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55. Except no one really BELIEVES Obama was insulting troops - they are FEIGNING outrage
because feigning outrage is what they do.
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  -Obama "Misspeaks" ruggerson  Feb-13-07 12:32 AM   #0 
  - yes, and Fox news already has it on an endless loop tonight.  illinoisprogressive   Feb-13-07 12:34 AM   #1 
  - Well Fox news was also telling their viewers that Obama is bad for Wall Street.  bling bling   Feb-13-07 01:10 PM   #50 
  - Wow, it's such a crime to speak the truth. He has nothing to apologize for.  tblue   Feb-13-07 12:35 AM   #2 
  - Uh, hello. He's running for President.  ruggerson   Feb-13-07 12:37 AM   #5 
  - Except no one really BELIEVES Obama was insulting troops - they are FEIGNING outrage  blm   Feb-13-07 01:19 PM   #55 
  - It's a loaded word, politically  incapsulated   Feb-13-07 12:39 AM   #7 
     - I guess. But they did the same thing to Kerry, remember? And he meant nothing like what they said  tblue   Feb-13-07 12:49 AM   #12 
        - What Atomic said below  incapsulated   Feb-13-07 12:59 AM   #21 
           - Agree totally. Remember Clinton's Rapid Response team? They knew how to do it. The Republic party  tblue   Feb-13-07 01:09 AM   #28 
           - Yup  incapsulated   Feb-13-07 01:12 AM   #30 
           - Really? How long did the Clintons trashed the WH lie last? How long did the  blm   Feb-13-07 01:17 PM   #52 
           - I think the key is for ALL Democrats to not play the game  karynnj   Feb-13-07 11:18 AM   #48 
  - As long as he steps out ahead of this  AtomicKitten   Feb-13-07 12:35 AM   #3 
  - Oh jeez, here we go again. n/t  Unbowed   Feb-13-07 12:35 AM   #4 
  - I love Obama but his inexperience is showing  Erika   Feb-13-07 12:37 AM   #6 
  - Agree -- if he could tough out the furor  wtmusic   Feb-13-07 12:53 AM   #14 
     - "Furor?" What furor?  Dr Fate   Feb-13-07 12:59 AM   #20 
        - The furor which would ensue if he had the guts to stand by what he said  wtmusic   Feb-13-07 01:01 AM   #22 
        - Furor from who- loud mouth Rightwingers? Obama is speaking to normal people.  Dr Fate   Feb-13-07 01:05 AM   #24 
           - Clarification?  wtmusic   Feb-13-07 01:13 AM   #32 
              - Easy- their lives could have been honored, but were wasted on a bogus war.  Dr Fate   Feb-13-07 01:17 AM   #35 
        - Obama caved and apologized too quickly instead of sticking to his  fuzzyball   Feb-13-07 10:20 PM   #60 
           - Oh, bullshit  incapsulated   Feb-14-07 09:45 AM   #63 
              - Obama was CORRECT in saying 3100 lives have been WASTED  fuzzyball   Feb-14-07 12:04 PM   #65 
  - I felt that Obama's original remark called Bush et al to accountability --  Old Crusoe   Feb-13-07 12:43 AM   #8 
  - Oops! Not Good and somehow apologies make this kind of blooper worse.  saracat   Feb-13-07 12:44 AM   #9 
  - Damn, I don't want to be stuck with HRC as our ONLY choice. :( n/t  ShortnFiery   Feb-13-07 12:48 AM   #10 
     - chin up  AtomicKitten   Feb-13-07 12:54 AM   #15 
     - Why would that be? It is early and lots of others are running  saracat   Feb-13-07 01:17 AM   #34 
  - But of course, bush's misspeaks and fatal mistakes get a pass.  tuvor   Feb-13-07 12:48 AM   #11 
  - And NO ONE on tv ever accuses anyone in the **Republic** party of denigrating the  tblue   Feb-13-07 12:56 AM   #18 
  - I tell ya!  FrenchieCat   Feb-13-07 12:51 AM   #13 
  - I wouldn't apologize  BayCityProgressive   Feb-13-07 12:54 AM   #16 
  - I actually liked the way CNN & MSNBC covered this.. it was "BIG WHOOP-TEE-DOO"  larissa   Feb-13-07 12:54 AM   #17 
  - Normal people know what he meant. I'm not so sure this will work....  Dr Fate   Feb-13-07 12:57 AM   #19 
  - Candidates are human beings  sandnsea   Feb-13-07 01:03 AM   #23 
  - At least  BayCityProgressive   Feb-13-07 01:06 AM   #25 
  - 3,100 American soldiers killed in Iraq have been “wasted.” - any part of this  Imagevision   Feb-13-07 01:08 AM   #26 
  - That's what Tucker (if you can believe it) said too!!  larissa   Feb-13-07 01:12 AM   #31 
  - This thread makes me think Obama is not on your top 3 list Ruggy...  larissa   Feb-13-07 01:08 AM   #27 
  - Actually, he is  ruggerson   Feb-13-07 01:11 AM   #29 
     - I disagree with you.. He was given TONS of credit on how well he handled it...  larissa   Feb-13-07 01:16 AM   #33 
        - Yep, he did.  seasonedblue   Feb-13-07 01:34 AM   #36 
  - I get the creepy feeling that  themartyred   Feb-13-07 01:41 AM   #37 
  - Faux spun the D candidates in every Senate & House race 24/7...  larissa   Feb-13-07 01:51 AM   #39 
  - I understand why he apologized - he stepped in the mine field  RamboLiberal   Feb-13-07 01:47 AM   #38 
  - Sounds to me Obama's straight-talk has already made it a non-issue.  Clarkie1   Feb-13-07 02:03 AM   #40 
  - their lives WERE wasted  Skittles   Feb-13-07 04:52 AM   #41 
  - He has to now be poltically correct, but in reality, he didn't mispeak. He was right.  EndElectoral   Feb-13-07 10:21 AM   #42 
  - I couldn't agree with you more. n/t  bling bling   Feb-13-07 01:13 PM   #51 
  - He did not misspeak. The MSM is just obeying their master, the hard right  Mass   Feb-13-07 10:24 AM   #43 
  - Bottom line is that there's a difference between Obama & the last candidate we had  mtnsnake   Feb-13-07 10:31 AM   #44 
  - Obama didn't make a mistake - those FEIGNING OUTRAGE just happen to own most  blm   Feb-13-07 01:20 PM   #56 
     - Oh, I suppose it was some clone of his who made it then  mtnsnake   Feb-13-07 09:26 PM   #57 
        - damn clones!  AtomicKitten   Feb-13-07 10:02 PM   #58 
        - He was TOLD he misspoke by those who have an interest in pretending he did.  blm   Feb-14-07 08:13 AM   #61 
  - Obama will hit it out of the park...  zulchzulu   Feb-13-07 10:34 AM   #45 
  - Why do people feel the need to apologize for telling the truth?  RedStateShame   Feb-13-07 10:44 AM   #46 
  - because he's a politician, & it's all about perception. Main thing is he doesnt hesitate  mtnsnake   Feb-13-07 10:49 AM   #47 
  - The sooner Democrats get out of panic mode, the sooner this will pass.(n/t)  oasis   Feb-13-07 11:34 AM   #49 
  - Yep  Strawman   Feb-13-07 01:18 PM   #54 
  - agreed!  Nikki Stone1   Feb-13-07 10:06 PM   #59 
  - again ?  MeDeMax   Feb-13-07 01:17 PM   #53 
  - good recovery....  earthlover   Feb-14-07 09:39 AM   #62 
  - he told the truth and FU, repukes, who started this war based on "WMD"  wordpix   Feb-14-07 10:08 AM   #64 
  - Rather than say "I misspoke" I would like to hear him say. "That's right. What  izzybeans   Feb-14-07 12:08 PM   #66 
 

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