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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:22 PM Original message |
Suburban Obama's delegate: Linda Ramirez Sliwinski ticketed for calling boys in tree 'monkeys' |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Drats! Now I could never vote for Obama; he might even have |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. ROLF.... I mean ROFL!!! |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. She said they were acting like monkeys. Nice biased headline. n/t |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Glass house syndrome? Of course the moral outrage from Obama supporter's will dwarf that of Ferraro |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Nope. "IISAHTSYC" syndrome |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. This isn't the 'Latest Breaking News' thread. |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. But you can be accurate - however, you've just edited the headline and left the trumped-up slander |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Trumped-up slander??? My subject line in my OP is not a 'headline', rather the combined |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. dupe n/t |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Trumped-up slander. You have made the statement worse than it was. |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
97. Wrong. I have done nothing in the OP but copy and paste from the links. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
90. I've seen that fucking excuse from Hillary supporters before |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Well you seem to have no problem saying whatever you want. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. You must be kidding. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
79. You would think, huh? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Figured I might run into you today |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. I saw it. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Soccer refs kill me |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Happens all the time... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. I'll be interested to see how the media covers this. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. One more reason not to vote for...... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, that's it...Obama needs to quit |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Oh, for crissakes; this kind of horseshit is exhausting. |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. When Obama played the race card against Geraldine Ferraro - she had said less |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. "Obama played the race card against Geraldine Ferraro" |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oh? That freakin depends on who you believe. I believe Ferraro. She said... |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Ferraro's statement WAS the race card. n/t |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
71. No...there was nothing racist about it. It was the truth. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Just because you think it's true it doesn't mean it's not racism. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. No, I'm agreeing with truth....truth that definitely was not racism. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. That's what they all say. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. You need to stop rewriting history. Ferraro is the racist who played that card. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. By saying the same thing that Obama wrote in his book? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. She got sacked |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. That other person was the first woman VP candidate for a major party. The disrespect Obama's campaig... |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. YOU should be ashamed of the way you're lying about Obama. |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Please read the post to which I replied, before you have a meltdown. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
67. Quoting from the second article |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yeah, she's historical. |
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Mooney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
82. LOL |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Oh stop |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I was fine with Ferraro |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
60. Same here. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Ah |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. "My take on this is that it is really being blown out of proportion," |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Then why did she have to pay a fine? |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Did you read the article? |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. My question was rhetorical. She would not have had to pay a fine had the incident ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Personal attacks are against DU rules. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. You'll notice she's contesting it |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I think you're the one turning this into some sort of criminal case. It is not, you know. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. any criticism is out of line you know for their savior. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. So did she have to quit for racism issues, or because she dared to say something |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. keep digging, maybe Obama's cousin got a parking ticket |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. We don't need to dig. We already know that Obama got TWO parking tickets on a spree of lawlessness |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Simply terrible. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. Monkeygate. will be winner te he........ |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
75. . |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
63. Well evidently Obama's campaign felt it was serious enough to persuade her to step aside. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. Your OP just referred to African Americans as "boys." |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. And Clinton's chief strategist represented a country that has killed hundreds of labor activists. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. Wow. You really are scraping the bottom of the barrel. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Too bad it was the BO delegate who was ticketed for "disorderly conduct," |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. You said you were going to stop using that potentially offensive label. n/t |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I recall that--but I wrote back if poster would agree not to offensive lables for |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I guess the poster didn't trust you. |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. There was a response. It was me. I've never used offensive labels for Hillary. n/t |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. Just like your chosen candidate, you lie through your teeth and hope noone finds out. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. gee i can play that game also--YOU LIE about me |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #72 |
98. Are you saying that you didn't say you weren't going to use that term anymore? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Maybe Ramirez can countersue that she was scared about being cited. |
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mckeown1128 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
59. So when do you get your $75 ticket??? nt |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. And you thought anyone would really give a shit about this because..... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. Worst... Manufactured Scandal... Ever. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. How is this even LEGAL?? What kind of an ordinance makes speech illegal??? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. ask the police in Chicago |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. We have no lawyers on DU? |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. The article indicates 'Disorderly conduct' is what she was fined for |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Carpentersville. She's in Carpentersville. Not Chicago. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Read the Article... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. If that's their definition, it's blatantly unconstitutional because it's vague and overbroad. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
51. Obama's dog didn't really eat his homework, it chewed on the corners and Obama decided to do it over |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
62. Insanity...it's not just for breakfast anymore. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
64. I was a platinum blonde pale kid, and I was called a monkey lots of times... |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. I called both of my kids monkeys because they reminded me of pet chimps a lot of times. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
89. I call my kids monkeys when they act like monkeys. |
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Nine (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
76. I don't know whether this woman is a racist or not. |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. In Fairness to Grouches, Magnolia Trees Are Exceptionally Beautiful |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #76 |
99. I think most would be fair.... |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
77. My Gawd! The desperation stinks like shit. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
86. You do your candidate proud. |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Actually, it was the Obama campaign that asked the woman to step aside. |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I agree. It's not like she's Geraldine Ferraro or anything. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
94. oh my fucking god.. you Hillary people are absolutely the most ridiculous bunch |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
95. Why is monkey considered racist by itself? Here's my monkey story. |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Well, I happen to agree with you, totally. |
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