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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:48 PM Original message |
"For the first time in my adult life, I am proud to be an American." |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am guessing it is a poor choice of words |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I agree with you--just a bit of a verbiage fart, nothing to get ired about. NT |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. they have to talk SOOOO much when campaigning |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I disagree ... I think it meant exactly what I've been saying and what the Dixie Chicks said and ... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. yeah but she was probably proud of the dixie chics it is nothing |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I agree. Had she said... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Yeah, I'm sure she didn't, either |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Really proud" is the real quote. MSNBC is using the doctored quote. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. yup |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. As opposed to "not really proud"? |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:57 PM Original message |
Really = Very |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sometimes |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. So we're splitting hairs now? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. LOL |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. Because it is |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Yeah, that really makes it sound soooooooooo much better.... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. "I'm not just baking cookies and standing by my man like some little Tammy Wynette"-- |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. It was a stupid comment for Hillary to make........ |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Everyone says things that are taken wrong, or are a bit too honest at times--especially |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. I didn't offend me either..... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I'm guessing she was speaking in a particular context that I didn't hear. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. Misquote |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Well, OK--fair enough. I was going by memory. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Indeed, it does. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. LOL sure it does. n/t |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Yes, we agree. n/t |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. you DO recall the Tammy slip of Hillary, right? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Maybe controversy isn't all bad, after all! I didn't think that Tammy comment |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
86. that was my first time to vote |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Thank you. I knew it was bull. But even if it was what she really said, |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. If the word "really" were not significant to the meaning of the quote |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. It truly was a terrible thing to say especially for a nominee's wife!n/t |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I loved it! |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. If she'd said that. She didn't. This is a doctored quote. Why do |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. you don't have a husband running for POTUS |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. I shudder to think what I would say... |
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stillrockin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. What has there been to be PROUD of in recent memory? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. or "really proud" of, as she actually said |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Try and estimate how many times over the next 24 hours you and I will |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. We do have a lot to be proud of, even if we hate some of |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Maybe we are confusing "thankful" with "proud"? |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. bingo |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. Call me corny, but... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
76. Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. You quoted it incorrectly and completely changed the meaning. |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. I completely understand why she would say that... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's the Right Wing Version......the real version, the factual version and the |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
79. Except that she did not say the last part at all. You are putting words in her mouth. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. She's buying into the old politics that the government is America. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Yeesss, follow that....dig deeper...you're on to something there n/t |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, good for you! |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Pat B. is one reason why there has been very little to be proud of in my adult life. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. You got it, izzybeans! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. They've been trying to make hay out of that all day... |
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Mike Nelson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. I think she probably has, or will, explain |
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stillrockin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. There is nothing wrong with what she said. It is the truth. |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. The MSM and the Repukes are just using it as a wedge issue. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why is it that these fucking conservatives can rail about our sinful culture |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
82. What an excellent point. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. she said REALLY PROUD, not PROUD. nt |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Misquote. You're taking Buchanan's lead. |
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ExtraGriz (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. have to give her a break |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. Pat Buchanan's family arrived in America and immediately worked to overthrow the government... |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Bullshit. They left out "really" which left things like moderately |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yeah Pat how proud are you about Little Rock, F B I killing blacks |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. He (Pat) loves Nixon... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. I've never been poud to be an american in my adult life. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. The RW is having a great day today with what Michelle said. |
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Buck Laser (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. F_CK Pat Buchanan! |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
48. I don't watch MSNBC anymore, but it was on ABC radio today |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
51. You really don't understand, really? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
53. Are we allowing Pat Buchanan to administer loyalty oaths to the candidates' spouses now? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. Bullshit story. This'll be off the news once the WI returns come in. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. That gaffe by Michelle will come back to haunt Obama if he gets the nod |
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Cheeseburger Walrus (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Manufactured drama... |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Stick your head in the sand and pretend |
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Cheeseburger Walrus (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Hundreds of other |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #73 |
90. What a well-worded post. Welcome to DU! |
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Cheeseburger Walrus (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Thank you... |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
77. Most of what's slung at Hillary Clinton is manufactured drama. |
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Cheeseburger Walrus (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Teflon skin... |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Kerry redux |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
70. I can understand what she said and/or meant, based on my life. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Very nicely said. REALLY nicely said! Thank you. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
89. Do you also understand that it won't matter, that they will do to her what they did to THK but |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
74. it's a bad quote |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
75. This is the politics everyone is so tired of |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Exactly. We all know what she meant. Every freaking person in this thread does. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. No, tell me what she meant. I don't get it. The Obama gang "gets it". |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Here's the way Republicans act. |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. well said |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. ""really proud" of this country for the first time in her adult life" |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
85. So MSNBC has now edited out the "REALLY". |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. I've been trying to figure that out all day. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. I'm still not sure if it was the same speech myself. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
92. Excellent point. Far too many racist RWers wrap themselves up in the flag and "blow smoke" |
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Splinter Cell (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
95. Is she wrong? |
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