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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:48 AM Original message |
If you never believed in White Privilege before, you can see it in stark relief today |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. i think the media WANTS a close race so they have something to "pundit" about... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. They have advertising to sell |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. My thought exactly. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
72. If that were true Jim Crow would never have taken hold in this country n/t |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. And this morning's discussion from Joe Scarborough about how Obama is "darker" |
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billybob537 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Joe is admitting McCain is a failure |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I thought the lighting did make Obama look darker |
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angee_is_mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Black People tan also |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #53 |
86. And, there are pix out there (I might have one) of him in the surf, shirtless, and tan lines are |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. If I vacationed in Hawaii, I'd be darker too. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The melanin probably kicked in |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Of course. That's why melanin is there! |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Yes, black people tan, too |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Absolutely. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
65. Um |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
67. I'd like to know what being "darker" has to do with anything too. n/t |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. But Barack's got a bigger problem; he's also a Democrat..... |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
78. Nail on the head - If Colin Powell ... |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. What Americans saw at the debate last night: |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Exactly. and McCain cannot undo that impression. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
87. And, not looking an opponent in the eye: impact on foreign relations? What is the protocol? |
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Tutankhamun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. Obama won handily in both style and substance. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. They make so many excuses for their own, it's pathetic. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. So true. Check vid section-As Chris Rock said, there is no such thing as |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It's so true. If the minority member can't hit the homerun and win the game, |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
62. And then the white folks change the rules so they win anyway. |
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Tribetime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. If you can't look Obama in the eye, you lost the debate period |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Doesn't matter what the pundits said. The public said Obama won... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. McCain's goofy vocabulary cracked me up, but nobody has given Obama grief for his speech impediment |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
47. No. There is such a thing as "white privilege" and it is real. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Horseshit |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #48 |
64. Yeah, that seems to be all you contribute. |
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JimDandy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. This guy's posts ALL have one pattern. Most folks just ignore him. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
85. Maybe you have me confused with someone else, JimDandy |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
70. And that dignified treatment is often denied to nonwhites |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #70 |
88. It's a bass-ackwards way of describing racism, of course |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Like I said; perhaps you have to see it from the outside |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. It seems you would like to see McCain brought down for associations in the way Obama has been |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
73. Bullshit! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #73 |
89. You seem to have a serious reading comprehension problem |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I have no problem with reading comprehension. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. I said that which is described as "white privilege" is treatment that all people deserve |
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DaveT (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. Keep in mind that TV is a dying medium |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
66. *butts in* Wow, nice analogy. This should have been a main post! |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. Right. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's ok for Republicans to act like that - it shows their 'strength' |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
20. WTF? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. What about the content of the OP-if Barack made the same gaffes |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Barak had his own gaffes |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. The MSM is destroying McCain on those gaffes. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I pretty much turned off the MSM news after Joe asked if Obama looked too dark and sinister |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You watched a fucking Republican asshole - what did you really expect? |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Yeah, I'm watching the same media that you are and |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. "White privilege" and white people are two different things. |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I know that "white privilege" exisits but it isn't |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Well, it doesn't piss me off. |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. JS's comment is all over the media this morning. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Is it? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #42 |
74. It's been over 24 hours now. |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #74 |
82. I watched it discussed on CNN and |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. That would be cool. I love Worst Person. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. I'm curious that you would take offense to a straight forward observation |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. It's all a big what if... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. I'm white, are you denying white privilege |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. As I said, of course white priliege exists |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. What do you think would happen |
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BrainStorm (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
68. I think we have a black candidate who is winning. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
56. That post didn't shame white people |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
58. I think that your inability to spell Barack Obama's name right simply underscores that OP's point. |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #58 |
80. Spelling? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
75. Your inability to deal with the reality in this country thankfully does not dictate what we discuss |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I wish I could rec this post. |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #75 |
81. I never said that white privilege doesn't exist |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
22. Here's my essay from yesterday... |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. GREAT post! |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
83. Wonderful post and right on! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's not just White Privilege - it's White Republican Privilege. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
60. I agree |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
71. You're absolutely right!! |
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LiberadorHugo (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. Racism would be hilarious if it were not so tragic... |
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agentS (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. White Priviledge won't be enough to save McCain |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. (a) That's not the point, (b) That remains to be seen. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
46. McCain was sure acting uppity last night. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. imho, it's another example of Republican entitlement. |
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angee_is_mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. Hope people read this post |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
55. That's what I see in McCain's surly, hostile behavior. |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. John Is A Malignant Narcissist He Doesn't Care About ANYBODY But Himself |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
57. Talk about affirmative action! (snarfle) |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. "Affirmative action" is why we're in the mess we're in. |
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kevinds13 (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
61. Well, well, well... |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
69. McCain doesn't deserve to be in a debate with Obama. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
79. I don't see THAT as a race thing (there'r plenty of other race things). They would skewered Gore, |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
91. Barack Obama Must Stand HEad And Shoulders Above All Rivals |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
94. you're right. |
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