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Lodestar

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68. Ditto! You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:50 PM
Feb 2016

as the saying goes. And if others see you as human too and feel that connection
it causes them to question all that negative divisive talk they've been listening to.
It doesn't match their experience.

Reminds me of this article:

You Can Catch More Flies With Honey
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlie-maffei/you-can-catch-more-flies-_b_1676353.html

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I wouldn't trust a woman like that with my health. iemitsu Feb 2016 #1
ditto Skittles Feb 2016 #27
This Dr. sounds a bit like Dr. Carson to me. iemitsu Feb 2016 #46
+1 jwirr Feb 2016 #66
Agreed ellie Feb 2016 #67
I would not trust her to dispense an aspirin. tk2kewl Feb 2016 #2
I wouldn't trust her to SPELL aspirin. That doc is too f'd up to be near sharp objects like needles. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #63
You are brave. narnian60 Feb 2016 #3
I am a pretty sophisticated "patient" dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #23
I would find a new doctor. RichGirl Feb 2016 #4
Now I get the title Depaysement Feb 2016 #5
Why would you go to a doctor that can't think? Hoppy Feb 2016 #6
She actually is a good diagnostician. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #12
I can understand and sympathize with you flygal Feb 2016 #45
My roofer is racist but does excellent work dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #48
Amen to that. But it does feel like parallel realities sometimes, Lodestar Feb 2016 #49
I like you!!!! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #55
Ditto! You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar... Lodestar Feb 2016 #68
She needs a doctor. Wilms Feb 2016 #7
The best neurosurgeon I know is a Alex Jones follower. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #8
Mr. Dixie fell hard and broke his back. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #17
Wow. When you go to the best you get the best advice. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #25
We WERE worried about the operating pressure. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #33
sounds like A STUPID DOCTOR. get a new one fast trueblue2007 Feb 2016 #9
I have heard the martial law/Obama isn't going to leave DURHAM D Feb 2016 #10
I didn't think Bush would ever leave. HubertHeaver Feb 2016 #13
Oh my, you are right. I had forgotten about that. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #56
I was thinking we had the same doctor. HubertHeaver Feb 2016 #11
lol I love it when right wingers do that treestar Feb 2016 #60
Nine out of ten doctors would say all that.... Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #14
Betcha she doesn't know anyone in Canada. Cleita Feb 2016 #15
I trust my mechanic to make sure my vehicle is safe... 2naSalit Feb 2016 #16
"We agree to disagree"...exactly. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #20
Change your doctor malaise Feb 2016 #18
I'm stunned when educated people talk such nonsense. Laurian Feb 2016 #19
Well to her credit nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #21
I would find a new doctor asap. Anyone with those loony tunes views is not someone I would trust beaglelover Feb 2016 #22
Egads Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #24
Ben Carson has proven you can be both a doctor and a political moron milestogo Feb 2016 #26
It's odd, isn't it? OldHippieChick Feb 2016 #29
OY! elleng Feb 2016 #28
I met an MD a few years back redstateblues Feb 2016 #30
I know one exactly like that Jim Beard Feb 2016 #40
Was that in Texas? Jim Beard Feb 2016 #41
Umm...I question her ability to make rational clinical decisions with that sort of thinking. Avalux Feb 2016 #31
Of course. That's why Obama had Nemoy kill Scalia. jeff47 Feb 2016 #32
Damn! that makes sense! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #37
Well obviously... Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #34
Find a new doctor. (Nt) matt819 Feb 2016 #35
I'd never speak with a doctor about politics. If you disagree, they can do horrible things. valerief Feb 2016 #36
gee, more obama? we should be happy. pansypoo53219 Feb 2016 #38
Greedy Doctors just plain hate democrats. Jim Beard Feb 2016 #39
She a graduate of Ben Carson U? rurallib Feb 2016 #42
I should have thought of him right away, but didn't. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #43
I'm looking really hard Mira Feb 2016 #44
Yep..you can be a fundy and a Republican and still know how to do medical things.pretty well dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #47
Aren't you worried she'll blame a condition on the Muslim-communist government poisoning muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #51
Oh, he's not a "secret" Muslin, he's well known to be one. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #54
Seriously, if your doctor is that stupid I would be shopping for a new doctor! B Calm Feb 2016 #50
A big part of the problem with these right wingers is morningglory Feb 2016 #53
Time to get a new doctor and report this one. JonathanRackham Feb 2016 #52
Who discusses politics with their doctor? B2G Feb 2016 #57
I enjoy listening to her nutty ideas. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #61
It's a good thing you have a female doctor. Jim Lane Feb 2016 #58
Very far sighted of me, I will admit. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #62
in fairness you can find posts on DU2 that Bush was not going to leave. treestar Feb 2016 #59
She was a dope and also inside so yes you did. yellowcanine Feb 2016 #64
Holy crap! Get a new doctor! Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #65
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