Here's the difference in Hillary Supporters and Obama supporters....

[Maddy McCall]

And of course, I don't mean ALL Obama supporters.

Hillary supporters don't read a story like the one below and immediately start researching to find out if indeed Baskin Robbins had sprinkles or sugar cones in the seventies, to discredit one of our Democratic candidates.

Because, really, it's meaningless whether or not Baskin Robbins had sprinkles or sugar cones, or if bookbags were in use, in the big picture...and the big picture is getting a Democrat elected in November.

So y'all just go ahead and pick to pieces the Democrat you don't support. It only makes you look petty, childish, and spiteful. And it keeps your attention focused on the unimportant stuff in this election cycle.

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Where It All Began for Obama
By Shailagh Murray

MALVERN, Pa. -- Everybody's gotta start somewhere.

Apparently Sen. Barack Obama's road -- or rather, rocky road -- to the White House started at the local Baskin-Robbins. He disclosed to a crowd of 1,400 here that the ice cream chain was his first employer as a teenager.

"It was actually kind of embarrassing because you had to wear, like, a brown cap and stuff," Obama told his laughing audience. And don't forget that apron, he added. "Girls would come in and you'd be trying to talk to them, and they wouldn't give you the time of day, because you were wearing this cap."

But that wasn't his only lesson learned, amid the sprinkles and sugar cones.

"I was making, I don't know, like maybe a hundred dollars a week or something, and they were still taking this money out," Obama said. "And I thought, man. That's the payroll tax."

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/09/where_it_all_began_for_obama.html

[MethuenProgressive]

1. I demand to see his tax return for that year!

"I was making, I don't know, like maybe a hundred dollars a week"??
Unless he can prove that, he was no doubt taking payola from Saudis and Columbians!!
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Wait.. sorry.. I was channeling a DUbama's hissyfit if this was about Hillary.
:kick:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. I know you meant that to be snarky, but did you just happen to miss the "How did Obama survive

on 12000 a year thread"?

[Bucky]

9. Well played

But I hope you understand that reality-checking someone else's victim routine is the act of a congenital sexist.

[leftstreet]

3. "I remember landing under sniper fire..."

When you tell whoppers like that, people are gonna analyze everything you say.

[GarbagemanLB]

8. Hillary brought it on herself with her audacious lies.

[zalinda]

41. I hate to say this because I'm not a supporter

of either two, but......... It is very possible in all the trips that Hillary Clinton took as first lady that there was sniper fire when she landed in one of the countries. So what if it wasn't Bosnia, she didn't remember the country, she took hundreds of trips abroad, I would think that after a while all the airports pretty much look alike. You can take a hundred people and have them experience an incident and each one will remember something slightly different than the next. That's human nature, it's not lying.

zalinda

[cali]

4. What a stupid generalization

Hillary supporters tried to make a federal case out of sweetie, the
Kennedys helping his father thing, and other llike crap. Both sides
do it.

[Maddy McCall]

7. No more stupid than saying that the primary season has gone on too long...

because of such questions.

[cali]

15. lots more stupid.

your post is simply a piece of shit flamebait, aimed at insulting
Obama supporters. My post didn't do that as regards Hillary
supporters. Duh.

[Maddy McCall]

19. It's not flamebait. If it makes you uncomfortable...

that's because the truth stings.

[cali]

39. more bullshit.

and how about addressing the examples of idiot hillary supporter posts.
Or do they make you uncomfortable because the truth stings?

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Its sad that Hillary is such a pathological liar that people begin to question things like bookbags

Hillary brought it on herself.

[Liquorice]

11. Hillary is not a pathological liar. That is absolutely crazy. nt

[Texas Hill Country]

16. ummm... no.

[rodeodance]

30. If you are not a psychologist to make that diagnosis STFU

[Texas Hill Country]

38. my wife is... i doubt she would make that diagnosis lol

[rodeodance]

47. too many folks here on DU think they are pop psychologists. Sickening.

[Catherine Vincent]

53. Oh wow! I wish I knew what that post said.

You're normally nice. Rodeodance telling someone to STFU. LOL!

[JVS]

6. The Hillary supporters don't need to read the story, they'll just claim he was a drug dealer then.

[knight_of_the_star]

14. You are Made of Epic Fail

This should be your avatar:



This is your Bible:



Since all you seem to do is:



And in spite of it being pointed out you continue to:



So here is your:

[tekisui]

17. An angry-muslim radical-christian rasict-drugdealer who can't bowl and smokes!

[XemaSab]

21. But dammit, the man can smoke a bowl with the best of them!

:smoke:

[tekisui]

27. I just got my Obama Bong in the mail, it came with the yard sign package!

[cali]

10. More Hillary supporter bullshit:

Obama didn't go visit his grandmother in Hawaii on his recent vacation.
Why didn't Obama buy his Kenyan grandmother a nicer house. Obama
was an abusive brother. Want more? I'd be glad to provide you with
more examples.

[redqueen]

42. It's amazing...

the blind "spots" in this place are the size of fucking galaxies.

:rofl:

[LaurenG]

12. Actually that is a good point

I wish that politicians would just run on their merit, nothing that can be made up is worth being negatively labeled for. If they just stick to the facts I'll be happy.

[NanceGreggs]

13. I agree with you about trivia taking over the board at times ...

... but it's been coming from both sides. Remember Snub-Gate? And the threads about a $215 item purchased at Tiffany's on an Obama campaign credit card that had people screaming "Ah-HA!"?

It's coming from both sides, and it's tiresome either way. I'm not a Hillary supporter - but the first time I saw people actually discussing the "book-bag", I thought it some inside DU joke that I just wasn't getting ...

I guess we can all agree on one thing these days: there are supporters on both sides who not only ushered-in Silly Season - they've been its cheerleaders since day one.

[crispini]

18. I really think the book-bag WAS a DU inside joke.

I mean, I didn't hear about it anywhere else but here.

And I put all those threads on "hide thread" as soon as it became apparent that it wasn't worth paying attention. :D

[DearAbby]

26. It wasn't a joke?....n/t

[rodeodance]

35. it became a mean-spirited narrritive with thousands of Hillary smears attached.

[sniffa]

20. Hopefully you're wearing fall protection

That pedestal is awfully high.

:nopity:

[rinsd]

22. Just post the story then.

No need for this thread to turn into a flamefest too.

[MADem]

23. In the sixties, I had a bookbag, and a bit later, a "knapsack." Some called it a rucksack.

Less commonly, it would be called a haversack. The knapsack thing is now called a "backpack" but it's the same as one. A few more buckles, no zipper, no velcro, and it was made of canvas, but the same idea. You put your books in it and slung the thing over your shoulder.

You could buy them for a buck at the Army-Navy store. They often tore under the weight of heavy tomes, as they were "seconds," and poorly made, so it was smart to buy two, one for each semester.

Here's an old JUNGLE BOOK bookbag--I had one on these lines, in the very early sixties, but without the illustration:



If "the young" were suggesting that Clinton couldn't have had a bookbag or a "backpack" (aka haversack, rucksack, knapsack) they're dumb. Terribly dumb. Incapable of any extrapolation. Would they be flummoxed by a rotary dial phone?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

24. Here's another difference: Obama supporters don't spend half the day accusing DU Mods of bias.

and complaining about how much DU sucks. Of course, I'm not referencing *all* Clinton supporters.

Comparing the stupidest posts from both sides is pointless.

[sniffa]

28. HEY!

You're not supposed to be reading the Hillgeon. That's for her supporters only!

[Name removed]

32. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

34. A lot of posts that get locked break the DU rule "Do not accuse Mods of bias"

If you start your thread by breaking a rule in the title, yeah, it's going to get locked.

[rodeodance]

40. It was up for 20 hrs-get it!! Your post is lame at best.......

I am stating an example. Not accusing anyone of anything. Make of it what you will.




......A lot of posts that get locked break the DU rule "Do not accuse Mods of bias"
Posted by SemiCharmedQuark


If you start your thread by breaking a rule in the title, yeah, it's going to get locked.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

43. So then alert! Starting a thread calling out mods is going to get locked.

And when it does get locked, inevitably the poster that posted said locked thread uses it as confirmation of their preconceived notions.

[rodeodance]

45. that is not the thread I was talking about. and i would not start such a thread.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

46. Great. The more people that share the sentiment, the better GDP will be.

[Pirate Smile]

25. This isn't the first time his working at Baskin-Robbins has popped up.

I think an article about Barack and Michelle's first date mentioned them stopping at a Baskin-Robbins where he tried to impress her with his ice cream "skills" from working at one as a teenager.

edit to add - Some of us skipped all the stupid book-bag threads and generally do so when some stupid "controversy" pops up. Perhaps we should instead of ignoring it, go in and fight against it but, you know, some things just don't seem worth it since our time is limited.

[redqueen]

44. What... you mean just ignore the BS? Let the BS stuff sink?

But... someone is WRONG on the internets!

:crazy:

[jettison]

29. This makes no sense

The Clinton campaign was the one who started digging up mud from the past when it became obvious that Hillary lost momentum. It wasn't the other way around.

[knixphan]

31. There was a Shepherd Boy

who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was lonely for him, so he devised a plan to get a little company. He rushed down towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf," and the villagers came out to meet him. This pleased the boy so much that a few days after he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help. Shortly after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest. The boy cried out "Wolf, Wolf," still louder than before. But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again lying, and nobody came to his aid. So the Wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock.

[AtomicKitten]

33. Heads up.

Your bitterness is about to consume you.

[Texas Hill Country]

36. k&r

[BlooInBloo]

37. Yah - I hate people who care about truth too. Bastards all!

[AllentownJake]

48. Shouldn't you guys

Be getting your pots and spoons ready for the protest in NY?

[Forkboy]

49. I think it's great that they do that. Hillary fans SHOULD be doing it too.

Anyone who accepts anything from a politician at face value scares me, to be honest.

[Jamastiene]

50. I'm not so sure they even HAD brown caps back then.

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:hide:

[kdpeters]

51. I've noticed Hill supporters have a tendency toward posting about Obama supporters

I understand. I think we're more interesting than Hillary too.

[Swamp Rat]

52. You better not mean ALL Obama supporters!

:D

[IndianaGreen]

54. Obama supporters are sensible and rational while the Hillary supporters are...

(Comments redacted due to DU rules)

:eyes:

[Hippo_Tron]

55. Dupe n/t