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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 09:55 PM Original message |
Democrat apologizes for 'slavish' remark |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, that word's a no-no too now? First time I've heard. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not sure why "slavishly" is bad. It means blind devotion. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The same reason you can't use 'niggardly' |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. No, this is different |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. God, I can't stand that reasoning. Make people get to know meanings of |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Exactly right!!!! And I think that description of Michael Steele is quite |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. I doubt he was thinking of slavery when he said "slavishly". |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. How did he pronounce it? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. 'slay-vish' is the correct pronunciation. n/t |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It's the same root anyway |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, I'm an African-American and I tak no issue with Hoyer's description |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Let's be honest... |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. A poor choice of words? Huh? |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Perhaps "blind devotion" would have been a better choice. n/t |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I see your point Hughee.. |
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The Roux Comes First (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I think you hit the spot right on there. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. 'slavish' does have something to do with Eastern Europe |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. DLC Democrat apologizes |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Steny's not the sharpest tool in the shed... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. The only appropriate apology here: |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would have never apologized |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Would it be better to refer to him as Token? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. That's a good one too |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, it's not as offensive as "house nigger"... |
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Blaq Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's not offensive, she should'nt have apologized |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. "He", Steny Hoyer is a man with an unusual first name. And I agree, |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. Ridiculous |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. Followup Article: Steele claims remark was racist |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. Oh, for crying out loud. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
30. what bullshit |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. um, other peoples have been enslaved at various times |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. "Servus" is Latin for (male) slave..... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. I had no idea that "slavish" is an adjective derived from "slave" |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
33. wait, a PC republican? |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Oh, they feign interest in it when it suits their purposes. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. Steele accusing someone of being racist again |
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