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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:31 AM Original message |
Obama Calls Kanye West a 'Jackass' |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Guess CNBC leaked this "off the record" statement because they didn't dig what |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Really? This leak will reflect positively on Obama? Because we elected him to |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. So somehow it instantly makes Obama appear unpresidential |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. You mean if he calls a hip hop artist a jackass, as though he were one of the snarky |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Don't worry. I just consider it an off-the-record comment. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Who's worried? |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. You're sick--Your standards for Presidential decorum are outlandish and probably not shared by many. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Your standards for sickness are outlandish and probably not shared by many. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #69 |
76. you never have anything good to say... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #76 |
85. Absolutely untrue. Try again. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. hmmm... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #89 |
98. Sorry, but that does not equal "never," which was your claim. Today, there was |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Then how come nearly everyone on this board agrees with my perspective and not yours? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #77 |
88. So, you're stalking me? And I wish you'd stop twisting and start being honest. |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
74. I wouldn't say it's presidential OR non-presidential -- it's human |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #74 |
90. Yes, but all things that are human are not also Presidential. I don't |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. What, like Nixon? LBJ? Clinton? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Yes, Nixon, LBJ and Clinton acted "un Presidential" at times, too. And? |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
124. Calling someone a jackass |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. I never said it was a catastrophe. I said it would have been better not said to a reporter. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #126 |
137. This was in an unguarded moment |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
66. "intemperate" is hardly a word I'd use in describing Obama... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. "Intemperate" is not a word I used to describe Obama. I said he has made two |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
81. You're right about the Cambridge Police comment. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #81 |
94. No one said he should not have opinions about pop culture or live in a bubble, ffs. |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #94 |
120. Not sainthood. Ethics. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #120 |
128. Both reporters were wrong, the one who gossiped and the one who tweeted. |
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Rob Gregory Browne (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
122. Oh, Please |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #122 |
129. You are certainly entitled to your opinion. |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #129 |
143. ...and so is Obama. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
139. Obama spoke the gospel truth. Kanye West IS a jackass. |
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azureblue (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
82. This did not happen - no proof |
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azureblue (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Proof it was made up: |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #82 |
95. Absolutely. We have no proof. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. what good would it do? |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. what I mean is |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I tend to agree. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why is he being so kind to Kanye? |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. I agree, but don't think the distraction is worth it...... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
45. To put it mildly. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. My friend here begs to differ |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. Don't tell me this will be the newest controversy.... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. It's not. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
53. In your eyes, he may look good. In other people's eyes, he won't. And that is exactly what makes a |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. How are the RWers going to contort themselves |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Not the issue. The issue is, regaardless of how good or bad Kanye's behavior may |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Because West was a Jackass? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
63. What part of "regardless of how good or bad Kanye West may have been" did you not under- |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Why did Obama devote a minute of his time to something non-political, you mean? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. Riiight. That's what I meant. A minute that is not politics. Twist much? |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Well, why do YOU think Obama made this comment? nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
79. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Either he made the remark |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
67. why did Obama make this comment, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #67 |
83. First, your subjective opinion does not equal THE truth. Obama and you expressed a personal opinion |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
132. It has to do with the relationship between the White House and the press |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. I understand and agree, up to an including pulling the press credentials. |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. Guess it wasn't quite so off-the-record, was it? |
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johncoby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. And the point is? |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. Can we get video? Something smells fishy here. I am betting he was joking. |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Maybe, maybe not. Obama said in his book, Audacity of Hope... |
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sarah FAILIN (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
55. I think it was more likely somene passing by overheard him talking to a confidante |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #55 |
96. So what indeed, this ant hill ain't a mountain. (nt) |
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jhill3rd (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
57. I'm sorry but, |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Is he a pompous jackass? Sure. But that's why I like him. |
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jhill3rd (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #71 |
110. OK |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #57 |
97. Well I never said he was a jackass, I just said I could see where Obama might think that. |
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jhill3rd (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #97 |
111. My intention |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. This is true, however Kanye is, none the less, within the realm of hip-hop |
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jhill3rd (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Amen |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. Looks like no more "off the record" comments to CNBC or ABC. n/t |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Haha this surprises me. n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. i'm curious at what people will say this time around |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. The title of the article should be "ABC's Terry Moran tweets off-the-record comment by Obama" |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Agreed. "Off the record" used to mean something to ethical reporters (there are a few) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. The journalist to whom the comment was made did not publish it. There have ALWAYS been leaks, |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
92. Nope. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. I might be pissed, but I would not be surprised because reporters, like everyone else, |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #99 |
121. It's a point of ETHICS! Don't you understand that? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #121 |
131. I've repeatedly said both reporters were wrong. Conversely, I never said either of them behaved |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. This may be Obama's "Sister Soulja' moment |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. IMO, this gains himcred only with those who already worship him. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
144. I disagree. It gains him cred with people who don't like him, but like West less. |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
18. Barack Obama doesn't care about drunk people. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. LOL |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Really? Then why comment? I never called anyone a jackass out of indifference. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Lighten up, Francis |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Calling me Francis is supposed to insult or demean me? Why? |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Are you one of those insufferable bores who refuses to absorb any non-political media? |
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lakercub (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #65 |
80. heh |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #80 |
101. Don't recall your posts, but I am honored to be on your ignore list. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #65 |
100. Again, twist much? (BTW, I saw Stripes, too, and I am grabbing a spatula rignt now.) |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #47 |
91. Haha, that is funny. |
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chelaque liberal (981 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. So much worse than when Cheney |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. or when Dubya referred to Adam Clymer |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Actually, the two have nothing in common, other than a "curse" word. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #38 |
61. jackass is now a curse word? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #61 |
103. Um, I did put it in quotation marks. But tell me, besides each of those remarks containing a |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #103 |
130. I cited nothing about cheney. Jackass is not foul language. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. Again, there was a reason for the quotation marks. I don't consider jackass a curse word. Many do. |
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SnowCritter (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
22. Calling Kanye West a jackass |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. If he called a republican a jackass he'd have to resign |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. That's because 'jackass' is inaccurate. The Republicon Homelanders are assholes |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. And about a thousand other terms that decorum and upbringing prevents me from saying |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. Obama is friendly with Jay Z |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. All that would explain everything, if Obama were Lynn Spears instead of |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I gotta know... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I gotta know....where did I say that this comment was THE one that would |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. "(He works for) the people of the United States, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
105. It's a needless distraction from an important issue. It is also fodder for people to attack him. I |
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The Green Manalishi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #105 |
142. I understand your concern, that as a tactical issue it *could* be a mistake, |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Barack Obama IS human, ya know. |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Mr. President is a human being, not a robot to be trotted out |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
107. No one said he should be trotted out only on state occasions or that he is not human. I am not |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
33. I think that's a sentiment that people of all political flavors |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Maybe if it had come from Entertainment Tonight or Carson Daly, instead of from |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
104. Never said that he was right to get involved |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #104 |
109. No, you never did. And we agree that this remark would better have been left |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #109 |
123. Since this was supposed to be off the record |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
51. Just in: |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
58. He can safely call him a jackass because they're both African American. If he'd said it about |
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jhill3rd (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
112. 100% Agree |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Yup, the double standard of race is alive and well in America (nt) |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
62. Well Kanye certainly got the publicity he was seeking. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
70. Are Twitter and Facebook going to be the source for all Fox News headlines? |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Are Twitter and Facebook going to be the source for all Fox News headlines? Posted by CJCRANE |
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Richd506 (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
73. It's off the record so I'm not worrried about it |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
78. Bit of a breach of journalistic ethics there. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
84. Yes, but wasn't that a lovely moment between Beyonce and Taylor Swift? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
86. Oh oh, how long before obama APOLOGIZES - again?!!! |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
93. I have thoroughly enjoyed this thread! Esp. the posters who have their reaction all mapped out |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #93 |
102. My thoughts as well. It just isn't that big a deal, altho on balance Obama |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
106. He's right lol... |
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jhill3rd (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
108. This just in!! Black male president calls black male celebrity a jackass!! |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #108 |
113. + 1 |
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jhill3rd (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #113 |
117. Thanks :) |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
115. The microphone is ALWAYS ON |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
119. West IS a jackass. He was acting like a whiny teabagger. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
125. well, our new green jobs director was sacked for calling repigs a-holes |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
127. IF this is true - JACKASS is too kind of a word. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
133. Alternative headline: "Obama says that the sky is blue" |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
136. There are *NO* off-the-record comments when reporters are around. |
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mlevans (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
138. Much ado about nothing. |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. listening at woek today |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
141. From what I saw of his interview on Lino |
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