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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 09:39 PM
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Ann Coulter, Conservative Goddess or Radical Harpy?
Edited on Sun Jun-11-06 09:40 PM by nolies32fouettes
http://www.progressiveu.org/190000-anne-coulter-conservative-goddess-or-radical-harpy-thoughts-from-sen-kerry-etc

And one of my favorite states is talking about banning her book.

Couldn't we find a way to bann her from the country and the tv instead?
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 09:43 PM
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1. No, she is a Typical Republican
Or a leading Republican Spokesperson.

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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 09:47 PM
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3. I beg to differ....she is the typical CELEBRITY Republican. eom
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Sadie5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:37 PM
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20. After the Dems regain control
in the fall it will be interesting to see what Colter spouts off about.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 09:46 PM
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2. She's necessary to the real radicals in power
because her piles of literary vomit are out there to make them look MODERATE.

That's the point. The only way to stop it is a libel suit. Winning isn't the point. Following the money and dragging her out into the light and under a microscope are the points.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:01 PM
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7. Good theory
She does seem to go out of her way to make as many outrageous statements as possible.

I wonder. Has anyone ever done a timeline on her most atrocious statements versus bad news for the White House?

I'll bet there's a nice correlation.
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:15 PM
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17. I am not sure she says enough to cross into the libel category.
What do you think?
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:59 PM
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23. "winning isn't the point:"
Read the next sentence very, very carefully.

Thanks.
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 06:06 AM
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25. but it costs whoever money too. And unless the lawyer is free it could
cost more than it would take for her to stop doing it too.

Too bad the whole 'liberal community' couldn't file a class-action lawsuit against her.

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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:40 PM
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21. You are absolutely correct about her function
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:25 AM
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33. No lawyer can do that; or a person representing themselves, it
violates Rule 11. Suits aren't supposed to be filed for any purpose other than to recover damages.

Besides, it's not libel when it's just her opinion.

The only thing that can be "done" is to ignore her. Or to attack her in return. The only cure for free speech is more free speech.

Insisting that "something must be done," to prevent people from hearing her does not work without trampling on the same rights you need to fight the likes of this harpy.

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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 09:52 PM
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4. I don't believe in banning books,
even one's from this stupid bitch.
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 09:58 PM
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6. No, I really don't either. But I think she should be barred from
being treated with respect on any media show. And I fully endorse Kerry's approach that should follow each and every Coulter supporter.

Make sure you check out the Daou link too.
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 09:55 PM
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5. Republican Women are Harpies
Edited on Sun Jun-11-06 09:55 PM by stepnw1f
I know... I used to date a couple...
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cigsandcoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:04 PM
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8. A radical harpy, without a doubt
But I don't like the idea of a state banning her book. Where is that happening?
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:05 PM
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9. smack talking, right-wing political version of a hate radio shock jock...
no wait, that is the definition of hate radio
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:05 PM
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10. STOP TALKING ABOUT HER.
Good God. DU'ers waste more bandwidth on a Mediawhore who is going for shock value thinking she's funny.
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:07 PM
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12. Actually, the question that Kerry and Dauo presented
was quite relevant.

Which 9-11 commission recommendation would she tell the country to go without? The ports? The protection against the nuclear plants? Which?

Those points are quite valid.

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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:20 AM
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29. EXACTLY!
That's the best way to fire her, and she says that herself:

"The only people who could ever fire me are the American people: if they don't want to hear me anymore, if they don't buy my books, if they don't read my columns."
-- Ann Coulter, in the film, "Is It True What They Say About Ann?"

(Here's the film clip where she tells us how to fire her: http://www.anncoulterdoc.com/trailer1.htm )

Stop buying her books, stop reading her columns, attending her speeches and, I think, more importantly to drive home the message about how irrelevant she is: STOP TALKING ABOUT HER.

She's trying to sell books. I don't believe the liberal community should be giving her free publicity.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:26 AM
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34. Hillary shouldn't have said anything
If we talk about her, it's one thing, but Hillary and Kerry doing it does lend her legitimacy.

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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 04:23 PM
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50. actually, kerry's response was more precise. Ask Ann or suporters
WHICH of the 9-11 commission recommendations they don't want. The ports? The nuclear plants? Our national security is at stake.

That's not the same thing as 'Does she speak for you?"
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:06 PM
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11. Alien Lizard
:D


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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:08 PM
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13. Halloween costume huh?
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:41 PM
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22. No, that's how THEY really look when you put on the 'speshul' sunglasses
:D


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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:09 PM
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14. Just a really boring...
bag o' bones.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:11 PM
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15. Ann Coulter is the "Grand Spokeswoman" of Christian Conservatives.
They buy her books. They attend her speeches. They support TV shows that have her as a guest. She is their leader...by their choice.
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:15 PM
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16. True. But the independents must become aware that this is not
acceptable.

And we can't let them frame it that this is no big deal.

Mary Matelin trying to just poo-poo it off like it's no big deal can not be allowed. They smear too many people as well as spread hate and lies about any liberal without any accountability.

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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:16 PM
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18. Now don't be so hasty...
They are only giving the "other" side. Because in their world, they believe in giving "both" sides - fair and balanced. It doesn't matter what the issue is. They are supporting Ann Coulter because in the "bigger picture", she is right, they say. The widows of 9/11 who lost their husbands are "harpies" and their children are no different from any other children without fathers. Look at Ann's side, they say. There's always two sides to every story. That's what it means to be "fair and balanced". :sarcasm:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 10:20 PM
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19. The right's equivalent of Howard Stern
They both say and do crazy shit for ratings. The only difference between Coulter and Stern is that nobody ever has or will take Stern seriously.
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 11:15 PM
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24. Hmmm, same question on your front page
Edited on Sun Jun-11-06 11:27 PM by DainBramaged
http://www.progressiveu.org/

now let's see, the ip address is 64.84.33.40, which becomes 40-50.64.84. master-link.com. Which is owned by Nacio Systems. www.nacio.com/. Managed Hosting for business, that's what Nacio does. Is progressiveu.com a business and not a blog? Nacio is owned by Encompass Holdings Inc. Encompass Holdings, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries Aqua Xtremes, Inc.engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of water sports equipment. Encompass is formerly known as Nova Communications Ltd. It's CEO is Arthur N. Robins. Nova used to be known as First Colonial Ventures Ltd. First Colonial Ventures, Ltd. was a Registered Business Development Corporation that invested in promising over-the-counter companies through two Portfolio Investment Companies: First Colonial Funds, Ltd. and Colonial Funds, Ltd. First Colonial Ventures had diversified interests in advanced technologies, real estate, oil and gas, biotechnology and consumer goods.

http://www.businessweek.com/1996/51/b35061.htm

THE MOB ON WALL STREET--PART 1

<snip>
First Colonial Ventures Ltd. is a minor venture-capital firm whose stock trades on the OTC bulletin board--so small that it is not required to file more than token disclosures with the Securities & Exchange Commission. But for market makers in small-cap stocks, First Colonial looms huge. It is an object lesson: When the Mob speaks, market makers obey.

Sources say that traders who caved in to coercion later received expensive bottles of liquor with a note that read: ''You've made a friend.'' But the market makers who dropped First Colonial were making no new pals among investors. Since the incident, the ask price paid by the public for buying First Colonial stock has climbed--from a low of $1.13 on Oct. 2 to as high as $4.13 in recent trading. But the bid price that the public gets when selling the stock back to the Street has been far less buoyant. The bid promptly rose from a low of 87 cents on Oct. 2 to $1.50 and has stayed at about that level, even as the ask price has skyrocketed to almost three times that figure. (On Oct. 4, according to a letter sent to market makers obtained by BUSINESS WEEK, the NASD launched an inquiry into the dropping of First Colonial stock by market makers. The NASD declined comment on the investigation.)<snip>

Last year Encompass/Nova Communications aquired 51 percent majority ownership in Rotary Engines Inc. to use in gas and oil recovery.
http://rotarynews.com/node/view/675

And your "about us" really says nothing about you. Lot of news feeds. "ProgressiveU.org is a nonpartisan social welfare organization." It says that. Social welfare. Interesting term. I didn't see you listed anywhere in the progressive/liberal on line community.

Is progressiveu.org trolling for members on DU?

Just wondering.



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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:05 AM
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26. I have no idea about the ip stuff you posted and the rest of your comment
but what progressive u is doing on that specific site is offering scholarships to students (high schoolers and college students) in a competitive blogging contest.

Progressive u is not trolling DU for members. I however am posting my blog article simply for people to read and enjoy. I've dug up links and made comments within it like any blog does. And furthermore, a person can read it and chose to post (register) or they can chose to post as a guest. Or they can chose to not post.

So to answer your question, no nobody is trolling for membership. The site does not trap peoples' names unless you register, but as I said, you don't have to register.

As far as the rest of the site info you posted, I have no clue about any of it. I am only involved in the scholarship contest. However, if it concerns you, they do have a contact us button and they do reply to it if you leave an email for them.



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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:12 AM
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27. Here is the faq about the scholarship contest:
http://www.progressiveu.org/BFP_FAQ

By reading the site, all you're doing is helping a student attempt to win the contest. You're already online and you are not exposed to any danger there that you are not exposed to by opening your own internet connection and opening your email.

Really...I don't know why you would ask a student what you did when you clearly have all the skills to research their ip and their company. You did not need to cast suspicion over a student's blog entry which anyone perusing the site could see is being used for what it says. It's not even like "my space".

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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:47 AM
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39. All of your threads here seem to mirror the website
Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 08:51 AM by DainBramaged
If you are trolling for members, be frank about it. Stealth creates doubt, as you have for me. And your about us says nothing about you.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

http://www.dailykos.com/

what a difference.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:14 AM
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28. I confess...
I put her books in the the Pet Care aisle, amid the kitty litter, the other day. Oops.
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:20 AM
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30. good use for them!
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 03:55 PM
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49. yep
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:28 AM
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35. thank you for
being nice and responding. After drainbead's response, I wasn't sure how poeple would respond.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:22 AM
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31. "Ann Who?" has told us how to fire her,
and I suggest we take her up on it.

"The only people who could ever fire me are the American people: if they don't want to hear me anymore, if they don't buy my books, if they don't read my columns."
-- Ann "Who?" Coulter, in the film, "Is It True What They Say About Ann?"

(Here's the film clip where she tells us how to fire her: http://www.anncoulterdoc.com/trailer1.htm )
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:29 AM
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36. the radical wrong keep her in business.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:33 AM
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37. And she couldn't afford to buy the free publicity
that we give her. Anything we loathe, the radical wrong will rush to buy. We do have the power to diminish her relevance. If that person wants to promote her book, I believe her agent should contact Skinner about buying an advertisement. :hi:
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:12 AM
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41. True. Maybe we should suggest it to him.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:23 AM
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32. Radical Harpy. But what state can ban a book?
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chemenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 07:40 AM
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38. What's the difference???
Aren't conservative goddesses and radical harpies one and the same thing???
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:51 AM
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40. A mentally ill person in need of medication
Or ECT
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:18 AM
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42. She is the natural wingnut, without any of the little cover
Any conservatives who pretend to be decent have this freak being in their innards, like the thing in "Alien". That's why I call LIMBOsevic LIMBOsevic---because if wingnuts had unfettered power, which they well might very soon, they would let themselves become their natural extensions------genocidal freaks in other words MILOSEVIC.
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nolies32fouettes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:37 AM
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46. Conservatives specialize in hate speech and then they blame liberals
for all the hate or they call us 'pansies'.
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Proud_Feminist4Peace Donating Member (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:24 AM
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43. She is a cold hearted bitch from the deep pits of hell
She is a soulless bitch and should be banned from media whoring. I bet if they didn't put her skanky ass on the cover of her books, nobody will buy them.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:26 AM
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44. Fascist party doll as per Richard Belzer. eom
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:27 AM
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45. Psycho HoseBeast with no soul
I think that sums it up.
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raysr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 11:00 AM
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47. She speaks for GW Bush!
Let it be known! Make him deny it!
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 01:28 PM
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48. Well, she speaks for him because he can't speak for himself.
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