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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:04 PM Original message |
Sasha gets skewered by the LA Times |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds right on the mark to me. |
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imperialismispasse (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought she looked relieved after she fell |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I feel so vindicated.. I've never like this girl or her attitude |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. What would she do with a ball? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. I couldn't agree with you more! Utterly pointless article! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. I simply find it unbelievable that Sasha got a medal at all |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The other skaters may not have skated well during the |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I realize that it isn't all about the jumps |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Given that Japan took the gold, its first ever medal in this field... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I was talking in general terms |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Midori Ito |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Actually crotch-shots with your skate on your head |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Exactly. Who started that blade-grabbing fad, anyway? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Use Mute.. I do. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Believe me, I've tried that, |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I agree |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. That would be Dick Button. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Is that who that was? Wow, I thought it was Scott Hamilton |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Miss Dick Button to you! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
61. Yeah, I'd like to sew Dick Button's lips together with skate laces |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
56. That would be Dick Button, the most annoying commentator ever... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. "Some people skate Romeo and Juliet, Sasha IS Juliet" |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. OK, that was a completely bizarre comment last night |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. One day when she pulls her skate on top of her head |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 05:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
50. My eyes!! My eyes!!! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Our newspaper had a huge headline when Sasha was in first place |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I'm glad I'm not the only one who wanted to tell Dick Button all week |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Dick Button in his heyday..pics |
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Lucy - Claire (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. The British commentators... |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Exactly! Not to take away from Torvil and Dean, but this is |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I've loathed Dick Button for decades. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
48. He said that for that Israeli pair to figure skate to Bolero |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
57. I wanted to KILL Dick Button. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Another bizarre, irritating Button comment.... |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Oh I KNOW! WTF was up with the lace thing? |
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oregonjen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. That comment was uncalled for from Mr. Dick |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I think their point was that many of these skaters |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
58. LOL--My thoughts exactly. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. The judges shouldn't have even bothered |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Fascinating. Could you please tell me who's winning at Santa Anita |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. Not sure what you're getting at. Was merely |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
47. It's a long tradition for me to tune into |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. That Duncan/Webber analogy sums it up. And I like Webber a lot. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. And who cares what the LA Times says? This piece is conjecture |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. She should have won the medal then |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Word! |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I had her pegged from way back |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. How do people get so wound up over a figure skater? |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #40 |
63. I never said she wasn't a good skater |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
42. It's A Piece of Shite Piece from a Total A$$wipe alleged Journalist. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. that wet patch on her leggings |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Ahhh so what? It's all a bunch of bullshit that's subject to opinionated |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. Will she make a wedding video like Tonya? |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
44. I thought it was unnecessarily harsh... |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
45. I'm just appalled at some of the posters on this thread. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 03:23 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. He IS knowledgeable. I should look him up on Google to see |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I believe he signed with Wide World of Sports in 1960. |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Well said, Mo! |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Dick Button's credentials |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Exactly - all the bitching and sniping here is even more juvenile |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
46. I think it's a rather mean article. Even if Sasha didn't deserve |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
55. Unsupported thesis. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. She also had injuries. A lot of figure skaters have all kinds |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. The silver medal was not a gift at all. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Well, of course, if they are awarded for falling down on their behind, |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. you'd have to see the write-up, it does make sense |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-26-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
67. between this article and this thread.... |
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