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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 03:08 PM Original message |
President Obama: Ferraro blazed trail for all Americans |
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vroomvroom (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. I doubt Ferraro would have been as kind about Obama. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. She told the truth as she saw it, something almost NO politicians, including |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Geraldine Ferraro: 'If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.' |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Well, now Rice and the one who called Hillary a "monster" have to work with her. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. And now Hillary has to work for the man she implied didn't cross the CIC threshold. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. You are repeating yourself. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Not at all. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Obama is one classy guy. |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. +1 |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Yeah, I could never feel the same about her after '08. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. +1 |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. +1 |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Very. +1 |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. + a really big number |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. And... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. So........ |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. This is why he's being classy: 'Ferraro's comments about Obama were racist. Why can't we say that?' |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Because "racist" is a matter of interpretation. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Wrong. You just proved the point the author was making. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Wrong my a$$ |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Ferraro's comments are clear as a dog whistle to anyone who has ever faced racism. We know her type. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. What's this "we" kimosabe? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Deleted message |
Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I'll refrain from responding in kind. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Such irony. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Wow she got elected in New York as a Senator |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. "racist" is a matter of interpretation. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. You had to go back how many decades to find that pic? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. If what you're implying about Obama is true, why didn't Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Moseley Braun wasn't even a good senator. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. WOW!!! "It's not a race thing, it's a class thing." |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. This thread is about the President's comment about Ferarro's passing. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Comment after comment about Obama's "class", but no one word about Ferraro's passing? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Here's two words: Good riddance. I'm glad I won't have to hear her Faux drivel in 2012. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I never said good riddance when Teddy passed. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. You said worse. And one did not have to meet Ferraro to know she was an unapologetic racist. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. the thread is about what Obama did in response |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Well, yes.... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
67. His comments are classy after the shit she said. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Hi, Forky!! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I'm fine, thanks, but your words betray you on Obama. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I am glad that you're better. |
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InAbLuEsTaTe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. R.I.P. Gerry. She was one helluva trailblazer. |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. She showed her true "colors" in 2008. |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I also remember it was between her and Dianne Feinstein for the VP spot. |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Wow, I wasn't aware of that story... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. It was not bitterness, prejudice or vengeance. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yeah right, because there was no sexism........... |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. Name one Hillary site that has not used sexism or racism, |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Geraldine Ferraro supported President Obama in the 2008 General Election (eom) |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. "This time Ferraro came out and wrote that she might not support Obama in the general election..." |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Her comments to a small newspaper in CA were misinterpreted. |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Ferraro's issue in 2008 wasn't that she was a racist. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. All reasonable people? |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Um… I don't think I'm the one lacking objectivity here. NT |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
68. All reasonable people. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Well-said, although I would say being a racist was part and parcel of her blowing the dog-whistle. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. She was NOT a racist. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. ROFL! Of course she was. Her on-the-record comments were appalling, to say the least. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. DU's own Geraldine Ferraro wannabe -- |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Its a good thing Beacool is real objective on such matters LOL! NT |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. +1000 |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. My, my, my, you have been a very busy kitty. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Ferraro in 2008: "Barack Obama would not have made it this far if he was a white man." |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Pres O is classy especially under the circumstances -- |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Ferraro's issue in 2008 wasn't that she was a racist. |
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DemocratAholic (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. sad |
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aaaaaa5a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Very well said! |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. So her comments to some newspaper in San Francisco obliterate a lifetime of work? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
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74. I was only speaking for myself |
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