutch politicians have the people's best interests at heart. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. Yep. The Germans are quite similar in their thinking. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes, but the GERMANS now have a representative government, now the USA does not! |
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