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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:51 AM Original message |
Did David Letterman get a free pass? |
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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Does this same salon writer |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. are you justifying the joke about a 14 year old being impregnated by an adult? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Who made a joke about a 14 year old girl? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Get real... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
135. Letterman can tell his jokes if bush can get away with murder...nt |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
175. Anyone sharper than a door knob knows the joke was about Bristol |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Why? |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I asked a question. You didn't answer. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Not my op to answer. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Sorry, but these are the silliest answers to a well written article I have ever encountered at DU |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. A pass? DL is calling them like he sees them. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Hmmm and what outfit would she be wearing that you are referring? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Ask DL. I didn't make the joke. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Yes. I'd like to here the answer to that, too. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
163. Aw, Gosh Darn.... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. What makes you such an expert on women wear? |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You are not serious. Are you? Can we discuss the content of the misogyny referenced in the article? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Don't attack me. I'm with you. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Obviously, emilygdidn't see misogyny in the Letterman joke - as far as I can tell, s/he's |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
47. Back in the 70s |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
159. Wrong. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I didn't make the joke, ask DL. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. Dear me, what punishment would be sufficient ?? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. I have contacted his sponsors and the network. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. No... you are wrong |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
160. Where did I speak for ALL women? |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
148. I hope you recognize the irony here. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #148 |
172. You're assuming I |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. Oh, yeah. Progressive feminists need to be told what to think about Letterman. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
16. There is no liberal vs conservative on this, just people |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Excellent post. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. I don't get the "slutty" thing |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #63 |
95. She winked |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #95 |
100. It's a pretty common expression with rural women, IME |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #100 |
108. During the campaign... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:30 AM Response to Reply #108 |
113. I do wonder |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:56 AM Response to Reply #113 |
121. Well ... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. But there are similarities |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:43 AM Response to Reply #128 |
131. I agreee that... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #131 |
134. I disagree |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #100 |
146. Generally I agree with what you said above |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #63 |
156. She a tramp. Perhaps you can't see it. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #156 |
169. Can you define 'tramp' please. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
123. Same old stupid and unimaginative sexist slurs |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #123 |
139. RIGHT. There are enough things to go after other than how she dresses, etc. nt |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
155. Then don't defend her. She deserve it for aligning with such a backwards cause. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
96. Oh come on ... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #96 |
107. Sorry, double standard |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
140. And folks here said Laura Bush dressed like a sofa. Women can't win when it comes to clothes. nt |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #140 |
166. Of course, no one ever made fun of what Dick Cheney or Dubya wore. |
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ScreamingWhisper (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
170. Proof there is still hope...well said |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. As for the Playboy thing: Why would you give publicity to a marginal publication? |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I think she fought back against the sexualization of young women - a big topic these days. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. No she didn't. She's never ever spoken out on the sexualization of young |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. this is a myth |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Here's your link: |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. and if you dig further,you find out she does support it... |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. So it's not a "myth" - it's based on an answer Palin gave which was VERY clear. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. no, it's based on an (apparently) binary questionnaire |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Wow, she sounds great. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:19 AM Response to Reply #74 |
82. i never said she sounds great. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #70 |
90. So what exactly is "explicit sex ed" if not teaching about contraceptives & STDs? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #90 |
94. well, you don't want to go stampeding towards the clitoris |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:35 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. At best, Palin was hedging her answer in the 2006 survey to get the support of the right-wing group |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:40 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. i disagree |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. She wasn't making a binary Yes/No answer. She wrote more than Yes/No. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. for all you know |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Actually, I believe teaching about abstinence is wack. I believe kids should be taught to |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. i have no problem with teaching about abstinence and contraception |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:07 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. What's there to teach about abstinence? Isn't it more that you teach about the risks related to |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #109 |
111. i am well aware of your points |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #111 |
116. "the entire point of society is that we rise above our base needs/desires and make decisions based |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #116 |
154. i don't want to get into a long |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Bullshit. She also thinks the Earth is 6,000 years old & Dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #71 |
77. which is of course irrelevant to the claim |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Funny, then, that the Jesus nutters love her so much more than McCain. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #80 |
86. again, how is that relevant? |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #58 |
119. Ugh, thank you |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is why I hate political correctness |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. If a grown man made a joke about another grown man |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Hmmm .. but you've never turned your head to keep watching a woman at the beach without checking |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Hey I knew GIRLS and yes GIRLS who were mothers AT AGE 13 |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Well, I am her mother. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Do you push your daughters in the spotlight |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. It doesn't matter what Letterman knew or did not |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Many jokes poke fun at men, many jokes poke fun at women. It's the nature of jokes. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Bush and Clinton and Clinton are mature people |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
153. BINGO. nt |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
59. emilyg |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
152. He would have made the same joke if Barbie's offspring was a boy |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. So Bristol's mom is an ass, so Bristol |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. She is going along with that abstinence shit. . Hell Bristol is dangerous |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
69. Should Bristol's mother be using the joke for political purposes? Which is worse? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
141. But don't blame the kids for the parents. Leave Palin's kids alone. nt |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. +1 |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. There's a difference |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
53. that putsit in a different prospective but.... |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I understand that |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
76. I would have a problem if she didnt put her self out there |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. Hypocrisy is tricky |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #91 |
110. But you have to admit when you go on a publicity tour and become a national figure |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #110 |
115. It's about discretion, I guess |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:58 AM Response to Reply #115 |
122. The Bush Twins did not go on publicity tours |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #122 |
129. But we have to be honest |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 05:10 AM Response to Reply #129 |
133. I have a problem WITH Bristol and the message she is preaching |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #133 |
136. There's a difference though |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #136 |
137. Well are jokes about the Jonas Brother's promise rings off limits? |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #137 |
145. An 18 year old is hardly any kind of establishment |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #145 |
147. I reserve my right to laugh at the whole promise ring /abstinence bullshit |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #145 |
173. She aligned her self with the establishment |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #110 |
117. A woman running for office leaves herself open for bigoted comments? |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:56 AM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Letterman didn't act like a bigot - all he said was that Palin's daughter got knocked up. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:07 AM Response to Reply #110 |
143. Yes, but not your kids. nt |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. Bristol the daughter went on it her self |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #144 |
149. She is being used as a prop/pawn. Leave her alone .nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
142. BINGO. People here do not understand the differences between public and private language. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
168. It's alwasy 'political correctness' when the brunt of discrimination falls on someone else. |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. So...about this whole Iran thing |
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sfbabe3 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
34. What if a "comedian" made a joke about raping the Obama girls or called Mrs. Obama "slutty?" |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. What comedian has recently made a joke about raping an underage girl? See #17. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Wrong !!! |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Dear sfbabe3 |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Really? Show me a picture where she looks like a slutty |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I'll find some in the morning, but in the meantime here's |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Hooker shoes? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #62 |
78. No, I am not joking |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #78 |
89. You sound like the right-wingers |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Not true |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #92 |
98. And so it goes for women. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
162. Gee- half of Atlanta |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. I think that if one of the Obama girls got knocked up |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I like how the one line joke has transmogrified into him "advocating rape of underage girls" |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. No - it's not the women's study department. It's more political than anything - scholars carefully |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I'm sorry, I don't get what you're trying to say in that post. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #65 |
73. I was responding to your statement "Methinks someone in the Womens Studies Dept. has been stuffing |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I gotcha. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
37. Conan and Leno got the free pass... |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. Jesus H. Christ he's a comedian! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Sigh. Would that Bill Hicks were still alive. |
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Baikonour (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #49 |
85. He truly is needed in times like these. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. Jesus H. Christ - so everything he says is funny! |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I didn't say it was funny. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Goats can't give informed consent. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Rick Santorum got his name turned into a term for a byproduct of anal sex. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Indeed. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #79 |
88. Except, she's still being promoted as a "spokesperson for teen abstinence". |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Vacuum-wise, never said it did. But yes, it was in poor taste. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
87. I know when was pointing out hypocrisy in a humorous way off limits |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
68. Fools .. fools I tell ya |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #68 |
81. I disagree: she apparently supported "practical" sex education for her daughters. Just left out |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Hahahaha! |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
72. ASAP |
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Baikonour (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
83. A free pass for what? Telling jokes? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
103. No. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
106. A bit controversial but |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #106 |
112. I read an article in which the author made a good case for this: the longer the average life span, |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:47 AM Response to Reply #112 |
118. In America |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
114. I'm at a loss here. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #114 |
124. I found the Saturday Night Live skits about H. Clinton and Palin to be hilarious - and they had |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:08 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. I'm criticizing people making bigoted jokes |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:10 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. This thread wasn't about bigoted jokes. n/'t |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:13 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. because sexism isn't a form of bigotry? (nt) |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 04:32 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Bigotry. What exactly does that mean? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 05:03 AM Response to Reply #130 |
132. lindisfarne |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #124 |
151. Directing jokes against political candidates is one thing |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
138. No, he didn't. But sexism is a main ingredient of late-night TV. nt |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
150. the jokes were appalling and I wish he had never said them |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
157. There is no proof that Willow was at the game. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #157 |
164. There is plenty proof that Willow was in New York with her mom |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #164 |
171. It would also be reasonable to assume |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #164 |
174. Nope, it would be safe to assume that the joke was about the one daughter |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
158. What kind of country do we have when we protest the jokes and let the real shit slide? |
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Rob Gregory Browne (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
161. Oh, For God's Sake. Has Anyone Here Seen a Real Live Comedian? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
165. Your concern is noted |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
167. Men on the left just don't get it. What a surprise. |
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