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LBJDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 10:53 AM
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"Obama is not an Arab. He's a decent family man."
Just saying.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 10:54 AM
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1. Arabs are not decent family men?
Just askin'
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 10:54 AM
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2. I commented to my wife when I first saw the clip of McSaggyBalls saying that
As if an Arab cannot be a decent family man? I don't get it, but I think the entire Arab community, both Muslim and non-Muslim, ought to be severely offended by that remark.
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LBJDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 10:56 AM
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4. Does the senile fuck even realize that Abizaid, Sununu, and Issa are Arabs?
It boggles the mind.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 10:55 AM
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3. McCain showed himself as the bigot he is.
The thought that this man might get into the WH (by election theft only) is an absolutely terrifying thought.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 10:57 AM
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5. yup, that comment spoke VOLUMES. nt
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:05 AM
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10. a friend and i were arguing about this comment
Edited on Sun Oct-19-08 11:06 AM by shanti
i saw it the same way, "what, an arab can't be a good family man"? but my friend took it another way. she thought the woman saying it meant "christian" when she said arab.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:00 AM
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6. McCain never repudiated that statement.
Why is the media insistent on pointing out that he did? He didn't tell that woman that Obama is not an Arab.
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Basement Beat Donating Member (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:01 AM
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7. It pisses me off that the media refuses to highlight that bigoted statement...
Why aren't they asking for an explanation for such a statement?
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:01 AM
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8. so Arabs=bad?
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:02 AM
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9. I had the same reaction to McCain's backhand to Arabs. It is
as revealing of his real feelings as Palin's professed "tolerance" for homosexuality is of hers. This is a bigoted ticket from top to bottom.
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:06 AM
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11. The stupid!! It burns!!!
Way to dis a few hundred million people, most of whom have never harmed the US. And the present Administration wonders why we're not winning hearts and minds throughout the Middle East?
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:07 AM
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12. I start to understand why McCain pulled out of Michigan now
among other reasons.
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:07 AM
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13. My girlfriend's dad was an Arab Muslim. He also was a decent man.
More decent than 90% of Republicans.
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LiberadorHugo Donating Member (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:08 AM
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14. What a moran!
Edited on Sun Oct-19-08 11:08 AM by LiberadorHugo
McPain much feel like such a tool after having heard Powell's anecdote about the Muslim soldier and his mother.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:09 AM
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15. I'm wondering how my 100% Arab family members
who have been spouting RW talking points for 20 years feel about this. My uncle told me that one day his sisters all "woke up and decided they were Republicans." I still laugh about that. Everything I told them would happen as a result of repug control of the country has happened. Some refuse to talk about it anymore. I wonder why?
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moondust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 11:11 AM
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16. And if he weren't married with children he'd be what?
Another brand of bigotry at work.
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