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Thu Apr-01-10 07:45 AM
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"Often the best course of action lies in the center, reflecting views that a majority of Americans adhere to in daily life. Regarding the role of women in the U.S. economy, I steer clear of the positions espoused by both the extreme right and extreme left of America's political spectrum, as I believe most people do also. There are those who firmly believe that women should stay at home, tending to housework and raising children. Others just as strongly believe that women should compete aggressively with men for jobs, receiving equal pay for equal work. But the market place encompasses the beliefs and aspirations of the American people as a whole, and it is only through the free workings of that market that the true worth and value of womens contributions to the American economy, at any given point in time, can best be measured and determined."
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:06 AM
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| 1. Economic expert Ronald Raygun? |
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Nah.. no idea. I know it wasn't GWB. The sentence structure is intact.
Who? I have a feeling we're going to be very surprised.
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:08 AM
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| 2. Please tell me it isn't Obama |
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:19 AM
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| 3. It's not an Obama quote |
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I can't assign a name to it just yet, I was channeling a yet to be identified future Democratic President :)
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:22 AM
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:24 AM
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...I doubt he'll get elected.
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:31 AM
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| 6. This joke unfortunately is on all of us.... |
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...that we live in a time when it is plausible to entertain the thought that a Democrat might actually say something like this.
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:34 AM
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| 7. I will guess Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Edited on Thu Apr-01-10 08:36 AM by Kurt_and_Hunter
Having guessed, now I can google and find out...
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Added on Edit: Google is no help. Who was it?
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:41 AM
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| 8. She, because of when she lived,, could be excused for those sentiments |
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But by now you probably know that you can't Google it.
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Thu Apr-01-10 08:58 AM
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There is something frighteningly realistic about that quote isn't there? Eleanor was a really creative guess, had she said it, when she said it it would have had a progressive message. I made up the quote for the occaision (as I explained above in other replys) as a political satire paradoy of a trend in today's Democratic Party. Equating expecting women to stay at home and raise kids with believeing women have a right to equal pay for equal work as comparable "extreme" positions is increasingly how progressive thought in America is being marginalized. Anyway...
April Fools!
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Thu Apr-01-10 02:46 PM
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| 10. I'm glad it's made up and sad that it is so like so many of our "representatives" |
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