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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:18 PM Original message |
Obama To 4th Graders: Biden 'Doesn't Know His Decimals!' |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Our school days here are way shorter then i nthe rest of the world |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I hated math, too, probably because of poor teachers that didn't inspire. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Lack of inspiring teachers in math is my opinion. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It may not be poor teachers so much |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes, bad programs, its not really the teachers' fault that they have to teach math that way |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. We had good math teachers at my school |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a slow news day story, I know... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Hey, I like it that he can say 'poop; to a room full of 4th graders, too. |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I love it.. : ) n/t |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nice to see I have something in common with Vice President Hotness |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Hahha, hadn't heard that one before. Good one. VP Hotness...woo |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Clio the Leo gets the credit |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. "He also told the kids he's thinking about longer school days, which did not seem to go over well." |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. and no kid had to ask |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. uh oh, his poll numbers among kids will probably suffer |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Joe Average can get very mean, I'd watch it Obama |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I wonder if Obama was referring to some confusion Biden had |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Barrack told Joe |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. lol |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. I wish Obama did not make Biden the butt of this joke |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. "When I was growing up, we couldn't afford decimals" |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Uncanny! |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I plagiarized a little |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I'm sure Biden knew the comment was |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Ask yourself how you would feel if your boss |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Obama may be boss, but from every picture I've seen, they seem |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Ok, what if it were Obama's best friend |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I get your meaning but I don't think they have the normal "boss", |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I doubt Biden would be "embarrassed or upset" |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I doubt if it hurts his image with anyone other than people who didn't |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. True - and I want to reaffirm that I like Obama |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. He was speaking to children |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. NOOOO |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Probably a zillion different ways to look at it |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I wouldn't use Dan Qualye as the example - he became an object of |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. I think it depends--a joke like that on a woman or racial minority |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. yeah, why not talk about decimals in money? at NASA? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Thanks |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Shit, wait till the "press" gets a hold of this "gaffe". nt |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. oh, they have already. The headlines aren't "Obama visits math classroom"... Sigh. nt |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Are these cockwads predictable or what? n/t |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Maybe he meant Lieberman, or perhaps that asshole plumber. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-17-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
42. If you haven't seen it already: The entire exchange in context |
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