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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:47 AM Original message |
If Tiger Woods were white, would he be where he is today? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Shhh - if we mention that Obama is black, we're paying the race card. |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. A WHITE golfer?! |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. My simple answer: You beat who you play! |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't know... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Charisma and Charm *ARE* political talents... If RECORDS alone mattered.... |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Once upon a time, experienced boulder |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. I only wish that Hillary weren't vocally supporting ... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. What's Hillary's talent? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:51 AM Original message |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. I finally had to put that ignoramus on Ignore. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. Obama has more experience than John Edwards. Obama is more talented than John Edwards. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes. Because no one votes on a hole-in-one. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. would you know his name? |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It's golf. Who cares? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. you know the name Tiger Woods |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Because he WINS a lot of tournaments? |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Avid golf fans would know. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. you know his name because he attracted enough fans |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. I already said what I think. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. if you say so |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. You are correct. However, |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
55. I think he'd be as famous as, say, Andrei Agassi |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:57 AM Original message |
Garnering votes is a TALENT.... |
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cindyw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Kick |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. no |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. and to add to that... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. But, you see, he can "prove" it. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #51 |
65. Some of what you say resonates, |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. John Coltrane |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. He certainly would not be the .. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. actually, Obama would not be where he is if Hillary had not sold herself to the warlords w/ support |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. "It's about talent people. Obama's loaded with it." |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. He's single-handedly taking down the most powerful political machine this country has seen in 50 ... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Oh please! |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. he's taking down the Bush Machine?> |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. They're next..... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. but obviously you consider that machine weaker than the clintons |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. No... the schedule maker put them second in the elimination playoffs..... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
60. "Single-handedly"? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. No he wouldn't. Same with Jordan. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. Tiger Woods is a phenomenal golfer. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. The point is that his SKILLS are why he is where he is today.... otherwise.... |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Well, if we are talking just about "politiking" as in |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. politics is the art of getting people to do what you want and what |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. But how does true talent as a politician manifest? |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Well, if Obama's talent in rousing a crowd also |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. Limbaugh's statement on MNF about the Eagles' QB McNabb is close to what |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. Clearly, if the golf balls he hit were black they wouldn't drive as far or go in the hole. |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
30. Sen. Obama has an exciting and fresh attitude and intellect |
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elixir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
34. Yes, he would. As I've always said, if Colin Powell were running I'd vote for him... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
36. Difference is athletes get to the top by performance, not talking about doing something. n/t |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. "talking" *IS* performance in a campaign..... organizing an impressive ground game *IS* talent in . |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Agree "'talking' *IS* performance in a campaign" but that's not even close to executive performance. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I don't understand why this is such a difficult |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
37. Today, yes. But not in times past. Ask Jack Johnson. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. why did you need another thread on this? |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. To make the point twice. |
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HYSplease (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
47. Agreed! |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. simple: he would be John Daly |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
53. Two routes to success in this world: talent, hard work, dedication |
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mathewsleep (824 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. boosh! |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. Perhaps the obvious question is should we care? |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
57. Exactly. Blacks have to be two times as good as people who just marry into these positions. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
59. LOL, if Tiger Woods were white |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I suspect that those barriers fell. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. He would. But he would probably be wearing dorkier clothes. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
63. Jim Hendrix had a similar unfair advantage -- |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
64. A talented speaker |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
67. a very poor analogy |
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Asia Expat (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
68. nt |
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