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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 09:11 AM Oct 2019

'I moved on him like a ...'



Liked the idea behind this and I get what the creator was trying to do with the play on words, but using a pejorative term to describe the exceptional strategy that Nancy has deployed diminishes her success based on her gender / power. So I fixed it...
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'I moved on him like a ...' (Original Post) Soph0571 Oct 2019 OP
This is good. The Speaker is a boss and the wisdom of her strategy has been proven. brush Oct 2019 #1
The DU "Pelosi bashers" after the last election should get NoMoreRepugs Oct 2019 #2
Great! Roy Rolling Oct 2019 #3
And no doubt, the RWNM will see this image ... aggiesal Oct 2019 #4
Your correction lillypaddle Oct 2019 #5
Sorry author, SCVDem Oct 2019 #6
Great meme! Nitram Oct 2019 #7

NoMoreRepugs

(9,371 posts)
2. The DU "Pelosi bashers" after the last election should get
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 09:55 AM
Oct 2019

this printed on a T-shirt to remind themselves how wrong they were.

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
5. Your correction
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:34 AM
Oct 2019

kind of destroys the irony of what was being displayed. I understand why you did it, but some things need to be left alone, political correctness be damned.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
6. Sorry author,
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:42 AM
Oct 2019

But you cannot change a quote and maintain possessive " ".

You are also not implying that Madam Speaker is quoted as saying that, are you?

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