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SD Senator Johnson Says Republicans=Taliban

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Posted by BigEd 2004-05-25 1:04:16 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Idiotic remark by Johnson, but shouldn't the headline say "Some Republicans = Taliban"? RB should not stoop to the level of the NY Times headline shop ...

Posted by VAMark 2004-05-25 1:11:36 PM|| 2004-05-25 1:11:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Some Republicans? Which Some? Unless he specifies an indivual or a specific group with a specific point of view, it is an ad homonym, and he could mean 1% or 99%. He didn't say.

Did he mean every Republican in the Senate except Lincoln Chaffee? [most Liberal Rep] or did he only mean his opponent 2-yrs ago, and Daschle's opponent, ex-Cong Thune? Did he mean Larry Diedrich, the current house candidate?

I am sick of lefty ad homonyms

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-25 1:22:22 PM|| 2004-05-25 1:22:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Diedrich shouldn't have asked for an apology, instead he should have said "I donât remember any segment of my party cutting off hands, banning music, kite-flying, or playing chess" which is a brilliant retort by the way, and then concluded with "It seems Senator Tim Johnson has a pretty weak grasp of foreign affairs. I think the people of SD deserve a Senator who at least keeps up on the headlines during a time of war."

Posted by ruprecht 2004-05-25 1:35:26 PM|| [politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-05-25 1:35:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 ruprecht - Good comment - Wish I'd thought of something like that when posting the article.

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-25 1:46:20 PM|| 2004-05-25 1:46:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Diedrich shouldn't have asked for an apology, instead he should have..

Or, take note of it for use at some point in the future where it can be waved right in the guy's face, preferably in a public forum.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-25 1:47:03 PM|| 2004-05-25 1:47:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Johnson's already tried to make a non-apology. Reps need to run this asshole on his own petard, and show ads with Herseth and Dasshole clapping alongside

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-25 1:58:16 PM|| 2004-05-25 1:58:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Johnson may just have sealed Daschle's fate. What's not to like?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-05-25 2:36:50 PM|| 2004-05-25 2:36:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 It is the DEMONcRAT TALIBAN who deprived me of my TOBACCO, in-school and on-the-job FLIRTATION, alcohol facilitated sex, Classic literature containing the N-WORD, etc....

Posted by Garrison 2004-05-25 4:55:30 PM|| 2004-05-25 4:55:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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