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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:36 PM Original message |
She really shouldn't even be a senator from NY (or anywhere else) |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. so tell me: do you refer to Bobby Kennedy as a carpetbagger, too? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Can't respond to the OP? Start your own thread. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And you set the rules here under what authority. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. What was stupid about it? Do you believe that ANYONE is a "carpetbagger" or is the term |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Its Bobby..And you should go study your history. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Duh, of course. Bu that does not mean that NO ONE deserves to be called "carpet bagger" |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. No, It means the burden is on you to explain why what RFK did is different from what HRC did |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That is absurd. YOU don't come onto a thread and change the subject. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:58 PM Original message |
I'm sorry, You don't decide what gets posted on your thread. Stop being a baby. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. I am a chicken for not answering a subject I have not studied enough to answer? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Maybe you should've studied it more before you posted then. |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. No, you are ignorant for posting on a subject you haven't studied enough to answer |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I guess you're right. I guess the issue really is whether or not nepotism is justified if it brings |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. So when JFK made RFK the AG, you're saying it was bad, correct? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. No, I am not saying that. |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. If the individuals are intelligent and otherwise qualified, is there harm? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. AG is an appointed position. Different story. |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Exactly my point. Nepotism is when a family member makes an appointment of family members |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Awwwww.... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. ROFL |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I think it is cowardly to hide behind RFK on this. The question is a legitimate one. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. oh boy |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. "No one is defending nepotism. We are not arguing about nepotism at all." |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #60 |
70. bullshit, Bonobo |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I think you make great posts. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. would you please stop insulting me? |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. So by Nepotism, you mean over half of the New York voters are Clinton family members? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
67. while you're studying up on Bobby K. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
82. It sounds like you don't have an answer. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Good question which he won't answer. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Red herring. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Empty response |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Ha! You don't have the courage to answer the OP! |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I've answered it. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Oh, I think I see the problem. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. we know the definition |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Sure he was. But he never acted like a feminist icon, that I'm aware of. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
66. double standard |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. I see what you're saying there. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. thanks |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
78. At least Kennedy had lived there and had some connection to the state. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. WHAT is that photo? |
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mamalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. same question here! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Being blessed by someone I think. |
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mamalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. wow.... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It's hard to come up with something that makes THAT okay. |
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mamalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
81. Seriously! |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Agreed. HRC reminds me of all the senior Officers' wives who ordered us |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. So far no one has denied it. Because it is true. |
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JasonHill (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. Bobby Kennedy was a carpetbagger |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. Maybe HRC is doing us Dems a favor so we'll still have a viable candidate |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I think he has shown resilience. You can't deny the numbers and Hillary has hit him |
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JasonHill (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. That is right-wing propaganda |
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gore000408 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. New Yorkers voted for her and give her high approval |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I think that would only mean that she was a "good carpetbagger". |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. the reason she got in office is that the voters elected her |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Voters like senators who can bring the pork. That is why. Nothing honorable in that. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. you have a link for your statement about how upstate nyers feel about HRC? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Upstate NY lost 240,000 jobs under Hillary instead of gaining the 200,000 she promised. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #40 |
69. actually, NY lost the jobs under George W. Bush |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. And the same can be said of Bobby. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. it is up to the voters |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. True. But the fact is she leveraged unfair advantages. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #56 |
77. how about Al Gore? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. I almost thought you were sincere |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yeah, love all the help you've been around here. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. No, I shouldn't have |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. "No I shouldn't have" |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. well, I'm saddened by it |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I reached out. Thought you were sincere. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I'll be fine. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
45. NEPOTISM: Do the ends justify the means? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
72. again, bullshit |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. Wow. The stench of fear |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. It's more anger than fear. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. At least you are honest. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Honestly I do not think she is equally unlikely. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
57. Now, think. Where, and from whom did we first hear this shit? |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
68. How would she have gotten there without the nepotistic calling in of political favors? |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
73. That site where you got that weird picture is really, really scary. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Do you mean the one on the right? It comes up all over the place in a google image search. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. I did a google search for it. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
80. D L C |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
83. No I don't think she should be in elected office at all. |
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hulklogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-18-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
84. Some people on DU hate democracy, I guess. |
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