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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:31 PM Original message |
Clinton Surrogate Calls Obama "Boy" |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Obama's candidacy sure has brought out the best in all of us. n/t |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Just wait and see what the CONs will do. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I expect it from them. It's even more disgusting coming from our side. n/t |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's not racist. But i knew all you white Obama supporters would be sensitive. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Fine, white folks have to work on being less sensitive to race issues so you won't laugh at them. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Nope I want you to be. I'm not laughing @ you...I'm lauging @ the circumstance... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Do you mean we can acknowledge that Obama was once a boy? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. you can but you'll get accused of being a racist by other whites not blacks... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. it has been interesting how many threads today have given |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Everytime some one says the word boy, and Obama in a sentence people will go wild. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Its going to be quite a ride. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Don't know about that Xultar. I came up in the day when calling |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here is the quote...read it before spouting off... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. not as bad as the OP stated |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Exactly. Not nearly as bad. They'll ask though why not say Hillary is the |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. or why not refer to him as a neighboring son |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. See if she had said it about a white man...no one would have thought boy is racist...would they. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Its been my world for a long time... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Conyers. My FAVORITE. I love your choice of avatar. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Thanks! |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. check out below |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Presumption of Innocence |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. I think she meant to say |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. thanks. but those who want to grab at anything will. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think she meant it as "the boy next door". |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. She does sound like a snotty rich broad. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Sure, that's all good then... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. What? Sexist? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Obama is 46... hardly a "boy" anymore. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I say that my friend Lise is my Girl. Hillary is my girl. Elizabeth Ewards is My Girl. |
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desi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Didn't Hillary call Tasini a girl? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Here is the quote in context (which, in my mind, doesn't help her all that much) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yikes. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. IA borders IL, but if she had said "the boy next door" you'd be bitching @ that too. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Actually, no. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:13 PM Original message |
The term she was alluding to is "favorite son" |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. If she had said "the boy next door" you would have been equally as angry. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Yeah, but for me it's not the racist thing that you've decided |
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vireo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. I'm more shocked that she seems to think Springfield borders IA |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. I love it when white folks get more bent out of shape than a black person about |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. why? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Most likely because more often than not... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Your guess would be spot on. I couldn't have explained it as well as you did. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Someone says the word Boy in a sentence about Obama and white people get more |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. HEY OP...why didn't you get angry about this...or is it because it was a GOPer |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. The comment did not sound racist to me. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. Nothing to See Here |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. since they refer to Hillary as their girl i don't think it was meant to demean |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Please say that louder so you can get over the volume level of the idiots. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. You called it Xultar! Welcome to OUR world!!! |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. In context, your claim is really rather silly. NT |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Not Silly at All |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. CHELSEA DOESN'T TALK TO REPORTERS AS A PERSONAL RULE ON HER OWN. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. If It Happens Again . . . |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You're white right? I can tell because some things are racist and some things aren't. |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Prepared Statement |
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PervezClinton (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
50. Wow |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. My 2 cents |
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