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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:27 PM Original message |
Administration Asserts Holbrooke's Last Words Were 'Joking Exchange' |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Called it |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yep, dying is just another humourous occasion ... nt |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You joke about thinks you can't do anything else about. nt |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Like dying? nt |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Ever been to a funeral? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Exactly like dying. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Bingo |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Makes more sense then him saying "You need to end the war" to a surgeon. nt |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Ha ha. Real funny" - Dead and Maimed Human Beings |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm Nascious |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. To Take A Person that Worked his whole life on Peace and Negations. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It doesn't cheapen Holbrook's life. It cheapens Crowley's credibility. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Whitehouse is SICK!! |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Obama - if you won't respect Holbrooke's words |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. "END THIS FUCKING WAR" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Actually, Holbrooke's last words were praise for the administration's decision |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's an obnoxious spin from Amanda Terkel |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. this administration will go through ANY lengths to spin information. It's disgusting and Bush-like. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. invasion of the body snatchers, man |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. For those flipping out .... do you recall this ... |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. But that's TOTALLY DIFFERENT |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Which is not quite the same as making a joke out of a needless war |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Not at all hard to believe ... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. he wasn't joking about the war itself but about the doc telling him to relax |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why does the WH feel it's necessary to address this? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Holbrook has been our special envoy to Afganistan ... |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. In fairness... |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Oh I doubt he was joking while rushed for medical help....last thing he would do is joke! I met him. |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Of COURSE he was joking around! He had no idea he was about to die |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thank you Mr. Expert on Death |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You seem very offended by the very notion that he was joking ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. +100000 |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. If he had no idea he was about to die, his medical team had not done a very good job of explaining.. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. He wouldn't have said it in that moment unless he meant it. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Did Reagan *actually* hope his surgeons were Republicans? (nt) |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Of course he did. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. Unbelievable. I can't believe I worked to get this admin elected. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. Maybe so, but how, honestly, do you all reconcile this with his involvement with the |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. Memo to WH: There is one appropriate way to handle the last words of a dying man. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You're so right. There was no need for this. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Yes. And they're ahead in that game. nt |
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stillrockin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Amen. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
44. The WH spin is as sick as fuck. n/t |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
45. Yea - joke about Afghanistan. ha. ha. ha. |
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