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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:04 PM Original message |
Holbrooke's Last Words On Afghanistan Downplayed As Joking Exchange By Obama Administration |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course he was joking around. He didn't realize he was about to die. |
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webDude (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Things are so much easier when they are black and white. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. You know what? |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Because they DO know. They know him, they are used to his sense of humor, |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Some people here are as humorless or as clueless as Tea Baggers. Of course it was |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He was going in for very serious and life-threatening surgery. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. This only happens in books. Have you ever gone through a major |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. As I said in the other thread, this reporter has spun the words |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Yes, spinning! |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Many a Truth is told in Jest" |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Really? Sort of like Bush "joking about WMD" ? Really? I don't believe it. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. you mean he wanted his Pakistani doctor to end the war? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. The WH should NOT be commenting on Holebrooks last words in any way. Period. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. the WaPo report (quoting an 'aide' who was there) said it was 'painful banter' |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. Actually, I heard he also demanded his surgeon pass Single Payer |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is a sign of the administration's inability to face reality. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sounds right to me. Holbrooke was not against the war |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Glad to see that this has garnered little attention. This type of wretched BS needs to stop. |
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Ruperto31 (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Only this type? |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. If your reply made any sense at all, I'd probably dignify it with a genuine response. |
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Johnny Harpo (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. This Is Also A Sign of This Administrations.... |
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