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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:07 AM Original message |
Should Obama send a Memorial Day wreath to a monument in Arlington that honors confederate soldiers? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. I can name three reason why he MUST send the wreath |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yep, send it. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Good post. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. If you see my post below |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Sorry, but we're going to have to agree to disagree on this "equivalency." |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. No. Confederate veteran are veterans of a group of traitors |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I don't believe in collective guilt. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Who is "WE", and are you going to enlist in this ass-kicking you wish to see foisted on |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. You wouldn't get very far. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You are so right. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. yes. if he doesn't it becomes a big deal |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. he wouldn't be Obama if he refused to follow the tradition |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. very true. That's why he is a successful politician |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Yep, you're probably right that he'll send a wreath. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. Federal law was changed in 1913 |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Informative post. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I'm aware of most of the facts you've stated. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Your argument was taken up almost 100 years ago...get over it |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Well said. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. The anti-south contingent wants to continue fighting the Civil War |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Sorry, but it's the South that doesn't want reconciliation |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Take off the blinders |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. But Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana are South |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Listen, bub. I was in the first experiment of forced busing. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Before 1964 it was the Democratic Party |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. They're American veterans |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. They're American veterans who tried to destroy America |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'm convinced that had they lived, they all would have seen the error of their ways. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. How do you feel about Trent Lott? Or Haley Barbour? Or any other |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I love that you hold a grudge in the name of people you never met and probably weren't related to |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. They only represent the south to themselves |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well I see we fought the war again today. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. They fought for independence |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. They fought to destroy this country. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. He should go there himself to do it. It would symbolize the start of a new era. nt |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. A black man putting a wreath on the grave for a confederate soldier? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I was thinking that it would be more of an affront to every racist in this country. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. LOL |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Rilght because honoring those who fought against the country |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. LOL again |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. Who gives a shit? |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. Those who fought and died for crimes against humanity? |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Um, no. It is not. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. no. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. which, of course, he didn't do |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yes |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yes. n/t |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yes he should. And why should he be the president to end almost 100 years of tradition? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Racist tradition. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Evidently President Obama does not see a need to end the tradition. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. He did send the wreath. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
55. Yes he should. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. He should and he did. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Yes, it was the right thing to do |
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