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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:27 AM Original message |
"Who is Obama??????" |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. You can't convince everybody |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, I'm a team player so I gave her a glowing review of who |
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gil ace (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. votes for who |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. She's a swing voter, and she most certainly does NOT watch Fox |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. She likes reality shows? |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Welcome to DU, gil ace! |
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KKKarl is an idiot (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is what my wife said the first |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Unfortunately, a lot of people are not as conscientious as your |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. delete |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Your friend sounds like a moran. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Believe it or not, most people are not tuned into politics today, |
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bigscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. McCain?? |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Sorry, that's not a comparison. Like it or not, a name like Obama |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Admittedly, my friend is ignorant of current events |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. That would be moron* |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. As I posted on the other discussion of this topic... |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wow. What a bigoted attitude your friend has. Thanks for sharing your 'concern'. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Don't get hostile. This is middle America the original poster alludes too. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. He may have negatives, but his name isn't one of them. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. For us liberals, of course, you are right. Sadly, this is not the case |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
63. His apparent youth also makes him energetic and inspiring. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Bigotry has that effect on me. And please don't broadbrush all of middle America as being bigoted... |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. My friend is most certainly NOT bigoted. She doesn't even know |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Bigoted statement from your OP, attributed to your friend: |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Obama and Osama do rhyme. n/t |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. So that justifies a bigoted conclusion? |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. So do McCain and McVeigh |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Especially since Obama is as middle american as apple pie |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. By the time election rolls around, anyone dumb enough to think he's a terrorist |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Why is he becoming a household name? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. because there's Obama fever, that's why. I can feel it. Can't you? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. I have heard him, and yes he talks very well. As far as substance though? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. Trouble is, nowadays it's not so much about "What's he done?" |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #46 |
66. If you want to know more about him, |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. Is it true that Obama's middle name is Hussein? |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yes, it is |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Barack Obama I (from Kenya) was a non-practicing Muslim |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oh, come on. |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Name associations can be powerful |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
64. His name is not Osama. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. Your friend sounds unbelievably |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. No, she doesn't |
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Mikey929 (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Obama |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. OMG!! You nailed it. She LOVES "Amazing Race", and btw |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Hopefully, |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Read his book if you haven't done so already. |
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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Agreed: stupid, ignorant or both |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. When told that every thinking person in America was for voting for him......... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I agree in that casual views aren't reliable at this point anyway. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Agreed. But . . . this idea of major Obamamania and how |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. I think you're wrong. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. George Bush Called Him "The Pope" |
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sshan2525 (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm sure Obama is a wonderful person, but........ |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Al Gore? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. bin Laden's name is Usama, not Osama. I read that the US press |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Interesting. I've seen it spelled both ways. I guess I thought |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. USAma! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Not being an arabic speaker I don't know how it works out |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. He was always UBL until 2002-2003, I think. nt |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. Not true. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It's true that I read it. nt |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
45. Reminds me of the movie Back To The Future |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. You're contradicting yourself... |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Excellent points. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. If any of those folks in the red states say someting about Obama |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
61. There are still nearly two years until the election. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-06-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
67. It's still very, very early |
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