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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:32 PM Original message |
Another jaw dropper..White House says Holbrook was joking |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you fucking kidding me? Orwell's spinning like mad. Ladies and Germs meet Minitrue |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. so anything we believed Obama capable of when voting for him is now a "joke?" |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
111. I don't recall him saying he was going to pull out. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
114. +1,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000 ,000 |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
115. Not exactly. He was really serious when he said he would repeal the Bush tax |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I call bullshit on the WH's thinking. |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. As someone who spent many hours |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:37 PM Original message |
He wasn't in the ER |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. I cracked a joke when I was going into surgery 6 months ago. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. did it have anything to do with peace? ending wars? does anyone crack jokes |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. That was his job. Of course it was on his mind. But LOTS of |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
138. Me too. |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Also a good spot for jokes |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
162. Don't bother trying to bring reason or at least a hint of rational thinking... |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. classless and indefensible on its own..nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. You clearly have never worked with many people who are about to die. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:40 PM Original message |
Even if true..they should have just left it alone... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. What would have been the harm in giving him complete privacy |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
134. So you are saying that a top diplomat |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
139. That's a bingo! |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I call bullshit on the spin of the Huffington Post writer n/t |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. You act as if he KNEW he was going to die. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, it is the Obama administration that is a joke. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. A dying man was being ironic. He knew the medical people |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I've never known one who is imminently dying to be ironic. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. I have. My own grandfather was being ironic and making |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. was he making jokes about war and peace? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
71. He wasn't dealing with those issues on a day to day basis, as Holbrook was. |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
53. Perhaps he didn't know he was going to die. nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #53 |
126. Exactly, he was going into surgery, not "dying" |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. right..most dying people tend to joke ..nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Some do. And I, like Holbrook, joked with the staff as I was |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. He wasn't "dying." He was going into surgery to have an aortic |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #89 |
145. Huh? |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. Whether Holbrooke was or wasn't joking -- |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
161. that's correct! |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
85. You guys have to get your story straight |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #85 |
95. They might as well say "He was delirious from the drugs" |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #85 |
140. Excellent point. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. i think they should have left this one alone no matter how badly they want to be in afghanistan |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Sometimes it shows a great command of the English language to say nothing at all. |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. I just read that. It's shameful. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Makes more sense than the first story. |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. How so? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. "You've got to stop the war in Afghanistan." |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. Ah, here we go: |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Making Believe.... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. You'll have to explain that one to me. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. White House pisses on Holbrooke's grave |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. agreed..it is shameful..nt |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:36 PM Original message |
Right. His life is in danger, he's about to have surgery, |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
62. "You've got to relax." = Docs trying to do their job. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Assholes. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Most people "crack wise" from their deathbed. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. He didn't even know he was "on his deathbed". He was about to have surgery. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. So? I was joking with the staff on the way to my surgery. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. He knew it was deadly serious |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. +1 |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
65. Count me in with Botany. He knew the score. nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
74. Ever watch MASH? People can be ironic and make wisecracks |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
92. OMG, you're comparing this to a tv show? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #92 |
105. Good for your grandfather. But that TV show was a good depiction |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #92 |
128. It was a fairly realistic TV show |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
99. Is it okay if those "surgeons" I ask are actors as well? How about the patients? Can I ask |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. Here's someone else with real life experience. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
141. plus you don't joke about a war in which so many lives have been lost or ruined. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
64. Do you believe that he wasn't aware of how dire his medical situation was? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. Many people deal with fear by using humor -- right up to the end. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. EVEN if that were true....I think it is despicable to announce it. Like ending the war is such a |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. it is beyond creepy..nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. It really is... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
94. I'm with you. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
129. Everyone wants to end the war |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
135. +1,111,111,111,111,111 |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
147. youre on the money! i agree. n/t |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
157. I think the truth is somewhere in the middleof the two extremes but I agree |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. The dialogue rings true |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. It does. n/t |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. OK, I GOTTA ask |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. His last words were a joke about Afghanistan? |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Good one Crankie... :D |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
86. Exactly, it doesn't sound right at all. |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
118. LOLOLOLOLOL |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. This reporter used the word joke and "dismiss". If you just read |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Exactly. The reporter framed it in a negative way. n/t |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's some sick shit |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why were his last words made public? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. what you really wouldnt like is IF they were printed and someone else interpreted them for you.nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. Bullshit. |
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SalviaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. Sounds plausible to me. |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. If I ever lose my sense of humor I am a goner! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
75. Absolutely! n/t |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:49 PM Original message |
There's a time to shut the fuck up. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
133. Some people would think this is not funny |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. WTF...is jovial about Afghanistan or Iraq??!!! |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. if he were going to joke, as they say, this is not subject matter anyone would joke about. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
87. The WH is trying to make him look like an ass |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
49. dupe nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
51. That's a jaw-dropper alright! |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
54. he really meant "continue the war indefinitely" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
55. wow, just wow. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
56. Note to WH, having heard dying man's last words a few times |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. Some dying people do joke. My grandfather was joking |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #80 |
116. My husband has had heart surgery several times |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
57. That is sick shit that the WH even made a comment., Disgusting. nt |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
59. Well obviously he was joking...I mean, why would anyone want to end the war? |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. Because Afghanistan is just so fucking funny |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. Now THAT smells like - |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
67. This administration is moving from inept to evil, imo. n/t |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
70. It's official..... |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
72. another less biased report |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. different report ..still renders valid what was on his mind..end the war if afghanistan |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #76 |
100. well, the administration believes their actions are 'ending' the 'war' |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
73. Doesn't anyone besides me remember MASH? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. uh..mash was a tv comedy show..and while i liked it..it was a comedy show..nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. And the use of humor in war was realistic. Doctors do have senses of humor |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. Deleted message |
pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #90 |
104. So? They were his last words in the context of a broader exchange, |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. I worked in a hospital that was **NOT** a comedy show, and |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #91 |
113. unfortunately sal, while i have not worked in a hospital, i have spent much time |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #113 |
130. "Mean?" . . . . Heavens to Betsy, |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #130 |
132. lol..snarky..stop it..stop trying to drag my personality or emotional whatever into it.. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
77. How dare they shit on a dying man's last words. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
79. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
82. I hit "unrec" mistake - help me, someone. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Took care of it for you. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #83 |
98. Thank you. I appreciate that. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
88. Unrecced. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
93. Death bed levity. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
96. This just in: HIS FINGERS WERE CROSSED AND HE WINKED WHEN HE SAID IT |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
97. wanting to end the war is a joke? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. no, telling the doctor to deal with the war while he relaxes was the joke |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #101 |
131. Exactly. Why is this such a difficult idea for some people? |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
102. Oh for fucks sake... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. actually |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
107. I'm beginning to lose all respect for the assholes who write at HuffPo |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
108. So It Would Make More Sense to Believe Holbrooke |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
109. How low some have fallen to pretend war and peace is any sort of a joke. REC'D n/t |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
110. Why is this administration so thin skinned? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #110 |
123. He had one (narrow) mandate. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
112. I'm sure he was joking.... but being serious at the same time. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #112 |
125. Exactly. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
117. disgusting. this is becoming morbidly creepy at this point. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
119. Sick, just fucking sick. |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
120. Given the context, I see the White House's point |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #120 |
137. It's bizarre that the White House would even comment on this. nt |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
121. As someone who attends a fair number of deathbed vigils... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
122. When a war promoter tells you to get out, I guess calling it a joke |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
124. Whatever the man said or meant the idea of the gov't trying to spin it politically is repellant. |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #124 |
165. thank you |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
127. The jokes on us for believing in this administration n/t |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
136. an article clarifying Holbrookes' position |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
142. I am really starting to reevaluate my relationship with the Obama |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
143. BULLLL SHIIIIITTTT!!! |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
144. The "WH" is sickening - No difference than if Bush & Cheney were back in office! |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
146. AHAHAHAHAH FUNNY FUNNY |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
148. Yes. Holbrooke WAS joking with the the Pakistani doctor. |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
149. It is not "they the rich" |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
150. I think most people with an aortic tear know the possibility |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
151. Another case of a lack of good judgement......... |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
152. There is no change, and no hope. nt |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
153. I understand gallows humor but I don't see the joke here. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #153 |
156. Try this ... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #156 |
171. Possible but not a clear contender for fact. |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
154. When Holbrook told this joke, who was he expecting to laugh? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
155. Holbrooke was kind of the one member of the team anyone could |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
158. Anyone know if the hospital he was taken to is "connected" in any way to the "others"? |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
159. F'ing Classless! |
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BrownieGman (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
160. Love of life... |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
164. Joke or no joke, ending the war must have weighed heavily |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
166. bullshit. nt |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
167. This actually makes sense |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
168. "Many a truth is said in jest." |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
169. Help the Bombardier? I'm the Bombardier! |
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Marnie (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
170. Why would the make any comment on their envoy's last conversation? |
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