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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 06:42 PM Dec 2012

Rep Steve Israel: "You can't negotiate with skidmarks!"

Re: the "Fiscal Cliff" negotiations (the "skidmarks" being the Republicans).

Skidmarks??? As someone who has done laundry from time to time, Did he mean what I thought he said?????

(on edit: quoted from a live interview on MSNBC just now)

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Rep Steve Israel: "You can't negotiate with skidmarks!" (Original Post) Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 OP
About as bad as the righties calling themselves teabaggers. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #1
Exactly. Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2012 #7
I laughed out loud when I heard him! Spazito Dec 2012 #2
I posted about the same time, the same thing! Geez, this is getting good... CTyankee Dec 2012 #3
Unless he meant something else (which is possible, but not likely)... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #4
Love it! ananda Dec 2012 #5
That's what its called in this house. shraby Dec 2012 #6
One big difference between repubs and democrats pangaia Dec 2012 #8
It's already on twitter and growing! Spazito Dec 2012 #9

Spazito

(49,733 posts)
2. I laughed out loud when I heard him!
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 06:45 PM
Dec 2012

He said it not just once but at least twice! It was perfect, absolutely perfect.

CTyankee

(63,768 posts)
3. I posted about the same time, the same thing! Geez, this is getting good...
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 06:45 PM
Dec 2012

emotions are running high, I guess...

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
4. Unless he meant something else (which is possible, but not likely)...
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 06:50 PM
Dec 2012

He called them shit stains on one's underwear!!!

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
8. One big difference between repubs and democrats
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 07:07 PM
Dec 2012

.. have you ever heard any repub politician with a sense of humor?
Me neither.
It takes being able to carry 2 opposing thoughts at the same time, which repubs just can't seem to do..
It takes the ability to 'separate' oneself, to SEE humor in life, to laugh at oneself and one's ideas, to see absurdities. It takes the ability to have genuine good feelings...

SKID MARKS.... tooo perfect.

Happy New Year !!!

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