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2016 Postmortem

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

4. Exactly

Reply to Tatiana (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:14 AM

Jul 2016

My grandfather called my grandmother "his girl" even after 60 years of marriage (the Clintons have been together for more than 40) - in his eyes, she was ALWAYS a girl.

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"In 1971, I met a girl . . ." [View all] EffieBlack Jul 2016 OP

I guess they've never heard of the song "My Girl" Tatiana Jul 2016 #1

Exactly EffieBlack Jul 2016 #4

And he LOVES her. That came through loud and clear. He still LOVES her. Tatiana Jul 2016 #6

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2016 #10

Agree... radical noodle Jul 2016 #2

Yeah I don't get Rachel at all anymore. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #3

I met my SO in 1972 LisaM Jul 2016 #5

Reminds me of Gwen Stefani's infamous line: "I'm just a girl..." MSNBC is full of shit. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #7

Since when is calling a teenager a girl workinclasszero Jul 2016 #8

she was in her 20's as she was in law school dsc Jul 2016 #9

OK but I still dont get the insult workinclasszero Jul 2016 #11

Rachel is trying to be as nasty as her colleagues. DURHAM D Jul 2016 #12

Are they trying to become the new faux news? workinclasszero Jul 2016 #13

I am guessing that their ratings were way down and DURHAM D Jul 2016 #15

Well they are idiots then workinclasszero Jul 2016 #16

Relax, he called himself a boy. LisaM Jul 2016 #14

And the older I get the higher the age limit becomes for being a boy and a girl EffieBlack Jul 2016 #17

LOL. LisaM Jul 2016 #18

Oh for gawd's sake MSNBC- KT2000 Jul 2016 #19

I'm still a girl at heart! Cha Jul 2016 #20

Ugly infatalizing of our candidate. No Yale School student of that era would consent to be a "girl" riderinthestorm Jul 2016 #21

Apparently, at least ONE Yale Law student of that era consented to be a "girl" EffieBlack Jul 2016 #24

Censorious is how Rachel came off. Basic LA Jul 2016 #22

My friend called his wife of 30 years "my bride." It was a term of affection. Same as Bill patricia92243 Jul 2016 #23