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Tue Apr-08-08 01:32 PM
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| 10. "My take on this is that it is really being blown out of proportion," |
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Village President Bill Sarto said. "To a great extent, you have to take the remarks and put them in proper context. The trustee saw children playing in a tree, and she made an observation that they should be careful because they are acting like monkeys. Had they not been in a tree, it could be inappropriate."
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Same could be said for some DUers around here.
How about keeping things in proper context and not blowing them out of proportion?
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| -Suburban Obama's delegate: Linda Ramirez Sliwinski ticketed for calling boys in tree 'monkeys' |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:22 PM |
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Drats! Now I could never vote for Obama; he might even have |
babylonsister |
Apr-08-08 01:25 PM |
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ROLF.... I mean ROFL!!! |
cliffordu |
Apr-08-08 01:26 PM |
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She said they were acting like monkeys. Nice biased headline. n/t |
boloboffin |
Apr-08-08 01:26 PM |
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Glass house syndrome? Of course the moral outrage from Obama supporter's will dwarf that of Ferraro |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:28 PM |
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Nope. "IISAHTSYC" syndrome |
boloboffin |
Apr-08-08 01:34 PM |
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This isn't the 'Latest Breaking News' thread. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:50 PM |
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But you can be accurate - however, you've just edited the headline and left the trumped-up slander |
boloboffin |
Apr-08-08 02:11 PM |
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Trumped-up slander??? My subject line in my OP is not a 'headline', rather the combined |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 02:17 PM |
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dupe n/t |
boloboffin |
Apr-08-08 03:20 PM |
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Trumped-up slander. You have made the statement worse than it was. |
boloboffin |
Apr-08-08 03:20 PM |
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Wrong. I have done nothing in the OP but copy and paste from the links. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 06:26 PM |
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I've seen that fucking excuse from Hillary supporters before |
Paint It Black |
Apr-08-08 04:05 PM |
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Well you seem to have no problem saying whatever you want. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 04:11 PM |
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You must be kidding. |
Cant trust em |
Apr-08-08 01:57 PM |
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You would think, huh? |
redqueen |
Apr-08-08 03:32 PM |
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Figured I might run into you today |
Cant trust em |
Apr-08-08 03:47 PM |
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I saw it. |
redqueen |
Apr-08-08 03:51 PM |
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Soccer refs kill me |
Cant trust em |
Apr-08-08 03:56 PM |
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Happens all the time... |
redqueen |
Apr-08-08 04:00 PM |
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I'll be interested to see how the media covers this. |
Cant trust em |
Apr-08-08 04:03 PM |
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One more reason not to vote for...... |
whistler162 |
Apr-08-08 01:26 PM |
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Well, that's it...Obama needs to quit |
anigbrowl |
Apr-08-08 01:27 PM |
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Oh, for crissakes; this kind of horseshit is exhausting. |
AtomicKitten |
Apr-08-08 01:28 PM |
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When Obama played the race card against Geraldine Ferraro - she had said less |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:31 PM |
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"Obama played the race card against Geraldine Ferraro" |
AtomicKitten |
Apr-08-08 01:33 PM |
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Oh? That freakin depends on who you believe. I believe Ferraro. She said... |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:36 PM |
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Ferraro's statement WAS the race card. n/t |
boloboffin |
Apr-08-08 01:37 PM |
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No...there was nothing racist about it. It was the truth. |
DemVet |
Apr-08-08 03:23 PM |
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Just because you think it's true it doesn't mean it's not racism. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-08-08 03:24 PM |
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No, I'm agreeing with truth....truth that definitely was not racism. |
DemVet |
Apr-08-08 03:37 PM |
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That's what they all say. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-08-08 03:42 PM |
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You need to stop rewriting history. Ferraro is the racist who played that card. |
Zhade |
Apr-08-08 01:44 PM |
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By saying the same thing that Obama wrote in his book? |
prodn2000 |
Apr-08-08 01:46 PM |
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She got sacked |
charlie |
Apr-08-08 01:29 PM |
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That other person was the first woman VP candidate for a major party. The disrespect Obama's campaig... |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:39 PM |
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YOU should be ashamed of the way you're lying about Obama. |
azmouse |
Apr-08-08 01:41 PM |
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Please read the post to which I replied, before you have a meltdown. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:46 PM |
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Quoting from the second article |
dbaker41 |
Apr-08-08 03:17 PM |
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Yeah, she's historical. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-08-08 01:43 PM |
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LOL |
Mooney |
Apr-08-08 03:46 PM |
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Oh stop |
ellacott |
Apr-08-08 01:45 PM |
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I was fine with Ferraro |
americanstranger |
Apr-08-08 01:49 PM |
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Same here. |
ieoeja |
Apr-08-08 02:28 PM |
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Ah |
charlie |
Apr-08-08 01:58 PM |
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"My take on this is that it is really being blown out of proportion," |
azmouse |
Apr-08-08 01:32 PM |
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Then why did she have to pay a fine? |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:34 PM |
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Did you read the article? |
azmouse |
Apr-08-08 01:38 PM |
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My question was rhetorical. She would not have had to pay a fine had the incident ... |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:41 PM |
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Apr-08-08 01:42 PM |
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Personal attacks are against DU rules. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:45 PM |
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Apr-08-08 01:47 PM |
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Apr-08-08 01:49 PM |
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You'll notice she's contesting it |
anigbrowl |
Apr-08-08 01:52 PM |
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I think you're the one turning this into some sort of criminal case. It is not, you know. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 01:57 PM |
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any criticism is out of line you know for their savior. |
rodeodance |
Apr-08-08 02:07 PM |
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So did she have to quit for racism issues, or because she dared to say something |
smalll |
Apr-08-08 01:38 PM |
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keep digging, maybe Obama's cousin got a parking ticket |
Whisp |
Apr-08-08 01:40 PM |
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We don't need to dig. We already know that Obama got TWO parking tickets on a spree of lawlessness |
smalll |
Apr-08-08 01:52 PM |
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Simply terrible. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-08-08 02:09 PM |
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Monkeygate. will be winner te he........ |
rodeodance |
Apr-08-08 02:13 PM |
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. |
Whisp |
Apr-08-08 03:24 PM |
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Well evidently Obama's campaign felt it was serious enough to persuade her to step aside. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 02:33 PM |
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Your OP just referred to African Americans as "boys." |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-08-08 01:46 PM |
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And Clinton's chief strategist represented a country that has killed hundreds of labor activists. |
chascarrillo |
Apr-08-08 01:51 PM |
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Wow. You really are scraping the bottom of the barrel. |
bowens43 |
Apr-08-08 01:52 PM |
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Too bad it was the BO delegate who was ticketed for "disorderly conduct," |
rodeodance |
Apr-08-08 01:56 PM |
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You said you were going to stop using that potentially offensive label. n/t |
boloboffin |
Apr-08-08 01:57 PM |
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I recall that--but I wrote back if poster would agree not to offensive lables for |
rodeodance |
Apr-08-08 02:04 PM |
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I guess the poster didn't trust you. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-08-08 02:11 PM |
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There was a response. It was me. I've never used offensive labels for Hillary. n/t |
boloboffin |
Apr-08-08 02:12 PM |
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Just like your chosen candidate, you lie through your teeth and hope noone finds out. |
chascarrillo |
Apr-08-08 02:17 PM |
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gee i can play that game also--YOU LIE about me |
rodeodance |
Apr-08-08 03:23 PM |
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Are you saying that you didn't say you weren't going to use that term anymore? |
chascarrillo |
Apr-08-08 06:27 PM |
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Maybe Ramirez can countersue that she was scared about being cited. |
closeupready |
Apr-08-08 02:05 PM |
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So when do you get your $75 ticket??? nt |
mckeown1128 |
Apr-08-08 02:18 PM |
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And you thought anyone would really give a shit about this because..... |
Tarheel_Dem |
Apr-08-08 01:56 PM |
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Worst... Manufactured Scandal... Ever. |
yibbehobba |
Apr-08-08 01:57 PM |
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How is this even LEGAL?? What kind of an ordinance makes speech illegal??? |
closeupready |
Apr-08-08 02:02 PM |
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ask the police in Chicago |
rodeodance |
Apr-08-08 02:05 PM |
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We have no lawyers on DU? |
closeupready |
Apr-08-08 02:15 PM |
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The article indicates 'Disorderly conduct' is what she was fined for |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 02:29 PM |
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Carpentersville. She's in Carpentersville. Not Chicago. |
ieoeja |
Apr-08-08 02:42 PM |
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Read the Article... |
snooper2 |
Apr-08-08 02:45 PM |
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If that's their definition, it's blatantly unconstitutional because it's vague and overbroad. |
closeupready |
Apr-08-08 03:23 PM |
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Obama's dog didn't really eat his homework, it chewed on the corners and Obama decided to do it over |
uponit7771 |
Apr-08-08 02:10 PM |
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Insanity...it's not just for breakfast anymore. |
Forkboy |
Apr-08-08 02:32 PM |
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I was a platinum blonde pale kid, and I was called a monkey lots of times... |
Lisa0825 |
Apr-08-08 02:37 PM |
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I called both of my kids monkeys because they reminded me of pet chimps a lot of times. |
Not the Only One |
Apr-08-08 03:21 PM |
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I call my kids monkeys when they act like monkeys. |
redqueen |
Apr-08-08 04:05 PM |
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I don't know whether this woman is a racist or not. |
Nine |
Apr-08-08 03:28 PM |
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In Fairness to Grouches, Magnolia Trees Are Exceptionally Beautiful |
DrFunkenstein |
Apr-08-08 03:30 PM |
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I think most would be fair.... |
Lisa0825 |
Apr-08-08 07:25 PM |
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My Gawd! The desperation stinks like shit. |
EnviroBat |
Apr-08-08 03:29 PM |
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You do your candidate proud. |
book_worm |
Apr-08-08 03:57 PM |
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Actually, it was the Obama campaign that asked the woman to step aside. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 04:07 PM |
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I agree. It's not like she's Geraldine Ferraro or anything. |
kwenu |
Apr-08-08 04:12 PM |
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oh my fucking god.. you Hillary people are absolutely the most ridiculous bunch |
K Gardner |
Apr-08-08 04:34 PM |
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Why is monkey considered racist by itself? Here's my monkey story. |
Vinca |
Apr-08-08 04:35 PM |
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Well, I happen to agree with you, totally. |
Maribelle |
Apr-08-08 06:21 PM |
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