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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:01 AM Original message |
We are about to witness,, the global "mean girl" attack on that middle aged Scottish singer |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Some already saying she should be ignored because her singing isn't as good as the best in the world |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I hope she is a tough nut... |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. She is certainly better than some celebrity singers. |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. I saw a u-tube |
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ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. There is no relevance whatsoever... I guess "people need to know" |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. What a crappy thing to ask her. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. Well, in fairness, Boyle was the one to bring it up on the talent show. |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. I saw that. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I was just so surprised by it.. it was a rea "open" window moment for me.. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. I think our entire culture |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. Looks, shallowness and superficiality reign supreme in society today. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. The circus mirror; that is most of the corporate media is afraid of reflecting anything else, |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. "in society today..." |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Age-ism too, when she was asked her age - it was clear from the looks on the |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Good point, I caught that, too. nt |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think you're right. I watched a clip of Diane Sawyer interviewing her |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Diane Sawyer is a tw... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I agree! but many seem to think she's "genuine." |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. I am a Diane fan I must say. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. Then we must never speak again! |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
63. She worked for Nixon and thought he was a great guy. |
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StrongBad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Typo. Wrong vowel. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Saw Something Similar On the Early Show |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Deleted message |
NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. And You Are Someone Who |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Really, the poster was not at all making fun of the woman. he/she was explaining |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. This is definitely a "Lighten up, Francis" moment. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. You Guys Rock |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't want my 15 minutes, thank you very much. n-t |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Me either... I barely survive my 1 second on a |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. LOL! n-t |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. Some will attack her |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I think shes quite beautiful right now |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. glad I'm not the only one who sees a beautiful woman . . . |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I hope she does not change her appearance. |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. You mean like Judi Dench, Nancy Marchand, and a host of others? |
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lilyreally (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. I think she was brilliant to make the 'never been kissed' remark. |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Of course she'll have handlers. She's a ratings superstar for the show at this point. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Well, at least she's not also obese. That's always the worst crime against humanity |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. We attack nearly all of our celebrities. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yeah. And When They Bite Back, a la Billy Bob |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I think she is very strong.....she may get overwhelmed at first...but |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I'm Sure |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. As she comes from a family of nine kids, I imagine she has endured quite a bit of |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. My first impression |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. optimist, eh? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. No |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. I can see the UK phone vote being fiddled. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. More like "Heathers" than "Mean Girls" |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wow, just wow |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Exactly. n/t |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
64. She wants to use her gift, wants to be a "professional singer" and has never said |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
66. I will agree to a point. SB was trying to keep a promise she had |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:04 PM Original message |
New obsession: finding the extraordinary, and then breathing it into our very lives. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. The "beautiful people" are anything but |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. She seems to handle the questions pretty well |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. Maybe Pebbles (her cat) will scratch their eyes out |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. Jealousy is a heinous beast... |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. It doesn't matter what they say...she's already had the approval of those that "matter"... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. LOL |
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DemocracyInaction (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
45. I'd rather see her buck naked |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. She is far lovelier than those mean girls..in every way. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. I can't watch those people. They're embarrassing. |
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watercolors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. I feel the whole thing a set up! |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. The camera person just happened to catch a "sarcastic face" in crowd... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. "mean girls" are processed mean at the factory, stamped and dated: Mean Girl Fresh |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
65. I have no idea what this thread is about |
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