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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 08:37 PM
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Hmmm...I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight.....
Hmmm...I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight.....

If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're 'exotic'
and 'different.' Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, you're an American story.

If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, and you're a maverick.

Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, then you're
well-grounded.

If you spend 3 years as a community organizer, become the first black
President of the Harvard Law Review, help register 150,000 new voters,
spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, 8 years as a State
Senator of a district of 750,000 people, chair the state Senate's
Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the US Senate
representing a state of 13 million on people, sponsor 131 bills, and
serve on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works, and
Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership
experience. If your resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and
6 years as the mayor of a town of 7,000 people, 2 years as governor
of a state of 650,000 people, you're qualified to be a heartbeat away from
the presidency.

If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while
raising 2 daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real
Christian. If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, left your ill
wife, and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.

If you teach responsible, age-appropriate sex education, including the
use of birth control, you erode the fiber of American society. If you staunchly advocate abstinence-only education, while your teen daughter ends up pregnant, you're responsible.

If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a
prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city
community, then gave that up to raise a family, you don't represent
America's family values.

If your husband is called 'First Dude', has a DWI conviction, didn't
register to vote until 25, and was a member of a group that advocated
secession of Alaska from the USA, yours is the quintessential American
family.

And, finally, if you're famous for your quick temper, you're the one to
have your finger on the red nuclear button.

OK, much clearer now.

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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 08:41 PM
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1. I think that sums it up
:rofl:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 08:47 PM
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2. that's about it
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 08:50 PM
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3. Wild, isn't it. I sent this to a friend's sister who had a few
'choice' words about Obama. She lives in NC and her bigotry was alive and well.
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The Wielding Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 08:53 PM
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4. Thank goodness that stuff is over, and we have the best one for
hopefully the next 8 years!
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Azlady Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 08:55 PM
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5. Wow, that is VERY well written, I'm sending this to a couple of repugs... Thanks n/t
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 08:58 PM
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6. Well, we all know who is going to end up being called Mr President so the people seemed to
Edited on Sat Nov-08-08 08:59 PM by Pirate Smile
have a pretty clear view of all this during this Presidential election.

Thank goodness the BS didn't work this time (at least in the Presidential election).
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 09:03 PM
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7. Yep, I'm good with that.
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ihavenobias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 09:25 PM
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8. K & R
Awesome!
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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-09-08 12:25 AM
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9. Well,....Yeah.....
...if you want to put it THAT WAY. K&R
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-09-08 06:59 PM
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10. God bless the patriarchy, eh?
"If your wife ... gave that up to raise a family, you don't represent America's family values.

If your husband is called 'First Dude' ... yours is the quintessential American family."

I could do without that bit of wisdom, reminding us that women stay home while men work, in "real families."
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-09-08 08:21 PM
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11. Very insightful...
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