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alcibiades_mystery

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8. Obama WAS bullied for being different
Fri May 11, 2012, 09:24 AM
May 2012

Romney did the bullying.

That's the plain truth of the matter.

Over lunch, Barry, who was 9 at the time, sat at the dining table and listened intently but did not speak. When he asked to be excused, Ann directed him to ask the hostess for permission. Permission granted, he got down on the floor and played with Bryant’s son, who was 13 months old. After lunch, the group took a walk, with Barry running ahead. A flock of Indonesian children began lobbing rocks in his direction. They ducked behind a wall and shouted racial epithets. He seemed unfazed, dancing around as though playing dodge ball “with unseen players,” Bryant said. Ann did not react. Assuming she must not have understood the words, Bryant offered to intervene. “No, he’s O.K.,” Ann said. “He’s used to it.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/magazine/mag-24Obama-t.html?pagewanted=all

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NPR is calling gay "efiminate" now!!! uponit7771 May 2012 #1
There is no comparison. It's offensive to suggest that there is. yardwork May 2012 #2
+1. And disingenuous as well. nt Zorra May 2012 #9
Clinton got high and NO ONE GOT HURT. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #12
I hope someone asks them who Obama, Clinton and Dumbya hurt with their drug/booze use. GoCubsGo May 2012 #3
Big difference with the other three. Arkana May 2012 #4
oh, the media "bless their little hearts" newspeak May 2012 #23
Think how smart our President was to get all his stuff out in his book so it is now old news NNN0LHI May 2012 #5
They gotta have a horse race to sell their diet plans and smoking cures rurallib May 2012 #6
difference. one hurts self. one hurts another. HUGE seabeyond May 2012 #7
Obama WAS bullied for being different alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #8
Ah now, maybe they'll bring marijuana legalization in the front burner. Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #10
That would be REMOVING MJ from the schedule of controlled kestrel91316 May 2012 #19
It's called a TRACK RECORD get the red out May 2012 #11
Lui's GUESTS brought that up, and Lui attempted to side-step it. Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 #13
MSM is so out-of-touch. shcrane71 May 2012 #14
Not out of touch. Paid by advertisers to read right-wing scripts. yardwork May 2012 #15
I hope cable subscriptions plummet, shcrane71 May 2012 #22
Just mad because Obama was one of the cool kids... ellisonz May 2012 #16
Abusing one's self does NOT equal abusing others. Hatchling May 2012 #17
Of course, because there is absolutely NO difference between kestrel91316 May 2012 #18
Saw that Life Long Dem May 2012 #20
Well if it keeps people talking about Mitt's viscious misbehavior that's what counts aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #21
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