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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:13 PM Original message |
Dowd: You’ll Never Believe What This White House Is Missing |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think this is going to go over too well. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm not a big fan of Maureen Dowd - but IMHO she nailed it this time |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So that means he should decide who is in his |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Did Dowd say it had to be someone black? |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "Obama lacks advisers who are descended from the central African-American experience" |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. So I guess Jim Clyburn doesn't know what the hell he's talking about |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. No he doesn't |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
70. Does Michelle count? (n/t) |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I repectfully disagree |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. "It wouldnt hurt the prez to show a little black once in a while" |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. what you said, |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
65. I replied to it. Boy, did I evah. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 03:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
52. WTF |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
64. Just what is that "little black" he's supposed to "show?" Hmm? |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. That is your impression of black men? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
59. It seems like the people who are in the administration were picked by ................ |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dowd's a liar. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
60. She lied about Al Gore all through 2000 |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Obama and Jarrett aren't black enough eh? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. +10,000 |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Yep. That's exactly it. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. Maureen Dowd: Rich white DC columnist, expert on all things African-American |
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Ross K (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
83. Exactly! |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
84. Exactly. n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. The problem is that the GOP and Fox News just can't get enough |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Faux shys away from the whole latino thing - huh? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I forgot about Sotomayer. Yes they are against amnesty. But they seem |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Here's the part that got me... |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The NAACP made the same dumb mistake |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Good point. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Skittishness, Pavlovian response |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Eric Holder isn't white. The energy guy is Asian. Interior is Hispanic. |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bob Herbert says pretty much the same thing. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. no he didnt. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. He was basically saying the same thing |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Her entire premise was Obama needed more |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Then I guess in your eyes these 2 African Americans don't |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. no what I am getting at |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. "A white president needs more white people in his administration?" |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
62. That is a false equivalence |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
79. no it's not, it's called a double standard |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. that & the fact that the Middle Class is composed from those who were |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. There isn't a more oppressed and discriminated against individual than the black woman |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. I think those in the LGBT community might disagree |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. LGBT's do have it bad, but not as bad. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. You got that right. And it abolutely breaks my heart. |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. not hardly |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. Did she forget Eric Holder? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Or how about what this female African-American Columnist says |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. What's the angle here? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. This is the most diverse administration in American history. Fuck off Dowd. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. This is what I don't get either |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Seriously, its about the dumbest Op-ed Ive ever read |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I think people forget this man worked his way up by helping low income AA communities in Chicago. |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. my thoughts exactly. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
71. “smart-ass white boys” from Walter Mondale’s campaign who tried to boss her around. |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Who does she want him to hire? |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. Reverse racism is so sexy when it comes from a priveleged caucasian alcoholic spinster |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. Can we just get Michelle to kick Maureen's ass? |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. LOLOLOLOL! |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. Unrec'd, because this is a bullshit hitpiece. As an African American, let me |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Consider the source |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Talk about a "poison pen". I just wish she wouldn't write while drunk. |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
76. +1! n/t |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. Give me a fucking break! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. I have a feeling this issue is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for Pres. Obama. nt |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
44. She's full of crap. |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
46. How about him sleeping every night with descended from "the slave thing"? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
49. MoDo has apparently switched to hard stuff. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
50. Oh no. Please don't take ANYTHING that woman says seriously. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
53. "...the smug cordon of overprotective white guys surrounding him...." |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
54. Maureen Dowd thinks Obama isn't black enough |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
55. If only he had a strong, intelligent black woman who would |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
56. I bet Michelle Obama would find this funny. nt |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
58. Tone-deaf Dowd strikes again |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
61. Shorter Dowd |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
63. Complete, utter tripe n/t |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. Short on actual facts, MoDo. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Don't forget he nominated Dawn Johnsen before the Repubs made her confirmation |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
68. The Great White Hope: Maureen Dowd. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
73. One thing/person the WH definitely needs is Donna Brazile |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
74. Dowd is a troll: Obama is white. Bill Clinton understands blacks. Geraldine Ferrraro gets it. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
75. This is a stupid article! |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
82. Dowd is a hateful person. Everything she writes reeks of her hatred of everyone. |
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