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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 09:08 PM
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13. I worked in surgery no one gave me three medals.
Edited on Fri Apr-25-08 09:09 PM by mac2
Even saved a life or two.

Is he running for public office?
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  -Rev.Wright cared for Lyndon B. Johnson after his 1966 surgery keep_it_real  Apr-25-08 08:58 PM   #0 
  - Right - He was given three citations by the white house, I believe.  cliffordu   Apr-25-08 09:00 PM   #1 
  - Theres a picture in the thread below of him during surgery  dmordue   Apr-25-08 09:00 PM   #2 
  - I worked in surgery no one gave me three medals.  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:08 PM   #13 
     - Sorry - I guess you have to come in at 3am and work on a president  dmordue   Apr-25-08 09:17 PM   #23 
     - Oh that makes everyone who works in surgery a hero?  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:20 PM   #27 
        - Yes. Everyone who works in Surg is a hero.  realpolitik   Apr-25-08 09:32 PM   #47 
     - You didn't have to put up with LBJ.....  cliffordu   Apr-25-08 09:21 PM   #31 
     - No worse than that...  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:23 PM   #36 
     - I was too young to understand what LBJ was about  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 09:36 PM   #52 
        - I wasn't.  mac2   Apr-25-08 10:25 PM   #66 
           - To have survived Vietnam and the Korean war - all I can say is damn  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 11:08 PM   #72 
              - One served in the Naval Air Force and the other the Air Force  mac2   Apr-26-08 08:14 AM   #77 
     - It's customary for senior leaders to give Letters of Commendation or Appreciation  MADem   Apr-25-08 09:22 PM   #33 
  - but, do you think  RazBerryBeret   Apr-25-08 09:00 PM   #3 
  - Volunteering to serve in Vietnam and serving inner city Chicago  dmordue   Apr-25-08 09:02 PM   #5 
     - sorry, that was a reference to  RazBerryBeret   Apr-25-08 09:05 PM   #6 
        - I knew you meant it sarcastically - it was a good statement  dmordue   Apr-25-08 09:07 PM   #11 
           - Ya by allowing religion to enter the political debate.  mac2   Apr-26-08 08:36 AM   #78 
  - I'm in tears.  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:01 PM   #4 
  - I truly understand your tears; the bull shit will make you cry  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 09:06 PM   #8 
     - Thank you, keep it  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:07 PM   #10 
  - What the media and conservatives have done to this man is DESPICABLE.  Cali_Democrat   Apr-25-08 09:06 PM   #7 
  - It was enlightening to see him on with Bill Moyers... I really like this man...  LakeSamish706   Apr-25-08 09:09 PM   #15 
  - Sounds like a good theam for a TV ad  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 11:14 PM   #73 
  - So what!!  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:07 PM   #9 
  - Aren't you on the wrong site? Seems to me you should be over on the other site...  LakeSamish706   Apr-25-08 09:11 PM   #16 
     - What the other side of not discussing the issues except  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:16 PM   #20 
  - And we let another serviceman be smeared  sandnsea   Apr-25-08 09:08 PM   #12 
  - Is the Reverend running for public office...what smear?  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:18 PM   #24 
  - Maybe he would stop bothering us if we stopped  FlaGranny   Apr-26-08 09:34 AM   #85 
  - You are right, in terms of smear, this deserves a TV ad  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 09:34 PM   #50 
  - You can believe there are a lot solders watching and taking note  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 11:23 PM   #75 
  - No matter how you judge his preaching....  noel711   Apr-25-08 09:09 PM   #14 
  - Get off the stage Reverand we have an important election  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:13 PM   #18 
  - Uh, Mac, Wright didn't push his way into the media...  noel711   Apr-25-08 09:26 PM   #41 
  - A controversy set up by media to divert attention.  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:41 PM   #55 
  - You are right...  stillcool47   Apr-26-08 09:32 AM   #84 
  - YEP!!  cliffordu   Apr-25-08 09:20 PM   #28 
  - Excellent post.  Window   Apr-25-08 09:54 PM   #62 
  - Fuck his preaching.  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:11 PM   #17 
  - Huh?  dmordue   Apr-25-08 09:13 PM   #19 
     - You want clarification, dmordue?  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:16 PM   #21 
        - What about compassion and service - does that have no place as well  dmordue   Apr-25-08 09:19 PM   #25 
        - No, dmordue, you should  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:20 PM   #29 
        - Again is the Reverand running for public office?  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:21 PM   #30 
           - Who the fuck let all you Hillbotts out tonite? Someone man that trap door and lets do...  LakeSamish706   Apr-25-08 09:22 PM   #35 
           - Hillbots, LakeSamish706?  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:25 PM   #40 
              - Well it is a factor and a very good man got screwed by both the media and the Clinton...  LakeSamish706   Apr-25-08 09:28 PM   #43 
                 - So, what do we do, Lake?  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:31 PM   #45 
                 - We stand behind both Rev. Wright and Barack Obama and piss on the rest that...  LakeSamish706   Apr-25-08 09:33 PM   #48 
                    - It's bigger than that, Lake  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:37 PM   #53 
                    - I agree, but I am going to say that I am proud of Barack for not throwing Rev. Wright...  LakeSamish706   Apr-25-08 09:43 PM   #58 
                       - Lake  Condem   Apr-25-08 09:46 PM   #59 
                    - Sounds like the justification the RWers make about their  mac2   Apr-25-08 10:10 PM   #64 
                 - The least I can say is that, you are a good person; I am lost for words otherwise  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 11:04 PM   #71 
           - No, but he sure is being used by Hill running for office  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 11:00 PM   #70 
              - Then get off the stage.  mac2   Apr-26-08 08:43 AM   #79 
        - And do those who support Obama know it?  mac2   Apr-25-08 10:11 PM   #65 
  - Let's call it what it is - a white racist double standard  TomClash   Apr-25-08 09:17 PM   #22 
  - Oh please.  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:21 PM   #32 
  - What an impressive retort! nt  TomClash   Apr-25-08 09:24 PM   #39 
  - Those who are awake and aware know that divide and conquer is the game  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 09:42 PM   #56 
     - Right you are.  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:48 PM   #60 
  - Reverend Wright is a good man.  cbayer   Apr-25-08 09:20 PM   #26 
  - Who said he wasn't a good man?  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:22 PM   #34 
     - Why don't you get off the stage... Your becoming bothersome. n/t  LakeSamish706   Apr-25-08 09:24 PM   #37 
     - I'm not keeping the media from talking about real issues.  mac2   Apr-25-08 09:42 PM   #57 
     - Damn him for explaining himself instead of letting Fox News soundbites do it for him.  Forkboy   Apr-25-08 09:27 PM   #42 
     - Hanging on Obama's coattails to get attention?  Terri S   Apr-25-08 09:29 PM   #44 
  - Yep. He's done more than these flag pin "patriots" ever thought  mmonk   Apr-25-08 09:24 PM   #38 
  - flag pin "patriots" - you invented a new political term  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 09:38 PM   #54 
     - Really? Nobody's been using that?  mmonk   Apr-25-08 09:56 PM   #63 
     - Now I'm confused.  mac2   Apr-25-08 10:28 PM   #67 
        - It depends - does the flag pin mean symbol instend of substance?  keep_it_real   Apr-25-08 10:56 PM   #68 
           - Just by looking I'm supposed to know that?  mac2   Apr-25-08 10:58 PM   #69 
  - didn't Clinton use him when he was in trouble over the lewinsky thing  JI7   Apr-25-08 09:31 PM   #46 
  - Did you notice that Wright didn't throw Clinton under the bus...  noel711   Apr-25-08 09:34 PM   #49 
  - Yes he did and he also invited him to the White House! n/t  LakeSamish706   Apr-25-08 09:34 PM   #51 
  - Who knows if the whole Lewinsky thing wasn't a  mac2   Apr-26-08 08:04 AM   #76 
  - He heard JFK's "ask not what you can do for your country" speech  bhikkhu   Apr-25-08 09:52 PM   #61 
  - Was that while the government was inventing AIDS to commit genocide on people of color?  MethuenProgressive   Apr-25-08 11:17 PM   #74 
  - Not the government but the Neo Cons whose plan is  mac2   Apr-26-08 08:45 AM   #80 
  - MLK was a hero, but it took LBJ to make it happen...  rucky   Apr-26-08 08:46 AM   #81 
  - Rev. Wright did it all and is the reason for LBJ?  mac2   Apr-26-08 09:16 AM   #82 
  - I thought this was the best part of the article  nomad1776   Apr-26-08 09:21 AM   #83 
 

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