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Jello Biafra (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:58 PM Original message |
The White House sends condolences to Michael Jackson's Family |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Anyone can get WH condolences sent - or wedding congratulations, or certain birthdays, and so on |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'll tell you why... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I agree... and for heavens sakes, MJ was huge for African Americans |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. By changing his looks to look white?!?! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. His career spanned decades... He was clearly |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I agree. nt |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Oh, how I wish we could upmod or downmod posts on DU |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Didn't say he wasn't talented or popular. He was both. But he had racial issues. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Do you apply that judgment to any and all surgical procedures which may change a color tone? |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Or, how about light people who want to get a tan |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. wOw |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. If you had vitaligo .. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. He had vitiligo |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you for your concern. Enjoy your stay. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. idiotic post |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. He should issue a post-mortem presidential pardon |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. MJ is an American icon. A huge one. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. I knew SOMEONE would complain about this |
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Baltoman991 (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Slow day? |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. LOL! |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Obama did not send condolences publicly... |
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Raine1967 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. You are aware that Reagan made a statement |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I remember Bush also making a statement about Marlon Brando |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Thanks for that history. The BIG STARS get a nod from the President. |
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sunfluer (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Not Good Enough... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. GWBush's statement on Katharine Hepburn and Peter Jennings' deaths were PITIFUL. nt |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dubya made a public statement after the death of James Brown |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. I hate these protracted anologues n/t |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. If you have the best selling record of all time, then that bumps you to Presidential letter. |
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Jello Biafra (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Two repliers got it...... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. uh huh - best use the sarcasm thingie from the get-go |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Now it's sarcasm? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. key word - privately - as in not on taxpayer's dime ... next n/t |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. the stupid is strong in this one |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Some would also say that... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Not 'some. Many. As for the first sentence, right again! n/t |
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sunfluer (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. MJ |
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pot luck (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. How do you know he didn't offer Fawcett's Family |
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sunfluer (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Inquiring Minds Need to Know... |
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pot luck (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Why would it have been in the news? |
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sunfluer (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Actually... |
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pot luck (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Why do I defend Obama so much? |
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sunfluer (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Fail to see... |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. In An Attempt To Weed Out The Most Shallow |
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sunfluer (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. That is so not necessary...n/t |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. What about Ed McMahon? And Billy Mays? Did they get a letter? |
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sunfluer (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Thanks for noticing the point... n/t |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. You just don't understand. nt |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
47. You're Expressing A Preference For The Way Cheney Might Have Handled It. |
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sunfluer (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Nah! You don't know what you're talking about. n/t |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
49. Thanks for posting RW bullshit...really appreciate it |
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