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Old 09-27-2008, 06:38 AM   #82 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tully Mars View Post
I don't understand the term "jackdaw."
Ah, it's just a noisy bird... cackles a bit like a crow, at least in my mind.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid View Post
He's raising the whole cold war spectre, because he wants to be the next Regan and has to create a Russia that's a threat. He doesn't care if it's actually Russia--Iran would be fine too. But he's got to make a bad guy who's bad and who we'd never legitimize by talking to. Legitimizing them by committing billions in military adventurism, sure, but using our words??? Never.
Yeah, I caught on to the whole "I'm gonna say "Reagan" until I'm blue in the face" thing--but I just couldn't believe he was talking about that shit. I guess it's all connected, for him.

Where are our conservative TFP'ers to comment on the debate? I'm interested to hear their perspectives... probably very different from mine!
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