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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:08 PM Original message |
Laura Bush defends Obama school speech |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good for Laura! n/t |
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Robber M (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Yep! |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
84. Credit for what ? For admitting it was a good speech?, which it |
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hezekkia (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. she's such a socialist! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. yes laura |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. That's the crux. They complain that we made references to fascism |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. It still was not a fair comparison to compare bush to hitler. You have concrete things to critisise |
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NoQuarter (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Well, if not for Grandpappy Prescott (and the steamrolling of the rule of law,) |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Let's see still_one, Bush had people arrested without probably cause |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #46 |
63. All true. When we compared Bush to Hitler it was a comparison to the RISE of |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #46 |
75. I am not going to take your points line by line, but Viet Nam was a Democratic war |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #75 |
87. My husband was a child in Austria during WWII. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #87 |
98. I know you are not for this, but there is NOTHING that can justify the internment camps |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
89. And of course President Obama has immediately overturned |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #89 |
99. That was my point. Neither bush nor Obama is comparable to hitler |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Laura seems to have become a much better person since leaving the White House |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. She was actually a teacher ... |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
44. I believe she was a librarian. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. She always has been a good person. |
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gopiscrap (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. She killed some one and got away with with it! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. It was an automobile accident, wasn't it? |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. i believe |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I don't believe that is correct |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
81. oh well |
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truthrocks (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. She accidently killed her ex-boyfriend when she was 17 - |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #53 |
68. Accidents Happen |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
94. I find them both very equal |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #94 |
103. Ridiculous. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
85. She is, simply, trying to beautify her image since she is |
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Crowman2009 (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. LOL now all the nutjobs are going to rent their clothes and weep uncontrollably! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. "rent" their clothes? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Makes sense to me |
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Crowman2009 (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
88. sorry that was an old english word for "tear." Which is a word used in a book that wingnuts claim.. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
92. I thought you were referring to Palin's clothes "rentals" |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
71. Don't forget |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is what I would have expected her to say on this issue. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
58. even newt |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well. Cool. I am glad she said that. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not too surprising since she was a librarian and has been an advocate of literacy and education. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good for her. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. She didn't have to do this. But she did. That speaks well of her. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Takes Laura Bush to speak up in place of our Dem Congress? Cowards. |
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mcollier (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Exactly! Obviously Obama has some suspect |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Damn straight. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. becuase the democrats in office didn't run on competence, but on "winnability" |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Oh please! |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. What? Show me the politician who doesn't want camera time...they bitched for 8 years |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I agree. Our Democratic leaders should be raising hell . Right or wrong, the Republicans |
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truthrocks (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
50. "I think it's also really important for everyone to respect the President of the United States" |
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truthrocks (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Impotent and disgusting. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
64. They will never learn from Swiftboating or "Al Gore said he invented the |
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Ajaye (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Good |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
95. I've never really had a problem with her or George H.W., but |
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oct2010 (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. bush 41 talked to school children and it wasn't a problem back then |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
56. "The Pet Goat" ? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's good to hear this |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. I remember when Margaret Truman spoke up about |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. I appreciate her speaking out like this. n/t |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank you, Laura, for speaking up. |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. Holy crap, I agree with Laura Bush on something? That only took the better part of a decade. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. "right of parents to choose what they want their children to hear in school" |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Once a Putz, Always a Putz .... |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
86. Ultimately she said nothing in defense of Obama at all. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Except For The Part About Bush |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. For defending our president, I thank Mrs. Bush. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. For once I can agree with Laura! |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. How nice |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. I hope my Black grandchild gets to see it at school tomorrow. |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
96. Tragically, I am afraid you are right |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. Kudos to the former first lady. I appreciate her speaking out on this appalling and |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. Laura always shows more class than her husband or in-laws. |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. Pickles is consistent, i'll give her that |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. Way To Go Laura |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
38. It is not in the Bush Family interest to see... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
42. She's getting tired of him being home all the time now |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
47. Laura's an all around class act |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. iirc, she is also the first first lady |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. You know, gotta appreciate a semi-sane republican these days |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
57. I really like Laura when she's not talking her husbands politics. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Exactly, I don't know how she can live w/HIM, but she has been very classy on several occasions. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
61. That was a weak defense of the speech. But a defense nonetheless. |
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kegler14 (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
62. She's obviously gone over to the dark side. Traitor. |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
66. Good, |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
69. "DEFENDS" the speech? Wrong again, CNN!!! She SUPPORTS it. |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
70. Uh, a little late. Glad she said this but she could have shut this circus down a lot earlier. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
72. OMG. The tea baggers are even starting to embarrass Laura. nt |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
73. oh yay,so glad she could spare time from sucking off the genocider and living luxuriously |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
74. Laura gets trotted out when the RW knows it has gone too far... |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
76. Very classy of Laura |
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zinnisking (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
77. Laura is in cahoots with Obama |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Welcome to DU. nt |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Welcome to DU |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
79. Ruh-roh. Better watch your back now, Laura |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
82. it's ridiculous that anyone is even questioning the President's right to give this speech. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
83. Laura didn't think it was fair that Dubya was criticized and she |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
90. She isn't forced to play obedient robot any more |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. I think Michelle considers Laura to be a role model |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #97 |
101. LOL!!!!!!!!!! |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. A link |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
91. This part is FUed: the right of parents to choose what they want their children to hear in school |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
93. thank you, Laura Bush! |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
100. Then Low and Behold ...... |
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