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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:58 PM Original message |
Obama's Kitchen Sink. He originated the Tonya Harding/Hillary Clinton comparison. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. In 2007, when Hillary was WAY ahead and presumed the nominee. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Not to mention that he does not compare Clinton with Harding, but rather |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Exactly. If anything, this article proves Obama is better person than she is. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:02 PM Original message |
But yet the Hillary brigade rushes in to offer their high-fives, without actually reading the text. |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Per Usual. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. but by the logic of Obama fans |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. That is a very clever angle. I like it. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
80. He said it back in December! |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
52. that's how I understood it as well. OP is off the mark. nt |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
78. He was the first one to utter the words he is phonetically liable for it |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. How, exactly, is that an attack on Clinton? He's saying that he won't kneecap Clinton. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It's not. Shillbots are so desperate to sling shit that they'll say anything. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Not helpful n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. If you wish to be helpful, perhaps you could point out where Obama compared Harding to Clinton. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I don't play like that |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Go ahead. Be deliberately obtuse when it comes to your candidate. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. So when he said he wouldn't kneecap Hillary, he was attacking her, because Harding is also a woman? |
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Drachasor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Everyone was in the race at that point. It was before any primaries |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Okay. So, how does saying "I won't pull a Tonya Harding and kneecap the other candidate" constitute |
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Drachasor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. I certainly don't think so, I was just clarifying the situation at that time |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Gotcha. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. I think you're reading a bit too much into that |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh gosh, I didn't realize that Tonya Harding was off limits |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. Really. Why shouldn't he use her as the butt of jokes? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. huh... just a few weeks before |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You're usually reasonable. MF, where did he compare Clinton to Harding? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. My point is that he said he wouldn't kneecap |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Which, in addition to being highly debatable, has nothing to do with the OP's wild claims. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yep. Gotta give the guy credit. |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. So you're not gonna admit... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. SCREW THAT! Hillary=Tonya Harding started HERE at DU. *I* started it Nov2006 |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Speaking of brass, I note y'all are avoiding explaining exactly how Obama compared HRC to TH. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Yeah. Obama is a genius. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Pathetic. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh no you didn't just diss Obama! |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Man, Obama is one funny guy. nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Good for him. Time he started calling it like it is. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. No... he's not accusing the Clinton campaign of using this tactic... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Unfortunately, he wasn't. He was saying that he wouldn't use that tactic. He never |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Oh well, I wouldn't mind if he did. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. And? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. Logic. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. HRC is kneecaping herself n/t |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. But it was WashingtonPost that called Clinton's sniper lie a "4-Pinocchio" n/t |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Since Pinnochio was a wooden puppet |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. I appears that he is saying the HE won't be Tonya Harding. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Correct. He made no comparisons between Harding and Clinton. OP either didn't read closely, |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. How is saying he won't go negative |
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Mooney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. If you guys want Obama to lose, you'd better come up with a better smear. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Not helpful n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I note you have not called the OP "not helpful," despite it being a patently false smear. |
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Mooney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Should I have suggested ways in which Obama can be smeared more effectively? n/t |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. How about trying to smear McCain? |
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Mooney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I'm not the one smearing. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Done n/t |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. HRC... |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. This just in: Obama criticized for refusing to engage in Clinton's dirty politics. (nt) |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. He said that in 2007, before the MSM made the Tonya Harding comparison |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. Reading is fun-damental |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. I just asked in another post, could someone list the negative... |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. That fact is, whoever did or did not say Tonya Harding, Obama |
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shockra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
55. Good find. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. So, he twice says he won't kneecap Clinton. How is that drawing a comparison between |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. He was using mind control techniques, and secretly convincing |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
57. Tonya Harding is a pretty common phrase at this point |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. No Maddy - He said he would not be like Tonya Harding |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
61. To my reading, this sounds more like he was comparing Clinton to Nancy Kerrigan. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. This is not helpful |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. If the skate fits ... |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. No Rly. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
67. Not aimed at the OP |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
68. What an effing charlatan |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Yeah, the OP is pretty shameless. I agree. |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
70. It's not that he compares |
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NDambi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
71. yawnnnnnnn maddy mad |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
72. Aww poor Hillary |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
74. This OP is an object lesson in how weeks of losing has had an impact on Clinton & her supporters |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Reading comprehension and logical thinking |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
76. Reading comprehension is your friend. |
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Chicken George (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
77. Barack Gillooly |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
79. some people are not going to realise that you are pulling their legs with this Maddy |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
81. Present. eom |
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