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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:01 AM Original message |
Rice opened her mouth and said "birth defect" |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Depends on the context. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Context here.. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Well, I'm not a fan of Condi, but at the most it was poor wording. Not worth |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Cube Rat here - |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. CNN this a.m. had a short clip of her sitting at a table talking about the economy |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. birth defect = accidental..an "oopsie" |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. ? |
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virtualobserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. she was referring to slavery as a birth defect in terms of the birth of the country |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. ugh. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. sorry I thought it was about the economy - but still to use that term for anything |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Hate to link to this POS rag. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. *We're racist by birth and we can't help it.* |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That's what my husb....uh the President says too! |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. hehe |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. That's quite a stretch - don't hurt yourself |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. who do you think brings a "birth defect" into the light - a woman |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. But what 'woman' brought the birth defect of slavery into the light at the founding? |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. right, it makes no sense to use the words 'birth defect' |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No, I mean your interpretation makes no sense. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I didn't say it was a code word. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I think most people DO separate the two. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. When all you have is a hammer... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Whh? |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. no one has said it was a woman's fault - no one means that |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Your OP said: "birth defect/woman, can't separate the two." |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. It is strange wording |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. Referring the creation of a new nation.. its within context (imho). |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. but women didn't birth this nation, men did |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. Has nothing to do with "woman". |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's another stretch |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Admitted. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I think you have hit it. defect is the word. but why add the word birth? |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Condi has a habit of using birthing imagery ... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. thanks for that - then birth defect might spring from her mind |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I think that's a more reasonable interpretation |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. My first thought was "Why is ensho flying off the handle?" |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. word sensitive? words have meaning - Iraq birth defects have been |
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