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Tim4319 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:54 PM
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It just dawned me that Barack is left handed!
Is it safe to say that Barack is in his right mind to support the left?



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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:55 PM
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1. So is McCain.
So were Bush Daddy, Clinton, and Ross Perot. What are the odds, eh?
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Tim4319 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:56 PM
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2. Damn!
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:57 PM
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4. IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!
:tinfoilhat:
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:02 PM
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11. You'd be surprised.
The lefty rate at my workplace (informal poll) is near 40%, myself included.

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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:06 PM
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15. BTW, Al Gore is a lefty too! nt
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SuperTrouper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:21 PM
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25. Bill Clinton was a lefthander, too
and so was Bob Dole, Ross Perot, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. It is incredible that recently we've had a lot of lefthanders in Presidential politics (I am a lefthander, too with all the scars in my knuckles from being hit repeteadly by my teachers(nuns) to change me to a righty)
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Nedsdag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 05:12 PM
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32. Gore is not a lefty.
I've seen him signing autographs righthanded.

By the way, I'm lefthanded as well.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:56 PM
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3. being left handed myself, it's one of the first things I did notice
about him.

:hi:

and so is the waving smilie. :)
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:57 PM
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6. No one understands our pain
We are the silent minority forced to live in a foreign world. Our story has never been told.
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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:58 PM
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7. Here, here!
"Love a lefty"! :D
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 02:33 PM
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31. HawkDad a lefty too
And he is pretty conservative. Think Joe Lieberman with no or very little roots of hair.

Where do ambidextrious folks fit in? I am one, favoring the right though.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:00 PM
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9. ah, but we are slowly catching up to them
since we're not beaten for it any more. :)

and once we surpass the right handed population, we're gonna make all scissors left handed. :P
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:01 PM
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10. Oh good.
You got our world domination memo that was sent out last month. Guitars and scissors are first on the order of business.

Wait until you Righties get a real taste of what being Left is all about.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:03 PM
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12. and cars!
all shifters are now on the left side!!! BWAHHAAHAAA }(
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:06 PM
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14. ditto
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 02:07 PM
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29. Same here. Being left-handed is the first thing I notice in a person...
and a smiley. :)
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 02:07 PM
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30. We are a special breed.
:hi:

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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:57 PM
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5. Aaaaaah! Mark of Satan! The Sinister Hand!
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 12:59 PM
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8. OMG! He's a demon! He's left-handed!
Puleeze, I thought we have left this superstitious nonsense back in the twelfth century.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:04 PM
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13. How gauche.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:17 PM
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20. Certainement! nt
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quantass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:08 PM
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16. oh NO! A Lefty!...hillaryforum are going to dine tonite!
Edited on Tue Jun-17-08 01:08 PM by quantass
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:14 PM
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17. I knew he reminded me of Dan Quayle for some reason
:hide:
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papapi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:15 PM
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18. Left handed Presidents
Edited on Tue Jun-17-08 01:20 PM by papapi
Left-Handed U.S. Presidents
James A. Garfield (1831-1881) 20th
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) 33rd
Gerald Ford (1913-2006) 38th
Ronald Reagan (1911 -2004) 40th
George H.W. Bush (1924- ) 41st
Bill Clinton (1946- ) 42nd

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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:16 PM
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19. No, it's not really safe to say that
it's more true that left handed (men) tend to distribute tasks across both hemispheres more than right handed men. But it's a statistical truism, and I believe only true in 50% of cases anyway, IIRC.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:18 PM
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21. I have two "lefty" kids
Edited on Tue Jun-17-08 01:20 PM by Juniperx
When my oldest wanted to learn guitar, I told him to at least try to play right-handed so he could pick up any guitar and play, and he wouldn't be tied to playing ONLY his own guitar. He is a wonderful guitarist! He plays right-handed, and uses both hands for most everything except writing.

My youngest, also a lefty, showed signs of using both hands in Kindergarten. While the teacher was trying to force her to "make a decision" I was encouraging her to use both hands as she saw fit. It was a struggle! With the teachers, not with my daughter. Thankfully, she is pretty much ambidextrous as an adult. There are just a few things that she has a preferred hand for... most things she can do with both. She also plays guitar... right handed.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:19 PM
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22. That does it then. We must cast out the demons. I'm voting
Obama.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:20 PM
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23. Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and Harry Turman were lefties
Clinton and Bush still are, of course.
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frickaline Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:21 PM
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24. Nah, he's right handed. But everything was just too easy that way.
Edited on Tue Jun-17-08 01:21 PM by frickaline
I am not left handed!

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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:22 PM
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26. my daughter is a lefty
but she doesn't twisty write like many left handers


she writes like we do right handed only she uses her left hand
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Nedsdag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 05:14 PM
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33. I'm not a twister either.
I tried writing like that but it was painful.

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martymar64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 06:03 PM
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36. I write upside down
No twisting involved. It's more like writing down to up instead of left to right.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 01:59 PM
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27. Last election was Skull&Bones vs Skull&Bones
and this one is Lefty vs Lefty?



Something's happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
It starts when you're always afraid ...

:scared:
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 02:04 PM
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28. How sinister.
Although he seems to exhibit a bit of dexterity as he goes for that basket.
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JimGinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 05:17 PM
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34. I'm Getting A Little Tired Of All The "Southpawism" Here
:evilgrin:
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 05:20 PM
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35. I heard that he is Black, too.
Gonna be President, too.
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