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stone space

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2. Meh...sounds like she just misspoke. It's minor.
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 05:10 AM
Aug 2014

It would escape attention entirely and pass without notice were it not for the teabaggers/birthers having raised our attennas for such comments.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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I laughed when i heard it. bravenak Aug 2014 #1
Meh...sounds like she just misspoke. It's minor. stone space Aug 2014 #2
Perhaps she did just misspeak, however Sherman A1 Aug 2014 #4
I'll go with looking silly. But not with misinformed. stone space Aug 2014 #7
misspoke PatrynXX Aug 2014 #28
She said "The fact that he is from Kenya..." does not sound like she misspoke. She had to be AlinPA Aug 2014 #32
I get corrected by students when I misspeak while teaching calculus. stone space Aug 2014 #37
As an African American Shits not funny to me shows still how some white people are ignorant bigdarryl Aug 2014 #3
White people make mistakes. Guess what? Black people make mistakes, too. (nt) stone space Aug 2014 #40
I'm pretty sure that people in Africa CJCRANE Aug 2014 #5
Maybe now, before that Qaddafi called Obama 'son of Africa' multiple times, look where it got him jakeXT Aug 2014 #6
The difference between Chris and Fox News is... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #8
Yes, she did. eom LittleGirl Aug 2014 #19
No, either Joy Reid or someone in her earphone corrected her brush Aug 2014 #24
I wish that I had somebody to whisper in my ear when... stone space Aug 2014 #38
You don't have to be perfect . . . brush Aug 2014 #50
One of the other people on the show corrected her. Jansing called it a fact that he is from Kenya. AlinPA Aug 2014 #33
She obviously failed civics liberal N proud Aug 2014 #9
Do you have evidence for this? Her high school transcripts, perhaps? (nt) stone space Aug 2014 #41
I believe the video is just that. liberal N proud Aug 2014 #42
I watched the video, but didn't see any mention of her hs grade in civics. (nt) stone space Aug 2014 #43
Then she must be a birther liberal N proud Aug 2014 #44
I don't know her, but you seem to be just making this up. stone space Aug 2014 #45
She is the one that said Obama was from Kenya liberal N proud Aug 2014 #46
Does it make you feel superior when others make mistakes? (nt) stone space Aug 2014 #47
You make me laugh liberal N proud Aug 2014 #48
It is obvious many on here heaven05 Aug 2014 #10
Why the exxuses? Because I don't want folks coming down on me like this... stone space Aug 2014 #39
He is rtracey Aug 2014 #11
I lived in Germany for 2 years. Am I from Germany? n/t tom_kelly Aug 2014 #12
was your parents and family living there? rtracey Aug 2014 #16
His father is native Kenyan - he is not. TBF Aug 2014 #15
why is it such a big deal rtracey Aug 2014 #18
It's a big deal because he is the president of the US TBF Aug 2014 #22
This is a RW talking point, why does the many in the GOP believe Obama is from Kenya. Thinkingabout Aug 2014 #23
How can you say she misspoke when she actually said "The fact that he is from Kenya..."? AlinPA Aug 2014 #34
Please give your definition of "misspoke". AlinPA Aug 2014 #35
President Obama is not from Kenya. PADemD Aug 2014 #17
great rtracey Aug 2014 #20
People who value truth CARE PADemD Aug 2014 #21
So we can count on you from now on . . . brush Aug 2014 #26
Well the juries sure aren't going to stop it TBF Aug 2014 #29
"for us as Progressive" TBF Aug 2014 #30
He's not from Kenya. brush Aug 2014 #25
Well, either way, he's not from 'Murka KamaAina Aug 2014 #49
This is Why the Media has No Credibility, to Me. n/t orbitalman Aug 2014 #13
I believe that she mis-spoke, but... MarianJack Aug 2014 #14
You are right as rain. Also, it looked like a ballyhoo Aug 2014 #27
Another white person "mis-speaks" about a black person. How unusual. jtuck004 Aug 2014 #31
"President Obama", I would imagine. stone space Aug 2014 #36
Imagination is a wonderful thing. There are whole political parties built on it. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2014 #51
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