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Cane4Dems

(305 posts) Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:12 PM Dec 2013

FOX NEWS breaking news

"OMG our country is on the brink of disaster- Pres. Obama shook hands with the evil communist leader and then even took a selfie"

.......lmao at all the rightwingers freaking out- they really need some mental help (I like Sean Penn's suggestion- maybe as fellow citizens we should help get them institutionalized)

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FOX NEWS breaking news (Original Post) Cane4Dems Dec 2013 OP

When you are as pathetic and desperate as the GOP is right now Rex Dec 2013 #1

Well, is GitMo still open? KansDem Dec 2013 #2

So that's what that sound was! Wing-nut heads exploding. Dollface Dec 2013 #3

the shit is everywhere...nytimes spanone Dec 2013 #4

Ubuntu! Which went right over their f***in' 'eads.. Cha Dec 2013 #5

Rex

(65,616 posts)

1. When you are as pathetic and desperate as the GOP is right now

Reply to Cane4Dems (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:16 PM

Dec 2013

ANYTHING minor has to be made into the next scandal-gate and played on the corporate news 24/7. Otherwise the GOP would have to focus on the horrible job they are doing and we all know that will never happen.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)

2. Well, is GitMo still open?

Reply to Cane4Dems (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:16 PM

Dec 2013

I like Sean Penn's suggestion- maybe as fellow citizens we should help get them institutionalized

How about sending some rightwingers to GitMo to experience some of those "fraternity pranks" that FOX News talked about?

Dollface

(1,590 posts)

3. So that's what that sound was! Wing-nut heads exploding.

Reply to Cane4Dems (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:27 PM

Dec 2013

spanone

(135,886 posts)

4. the shit is everywhere...nytimes

Reply to Cane4Dems (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:29 PM

Dec 2013

Will Handshake With Castro Lead to Headache for Obama?

SOWETO, South Africa — President Obama shook hands with President Raúl Castro of Cuba on Tuesday, offering a friendly gesture freighted with symbolism to one of America’s most enduring Cold War foes.

The brief handshake was delivered with the world watching as Mr. Obama greeted leaders assembled to make remarks at the memorial service here for Nelson Mandela. But the image — captured by photographers and television cameras — instantly raised questions about its deeper meaning.

Was Mr. Obama trying to signal a new effort by the American government to reach an accommodation with Cuba 50 years after the Communist revolution that put Fidel Castro, Raúl’s brother, in power? Or was Mr. Obama simply trying to avoid delivering a diplomatic snub at a memorial dedicated to forgiveness?

The president’s aides would have known in advance which world leaders would be at the podium when the president approached for his own remarks. But White House officials declined to offer any explanation of the handshake or confirm that there had been a discussion about whether to offer one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/world/africa/will-handshake-with-castro-lead-to-headache-for-obama.html?pagewanted=print

Cha

(297,733 posts)

5. Ubuntu! Which went right over their f***in' 'eads..

Reply to spanone (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 05:51 PM

Dec 2013

"He not only embodied Ubuntu; he taught millions to find that truth within themselves. It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailor as well; to show that you must trust others so that they may trust you; to teach that reconciliation is not a matter of ignoring a cruel past, but a means of confronting it with inclusion, generosity and truth. He changed laws, but also hearts."

"It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailor as well;.."

sheshe http://www.democraticunderground.com/110220086

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