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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:15 PM Original message |
Bill Maher: black people have been waiting a long time for this (Obama) nomination.... |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. What's your point? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. you know your stuff, Effie |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Thanks |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. you know it |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Exactly - the contrast is so striking |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. I dropped Cable in the Middle of his Opening Monologue |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. Thank you, Effie. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. African Americans are STILL being systematically denied the right to vote, smartass. |
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neutron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. That's different from voting for a mediocre |
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tokenlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. A lot of us have been waiting a long time for someone like Barack.... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'm sick of men running this country! |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Then why do you want Bill Clinton back in the WH? |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I'm voting for Hillary she can hold her own against Bill besides there's |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Condolleeza Rice is a woman. There goes your whole case.q |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:25 PM Original message |
Don't worry, if she wins the election she is going to have Big Dawgl put to sleep...nt. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. But the poster is tired of men running the country. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. and I'm sick of sexists like yourself, hiding behind your womanhood |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Fine call it sexist, but if there's little difference on issues, I choose to go with the woman who |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. man Wolsh |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. oh good gawd--your ignormatic comments are showing once again |
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NJObamaWoman (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. It has nothing to do with being a man. Your statement is sexist. |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I do but I also think it's time for a woman, and this one has the experience to do it! |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. He also thinks Obama dances better. |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Right because blacks had a fair shot at the White House from 1870-1920 |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. no one said blacks haven't been waiting; it's the dismissal of the fact that women have been waiting |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Who was the woman on last night? |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. you gave yourself away knowing she had a candidate, and if |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. That's how you read that? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:31 PM Original message |
whow. thanks for the info. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. You missed the point. They could've voted for Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton, too... |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. I knew Bill Maher's statement was dumb, and now I see why....LMAO! |
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NJObamaWoman (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Still gotta give it to black people. A CNN person said something |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You make an excellent point - a perfect example: Affirmative Action |
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NJObamaWoman (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. And yet as a black woman I keep being told I'm suppose to stand |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I hear you! |
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NJObamaWoman (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Because there is still a stima placed on us. That we are all dumb and pro black everything. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Ain't that a blip? |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. And I think you are both wrong |
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NJObamaWoman (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Thats true too. I just that blacks have struggled more in America |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. We may already have had some. :-) |
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TriMetFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. Amen to that. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. And black people are discriminated against by gay and straight people |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. and women and gay people and jews are discrimnated against by blacks. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. not true |
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NJObamaWoman (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Screw a poll. Do you see how Oprah is being attacked by |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. I merely brought up the poll--do with it what you want. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
61. white women have *always* been (racial) civil right advocates; how many black men work for women's r |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't get it |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Maybe this will help |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Good answer! |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. LOL.... |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. Are you fucking kidding me? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Another point no one mentions . . . |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. How often do women get pulled over for "driving while female"? |
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daleks not included (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. They dont but..... |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. They sky is yellow today. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. Man... Is Our Educational System Fucked Up, Or What !!! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. That man is so tiresome. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. Um, he said we owe Black people more than we owe WOMEN, and it's true. Women were |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. no comparison? women get raped and killed by men every day in america. but nevermind. nt |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. MEN get raped and killed by men every day, too. Give me a break. Rape is a |
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ursi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
51. Bill's right! |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
52. Which Americans were treated like animals until Jim Crow was abolished? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Great post - but not dozens - thousands of lynchings of blacks occurred |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
54. Who was subjected to Jim Crow for a century? |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
57. Oh, and Bill Maher said Obama is so smart - he knew what a "movie trailer" was..... |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. He didn't call Obama "smart" for knowing that. He said that showed he could relate to other regular |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
59. yes, the 'historicity' of obama's run is being much celebrated. women don't count, as usual. nt |
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loveangelc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. riiiiiight. Hillary constantly talks about how she would be the first woman in the WH |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. EXACTLY! She says the fact that she's a woman means she represents change. So according to that |
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