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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:04 AM Original message |
Pastor Wright's PR blitz: "as selfish of a move as we've seen in some time" |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. I really wish some of you would open your eyes... This whole thing has nothing to do with... |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I agree with Susan Rice that Rev. Wright is "more interested in redeeming his legacy." |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. But he wasn't out there speaking for Barack Obama, he was speaking for ... |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Rev. Wright was indeed speaking for Rev. Wright. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. OP is wrong about one thing, this hurts the entire democratic party |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The man's ego is apparently as big as Bill Clinton's! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
45. did you hear his talk? |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
61. did you hear Dean scream? The media has it now..... |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Yes, both last night and his bombastic, self-serving "performance" at the National Press Club. |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Yeah? |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
88. It's the "arrogant" adjective that is doing... |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. tell that to the voters in my state, especially the party switchers |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Why should Obama have to apologize for his pastor? |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
62. Rev. Jeremiah Wright's Media Blitz Forces Barack Obama to Face the Angry Black Man Test -- Again |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. it is an issue because it gives insight into who Barack is... there are reasons he CHOSE wright... |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. What about Wright's slip..He IS to be "Obama's Vice President" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #46 |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Plus he did such a fine job. Sure he seemed a bit cocky etc.. but being a |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. you're right |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe if more people heard him speak they would not think he is divisive |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I'm not so sure about that. I didn't find him too bad last night, but I was turned off by him at the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. have you forgotten what the media did to DEAN? |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It won't work this time. They have tried and tried but the American people are much more |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I haven't forgotten but... |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I noticed that too |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for the load of fresh manure! |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ol Rev Wright. The gift that keeps on giving. He has an immense ego |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Unfortuately--i think the Dem party will suffer as a whole. The gift is to the Repugs. |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Internet polling, as I'm sure you know, is hardly representative |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Internet polling should favor Obama. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Some of Hillary's base are retired. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
70. Yep, Wright Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have been perplexed about this for |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "the media are keeping it going" No, no, no. The MSM dropped it - and Wright jumped back on stage. |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The MSM never dropped it. They ask him about Wright all the time. |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Don't you talk about my Mama! |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. As a Hillary supporter, the Rev. Wright is the gift that keeps on giving. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
68. The Man's Church Is Getting Death Threats |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. The people calling for Wright's silence are the same kind who called for MLK's silence over Vietnam. |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
55. Exactly! |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. Wright is incredibly narcissistic |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
27. If Hillary gets the nomination at this point, and this is seen as the |
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IowaGirl (539 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
29. Part of me feels sorry for Obama, but..... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. thanks, you said that very nice--I agree. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. You did not tell us who wrote this steaming heap of ungulate dung |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. See the OP. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Pathetic. But that is what I have become accustomed to from Mr. Metheun |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Link and citation right in the OP: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com MSNBC first read |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Why aren't you reponsible enough to do it in the OP? |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. It is in the OP. With a link to it, w/ "MSNBC first read" & "That's MSNBC" as citations. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. That is not attribution, that is a link. Attribution is who WROTE it, |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. Are you OK? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Avoid much? |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Dear, here on DU links are most commonly supplied without an author's name. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. According to who? |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 06:38 AM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Clam down, dear. |
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Babel_17 (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. "First thoughts: You're so vain..." |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. Wright probably believes this is his chance to become the Diogenes of the 21st century. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
39. You're comparing Wright to those criminals? |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
40. Wright needs to be sequestered like Obama's grandmother. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
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Bensthename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
42. Will they now poll people on Wright's electability? MSM acts like he is the candidate.. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Wright did say something about being Obama's VP. Who knows? |
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Bensthename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. lol, yah he did.. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
43. No he isn't. I know you cling to that hope but Obama will be the nominee |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Rev Wright is to be Obama's Vice President.. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
49. MSNBC is DIVISIVE |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Keith Obamamann is MSNBC's RockStar! |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Not Since PA |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Wright stating is to be Obama's VP |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Posting That Poll Question |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. The poll question is based on Wright's recent sermon "I'm Descriptive not Divisive" |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Do You Honestly Think |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. You've heard of reporting? Where news events are covered and then distributed to larger audiences? |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Sound Bytes |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. So... you've heard every word in every speech Clinton and or Obama has given? |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Silly Question |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. That poll question is on their website.. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. I Didn't Vote |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. I didn't either.. because I really didn't understand the question.. |
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Blomst (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
98. Wright is not destroying Obama. |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. If he didn't say it, the media couldn't show the clip |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
58. k and r |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. Blame Hillary, Not Rev. Wright! |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Theres no comparison of the two camapigns.. |
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Yossariant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. Your post sounds like George Bush. Obama reminds me of Bush so it's no surprise, I suppose. |
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LulaMay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
77. It's like Butteh! |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Did I forget the buttah? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
87. PIRATES! |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
89. Hillary and her strategists are now wishing Wright would go away. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Desperate for attention, you keep spamming threads with links to your own posts. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
90. It's not selfish. He is defending his name and is a respected man |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
93. USA Today -- "Analysis: Wright puts Obama on defensive" |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
94. Always appreciate your insight, MethuenProg! |
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jalynn (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
95. Great post |
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Fermezlabush (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
96. Thanks! Your posts are always relevant and to the point. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
97. Hey MP--even when HBO fans name call -you treat them with respect--and give |
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