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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:11 AM Original message |
My mother, a 60 year old black woman, who didn't like what Ferraro said proved her point. |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's good to hear that somebody got it. To me it was clear what |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. She's an Obama supporter and so are all her lady friends. They have Obama parties |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The FACT is that Obama is a great, smart, and effective candidate |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. But basically a white man who gives good speeches with experience are a dime a dozen. |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Show me someone as good. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Edwards was good, but he was not Obama.---WTF does that mean? |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It means that Edwards is a good speaker, but not as good as Obama, who is a GREAT speaker |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Is that all it takes. Giving good speeches. Let's hope not. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Edwards record doesn't even begin to compare to Obama. Your ignorance of Obama's record |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:41 AM Original message |
politicians are groomed--exactly groomed. He and Hillary are 2 peas in a fucking pod. |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Hardly, but it starts there. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. It means Edwards spent much of his life running up the score for himself |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
120. I was an Edwards supporter, and would add a few more issues |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
99. Not everyone is affected this way by Obama... |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
137. Edwards, Dodd, and Biden all voted for the Iraq War |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
84. Name three. |
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Carrieyazel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
59. He is having major problems closing out a flawed, mediocre politician and her campaign. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #59 |
90. A flawed, mediocre politicisn backed by the extremely powerful |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #90 |
122. Exactly. n/t |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:03 PM Original message |
You vastly underestimate, obviously, the hard-core support for Clinton |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for the post! |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. If blacks were the only ones voting for Obama, he would not be where he is. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
158. He is losing every racial group except his own |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. xultar |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh, she wasn't happy that she proved the point but she did crack up. |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:39 AM Original message |
The fact that she can laugh at it |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
47. She loves her martinis. Saturday we're going for Shrimp and Cheese grits with Blue Cheese Martinis!! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. This campaign was an historic event. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. What your Mother said could very well be true. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. I won't tell my mom you called her that. She'd take you on and get in a couple of good licks! |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. Shit. I confused your post with an E-mail I read earlier. |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. A white guy with Obama's gifts would be JFK, and he did okay as a candidate. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. That's the point that people are forgetting |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
58. Yep. And that's also part of why the media has been favorable, too. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Very true |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
69. Obama is NO JFK. Period. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #69 |
106. There you go, adding to the racist bullshit! n/t |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. How is it racist to say he isn't JFK? He isn't MLK either. Sheesh. Get a grip. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
115. No, not exactly. |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks for sharing that story ... unfortunately, |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. rightbackatcha |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. TESTIFY! |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
16. Then any black man should have been able to do what he did.. sorry this isn't true |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Are you on the right thread? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. You have issues. If Obama, w/his resume & oratorical skills were white, he'd not only be where he |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. That's why it's called baiting! |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. Well, I thought what Ferraro said implied he wasn't qualified enough. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. And if he was a regular old white guy with those qualifications, he'd be just another |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. No, I do think he's different. It's the way he uses language to appeal to us. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
113. Madam, |
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brindis_desala (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
125. Stop embarrassing yourself. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
25. On the flip side, he wouldn't have had the madrassa thing, too white, too black, muslim smears |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. Exactly |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. That Biden was out after Iowa was a shame |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
30. I feel for her. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:41 AM Original message |
But, |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. what you don't get is that Gerldine is also saying the same thing about Hillary |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Did you read my post . I said if Hillary was a man, and not a Clinton she'd be out too. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
35. CLINTON FERRARO 2008 |
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libbygurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
134. LOL. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
148. Obama McClurkin 2008 |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. With all due respect to you and your Mother - |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Blah blah blah, exciting and fresh. If another white dude was exciting and fresh...he'd be out too. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. Let's be honest. If you weren't black, you couldn't even have written this post. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. That may be true. I've had white liberals on DU call me racist...AND |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. If Obama were a white guy... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
40. If Obama was some regular white dude, he'd be a smarter, more competent version of John Edwards. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. And out of the fucking race. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Only because he'd have already won it. Edwards came damn close in '04. Obama is way |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Good point... |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. I'm such a weeny! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. I've been called a racist too. If a black woman on DU can be called racist... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
45. We Should All Be Pretty Pissed Off At the Press Right Now |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
46. You are missing a huge point. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. He's a politician that told you he wouldn't have. Didn't vote for is different from promise I |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. They did. He didn't. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. So, you believe everything tha comes out of his mouth? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. No, not at all. |
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libbygurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Oh, that 'didn't vote for the war' canard again. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. The Majority of Democratic Senators voted against the war. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. "he didn't vote for the war" |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I didn't say he did. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Using your logic... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. You didn't understand the logic... |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Along with not voting for the war, I didn't win the gold medal in archery |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. So? |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Is it really that hard to understand? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Deleted message |
libbygurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #87 |
98. Ahh- name-calling - that works everytime! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Deleted message |
libbygurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #100 |
117. Yes, just call us 'morons'. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. Yes, when you are being intentionally stupid |
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libbygurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #121 |
135. Ah, well, keep changing and twisting the meanings of what you said. 'bye... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Make stuff up much? |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #56 |
75. Hey libbygurl |
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libbygurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
96. LOL! Thanks! Hey, all of us who didn't vote for the war since we weren't in the Senate then... |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
73. "Obama was the only mainstream candidate in the group |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #73 |
82. You aren't a mainstream candidate. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #82 |
88. So, since Kerry/Edwards both voted for the war |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Yes, he is not qualified to be president. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Why avoid such an easy question? Ill try again.... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #91 |
101. Neither. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #101 |
149. Nader 2004! |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #149 |
156. Nope. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. You're that ashamed to say who you voted for? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #157 |
160. Nope. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #160 |
163. "So you voted for the war candidate... good to know" |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #163 |
165. Worked out quite well. |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
52. Great Post |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
53. The moral corruption wasn't in whatever narrowly viewed 'truth' exists in her observation. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
55. I was like talking to my mother and she was like |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #55 |
70. More than they do about nasty comments like this! |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
63. Woops, I like did a double post |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
65. I don't get what Obama is allin a huff about calling Ferraro's comment racist.. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
118. Dear Ferraro also found it necessary to point out |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
74. Excellent post - thank you for posting it! n/t |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
76. Your analogy is |
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Blu Dahlia (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
77. sorry. you have lost touch with reality just like stephanie tubb jones |
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Blu Dahlia (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
78. and shame on you for excusing bigotry away. as a black woman you |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #78 |
92. You see the problem with |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #78 |
107. Exactly, everyone is overlooking the belittling, affirmative action implication of |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
79. How about a different hypothetical? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
105. Gore isn't just a regular old white dude. He is a former VP. That right there makes a story. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. I disagree, but for the sake of it... replace Gore with Wes Clark |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #108 |
116. I believe Wes Clark would be out. In this wacky world...experience don't mean shit. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #116 |
123. So you really don't believe the war is a major factor? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Nope not in the who voted for it who didn't. I think they want someone who gets us out. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #126 |
141. I hate to tell you, it really is ALL about the war. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #141 |
150. It certainly does for me |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
83. if Obama were a white guy he'd be Bill Clinton in '92 |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
86. This is the only convincing arguement I've heard. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #86 |
93. Sadly, the two-pronged 'argument' only serves McCain. |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
94. I take no solace in saying I was right about this campaign coming |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
95. I would agree with your mother and disagree with you |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
97. But Ferraro made the comments on RW media outlets |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Who else has given the old bitty an audience? You think she turned down |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. She made the comments on FOX back on 2/27 |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
104. This is such bullshit. Whatever your mother said, doesn't change Ferraro's racist comment! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
110. Maybe you and your mom are both right? |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
111. You racist, sexist hog! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #111 |
131. That's racist, sexist, heffa. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
112. K&R n/t |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
114. Your mom is right... |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
119. ferraro aside, what she said is true. a black *woman* with similar credentials would have been laug |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. Carole Mosley Braun...that's all I have to say. Senator, from IL. Ignored in 2k4 |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #127 |
153. Funny how no one seems to recall her. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
124. There may be a kernel of truth to Ferarro's statement |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
128. I don't know why so many want to be cynical. Good for you for being so "realistic" about things. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
129. Let's admit it guys, |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. TRUE. Brilliant and TRUE. |
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NYDem Observer (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
132. If obama was some regular old black dude |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
133. Clarence Thomas |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
136. Thanks for sharing that xultar. nt |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
139. Excellent demonstration of the facts. |
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sueragingroz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
140. Well played |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
142. Wow, an intelligent, free-thinker. |
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murbley40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #142 |
166. Hey Ginchinchilli? |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
143. i think there is a difference btwn wanting a black president and .... |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
144. Back when Bill Richardson got into the race, people said "Cool! A Hispanic!" |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
145. "I always knew you should have been a lawyer." I have to agree with your Mother |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #145 |
151. not advocating for the camp just sayin what I think and relaying a conversation |
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LulaMay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
146. PERFECT! |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
147. You are absolutely right, but the same could be said of Hillary Clinton |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #147 |
152. I think I did say that in my post didn't I. I said that if she were a man and not a Clinton she'd |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
154. I couldn't disagree more |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
155. BRENNEN/DOOBYDOO '08 |
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Raffi Ella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
159. You know,I was wrong about you. |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
161. Your mom sounds awesome |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
162. nice post |
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Sock Puppet (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
164. Xultar, I would sure love to vote for you. |
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