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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:10 PM Original message |
RoboCall trashes Barack HUSSEIN Obama: |
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KennedyGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ummmm..what is Obama's middle name? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I guess |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Sorry to see you reduced to defending that, MF. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
80. No Bonobo |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. If Barack doesn't commonly use his middle name himself |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. The intent is clear, of course. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. Oh sure, My Parents consulted me for my middle name |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I agree. "Agnes" is a tough one to deal with. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Whoever |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
84. I think most Duers denounce that tactic. But not when it's against Hillary. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess the Clinton camp will likely scream "Sour grapes" or "Whiner" again... |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. So, do the Clintons really represent YOUR values? Not mine. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Has there been proof that has linked it to the |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Just to be clear...are you complaining about the use of his middle name or the content of the ad? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. The fact that it'll be repeated doesn't mean it's not race-baiting. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Please provide a link showing the source of the calls. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. puh-leeze. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I hope you're not trying to get cute with me. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. As you noted, a possible source is the Republicans. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. See my #32, and why the hell aren't you condemning it? NT |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. I challenge you to show me one single word I said that was condoning this ad. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. . |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. My, how mature. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I looked. You would need a team of lawyers with magnifying glasses to find it. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. You know...if you throw this big a fit every time Obama's middle name is used... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Just to be clear, is this where you "condemned it"? |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
86. Whyyyyyy? It might get your Wrath? lol |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Why is this not being condemned soundly, Wraith? It is unambiguously wrong. nt |
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ArkySue (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Race baiting? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:49 PM Original message |
Are you seriously defending that call? Whoever it came from, are you defending it? |
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ArkySue (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
72. No, I'm questioning |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That's correct. In addition, Islam is a religion, not a race. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Same question. Are you defending it? |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. Not at all. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. No, I am not. It is not a foregone conclusion that her camp is behind it. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. To be clear, the intent of the ad is obvious. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I can't believe I'm actually seeing DUers defending this call as legitimate. NT |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Bullshit. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. No where does the OP says it was from Clinton. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. The person I responded to wasn't the OP. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. No problem. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I haven't made any assertions. You're the one suggesting that these calls aren't a smear. NT |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Wrong. Read what you wrote. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
60. When one Democrat in a primary is attacked, it's logical that it came from another Democrat. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I disagree. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
79. Consider this |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
65. Nevermind. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #65 |
81. * |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Actually, Hussein is an Arabic name that's become common for Muslims and their descendents. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just who would benefit from this? |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Well if the tables were turned and this was a call about Hillary being a Goldwater Girl |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I think, Tom, condemning the call should be something EVERYONE agrees with, no? |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Absolutely. I do not approve of them no matter who was making them. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Thanks. For some people, getting an admission like that is like pulling teeth. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Do you realize where one could go with that question? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
83. hmmmmm ... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. What this thread proves: There is NOTHING that would shame some Hil supporters. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. And they'll be crying the loudest when these same tactics are used against |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. A pretty lame argument .. how many people use their middle name? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. What are you arguing. It was unclear from your statement. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I do! |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. There were robocalls in Michigan telling Dems their primary was cancelled |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That excuses nothing. Hillary should condemn it or she's supporting it. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Was it done in her name? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Ok. How about this. I don't know where the call came from! Can you condemn it now? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I never condoned it! ! Jesus. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Then it should be easy. You just say something like... |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I condemn it along with the threadbare accusations |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I cannot disagree with you that it COULD be a setup. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Similar calls will be made against all Dem candidates... |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. A partial answer in two parts: Few living people managed to pick the names ... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Funny, I never heard you explicitly condemn it in there. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. cui bono? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. The clear answer is whoever your personal biases cause |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's awful, but the last thing Obama needs is Clinton denouncing it. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. True. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Good point. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. The name must have a negative effect on some people |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. They don't even need to make the name positive |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. I find that tricky though... |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. This is what all those high paid campaign op people get paid high for... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. Jefferson (or Diane or Rodham) vs. Hussien |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
75. Does Obama ever use his middle name? |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
76. Pure and simple fact of the matter is that the Repugs are gonna use this |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
78. kick |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
82. Obama should have an ad campaign that highlights his middle name "Hussein". |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. There's this... |
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