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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:24 PM Original message |
Why do people have a problem with Michelle Obama? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Black women do get the worst of both worlds typically. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Indeed |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. You're not missing a thing. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's sickening |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I have gotten down right nasty with my family when they make racist |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. How I turned out different from them |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. That is really the only way to handle this kind of bigotry because |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Intelligent, strong, healthy, young, lovely... beats me |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. She sure is. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. We can't win. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I feel that way, too |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I think it's sort of a "stay in your place, don't try to rise above your station" sort of thing. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. You cannot imagine my shock |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Pretty much all white people in America during those years profitted off of slavery |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. That is how I found out an |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Yeah, there's a LOT they should teach in public schools that they don't. |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. My Mother 84 year Old Mom Said The "Strangest Thing " About Michelle Obama |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. No offense to anyone, but Michelle is WAY more interesting than Jackie Kennedy |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I think she would have made a better candidate than her husband. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. I agree. I'm one who admired Jackie ... and old enough to remember her. |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Excuse me, but I have never had a problem w/the sistas. If I did, |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Well, I guess we better notify |
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truth please (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
61. What you just said makes no sense |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Get a load of the stuff that so-called 'feminist' Clinton supporters say about her here sometimes. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yup. It's an excellent way to tell what's more important to a person - to mix the variables. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Yes. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It's for precisely this reason that black women working in academic feminism splintered off... |
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against all enemies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. She was truthful - very dangerous near an election. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't know what a blue gum is supposed to be |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. It's just another of the many derogatory terms for black people |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. No, you are absolutely right. Anyone who doesn't like or support the Obama's |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. "Obamas" not "Obama's" |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Did you forget your "sarcasm" icon? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. Gotta love that "plausible deniability" huh? |
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tokenlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because they've never taken the time to listen to her give an entire speech |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. My own father says he thinks she's "a racist" and "hates white people" - Projection n/t |
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chitty (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. I was at a party last night |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. She is the Hillary of 2008. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I now despise Hillary, but I also despitse the sexism she's faced, mainly from the media |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
68. I was about to post the same thing! |
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swishyfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Barack is a more comfortable shade of brown |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. That's it! "Bitter" ! |
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swishyfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. If you're not bitter, you're not paying attention. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. I didn't know they did |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. yes you are missing something |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
65. Why compare her to Jackie ? |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Beats me. There is no comparison. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. Condi Rice |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Did you read my relatives' comments? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I'm responding to your OP, "Why do people have a problem with Michelle Obama?" |
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GoldieAZ49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. It's all they got. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Condi Rice supports the status quo and white establishment |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Condi Rice supports herself and her own ambitions. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. I go to college in Appalachia |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. I lived in Appalachia for 15 years, still have friends and family there. |
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truth please (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
63. Get it right! |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I think she has made her own way. That's why she is where she is today. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. She's a troublemaker. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. I prefer boat-rockers. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. I think it's both racist and sexist, so far as I can tell |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. She's a force in her own right |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. she doesn't fit a preconceived notion of a first lady? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Bingo. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. And Mrs. Dr. Dean? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. I haven't heard anything like that. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. (I was for Kucinich, too) |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. what's a 'blue gum'? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I've heard people say this too |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. One glimmer of hope |
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truth please (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
67. What white people call anger, black people call passion. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. This applies to white feminists, too |
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