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In reply to the discussion: Safeway exec's disgusting Obama joke backfires, brings apology [View all]CBHagman
(16,984 posts)45. Remember when John McCain made a joke that insulted Hillary Clinton, then the first lady, plus...
...the attorney general at the time, plus first daughter Chelsea Clinton? McCain wound up apologizing, but basically he got away with it.
Meanwhile, if Fox News and Limbaugh and their ilk get it into their heads to go after someone for a misinterpreted comment, a quote taken out of context, they don't stop until someone's lost his or her job.
Just providing context here...
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Of course not. "Senior Executives" are so VALUABLE to the company, dontcha know?
Buns_of_Fire
May 2012
#7
Wonder how much he paid to obtain his exaggerated phony speech impediment
Dont call me Shirley
May 2012
#22
Bad taste and judgement aside, that's a dusty old Bill Clinton joke! Repubs REALLY don't know humor.
Gidney N Cloyd
May 2012
#14
"I apologize if my remarks offended anyone." Do these guys not have PR advisers or lawyers who
yellowcanine
May 2012
#15
I am done with Safeway until he goes. And I can get 3 cents off on a gallon of gas there too.
yellowcanine
May 2012
#16
The Effing IF Non-Apology strikes again. Boycott him and his stinking friends until he learns.
freshwest
May 2012
#29
I love how, on the audio, the kiss asses continued laughing for about 30 seconds at that joke.
Dash87
May 2012
#39
Remember when John McCain made a joke that insulted Hillary Clinton, then the first lady, plus...
CBHagman
May 2012
#45