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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:25 PM Original message |
Just had a scary encounter with my boss in re: Obama |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. So did you educate him, or did you shit in your pants instead? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. My advice, say, "That's nice," and tell DU about it. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Basically, I just listened |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. All these ideas didn't help you |
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griffi94 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. here's an idea |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I don't talk politics at work with the boss |
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griffi94 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. sorry i wasn't clear |
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haroldgiowa (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
79. Politics, religion or flirting don't belong at work. NT |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. "What I'm thinking the next step is is to find out about third party candidates to steer him to"? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. In this case, it is a lost cause, I fear |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:30 PM Original message |
Hard to educate someone |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Nice |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. There's a way of finessing anything....Like, " that's not what I heard, |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. thanks for the suggestion |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. How bout writing those people off as a lost cause? |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Exactly |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. That's the truth |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. If he buys into the |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Toughen up...there's more of that to come. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Funny thing is I'm not an Obama supporter |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
65. Obama really scares some people like your boss. What they're |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. good idea |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. It is so weird that 35 years after the last soldiers left Vietnam, we are |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. We've heard it all before. Talk is cheap. Most of us Obama supporters voted for Bill in the 90's. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. If Jesus Christ was the Democratic nominee, that guy would not vote for him. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. amen to that |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Complain to his superior about racial and religious harassment. |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. That's good too. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. I wasn't |
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ristruck (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I agree |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Can't report |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
66. I hear ya! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. He's the owner of the company |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. That's a shame. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
57. EEO laws don't apply to companies with fewer than 15 employees |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. That's what I thought |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just email him the Snopes link. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. He doesn't do computers |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. You could check this out and consider sending it to him: |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. Thanks |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
71. I was just going to post this.. i wrote it over a month ago. Thanks for linking.. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. No, you're the sweetheart for posting that to begin with. I bookmarked |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. He won't vote for Hillary either |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. I figured that out |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. In case you need this, ayeshahaqqiqa |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. thanks for the link |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Politics & Bosses don't mix. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Correct! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Problem was, I wasn't talking |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Print This Out & Show It To Him |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. I had a waitress repeat all the Obama/Osama rumors on Super Tuesday. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That's how it is done......... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:35 PM Original message |
You can thank Hillary for that line of crap. They launched it last year as soon as Obama announced |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. These are minor rumblings of what's to come |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. I guess that's one Republican not planning on "crossing over" in november. probably an anomaly. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. You sure work with a lot of strange people |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
56. I do, don't I? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. I've had to deflect that garbage, too |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. Start looking for another job because the harassment will only get worse as |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. No candidate is worth risking your livelihood |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. I have a coworker who said just about the same thing to me |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
42. Keith Ellison was sworn in on the Koran |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Also I believe that particular copy of the Khoran was Thomas Jefferson's. n/t |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Yes, |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
88. Excuse the spelling. It should have read Koran or Qur'an (as you showed it). n/t |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. I tried to tell him this |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
50. One of my die-hard Dem friends was saying the same thing a while back. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. I know the rethugs in my woods of the neck are spouting that and more..talking about his going to a |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. A friend said that certain locals think BHO is an "Iraqistanian" |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. No offense, but he's a loon. Ignore him. nt |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. I'm remembering your reply |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Arguing with him is like trying to talk sense into the guy under the aquaduct. |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. Can you find another job? |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
62. Look up that stupid email on Snopes. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
64. Write a new email saying that you need a 200% raise or the terrorists will win |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. He doesn't do computers |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
70. The Boss is the Enemy - Don't Talk Politics |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Hold the Fort, For We Are Coming |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
72. Sorry you had to deal with that ignoramus. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
73. Your boss is a rightwing nut! |
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Libby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
75. I've heard it over and over |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. I know better |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
76. The right-wing slime machine hasn't even begun yet.... |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
77. snopes is your friend |
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erebusman (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
78. Dont send him the snopes article |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. thank you |
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elixir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
81. Helllloooowooo?! Just listen to C-Span in the morning and you'll hear all kinds of goodies like this |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
84. People like that won't vote for a black person, nor will he vote for a woman. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
85. I wouldn't mind hearing advice on how to talk about it, when someone |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
86. So Rightwing Fundie Xtian Supremacists don't back Obama? |
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