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Thu Feb-07-08 08:22 PM Original message |
Did Obama just make a sexist statement against Hillary? "The claws come out." |
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jlake
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. What else is new? |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Yes he did say that on his personal jet |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Yes. Even my husband said that immediately. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. get a life |
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southern_dem
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
62. this |
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Starbucks Anarchist
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, Jesus Christ. |
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REDFISHBLUEFISH
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obviously a veiled sexist statement! |
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Nedsdag
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Fri Feb-08-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
123. And you call Obama supporters "cultists." |
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MADem
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. He'd better hope KITTY doesn't SCRATCH!!! Meow!!!! |
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Deja Q
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Both candidates could be seen as bearish too... |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. gaffe machine not ready for the national stage |
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milkyway
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:33 PM Original message |
If he's so not ready for the national stage then why is Queen Inevitable losing to him? |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. He just can't help himself can he? |
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HCE SuiGeneris
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I know what you mean. Skip, and many others, continue to sling poo. |
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Fri Feb-08-08 06:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
96. Is that a racist remark??? |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yep. That's sexist. nt |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. if she does act like a cat with claws ...backfire! neither one of them can afford to get pulled into |
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Thrill
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. You must be a very insecure person |
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bigwillq
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not sexist. |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. It's the connotation, not the definition that is important here. nt |
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Fri Feb-08-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
113. freddie kruger had claws |
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polichick
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. LOL - I heard it and wondered how long it would be... |
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faithfulcitizen
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Thu Feb-07-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
80. I thought the same thing when I heard it too...Bet someone on DU will make hay-yep! lol |
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Bucky
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh, so now it's somehow sexist to suggest she's a hysterical pussy? |
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Cameron27
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. lol |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. I wonder if he's making a lot more negative comments these days, or if they |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. He sees the momentum dying and is desperate! |
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gmudem
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
69. How's fairy tale land lately? |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Talk about a reach. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hey, if "fairytale" and "LBJ" means racist, "claws" is sexist |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. True enough! |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. Great answer. Obama acts like a Republican - ok for him to say |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Would you have preferred, "The knives come out?" |
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SoxFan
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:37 PM Original message |
Yes! |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Yes, I would. nt |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
76. But knives are phallic (sexist) and stereotypically carried by black men (racist)! |
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LostinVA
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
99. Yes |
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Fri Feb-08-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
111. No, because then they'd be complaining that he called her a Brownshirt |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. That is AWFUL! Put this man in jail ASAP! He may have violated someone's PC code. |
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dchill
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
120. Absolutely! |
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NoPasaran
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think it's speciesist! |
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Smarmie Doofus
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Bit of a stretch but I guess two can play this game. nt |
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Happyhippychick
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not sexist but definitely miskittyish. |
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HysteryDiagnosis
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. Good grief..... n/t |
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Crooked Moon
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. perhaps, but then... |
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Jed Dilligan
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. If Hillary becomes president, |
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boston bean
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. then you can agree that we can look forward to the same type of tedious parsing if obama wins. nt |
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Jed Dilligan
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. At least he's not already famous for it. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes it sounds kind of sexist. When John Edwards used the original phrasing by the |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I too thought of Edwards statement about status quo |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. And Obama paused a moment - thought about it - then pulled the trigger. |
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TriMetFan
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Fri Feb-08-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
107. How true. |
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Orangepeel
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. No. (n/t) |
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angie_love
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. LMAO! Ok then... |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. Obama will be fine..the media doesnt' hate him |
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Straight Shooter
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's sexist. The same comment has been applied to Michelle, by Pox News. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. And if he had said "duke it out", he would be accused of domestic violence. |
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Straight Shooter
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. He wouldn't have said "duke it out." That's the point. First thought in his head is "claws." |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. Unequivocably a sexist statement. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. He is gonna pay for this one again, look for a drop in numbers! |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. Ah, more "victim" talk from the one who turned on a dime to attack Obama after tearing up in NH. |
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Nimrod2005
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Idiot.....Shut up! |
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mtnsnake
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. Your dam right it was. He should have been more tactful and said something like this: |
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tabatha
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well, that should stop the fears of him not being able to stand |
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. i watched my sisters claw each othe up...nasty.... |
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jenmito
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Thu Feb-07-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. Did Bill Clinton make a racist statement when he said Jesse Jackson won SC? |
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TriMetFan
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Fri Feb-08-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #51 |
110. Yes that was wrong. But you are talking |
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jenmito
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #110 |
114. What wrong things has Obama said? |
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KingOfLostSouls
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
52. If he did... |
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AX10
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes. The "claws" of a cat is the reference. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I am sure many women who may be upset or angry have had this used on them in one way or another. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Wonder how he can Spin it? I meant to call her a Lobster? |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is what he said at Tulane University and no I don't think it was sexiest - |
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Samantha
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. That's what I was thinking - a lot of "animals" have claws |
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LostinVA
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #54 |
100. Exactly -- cats' claws -- you agree then it's sexist |
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Warren DeMontague
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
58. Maybe it was an anti-Santa statement. |
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Thrill
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. Are you being sexist? You're insinuating a woman has claws. I'm more outraged |
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jenmito
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
60. Hillary made her gender an issue. She has to take the good with the bad. |
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LostinVA
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #60 |
102. By your logic, it's okay for anyone to be racist toward SEnator Obama |
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jenmito
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #102 |
115. Wrong. First of all, Obama never claimed that he embodies change just because of his race. |
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TriMetFan
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Fri Feb-08-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #60 |
112. And Obama made his race an issue. |
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jenmito
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. No he didn't. The Clinton camp made his race an issue. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. So, he's saying that he's a woman too? This is the weakest cry of "sexism" yet. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. He keeps this up, he'll have to pull out her seat AND pour her a glass of water |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
65. Oh come on! That was not a sexist remark. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
66. by the O standard of racism, it is unquestionably sexism, but it's OK, cuz sexism doesn't matter |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Yep |
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Auntie Bush
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. definitely sexist! |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
68. No - he is not even referring to HRC |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
71. He was just jiving. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
73. A little googling on "the claws come out" |
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southern_dem
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
74. wait, so my male cat doesn't have claws? |
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maximusveritas
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
75. No, people here need to quit being so PC |
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jefferson_dem
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Thu Feb-07-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
77. No. |
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Laurab
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Thu Feb-07-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
78. Is this thread really on the greatest page? nt |
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LostinVA
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Thu Feb-07-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
79. Ask yourself this: would you EVER hear a man say that about another man? |
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Thu Feb-07-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Yes I have... |
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LostinVA
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:25 AM Original message |
No, you haven't |
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LostinVA
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #82 |
98. No, you haven't |
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Thu Feb-07-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
81. But it does explain why he wouldnt shake her hand. |
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Drunken Irishman
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Thu Feb-07-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
83. No, it's a catist statement. |
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Thu Feb-07-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
84. Obama: Clinton 'Knives' Came Out After Iowa |
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JackORoses
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Thu Feb-07-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
85. lions, tigers, and bears have claws as well...cougars too |
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Dr Fate
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Thu Feb-07-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. LOL! |
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Danger Mouse
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Thu Feb-07-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
86. Oh for fuck's sake. |
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NashVegas
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Thu Feb-07-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
88. Hell No, This Is Simply a Gender-Based Attack |
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bhikkhu
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
89. that's a ridiculous stretch |
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LostinVA
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #89 |
104. Yup, cats=catty=sexist |
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MrSlayer
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
90. No. |
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Norwood
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
91. Of course, don't you know that any criticism of Hillary is sexist! |
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JKaiser
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
92. I just don't understand |
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McCamy Taylor
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Fri Feb-08-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
93. Yes, it is sexist, but no the MSM will not talk about how he interject gender into the race. |
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Fri Feb-08-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
94. "the claws come out" is its own common phrase, disctinct from "cat fight" |
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Fri Feb-08-08 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
95. I hope she claws his eyes out!!!! |
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Fri Feb-08-08 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
97. Many Hillary supporters on this board are |
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LostinVA
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #97 |
105. We aren't sick, we're just sick of institutionalized sexism |
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
101. Pointing out that Obama used a sexist slur is very racist of you. |
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Fri Feb-08-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
103. And some folks wonder why people think that Dems are pussies! |
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Heywood J
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Fri Feb-08-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Seconded. |
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Fri Feb-08-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
108. One more bash to add to his list. Mr. Come together and sing Kumbaya...is OFF KEY. Bash, bash, bash |
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cooolandrew
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Fri Feb-08-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
109. This is really reaching here claws apply to animals fighting and this has been pretty vicious fight. |
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Colobo
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
117. Sexist? For God's sakes, you guys are looking for ways to get offended. |
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
118. Witch+ hope+change= claws. Quite simple, silly! |
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dchill
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
119. In species with claws... |
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realFedUp
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Fri Feb-08-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
121. hoping she'd become a pussycat or lioness? |
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kdpeters
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Fri Feb-08-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
122. "Claws come out" similar to "no more Mr. Nice Guy" |
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Fri Feb-08-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
124. I don't know, but who gives a shit except you loons in GD Primaries? |
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