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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:39 PM Original message |
Are you disturbed by the racist subtext of the SNL skit last night? |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. lolololol. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. So even the discussion of possible racist subtext is funny to you? |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. when i see that avatar, and your post is among literally hundreds... |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I am not saying that Obama per se is being victimized. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. i told you why i jumped to that conclusion. : ). |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Am i to assume from your response then |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. now THAT is a big assumption. i haven't commented on any of those things. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. My assumption is based |
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Ka hrnt (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Yeah.... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
89. If it's not about Obama, then it should be in regular GD |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Your response shows such insensitivity to the OPer, who has a legitimate question |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. sorry, maybe i was tainted by a previous snl post that said we should all... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It is hard to remain objective in GD: P |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. you can start with the post saying hillary should drop out and not run against obama... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. And that implies they think he a sacred cow? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. LOL. This is satire, right? |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. they're getting more bizarre by the minute. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. So you think it is funny to see a white man in black face |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yeah, you're really reaching here |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Thanks for you concerns about rationing my posts. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. He wasn't in blackface |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
75. My thoughts exactly. |
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MS Liberal (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Obama is not a Black Man |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Race is a socially constructed and socially defined cateogry |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. He has chosen to self-identify as a black. Live with it. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Most Black people in this country have mixed ancestry. |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. No...most Black people aren't mixed |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
82. Most black people in America are |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #53 |
88. Maybe you are right. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. a biracial actress on snl played a white singer, is that racist? |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Where do you not get the racist history of the USA? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Again |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #51 |
76. Darrell Hammond did an impression of Jesse Jackson for |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. And everyone already knows |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. I very much agree |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hmmmmmmmm...........is it racism if you're too dumb to know you're being racist? |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Several elements of that skit were cringeworthy. It was demeaning to Obama in many ways. |
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ExtraGriz (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. racist subtext?? no. |
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Georgie_92 (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's just so wrong! :( |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes, every joke, every satire, every thing ever said about |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. The skit was not funny. It went on way too long as most of their |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. It did go on for far too long n/t |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. With Hillary in White Face? |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:51 PM Original message |
My god I missed the irony of that. n/t |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. You know, none of this had occurred to me, but now I wonder... |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. My Take On It - It Was HRC's Dramatization Of A Scare Ad Showing Her Desperation... |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. It was carefully constructed to appear that way. |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Yes, Because It Was HER Worst Case Scenario - Her INTENTIONTo Make Him Seem Unqualified |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. I thought that the funny part was that |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't watch SNL |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. No |
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mythyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. i can't believe you just wrote that |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
77. "someone has some history to read." Yes. You. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #56 |
83. Correct |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #56 |
84. I'm an historian. You don't know what "blackface" is. Obviously. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think you're being overly sensitive |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. It was making fun of Hillary's attacks on Obama. nt |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. The theme, started by Bill Clinton, is that Obama should seat in the back of the bus |
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Mags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. You know, it appears as though everything that is done ,not |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. You know, I have never started a thread on racism before this. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
62. I don't think you can sit in the back of the bus and drive the car at the same time. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. Would Hillary being played by a man in drag be seen as sexist? |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Funny you should mention that because we just received our copy of The Week |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. Will Ferrell used to play Janet Reno on SNL. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
78. OBVIOUSLY sexist. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
61. I am not saying that the skit was constructed to be racist, |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #61 |
81. Oh dear! |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #61 |
85. What stereotype did they walk into? |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. The only reason I taped last night's SNL |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. last weeks cartoon skit with Al Sharpton was also racist. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. I stopped watching SNL some time ago. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:00 PM Original message |
SNL hasn't been funny since 1979 |
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jlpohio69 (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hmmm....I didn't know BO was a black man... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Have you ever heard of the one drop rule? |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. I agree rascit. But, I also think Larry David's article about Hillary was sexist. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. I am not impressed with SBL, they once were funny |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. I didn't see it, but it sounds...insensitive at best, in terms of black stereotypes. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
54. actually, Fred Armizen isn't white - he's half Venezuelan and half Japanese |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Venezuelans are not white? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Central and south america... |
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ctaylors6 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
65. I honestly did not detect racial subtext. I thought they made fun of both candidates |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. Here's how I saw it. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
68. I missed your earlier thread |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. I "read" the skit differently than you did.... |
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damndude (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
72. stepin fetchit is the more apt corraltion.......... |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
73. I have no problem with a non-black actor playing Obama |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Under normal circumstances neither would I. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
79. Personally, I thought the sketch was rather unflattering to Hillary |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
80. There you Obambots go again. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
86. Fred Armisen has both Venezuelan and Japanese ancestry. He is bi-racial. |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
87. It is lazy and offensive |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
90. Watching SNL for humor is like fishing for Brie |
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