2016 Postmortem

LisaL

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12. That is the point of the joke.

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #10)

Mon May 9, 2016, 01:18 AM

May 2016

Everybody thinks their grandkid is more extraordinary than everybody's else.

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Clinton disses Sanders 'not actual' grandchildren? [View all] beedle May 2016 OP

Yes, of course, elleng May 2016 #1

Classy or no? You be the judge. I already have. nt silvershadow May 2016 #2

. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #24

I see no other way to interpret either. pat_k May 2016 #3

Well, you should look again. LisaL May 2016 #11

So, what is she contrasting "actually having" with? pat_k May 2016 #16

she was joking about grandparents bragging about their grandkids JI7 May 2016 #19

Stop being an apologist for Hillary and hold her accountable BernieforPres2016 May 2016 #38

this was a joke about grandparents who think THEIR grandchildren are the best , and it's old, it was JI7 May 2016 #4

A joke? pat_k May 2016 #17

the joke is every grandparent thinking their grandkid is something special , extraordinary and JI7 May 2016 #22

Finally got it. pat_k May 2016 #23

Reeeeeaching.... Tarc May 2016 #5

Sanders lost KingFlorez May 2016 #6

So my extraordinary granddaughter, Downwinder May 2016 #7

she is your granddaughter, but she is not really extraordinary as there is only one extraordinary JI7 May 2016 #8

Exactly. It's a joke. LisaL May 2016 #9

So she is just insulting everyone elses' grandchildren? beedle May 2016 #45

I think she is pretty extraordinary. Downwinder May 2016 #10

That is the point of the joke. LisaL May 2016 #12

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry for your loss. You seem pretty extraordinary yourself. grossproffit May 2016 #13

No, I'm very ordinary. Downwinder May 2016 #14

It (the joke) has nothing to do with adopted children. LisaL May 2016 #15

i'm very sorry for your loss and especially for your grandchild JI7 May 2016 #18

It was a cheap shot. senz May 2016 #20

It was a little snarky, implicit comment. She can't help herself. bjo59 May 2016 #21

she hangs around with ugly tempered people. grasswire May 2016 #26

"We're going to do everything we can to give her opportunities." Nyan May 2016 #28

My old man had a ninth grade education. My mom was placed in Rapid Advance and graduated ... DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #39

I gues that shows her "support" for non-traditional families once more. Betty Karlson May 2016 #25

Yes, she did. Nyan May 2016 #27

Sanders' calls Jane's children his children, not his step children or his grandchildren. merrily May 2016 #29

Well we know who won that weeks whistler162 May 2016 #30

Such bullshit. Embarrassing cali May 2016 #31

Dear God Nonhlanhla May 2016 #32

Oh, I get it beedle May 2016 #46

Not quite the same kind of joke Nonhlanhla May 2016 #47

It's an attempt at a joke, people need to lighten up. bemildred May 2016 #33

You and the rest of the rest of the Hillary shills need to hold her accountable BernieforPres2016 May 2016 #36

I am more of a Bernie shill, but don't let that stop you. nt bemildred May 2016 #37

No.... She didn't Adrahil May 2016 #34

She can't hide what a vile excuse for a human being she is BernieforPres2016 May 2016 #35

She did no such thing Demsrule86 May 2016 #41

You have to make stuff up now? Demsrule86 May 2016 #40

In January, and in context perhaps not. moriah May 2016 #42

She knows what she's saying. It was just her snarky way of making a dig out of it. EndElectoral May 2016 #43

Boy, Bernie supporters will reach for anything to slam Hillary. She never even came near to saying Jitter65 May 2016 #44

Wow, so now we're back to pre-Iowa mud slinging? ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2016 #48

She once (reputedly) authored a book "It Takes a Village, and Other Lessons Children Teach Us". Zorra May 2016 #49