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Re: Conservatives Should Boycott Bush This November

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From: Horace Brownbag
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:15
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:59:03 GMT, Uncle Samuel <Stars@Stripes.USA>
wrote:

>>>>   If we were looking to import oil from Iraq
>>>
>>>
>>> There are no sanctions now you gutless liar - don't play past tense.
>> 
>> 
>>   If we had just 
>
>You're still a fucking LIAR who applied the past tense to a present 
>tense declarative!


Uh... I think it's actually the optative mood, or a variant of the
subjunctive.  

The two tell tales are the conjunction 'if', and the modal verb
'had'....indicating it is not a past or perfect past statement.
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From: Horace Brownbag <hbrownbag@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Conservatives Should Boycott Bush This November
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