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2016 Postmortem

AnnieBW

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10. Don't forget the shoe-shopping during Hurricane Katrina

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:38 PM

Aug 2012

Okay, I know that the State Department wasn't involved in the Katrina debacle. But it looked pretty classless to be off shoe-shopping in NYC while thousands of black people drowned.

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Why is it that pundits think that Condi would be such a great choice for VP? [View all] Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 OP

They are the same people who thought Mr. Steele would be a good reaction to President Obama. nt Vincardog Aug 2012 #1

People are dancing around this but it's pretty obvious. progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #6

Yep, and... GoCubsGo Aug 2012 #7

Yep, they also thought Palin would appeal to women voters. arbusto_baboso Aug 2012 #8

Yup Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #11

I believe Willard is pathologically unable to pick a VP who will compete with him for attention. Vincardog Aug 2012 #14

Except the MSM won't refer to him/her as "boring" or "vanilla" Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #15

The MSM is the Corporate Owned Media never let the COM dictate to you. Cheers Vincardog Aug 2012 #16

She's useless. nt onehandle Aug 2012 #2

because she is a republican Cosmocat Aug 2012 #3

They don't really. They're filling air time and trying to get people to talk Orangepeel Aug 2012 #4

They, like Romney, are looking for ANYBODY who won't induce either narcosis or disgust DFW Aug 2012 #5

"No one could have predicted they would try to use an airplane as a missle." MissMarple Aug 2012 #9

Don't forget the shoe-shopping during Hurricane Katrina AnnieBW Aug 2012 #10

Because she's an "expert" on the Soviet Union (in case we go into a time warp) Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #12

Given the fact that Romney considers Russia Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #13