Re: 7 years of Ralphbait.

["Page Rox" <pagerox93>]

Makes sense to me, and THANKYOU!! WHEW!!
XO-Glenna

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:36 AM, dok <rock-and-roll> wrote:

> Thank you; enough said?
>
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> Subject: 7 years of Ralphbait.
>
> Lybbie (lydonr) wrote:
>
> > Wow I'm surprised to see this kind of message appear on this list.
> > I don't post very often at all but I always thought politics
> > was discussed pretty freely here.
> > When did it change?
>
> I've seen plenty of freewheeling political
> discussion here over the years with no clampdown.
>
> But for 7 years now, pretty much anywhere you
> go on the 'net, the mere mention of Ralph's name
> produces exchanges pretty much summed up as:
>
>  "Ralph spoiled 2000."
>  "Did not!"
>  "Did!"
>  "Did not!"
>  "Oh, he SO did, you pigfucker!"
>
>  [...and on and on...]
>
> And Ralph's name comes up here more than in many
> other places because of Patti's support for him
> over the years. Still, that's a flimsy excuse
> for another Ralph flame war.
>
> So after 7 years of this, I think the man in charge
> has every right to make the call he did, as guilty as I
> am personally of diving in pretty much every time
> it happens.
>
> It should be possible in 2008 for someone to report
> the facts of Ralph Nader's latest political activity
> (yes, Patti content), without another tired pissing
> match following like day follows night.
>



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