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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:49 PM Original message |
I've never seen the standards set so high for one person... |
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Demi_Babe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I personally find him brilliant...always have |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nor have I, and it's even more striking coming on the heels of the lowest |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Right. They keep raising the bar and Obama pole vaults over it, while McCain keeps winning |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Good metaphors. |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Thanks! (Just trying to picture McCain doing limbo sort of gave me a chuckle). |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. What's even more astounding is how low the bar is being allowed to be set |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. He's very inspirational. |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. The entire campaign speaks to the professionalism and seriousness of our candidate. |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. But does it make you wonder.... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yep... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. It reminds me of times when I have seen a double standard apply to other folks |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Totally Agree |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. And, it also seems like it's being done for the "youth" factor.. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. I can attest to this firsthand. Today my boss suggested that I not post my "Ph.D." in my |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. OMG. Really??? I'm livid FOR you. What a jackass! You'd think |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Yeah. I could see the point if I worked in a doctor's office. I wouldn't be a medical doctor. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Oh, you bet it's sexism, and probably some other isms, too. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Thanks, muchly. He probably sees me as Michelle Obama... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
73. I suggest you keep notes with dates. He sounds like trouble... |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Listen to him and change your signature to say: |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Slight correction: "Dr. Liberal_HUSSEIN_Stalwart71"!! |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
62. I'd suggest that they go pound sand... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. lemme guess-- boss does not have a Ph.D. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. "It takes 10 atta-boys to make up for one aw-shit" for some people. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. The same happened during the primaries... |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. he has to be twice (or more) as good because he is AA. luckily, we have quite a special & unique |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Obama must look "presidential": McCain just has to stand up. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. It's a replay of... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't particularly care for a lot of his cetrist positions BUT |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. WOW!! You said it. It's amazing how he's able to keep calm |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kerry had uncovered IranContra and BCCI and was battered for it instead of lauded and |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I agree with everything you say... |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. A few photos of JK popping up in Jerusalem. Few mentioned connection. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I love John Kerry. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Those are my faves - anyone who stands against government corruption earns respect |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Yep. Obama seems to show more respect for one of his best surrogates |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. But you have seen them set so low for another. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. If Obama DOES NOT turn this bottle of water into wine by January... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. He's inexperienced- so of course the bar's set high |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. The primaries are OVER. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Why act like a sycophant and get snotty |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Your drawing attention to his |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. The rest of the world doesn't view things so parochially |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Apparently the rest of the world does. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Hardly |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. So Obama has NOTHING to do with their enthusiasm, then? There |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Ah, those ever moving goal posts. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Pretty soon it'll be rational people born at 1:02 a.m. on a Saturday |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Look, your going on about his "thin resume" and "inexperience" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Bullshit- it's simply acknowledging a FACT |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Sorry, but those are the same old arguments from February, March, |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. You need to get over the obsession with the primaries |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I have honestly, objectively and critically decided that your aim |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Think (or don't think) what you like |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. What FACT? Hillary and McSame's *FACTS*? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Yep. Nothing but old, tired talking points, sad to say. It appears |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Please. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Yet he's clearly more qualified than the other guy. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Whew. Thank you. :) nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. Puhleeze. The bar was set so low for bush that is was below sea level. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Great point. And some with little experience turned out to be |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Bush got a pass because of his name |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yet Obama keeps soaring over the bar |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. He always looks and sounds like he's done all this a million times |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. tweety sounds like he's jealous already.. who |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. He's like Dick Fosbury, the 1968 Olympic high jumping champ. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
74. And then Dwight Stone....heh |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. OMG. They "kicked Hillary out of the race and now have to live with |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. I Know! How did he pick this team? |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. My students call it "The Black Tax" Excel at twice the pace of their fellow students |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. ACTUALLY... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Yeah, pretty soon we'll have to drill for McCain's bar instead of |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
71. It's very unusual to see smart people like Obama on teevee. That's |
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