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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:47 PM Original message |
Romney obviously misspoke, lets not blow things out of |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was thinking the same thing as your post. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. He doesn't have to be a racist to say what he did |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Do you know him personally? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No, but |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I don't know the man, therefore I don't know his motivation in using the term. |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. He said that! |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Next it'll be "take him out back and whip him", metaphorically of course. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. If he says that then I won't defend it in any way |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. And hanging isn't? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Not in this case |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. That's what makes it so bad. He mentioned hanging it around his neck and THEN adds hanging HIM. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Racist connection? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. He only meant to goad his teabag followers into lynching our president. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I'm sorry but |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Romney is a Mormon. He wants a theocracy in the US. He pretends |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Generally when people misspeak in a political context |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Let's see what the Natl. Black Chamber of Commerce says while you rehabilitate him |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well said ! |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. That smell might be the magic underwear. How long has he had that on? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. I'm not trying to rehabilitate him |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. You lectured that we should not call him a racist. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. He's not anything....that's his trouble. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. Someone who ISN'T racist would not even have thougt to cover such |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. wrong |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. weren't they planned remarks? Or was he speaking off the cuff? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. He's appealing to his racist base. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. indeed |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. I agree |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "Transparent false charges" - and you know he is not racist how, exactly? |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I don't know he is not racist |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Don't care. They do this to us all the time, and there's no one |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Playing on the racism of others is racist, period. |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. I think the President may need more secret service protection from these sick republican bigots |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. What do they call that .. a freudian slip? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Nonesense, Sir: He Announced His Intention To Murder the President |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. lol |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. No, Sir: Serious As A Heart Attack |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. I wasn't sure on the other thread, if you were serious or not. |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. ALL PUKES ARE RACISTS!!! And hate everyone: gays, browns, blacks, women, poor people, homeless..etc. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hell, no, that fool does not get a pass for trying to be transparently slick |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Republicans have been communicating in coded racist terms for years |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. OK, but how do you know he is not a racist? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. point taken, I don't |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Yes. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. Uh huh. Whatever. nt |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. Racism was an article of faith in his religion well into his adult |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Normally, I wouldn't get upset, except that I don't think it takes much consideration |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes, he misspoke but... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. It is insensitive that he didn't understand how such words could be taken in the first place. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. I disagree. One, I'm not at all sure that he misspoke. Sounded like a smart ass follow-up comment. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. His spokespeople already did |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yep, sometimes Democrats really annoy me too. But then, |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Exactly. He actually went further with the second comment. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. That's my take - the hanging metaphor is common (albeit nasty), but the follow-on |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. + |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. Even if he did misspeak |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
51. yea, he meant to say tar and feather |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
55. i agree. after reading his whole quote and the dawning. couldnt jump on the bandwagon |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. Ever heard the term "Freudian slip?" |
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