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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:46 AM Original message |
The Politico: Some Offended by Rove Rap |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. It was just plain creepy - |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. CREEP - Y |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. AHAHAHAHAHA! |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. I was one of the offended |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Me too, WTF was he trying to do??? Dracula music is more his beat |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Well, it wasn't HIS idea. It was that lame "NO POLITICS ALLOWED" two 'entertainers' they hired |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. A Rove set up??? He practiced those moves...clearly obvious...I don think he was "Plucked" from the |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Oh, total NONSENSE. If it were a setup, they would have done A BETTER JOB. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
92. LOL, ya give him too much credit re"They would have done a better job" |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Opi shoots!! He scores!! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. The World of BushCo has been reduced to a small Fort...Bush hiding in the Bunker |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. It was lame. Anything other than pointing and laughing shows the press's weird |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
97. Deleted message |
Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm trying to put myself in other peoples shoes, but... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. this is exactly the kind of feelings Politico and Drudge are trying to incite |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. I'm with you. It was a bit creepy, certainly stupid, and if it did anything, it DIMINISHED the |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. I just have a problem with people who treat blacks so abysmally |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Good point. |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. "uncool, stick-up-their-ass white people" |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Good, let actors make the movies then. We don't need federal officials "rapping" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. This was not a federally funded event. It was a private club having their annual party. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Sorry, I think it's disgracefully improper. "Those WMD's must be here somewhere! HAHAHAHAHA! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
84. Well,, that happened at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Yes, I am a "so-called progressive" and horribly intolerant. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Whatever. Suit yourself. NT |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. "Entire movies have been made around it." |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. And neither were those two IMPROV idiots. NT |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. suuuuuure. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. Suuuuure? Jesus, you're pretty accusatory. Those two guys are from that IMPROV TV show |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. Hunnnnh????? Since when is Rap "Black Owned" anymore??????? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Lord almight i just watched that |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. Why do people keep quoting "Politco"????? |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. yeah, its propaganda |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Because the TEE VEE does it!!!!! And that's because they don't fucking know any better. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. I was offended because these are serious times, and the main |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I share your view. It was as offensive as B*'s search for WMD's. ....n/t |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Yes... |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. well said! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. You've never seen that annual event before? Did you see the Colbert skewering? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. With the showdown in Congress looming over the war, and Rove |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Well, it's an insider thing. It isn't really FOR 'us'--it's for the press. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. You know, I don't watch the show and would not say anything |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
70. I'm sorry, I think these are separate issues. Personally, I think most movies suck, but I wouldn't |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. I don't have a newspaper subscription nor |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Look, I said I think the two matters are SEPARATE issues. You can't squish them together and make |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. Okay, whatever. We are not going to agree on this at all. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. I guess not. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. Somehow I can't see anyone in FDR's Admin advocating pulling heads off "small animals" like Rove did |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. But that comparison is irrelevant. There's no RULE that says that the |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
77. Precisely! |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. so, basically politico is RW bullshit and propaganda, then? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. It was up there with "no WMDs under this table." nt |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Rove is offensive, period. |
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jackstraw45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. What is OFFENSIVE to me is the reaction of the press corps... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. Overthinking, creepy AND stupid. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. The Gridiron Dinner is a lot of mis-guided self-congratulatory tripe. nt |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. I have seen a lot of rap performers on TV and darn I never ever ever |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. It was absolutely a modern-day minstrel show |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Great post -- thanks for reposting. nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Well, it doesn't come close to burning crosses ... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. To be fair to Rove, who is NOT a fair person himself, it was NOT his idea. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Do you think he just did his "rap" off the cuff? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. You clearly didn't watch the show. He did NOTHING. He said THREE words |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
83. what is it with these heavy handed media types in D.C.? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. They were going for inocuous, painless, 'safe' |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
61. Wow, Alcibiades, for an ancient Greek you really know your rap! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. He only said three words--Em Cee Rove. The other old fools did the rest. NT |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. But, oh, Alcibiades did it best to describe what he did! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #76 |
90. I differ with the characterization. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. Take away that last word |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oh, come on. Lighten up. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't think it was offensive. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Which was a good thing. It chipped away at his thin veneer of invulnerability. NT |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. rove is a popsicle man. |
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la la (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. My feeling- |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie did the left a great service |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Wow, how refreshing! Someone who gets what really happened there!! |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
93. nah, they were just whoring themselves out for a paycheck |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Only the congenitally wealthy escape that fate |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. true, but they could have really made a statement if they wanted to |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #95 |
99. They aren't political satirists like Colbert |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. if you want to think that, whatever works |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. Color me stupid |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. He is a foul tub of lard. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. My first thought on seeing it (other than Rove is a pig) was |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. what I found offensive was Dave Gregory and other |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
74. They were both plucked out of the audience as well. |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. I'm always offended when a**holes think their being funny. n/t |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. The Rethuglican-media complex has this down to a science. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. When are humans going to learn? ALL COMEDY IS OFFENSIVE! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. Cruelty to chickens, that. And FRUIT ABUSE!!!! Can't have THAT! NT |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. I Was Deeply Offended!!! |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Exactly. n/t |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
78. Self-delete |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
58. Ya mean like - With our soldiers in harms way, dying, getting dismembered, |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
69. It was aesthetically offensive, but is it necessarily racist to ridicule rap? |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
79. The only offensive thing about it was that Rove wasn't wearing an orange prison jumpsuit n/t |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
81. Dee dee dee. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Stop! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-02-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I was wondering what the Dee dee dee ruling would be here in GD. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
98. I was offended b/c it was so bad! |
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