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Reader comment on item: Why the Left Loves Osama [and Saddam]
Submitted by sgtmac_46 (United States), Jul 22, 2005 at 22:53
Nothing more than more proof that leftists talk about of both sides of their mouths. Couldn't very well admit that they view the arab terrorists as "brothers in the struggle" could they?
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| Pathetic Loony Left [74 words] | Godfrey deBouillon | Feb 15, 2010 21:09 | 168943 | ||
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| 1 | Gullible left and opportunist Islamists [213 words] | Sunil | Apr 25, 2009 22:39 | 154473 | |
| how low the ideals of the left [80 words] | rodney allsworth | Apr 20, 2009 23:26 | 154177 | ||
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| Thank You Mr. Pipes [63 words] | Fred | Sep 19, 2006 12:28 | 56467 | ||
| The Left that exists only in weak, ignorant sheep minds. [92 words] | Billy | Jan 22, 2007 20:58 | 56467 | ||
| Know neither left nor right [129 words] | Joshua | Feb 16, 2007 22:40 | 56467 | ||
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| 1 | enemy of my enemy is my friend [30 words] | Dean | Nov 13, 2005 01:59 | 28302 | |
| Nobody's Poodle [299 words] | Nicole Chaplain-Pearman | Jul 29, 2005 11:27 | 24040 | ||
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| How Charming. Uneducated children spewing words... [277 words] | Jen | Sep 9, 2003 09:30 | 11097 | ||
| You are uneducated [95 words] | Jaren Sanders | Feb 2, 2006 11:18 | 11097 | ||
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| Response to traditionalists "Leftist response..." [250 words] | Ricardo Ben-Safed | Sep 6, 2003 15:52 | 11062 | ||
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| To commenter Sharna Fetman [75 words] | Beruska | Apr 9, 2003 02:23 | 8197 | ||
| Liberation... [103 words] | Jean-Sébastien Duquette | Apr 8, 2003 11:36 | 8151 | ||
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| Two heads- one body [326 words] | Lawrence Ricci | Mar 30, 2003 22:13 | 7795 | ||
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| Its Easy to Say No to War When They Don't Have a Job. [42 words] | ICalledIt.com | Mar 30, 2003 10:53 | 7780 | ||
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| Ijtihad or death [125 words] | Orson Olson | Mar 26, 2003 03:31 | 7658 | ||
| The workers and the street marches [87 words] | Peter Edgar | Mar 25, 2003 22:52 | 7647 | ||
| The Oportunist Left [150 words] | Paul Wakeford | Mar 25, 2003 05:29 | 7569 | ||
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| Islam and the Left - both death worshippers? [138 words] | Garry Mallett | Mar 24, 2003 04:44 | 7550 | ||
| Response to Abdullah Al Osama [70 words] | D | Mar 24, 2003 02:39 | 7549 | ||
| Response to Sharna Fetman [184 words] | Daniel Bairey | Mar 24, 2003 02:16 | 7548 | ||
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| The Left [74 words] | Matthew Fountain | Mar 23, 2003 11:26 | 7530 | ||
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| There are horrors ... [229 words] | Craig Goodrich | Mar 21, 2003 20:27 | 7507 | ||
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| Cool article [43 words] | Diogo Chiuso | Mar 21, 2003 08:14 | 7479 | ||
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| Why the Left Loves Osama [7 words] | Ron Blum | Mar 20, 2003 20:14 | 7465 | ||
| Conservative Re-Education in Western Universities Needed [85 words] | Rutherford Wallace Snipes | Mar 20, 2003 19:47 | 7464 | ||
| The Leftovers [114 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Mar 20, 2003 19:46 | 7463 | ||
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| to Abdullah Al Osama [200 words] | Paul Martin | Mar 20, 2003 19:27 | 7459 | ||
| Response to Sharna [464 words] | Monica | Mar 20, 2003 18:58 | 7457 | ||
| Peace Love Hate....its all mixed up [35 words] | Jason Bradley | Mar 20, 2003 17:58 | 7455 | ||
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| Not left, not right [194 words] | Bettina Camcigil | Mar 20, 2003 15:31 | 7450 | ||
| Response to Abdullah Al Osama [285 words] | Phil Berry | Mar 20, 2003 13:52 | 7449 | ||
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