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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:27 PM Original message |
Rahm Emanuel apologizes for father's disparaging remarks about Arabs |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good for him |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree.. I like the gesture |
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legin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Another outing for the 'true/false remark' |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rahm Emmanuel's father insults all Arabs??? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Wow |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. well me too |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Would anyone here want to be held responsible for the utterances of their parents? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yikes- Poor Rahm |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. What? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Well , fuck his Jewish-Supremacist father , and lets hope the apple lies very far from the tree |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. My best friend is a Christian Arab American |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Send me his e-mail and if he is as whiny and insulted |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Getting outraged and insulted over everything... |
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shaayecanaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Ah yes, Arabs... |
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Blue_in_Mass (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Typical. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I don't know. I think it would be a good idea for Emanuel to |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Good point, and good analogy |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Equivalent of Mel Gibson's racist, antisemitic, homophobic father. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Mel Gibson is at least 2 of those things as well. nt. |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. The seed doesn't fall far from the tree. A huge character flaw of foot-in mouth syndrome. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. oh, please |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Often it does (cf Reagan's children) |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Ok.. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Very good. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. As we discussed in another thread, the comment is ambiguous, though stupid and unpleasant however |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And it is a translation |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. From what I've seen |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Trying to give the benefit of a doubt |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It's not apology I'm interested in; rather a clear statement that he repudiates those views. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. KInd of but not specific to Arabs |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Sounds like those are EXACTLY the values with which he was raised. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I'd assume he knows more than you about that |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Again, I'm interested in firm, clear repudiation of those views, which we've yet to hear. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. he apologized unequivocally. Of course that's not enough for you. |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. What about that comment could you possibly find ambiguous? nt |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. There are two possible meanings (admittedly, neither very nice) |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I don't understand the big deal there |
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Vegasaurus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Obama has repeatedly said that he will support Israel |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. considering his past history in early terrorist militias |
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