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frazzled

(18,402 posts)
1. Well, credit where credit is due
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:19 PM
Aug 2012

It was a good gesture and a good statement, as one would expect of any governor whose constituents were gunned down in their house of worship.

(But even though I'm feign to make a comment, I'll go ahead anyway: that looks more like a do-rag than a Sikh turban! Maybe it's what the outsiders are given to wear.)

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
19. Really? I think it's a publicity ploy.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:51 PM
Aug 2012

I have never seen the man demonstrate a sliver of human decency to date. I hope your thoughts are correct.

 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
3. I can't believe that he shamed America by bowing to these A-rabs!
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:21 PM
Aug 2012

This is worse than Obama apologizing to France for....uh...what did he apologize for?

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
5. He is a RW fundamentalist Christian, so his base will give him a pass
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:25 PM
Aug 2012

Heaven help the Democrat who does that, however. The Echo Chamber would never shut up about it.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
9. Yeah, that's like rMoney in a yarmulke in Israel. How silly can you look today?
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:01 PM
Aug 2012

I'd wager anything that Walker doesn't have a fucking clue that the Sikh head covering is there to contain their uncut hair. I'd wager anything that rMoney doesn't have a fucking clue what a yarmulke stands for. They're both pulling a Dukakis in a tank here. It looks stupid.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
12. Hey, I could blend in with the Amish AS IS, but I don't try to. Some people don't fit.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:08 PM
Aug 2012

On a side note, we have an annual fall festival near our house. We like to take the dogs down (one at the time, this was clearly more than five years ago based on the youngest's age). She's a LARGE border collie. Despite looking like Tommy Chong, as I was walking her on a choked up lead, I kept noticing guys diving off to the sides to avoid her. Finally, I turned to my wife and said, "They're all holding and they think she's a cop dog." It kept happening. I was rather amused.

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
16. Please name a presidential candidate who has not worn the yarmulke.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:14 PM
Aug 2012

They all have, when visiting services or sites.

Don't debase the discourse like this. You sound just like FOX people reading from a teleprompter as they attack Obama for reading from a teleprompter.

 

fascisthunter

(29,381 posts)
10. I dislike saying this, but he looks mentally handicapped
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:04 PM
Aug 2012

and NOT because of the Sikh Head-covering... something about the asymmetry of his face, kinda reminds me of Alfred E. Neumann.

renate

(13,776 posts)
14. well, good for him
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:12 PM
Aug 2012

I can't believe I'm writing this about Scott Walker, but I'm happy to see him doing the right thing.

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