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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:13 PM Original message |
Michael Jackson Paved the Way for Barack Obama |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was in my early 30s when Thriller came out |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Absolutely it makes sense. He appealed to both black and white. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. He was a world class entertainer ~ the MSNBC segments |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not even. President Obama has paved his own way. Michael Jackson |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I agree with neither the OP nor you. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. That's helpful. Who cares unless you have an opinion? nt |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Michael never seemed to be political |
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sarah553807 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
49. he did do some type of fundraiser for democrats in 2002 though |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
70. BULL SHIT. THIS IS POLITICAL, on a GLOBAL SCALE. This is so beautiful. |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. More GLOBAL political messages. Michael Jackson had MESSAGES of IMPORTANTANCE |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Michael Jacksons BEAT IT. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
51. I think even President Obama would take issue with you stating that he "paved his own way." n/t |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
97. well |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
99. I'll go further... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Almost certainly true. He did more to unite the races than MLK. n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's just batshit dumb. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. LOL. And you're an absolute genius. |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Double batshit dumb!! |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
69. Don't stick your hand into the fan frenzy. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Don't open your mind long enough to actually consider another person's argument. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Open your mind enough and your brain will fall right out. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. LOL. I've never tried that. You may be right. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
85. LOL |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. MJ "did more to unite the races than MLK"? Are you serious? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Yes. Note the verb "unite". |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. You have got to be kidding.. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. thank you for injecting a note of sanity |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Or not. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Well the backlash against MLK turned into a very uniting backlash |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. MLK was an awesome person, but unite the races he did not. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Absolute rubbish |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:35 PM Original message |
Absolute rubbish, laddie! |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. Ok you can hold onto your fantasy and at one point, I may have aggreed with you |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. He was a flawed person, Mr. Perfection. (casting stones, you must have no sin) |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. You really believe that? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Yup. Note the verb "unite". |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Nonsense! |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. My bad. It may very well have been Flavor Flav. |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. You're welcome. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
81. That's untrue and just plain silly. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. umm if you think he was the first you weren't paying attention except to the mtv hype nt |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. All during the era when Reagan was trying to role back Civil Rights, too. |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Flip Wilson |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. helped pave the way |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. No.. it doesn't make any sense |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, because there were no other beloved black entertainers |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
58. Stevie Wonder didn't sell 25 million records and endorse soda pop |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Great performer, pedophile, insane |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
84. found not guilty of the charges so thats your opinion, not stated fact n/t |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. Spot on!! |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Scary black man |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. What??? |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. OMG |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. UH!!!! |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
95. Umm... sorry, but where I grew up, you would walk across the street |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I have a poster story, too. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Totally relate!!!!! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, he did. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'll be back in ten minutes when I'm done laughing. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. When you're back, I'd like to hear an actual point. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Love it!!!! |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Bwah ha ha ha ha! |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I'm back, and still laughing. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Well, you can keep waiting on the stupid question, I'll keep waiting on an informed response. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. I vote Ali. Beloved the world over on his climb to fame, then |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Please tell me you forgot the "satire" smilie. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
86. LOL |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
43. If you had to pick one recent African American, particularly an entertainer, I'd say Bill Cosby. |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
72. Cosby was a huge influence on how white America saw black people. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
50. The black man who altered himself to look white? |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
52. He transcended race. MTV did not even show black music artists until Michael Jackson. nm |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. MTV came into being in 1981.... Thriller came out in 1982 |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. And then he tried to change his race |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-27-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
100. Michael Jackson's singing predated MTV by a decade |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
54. This OP is an insult to Barack Obama..... |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. DING DING DING |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-27-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
101. Chopped liver: Jimi Hendricks |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
57. So Barack Obama |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
59. Just though I would have my morning sickness right here |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
60. Snort - First black male to "cross over" ??????? Hello?? Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #60 |
90. He did open doors for black performers in the mass media. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. I totally agree on the timing thing. On opening doors though |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. I agree with you. We all come up because of people who went before us. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. There is absolutely nothing nice I can say about the OP. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
63. So did Redd Foxx, Sydney Poitier, Jackie Robinson, and Nina Simone. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
64. Sly Stone. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. The biggest musical influence in my life. |
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RadicalTexan (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
65. I was three when Thriller came out |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
66. Nice post, Annie |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
67. I think this episode of celebrity worship is passing over the shark at this very moment. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
71. God give me strength. Let me put this as gently as I can: Dr. Huxtable.... |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
74. I'll have what the OP's smoking |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. LOL |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
80. Jackie Robinson, Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey might disagree with that. |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
82. I loved Charlie's Angels........why no overwhelming acceptance for a female president? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. ! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. DUH == Only one person at a time can be president |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
89. It's a big country. Some of us grew up in more diverse situations. With more diverse music. |
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zagging (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
93. Can you distill it further? |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
94. Apologies if anyone was offended. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
96. Hahahahaha hahahahahaha ahahhahahaha ahahahahahaha! |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
98. well, since post-racial has never happened .... |
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