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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:44 AM Original message |
NPR this morning.... "Republicans looking for a white knight" |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. How about this guy? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. They seem to be settling for anybody white. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. You've got to be kidding. That's a very common expression. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. No. "White Knight" means hero/savior. It has nothing to do with skin color. nt. |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Not worked up. Surprised. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Who said you were "worked up"? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think this one's a reach. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Fox News could make this work for five or six news cycles... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. I don't think they meant anything by it |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Knight in Shining Armor" might have been more measured...n/t |
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AC_Mem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I think so too |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's a turn of phrase...bugger all to do with colour... |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. Emphasis on "White." Yes, NPR used the figurative term, but get this... |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. Way to go NPR. They don't even pretend to be impartial anymore. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Heard it, thought the same thing. nt |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. How About This Guy? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Well, that is indeed a White Knight |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. Common enough term, IMHO...nt |
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