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flor de jasmim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:40 PM Original message |
I can stay silent no longer...there IS something about Obama that drives me nuts! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, he does a few things like that. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nixon? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. There's a difference: When Nixon said "Let me make something perfectly clear" |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Yeah, Obama owns it now.. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. McCain says stuff from "The Candidate". |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. or "my friends" like I really hob nob with him and his wife at their mansions |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. "My friends" and most particularly "my friend" have a double meaning |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. He stole it from Reagan |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. No, he's been saying "My friends" since Reagan was a candidate for CA gov. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Maybe Reagan stole if from him |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Well, he was using the term well before he divorced Carol Shepp, is all I'm saying. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes! The phrase 'perfectly clear' I, too, associate with Nixon. nt |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:48 PM Original message |
Hillary usually prefaces a statement with "Well, I think..." |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Congratulations! "Nuts" is a Good Thing. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. The OP is not saying Obama is Nixon. |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. haven't noticed it yet - but Bush's "The American people must undersand" drove me batty! |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Beats "My Friends" 100 times in each speech |
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katmondoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Kerry used to drive me nuts saying "I Think" all of the time |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Well in his case he probably really was thinking things out |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Isn't avoiding qualifiers like "I think" a basic tenet of persuasive rhetoric? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Believe you me... |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Let me be very limpid" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Why do you hate limpids? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. "My Friends" vs "Make something perfectly clear" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Listen carefully, dimwitted trolls" |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. Good one! |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. "I am not a crook"... |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Pathetic. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Hillary has been compared to Nixon, Bush... hell, even Hitler. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Really? What rational person compared Hillary to Hitler? |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Everyone has idiosyncrasies. And idiosyncrasies on how they feel about others idiosyncrasies. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nixon was before my time. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. If he ever says "peace with honor" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. If he says he has a secret plan to end the war, better step away from the cellar door.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. For me, it's the ears |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. LOL, them are some big ears. I bet he hears real good. |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. This primary |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. Maybe you should go back to being silent. |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. Obama should laugh more |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. That's mean |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I'm just sayin... |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. I was very very young when Nixon was in office. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. "That's a debate I'll be happy to have" when clearly, he would rather not. NT |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. ## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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sfaprog (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. Every time Hillary votes for war, it reminds me of Bush |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Talking about obliterating people shows you're tough!! |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
57. it's worked out so well for bush |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says "is that a steering wheel in your pants" |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. When Nixon said |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. I only hate the way he says |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Another one to go with the ums and ahs |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. He has a few little ticks like that |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. I thoink he should clear his throat violently and frequently, like Neil Hamburger. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. LOL...a Neil Hamburger reference on DU! |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Best comedian out there! |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yeah, I can understand that... |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
52. If Hillary says, "I BELIEVE..." at the top of voice one more time, I'll commit |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
56. how about "Let me mentally formulate a resonse while I preface verbally with something vacuous." |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Is arugula french? |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
59. Oh yeah, "let me be clear." What an asshole! |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. "Simply stated there is 'NO DOUBT' Saddam Hussein has WMD" DICK CHENEY |
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