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    Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican

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    Image of le_garcon le_garcon
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    I remember working in New Hampshire during the 2004 primaries for Dean. We were picketed by the LaRouche crew, which I wanted to point out to others as evidence that we couldn't be THAT crazy.

    My question is, where does this population of self replenishing college age nutters come from? I mean, sure young people believe a lot of stupid stuff. But how does one become a Larouche cultist instead of, say, wearing a Che shirt and shouting for legalizing pot and freeing mumia or becoming a libtard?
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/19/09

    @le_garcon: probly cuz the hippie girls /boys wouldn't date them
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    Image of Cunning_Linguist Cunning_Linguist
    08/22/09

    @le_garcon: Or you end up on a LaRouche calling list until you change your cell phone number because while you were walking to class on your second day of college some gorgeous guy with the bluest eyes you've ever seen smiled and started talking about god-knows-what because wow, his smile is heartrendingly beautiful too. So you take the pamphlet because you don't want to be late for class and wonder if he'll be the one to call you. Then you read the pamphlet when you get home and it dawns on you that these people are nuts and that cute boy is doomed to a life of fuckhattery.
    Thank god I was already politically aware and sane, thanks to my eastern European parents.
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    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    But why are so many relatively young people joining up with them? I see them on the streets here and there a surprising number of young people there too. What are they telling them that attracts people in their 20s, etc.?
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment A Message To Rudy was starred A Message To Rudy was unstarred
    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/19/09

    @Ken Green: Age of onset for schizophrenia is generally late adolescence.
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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    08/19/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: Would re-heart you for that if I could. :)
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    Image of sybann sybann
    08/19/09

    @SaraRueful: I did on both our behalfs.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/19/09

    @Ken Green: they are telling them lies
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/20/09

    @SaraRueful: The thing is, I'm not entirely joking, and it makes me sad. A lot of these people are genuinely mentally ill, and that sick fuck is taking advantage of them.
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    LaRouchies exist to make Paultards appear rational.
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    Image of The_Foo The_Foo
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a Lyndon LaRouche supporter, not a Republican.
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    The Curse of Millhaven promoted this comment The_Foo was starred The_Foo was unstarred
    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    But seriously, I find it hard to believe the LaRouchies are this concerned about health care. They've never addressed one rational issue in the entire time I've known of them, but THIS gets them into the American public debate? WTF?
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    SarahHeartburn promoted this comment A Message To Rudy was starred A Message To Rudy was unstarred
    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    08/19/09

    @Ken Green: The only thing that interests them is making noise. Back when I still lived in the US they plagued the sidewalks of NYC like dogshit with their petition tables, and here was no way at all to engage them in any dialogue. It was literally like trying to argue with an angry 14 year old.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    Anonymous LaRouche supporter in question looks eerily like a twin of French actress Audrey Tautou, of Amelie fame. Sorry if it's already been pointed out.
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    Edited by snugbug at 08/19/09 2:47 PM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    08/19/09

    @snugbug: She is in the cute phase of youth right now. But you can tell in the coming years cute will give way to that harsh look.
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    Image of Fry_Bread_Power Fry_Bread_Power
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    Why don't we just go with the Homer Simpson health care plan:

    [Old people] need to be isolated and studied so it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use.

    I mean, HELLO??
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    But I, for one, appreciate her tanlines.
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    Weird...I edited to move the text above the image and lost the image completely.
    And again - just for laughs at the image. I'm a fan not a hater.
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    Somewhat related, I was doing an image search for Barney Frank (I'm that person who still thinks the squirrelizer is funny, so...yeah), and it seems someone gave him the same Joker treatment as Obama.

    I still don't get the Joker reference and don't care, but I have to say that all least La Frank's looks hilarious.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    What's really interesting to me is that when this woman asked a stupid question, Barney Frank was praised and lionized for snapping back at her. When the guy asked Mrs. Clinton an even stupider question and she merely replied tersely, and with no insults, why, it's the talk of the town!
    Verrrry interesting.
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    Image of Gosukusan Gosukusan
    08/19/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: wait, an "even stupider question"...?bwahahahahahahahahahaha
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    Edited by Gosukusan at 08/19/09 2:37 PM Gosukusan was starred Gosukusan was unstarred
    Image of maryn maryn
    08/19/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: I agree that the Clinton thing was blown out of proportion.

    But I think the response to Frank is based upon a couple of things that weren't present in the Clinton question - namely that the questioner was an American holding views clearly well outside the mainstream.

    She's not the victim of a bad translation or even a once-off bad question; she's just one of a type we've heard a bit too much from this month.
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    valet_of_the_dolls promoted this comment Edited by maryn at 08/19/09 2:43 PM maryn was starred maryn was unstarred
    Image of jaxdesert jaxdesert
    08/19/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: Yep. It's the feminine cross to bear: Can't play mean but can't play nice, either. Lose-lose situation.
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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    08/19/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: Wait, wait, wait. I agree that people's reaction to Clinton telling that guy to STFU was all out of proportion but you seriously think that is an even stupider question than asking Barney Frank why he loves Nazism?! I mean...really? I'm vaguely dumbfounded by the idea that asking a famous political woman what her famous politician husband thinks about something, however dismissive of the woman, is somehow stupider and more insulting than calling Barney Frank a Nazi for supporting health care reform. I'd love to hear a justification for this concept.
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    Image of Zorks Zorks
    08/19/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: The answer is simply thus, Barney Frank showed a little wit in his angry retort, while Mrs. Clinton showed nothing but veiled anger.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/19/09

    @Zorks: I dunno, I thought the "channeling my husband" thing was funny. But of course everyone else was busy being shocked that this cat has claws OMG!
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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    08/19/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: FWIW, in front of my computer in my living room, I was praising the hell out of Clinton. I would have said the same thing, though probably used the word "fuck" a lot.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    See, her big mistake was not working with a partner. You need someone to shout accusations while you take a breath, or Barney Frank will treat you to a "have you no shame" moment.
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    Image of goetz goetz
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    Yes, but who is this bruiser?
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    if hitler and the nazis had never existed, would the right have invented him in order to compare him to barack obama?
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    08/19/09

    @johnny_carsick: They would have compared him to Stalin then, it's even better because he was a hardline, totalitarian Communist. Who knows?
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    08/19/09

    @johnny_carsick: Does Dick Cheney shoot men in the face in the woods when there's nobody there to see it? It's an enigma wrapped in a riddle.
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    Image of Cicada Cicada
    08/19/09

    @hilikusopus:
    Will Obamacare kill my grandma if she is already dead?
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    08/19/09

    @Cicada: (this is a real koan)
    Ikkyu, the Zen master, was very clever even as a boy. His teacher had a precious teacup, a rare antique. Ikkyu happened to break this cup and was greatly perplexed. Hearing the footsteps of his teacher, he held the pieces of the cup behind him. When the master appeared, Ikkyu asked: "Why do people have to die?"

    "This is natural," explained the older man. "Everything has to die and has just so long to live."

    Ikkyu, producing the shattered cup, added: "It was time for your cup to die."
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    08/19/09

    @i'm a bottle: my money's on pol pot. 'cos he had a funny name too.
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    Image of southernbitch southernbitch
    08/19/09

    @johnny_carsick: for that metaphor to work, the average conservative would have to possibly know who pol pot was and what he did and that cambodia is a country. which, in a lot of cases, i'm going with not gonna happen.
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    Image of skymotel skymotel
    08/19/09

    In reply to Crazy Woman Repeating Republican Talking Point Was Not Technically a Republican
    The LaRouchies - barely out of college, the lot of 'em - are always on my street with their folding table and stacks of propaganda, they're generally ignored in the neighborhood. Recently, they've been displaying a poster of Obama portrayed as Hitler which caused mild uproar.

    Personally, I'd love to see these young folks set up a table in the middle of Downtown Detroit.
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    Image of CherriSpryte CherriSpryte
    08/19/09

    @skymotel: You wouldn't happen to be near George Washington University, would you? Because when I was there, LaRouche made campus his freaking headquarters, and would drive around a van blaring speeches and shit in the middle of the day. It. Was. INSANE.
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    Image of Cheruth Cheruth
    08/19/09

    @skymotel: You should go up to them. Ask "why are you so angry?" and then given them a big ol' bear hug.
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    skymotel promoted this comment Edited by Cheruth at 08/19/09 1:56 PM Cheruth was starred Cheruth was unstarred
    Image of skymotel skymotel
    08/19/09

    @CherriSpryte: I live in Seattle, UW is prime breeding ground for LaRouche supporters.
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    Image of skymotel skymotel
    08/19/09

    @Cheruth: ha! I may just try that.
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    Image of skymotel skymotel
    08/19/09

    @Cheruth: ha! I may just try that.
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    08/19/09

    @skymotel: Yeah, they were on my block a lot during the Bush years. The "Impeach Dick Cheney" sign was a crowd pleaser, but that was about it.
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    08/19/09

    @skymotel: From my reading the LaRouche group is the Menudo of cults. Members past a certain age get purged. Many of the remaining original Baby Boomer acolytes have been accused of treachery and expelled, to be replaced by fresh-faced college dropouts.
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    08/19/09

    @onebadclam: LaRouche:MTV::Scientology:VH1
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