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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:55 PM Original message |
Birthers: yes, they're racist but it goes far deeper than that. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Randi Rhodes is just covering this . . . a crusade by the GOP for the really, really dumb!! |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's partially where I got the inspiration for my post. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I don't think they can take that too far because basically . . . |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. An Overdeveloped Sense of Privilege knows no logic. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. "I believe that everyone who lives in this country should learn our native language: Apache!" |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. Some Africans arrived before some Europeans; others didn't... |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. I think there really is some question about McCain's status. Born in a Panama Canal |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. I would have never figured that out. Thanks. I guess what I mean is that I |
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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. POS screecher |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Welcome to DU. |
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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Thanks, Betsy Ross! |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. I'll third that--Free Leonard!! |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Welcome to DU, Diane |
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catbyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Thanks, Sarge! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Welcome! I have many relatives who are part-Ojibwe! White Earth band. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Welcome to DU and all respects to your Dad. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. I know what you mean!! LOL!!! I'm still waiting on my |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. Yes, the European invasion of the Western Hemisphere - how presumptuous. |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. When that woman screeched |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. I thought the same thing when I heard that woman at the town hall shout |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I saw this same woman on TV and... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. Just 'beginning?' I commend you. n/t |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. They might want to read the 14th Amendment of the USC |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. You are absolutely correct, in my opinion. |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You know.... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, of COURSE they are citizens. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I think most of the birthers would gladly take us back to that time. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Is there a group now going around unrecc'ing all the "birther" threads-- |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Good question. I just assumed it was some one on DU who hates my guts. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I've noticed that threads dealing with "the crazy right-wing" often get |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I agree and I think you may have a point about the unreccs. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. I heard echoes of this in Buchanan's rant about "white folks" on Maddow. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes. Pat B is a bag of liquified pig excrement. |
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emdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. I believe that is a true assumption... |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I'm sure the Secret Service have their eyes on him as we speak. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Which shows that there are nutcases on DU, too. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Nonsense. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. As if any of them have (or can) read that document! |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. And his mother was a white American citizen. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. BINGO! But again, that's something even THEY know better than to say aloud. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yes. As an African American woman, this is about an age-old stereotype |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. And as a white male, I'm glad I'm not off-base with my assumptions. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Yes, and it's up to us to stand up to them too. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. No, you were SPOT ON. There are so many white people who do get it. My passion in this life |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Great post. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. Funny that we're actually talking about it |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. If the right wing was controlling the dialog, we'd be talking about his birth certificate |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Really now? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Right. You know, there is a whole world out here that isn't in your mind. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. How dare |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. I think were all confused by their arguement |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. aha! The truth comes out |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. They are ready to follow Palin and Bachman and Joe the Plumber |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. Correct. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. Why even give this any attention? |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Why? Because cockroaches scatter when you shine light on them. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
64. In 1990, Democrats said "Why give Rush Limbaugh any attention?" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. its a desperate grab for a straw as they slowly sink into the quicksand |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. Then why stop with an Amendment to the Constitution? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. Birthers.....The last Bastion of Cretinism ! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
54. and yet, if they checked the history of DNA |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
56. um, isn't that racist to the core? |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
60. I've said this many times to my wife since Obama |
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