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Thu Jul-16-09 08:09 PM
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Buchanan digging his grave on Rachel |
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jesus. This country was built by white men, dammit! So says uncle Pat. They were 100% of those wrote the Declaration of Independence, died at Gettysburg, and almost 100% of those who died at Normandy. So there!
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:10 PM
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1. unfortunately he is not digging his grave as a commentator on MSNBC |
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MSNBC gladly allows this racist fool to spew his rubbish day after day. That entire channel shoould be ashamed of themselves.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:11 PM
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7. I turn my television to CNN every time Buchanan comes on |
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If I wanted to hear PAt's rantings, I'd attend a KKK rally.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:14 PM
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17. But, what do you do then if Lou Dobbs is on? |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:33 PM
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67. I turn mine into a pile of twisted rubble. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:26 PM
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55. I actually appreciate the fact that he is on MSNBC. |
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His racist rantings are not at all subtle and are quite vile. He is a face of the Republican Party and a former presidential candidate. Maybe a few borderline racists will watch his assertions and wake up....and see him and his beliefs as repugnant, ignorant and dangerous.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:11 PM
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2. pat can't hide his stupid. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:11 PM
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3. unbelievable. awful and shrill. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:11 PM
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4. He's basically saying since America has always been racist.. |
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We should remain racist. :eyes:
Pat should be fired for what he's saying.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:15 PM
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18. Yes he should not be allowed on the tv ever again |
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Thu Jul-16-09 09:10 PM
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77. Bad as it was, I believe he's said worse on MSNBC...I remember |
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one DUer here saying he had said something like Black folks should be GRATEFUL to White Americans for SLAVERY, for God's sake, because we "gave them civilization" or some such shit.
If they didn't ditch him for THAT, he's in for the duration (most unfortunately)..What a flagrant racist asshole.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:11 PM
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5. Yeah this is unbelievable. Expected from this prick, but unbelievable. |
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Rachel is peeling back the layers getting down to the core of his hatred and bias. Pat just doesn't get it.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:12 PM
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8. It's really more vile than anything I've heard from him |
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he's just being nakedly racist. No effort to hide it.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:13 PM
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15. Yeah, any veil that may have been left hanging is definitely gone. He might as well have a hood on. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:17 PM
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36. This mo fo should be looking for a job here in a few minutes |
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the need to fire his sorry ass and do it on air. this is bullshit bullshit
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:23 PM
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They should, but it will never happen. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:11 PM
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6. By lashing the whip on everyone else's backs? |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:12 PM
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9. Gawd he's so repulsive |
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I don't know how someone can think like that in the 21st century.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:19 PM
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We just watched four days of white senators being the same way n/t |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:12 PM
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10. "How'd you do at Georgetown compared to how she did at Yale?" LOL go Rachel!! |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:16 PM
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26. His answer, "I bet I did as good as she did in high school" |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:17 PM
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37. I'm betting her grades in English were |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:24 PM
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52. Rachel had him skewered at that point. He had no idea what to say. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:33 PM
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66. She was class valedictorian. |
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Background-on-Judge-Sonia-Sotomayor/Buchanan is an idiot. He is saying she isn't qualified and obviously hasn't researched her biography.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:29 PM
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62. Buchanan was suspended from Georgetown for a year for assaulting a police officer. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 09:11 PM
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78. Wasn't that great?...I was hoping she'd hit him even harder. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:13 PM
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11. I had to turn the volume down |
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I'd like to kick his sorry ass about right now. what a tooool
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:13 PM
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12. Rachel is RIPPING him a new one. Puke needs to just go to FAUX or go away. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:34 PM
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68. And yet she genuinely loves "Uncle Pat" |
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And he clearly genuinely loves "Niece Rachel" too.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:13 PM
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13. I wish his larynx would snap - |
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I'd pay good money to hear that sound.
He's such an unabashed bigot. Making these assertions without any foundation - Sotomayor made Law Review at Yale Law School because of "her race."
What a flaming asshole!
He's really quite the embarrassment to the Caucasians, isn't he?
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:13 PM
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are slimy racists getting slimier and racist-ier by the second these days?
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they're standing out because they're such dinosaurs, and the hate they spew is so antedeluvian and twisted, it just looks horrible. More horrible than ever.
This Buchanan is a monster. I sort of like that MSNBC drags him out, as the horrible example of what racism really looks like.............
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:30 PM
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63. Rachel is ON tonight. |
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She let Pat expose himself as the racist that he is....and he still said "I love you Rachel" at the end. LOL
Now she's exposing "C" Street for the morally bankrupt hypocrites that they are...awesome TV.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:58 PM
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75. She came THIS CLOSE to losing it with Uncle Pat, |
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but she held on to herself, because she is one smart babe.
When she said, "I don't need you to lecture me, Pat," I cheered, as loud as I could, for every woman who came before us, and for all the women who will come later, and for Sonia Sotomayor, who is changing the world.
That C Street whorehouse (and I apologize to the good, hard-working, legitimate whores everywhere) is going to have a hard time staying in business now, don't you think?
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Thu Jul-16-09 09:21 PM
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79. I think "C" Street might become a regular feature on her show. |
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Lots of hypocrisy to mine, with a bunch of pseudo-religious scumbags for her to expose. Shining a bright light on their activities is precisely how we'll neuter their power. I hope it's a weekly feature.
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once stuff started coming out, the trickle turned into a torrent, as more and more people had stories to tell.
We can only stock up on popcorn and beer, and wait...........................
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:15 PM
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He feels this way and always has. He's disgusting and I imagine |
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might be surprising some people.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:15 PM
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24. they no longer feel the need to hide it |
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they've been liberated. I have said to friends that I hope this trend continues. It will further marginalize the whole conservative "movement"
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:16 PM
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they're watching it all change, and they're becoming obsolete.
Rachel just put him in his place - "I don't need a lecture from you, Pat........"
Go, Rachel!
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:16 PM
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:14 PM
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16. White men only! White men only! And Sotomayor is only average. Ugh. nt |
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Edited on Thu Jul-16-09 08:14 PM by babylonsister
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:15 PM
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20. Note to Grand Kleagle Buchanan - there are white guys on |
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the U.S. Track & Field team as well!!!
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:15 PM
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22. He really is a sickening POS! n/t |
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23. SHe amazes me when she talks with him - she keeps her head while |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:17 PM
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31. Because she's smarter than him by a lot, and |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:26 PM
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59. I think a great deal of her measure is driven by knowing she's exposing pure bigotry and hate. |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:35 PM
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69. 10-4. Absolutley that's what she's doing. Go rachel! n/t |
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To whom it may concern:
Please get that awful racist OFF my TV.. "Uncle Pat" is not "amusing", "interesting", or even remotely "civilized".
Things are edgy enough these days without Pat Buchanan on my tv almost every day, spouting the minutes of a 1950's Klan meeting..
Give him his honorary hood & the gold-tone watch, and send him back to wherever he calls home these days.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:16 PM
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25. This is good, however |
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Sometimes it's very frightening, when Buchanan says things that make sense.
It's times like these that put the world back to rights. He is a bigot and an idiot to boot. And exposing himself once again as that.
White male victims. Right.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:16 PM
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28. what i can't believe is that we are not doing anything |
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to have this racist shill be removed from MNSBC. I'll tell ya, republicans will be up in arms right by now and demanding an apology or resignation from MSNBC by now.
We democrats, progressives,liberals are so weak its not even funny. I wrote to MSNBC yesterday, but I know one letter will not do shit.
Please write to MSNBC and raise your complaint against pat racist buchanan NOW!!
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:23 PM
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50. write a small quick to the poin letter. |
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let them know that there is no place on national tv for someone like buchanan. He is a bigot and devisive person. they will do society a favor if he is removed from tv.
Demand quality not crap like this!!
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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To whom it may concern:
Please get that awful racist OFF my TV.. "Uncle Pat" is not "amusing", "interesting", or even remotely "civilized".
Things are edgy enough these days without Pat Buchanan on my tv almost every day, spouting the minutes of a 1950's Klan meeting..
Give him his honorary hood & the gold-tone watch, and send him back to wherever he calls home these days.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:17 PM
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30. Many people agree with him |
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He's pathetic and shameless - pandering to the Rushican base. Pat isn't fool anyone.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:17 PM
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32. My God, the man has lost his mind. |
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And his grip on the country. And he's pissed.
"Pat. I really don't need a lecture from you on working class Americans."
Go Rachel!
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:17 PM
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33. I'm watching this ans wondering when Buchanan's head will |
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explode, the man is nuts...and defining himself as a Class A asshole...:D
Rachel is now handing him is ass...as the final part of the segment...:rofl:
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:22 PM
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47. She gave him the chance three times to say, "Yes, having a Latina on the SC is a positive thing for |
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our country," and he couldn't even do it. His hatred, bigotry, and fear would not allow him to say yes. Unreal.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:41 PM
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71. I couldn't believe it either... |
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I don't care that Sotomayor is latino, female divorced or anything else. By all accounts, her decisions have been based on the law, and she's been on the overturned side so rarely...it doesn't even count compared to her decisions being upheld.
I think she will be an exceptional USSC Justice, she is, IMO, smarter than the rest of them.
Buchanan is a complete fool, and he knows he's outclassed by Sotomayor and Maddow, he's not all that bright, just belligerant...he's just a punch-drunk bully...:D
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:17 PM
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34. WOW. Rachel just ripped down to the core. She asked directly, "Do you think it's a good thing for |
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the country to have a Latina on the SC?" He responded, no in a few more words. Unbelievable.
She then claimed he is dating himself and that he's playing with fire and continuing on with the Ricci case.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:17 PM
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35. I love it when she has him on, only to make him look like the idiot we already know he is... |
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I one heard her call him her "crazy uncle" on her radio show...or something like that.
She must like him somehow, in a you-are-there--i can't-get-rid-of-you--so-i'll-make-you-look-like-an-idiot kind of way. I think she gets pleasure out of helping him show his true colors.
She's great. And even polite to him.
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53. I think in reading up on her several months ago, she said she enjoys |
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talking to the opposition, that it is fun, she seems to really keep her head about her, it would be hard for me. She is great with him, and he is so dense about it and I am sure can not see how she is helping him make a fool of himself. I have met people like this in many ways and have been on opposing sides and have not felt as calm and she is able to do.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:47 PM
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72. no...i could never keep my cool with him |
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It would not be too long before I couldn't stop the urge to tell him to go f' himself.
This is what I LOVE about free speech. You can give the opposition license to keep talking...and the more they talk, the more we see what they really are. Keeping him in the dark would actually be a disservice. If he represents the opposition then we should be OK, as long as we keep letting them keep talking.
Keep talking Buchanan, Keep talking. :nopity:
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:18 PM
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39. Rachel body slammed him |
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she kept trying to help him redeem himself, and the idiot just kept putting on a bigger sheet and hood.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:18 PM
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40. I usually mute when he is on |
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so the sh*t he was spewing just now was a surprise
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:19 PM
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41. Oh I can't WAIT to see this. n/t |
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That Raciest SOB should be fired.I wonder If he knows Rachel put him on to let people see his raicst shit.
As a White male myself all this reverse racism Is BS.And If I never hear about the Rico case again It will not be soon enough.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:19 PM
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42. Well, the only thing missing from that racist diatribe was a "White Power" salute at the end. |
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I hope you're proud Uncle Pat.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:20 PM
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43. I really enjoyed his rant better the first time I heard it... |
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...in the original German!!
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:21 PM
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44. When I thought I could not be stunned anymore.... |
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...I turned on Rachel and heard his bullshit. I simply don't know where to start with his scree.
:wow:
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Why does MSNBC give him and his vile hate speech a platform. I have to change the channel when he is on.:puke:
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:21 PM
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46. Sickening, just plain sickening |
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I thought I had seen Pat as low as he could go before but he "topped" himself today. :puke:
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48. Chris Matthews once said that "we pay Pat to present the |
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other side". In thinking about that comment, I'm wondering how much of what he (Pat) says, he really thinks or if it is all an act.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:28 PM
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61. Some of what Pat says I think he doesn't even believe |
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but unfortunately from what he has said time and time again I think this is his true feelings on race. :-(
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:23 PM
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49. the "law" of white male privilege |
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No, Pat will never see it any differently...:eyes:
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:23 PM
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51. Capt. Espada was machine-gunned by the NAZIs in France, just after D-Day. |
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He was one of the finest men ever born in Puerto Rico.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:25 PM
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54. oh? is that what the records that he was hiding revealed??? |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:26 PM
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57. How many are we on this thread alone? 20 people? |
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let's all send 20 e-mails to MSNBC about pat's racist, bigot and devisive views right now!
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58. He's a friggin' psycho!! Talk about a neanderthal |
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I wanna know who pissed in his cornflakes when he was a kid. Musta been a foreigner! Geez.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:26 PM
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60. Quick, someone give him a bigger shovel. nt |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:32 PM
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65. Rachel certainly gave him enough rope! |
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:30 PM
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64. He and other conservatives are milking to the hilt the fact that she says her test scores were low, |
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too low to have gotten her into her schools without affirmative action. When she or anyone else points out her high achievement after she was in those schools, they attribute it to "Ivy League grade inflation."
Perhaps these wealthy white men are telling us more than they realize they are telling us. In short, that all you really have to do is be admitted to an Ivy League school and from there on, it's gravy. You don't have to worry about grades, because everyone gets at least a gentleman's C and with just a titch more effort, B's and A's. So the admission itself is the only really hard part.
Tells us a lot about them, doesn't it? Tells us a lot about why they so ferociously guard admissions processes against affirmative action--if they really believe (whether or not it's actually true) that the hardest part of an Ivy League career is getting in, and from then on all the doors of society are open to you.
What they're telling us is that THEY don't really deserve THEIR credentials and accolades...that many of them got in only because they were legacies or their families had the money to pay or had made huge donations to the school...which is why the prospect of being forced to share their position with others not similarly positioned terrifies them. Because--heaven forfend!--some of those "affirmative action babies" might actually be smarter and more deserving than they are. And if they're not...well, all that does is make them feel as if they really are no better than those people they once looked down upon for being poor or black or Hispanic.
It's unbearable to them. Their whole self-image depends on maintaining the status quo...the privileges bestowed on them at birth.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:48 PM
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:38 PM
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70. Anyone got the MSNBC links? |
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I'm fired up to thank Rachel and ask MSNBC why they employ a Faux News bigot.
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Thu Jul-16-09 08:50 PM
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74. No mention of Clarence Thomas |
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Edited on Thu Jul-16-09 08:51 PM by Mz Pip
also an Affirmative Action baby with far less judicial experience than Sotomayor. He didn't graduate Summa Cum Laude either.
Sotomoyor didn't didn't get Cs like the legacy admit GW Bush.
I wish Rachel would have taken on legacy admissions in light of all this "OHMYGOD SOME MINORITY TOOK THE PLACE OF A WHITE PERSON" bullshit. I wonder if there was a minority student who had better grades and test scores than GW Bush, who was denied admissions to Yale because there was a legacy spot saved for someone like Dubya.
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76. Wasn't he just an ASS?....I could hardly believe what I was hearing |
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and it looked like Rachel could hardly believe it either....The stereotypes and the '50s mentality...unbelievable!
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Fri Jul-17-09 01:32 AM
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82. Yeah the 1850's, I swear he'd |
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be in favor of bringing back slavery if it was possible. x( :-(
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85. I get it....It's hard to believe he can go on the air and say that stuff. |
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80. It was so off the wall...it almost seemed staged. |
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I mean it had a shock quality to it. The likes of which I haven't seen on the tube since Andy Kaufman had people actually believing he was chosing women at random out of an audience and wrestling them live on the stage.
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