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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:21 PM Original message |
Why Doesn't Obama Highlight the Hawaii background? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. he'd have to mispronounce it as "ha-WY-Yah" ..... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe he can mentnion that he was living in Hawaii and was 8 years old at the time, |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. He went to high school in Honolulu |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Wikipedia says he returned to Hawaii when he was ten. Oh well.... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Still too "ethnic" for some people. |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. 'Ethnic' or 'exotic,' yes |
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bermudat (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Hawaii was too 'exotic' for Cokie Roberts and she is supposed to be smart. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. You don't recall Kerry and surfing? |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I hope so! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Exotic vacation spot, but not relatable |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I don't agree. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Da Kine |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Nice you know that - but most folks just think "Tiny Bubbles..." |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Didn't the GOP once consider using his Hawaii background to show him as unamerican? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. In this economy, remind people of vacations they won't go on now? |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. No |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wonder why he doesn't hilite his mother's family for the same reason. |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yep, you are so right |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. See, it works like this with rednecks (some of them): |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I know all of us |
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