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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:35 PM Original message |
Something about Russert that really bothered me: |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Integrity is for paupers." |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And he wound up being a very rich man... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. It meant a big deal to Irish Catholics - |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Of course, there's always pride when someone who comes from your own kind achieves something, just |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Pride -- that's the word I was looking for. |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I agree.... Pride is a powerful thing.... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sure he was just fine or whatever |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Tweety also says this ... |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes, I've heard Tweety say this, too. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. He's also said "people like a guy as president." What a jerk. nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think you are reading too much into this. |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. "...but it was all those qualities you mentioned that had people behind him not just that he was |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. "one of us" doesn't mean "irish catholic" |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. What does "He's one of us" mean, in your opinion? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. But golly what a great journalist Tim "everything is presumed to be off the record" Russert was! |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. it bothers me when we seperate ourselves from others |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I agree with your entire post - except for the penultimate sentence, which seems to be |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. sorry- |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I'm so sorry that you're going through a difficult time today, for whatever reason. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. thank you- |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. At least his father was honest about it. Most people aren't. nt |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. I posted this earlier |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Interesting. Thanks. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's the same pride African-Americans have for Obama. Silly thread. -nt |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. "like us" could mean all those things (you're speculating in a putrid way) |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was raised in a family where IrishCatholicDemocrat was one word |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's always rubbed me the wrong way too. Here's the thing: if by saying "he's |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
28. I don't wan't to get into Russert, but Obama is one of us |
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