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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:49 PM
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Anyone see the Obama supporter faint and Obama's reaction?
Let the spinning and flaming begin!
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:50 PM
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1. No. What happened?
Did he lay hands on her and she could suddenly play the piano?
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ccpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:52 PM
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6. no you din't
:spray: :rofl:

was it Bach, Beethoven or chopsticks?
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:58 PM
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19. Ah ha, there's the first point. Instead of assuming that the person who fainted was female...
(like you did You sexist pig ;-) ) although it turned out she was female. He said "Is he alright? Give him some room." ( the sexist dog assumed she was a man, harumph) He then told people to give her some water (which is exactly what 9-11 told me not to do a while back when I was with someone who fainted, so he was probably trying to murder her) He noticed that nobody had a bottle of water, so he reached under the podium and took out a nice new bottle and walked toward the end of the stage (too high and mighty to climb down eh?) He had to speak a few times on the mic to get the attention of some of the audience to take his bottle (they evidently were more interested in the fainted person, NO LOYALTY I TELLS YA) Then the woman was taken away, but she seemed ok.
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:28 PM
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37. LOL....
Edited on Tue Jan-08-08 04:29 PM by 1corona4u
he gave her Holy Obama water...really, he did.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:50 PM
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2. I thought it was nice of him to give her his water
:)
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:53 PM
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10. And, Holy Water, no doubt.
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:55 PM
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15. Miraculous Water of Change and Hope (tm)
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:10 PM
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32. ROFL!
:rofl:


Snarky, but very funny too!!!
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MollieBradford Donating Member (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:28 PM
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36. lol n/t
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 06:24 PM
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41. LOL
I never LOL. I LOL'd for that.
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:30 PM
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38. LOL....
that's what I said before I read yours...GMTA
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:53 PM
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11. Is that what happened?
What's the fuss?
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:54 PM
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13. JVS is just being silly...
A woman fainted, paramedics came to take her out on a stretcher, Obama gave her his bottle of water. :)
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:51 PM
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3. Can you PLEASE give some details, for those of us who
either don't have a Tee Vee (like me) or who may not be able to get to one right now (like many others).

It drives me crazy when people post things like this with no details. We are not psychic or mind readers.
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:56 PM
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16. No TV here, either.
I'm sure someone will post more about it later, including video. :)

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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:58 PM
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20. See post 19. These things take time
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:51 PM
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4. No, but the reaction to it is either terrible or richly deserved
How's that?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:51 PM
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5. I'm glad the way he called 9-11 then heroically preformed CPR
until paramedics arrived.

A lesser candidate wouldn't have done that.
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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:52 PM
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8. Until Rudy showed up.
"Did someone say 9-11?"
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:56 PM
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17. Somebody say 9-11?
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mathewsleep Donating Member (824 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:58 PM
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21. ha
ha ha, that picture is awesome.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:00 PM
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24. LOL!
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BleedingHeartPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:09 PM
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31. Oh snap, for that pic!
:toast: :rofl:

MKJ
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:52 PM
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7. Spin and flame about what?
She fainted, he gave up his water. End of story.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:01 PM
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25. But yet he stayed calm and distanced. There are so many layers of the onion to be examined
:-)
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:52 PM
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9. I think he reacted exactly as was needed......
no need to put on a show. Enough folks with better training were where they were needed to administer to the woman.

Maybe some believe that he should have given her mouth to mouth instead of his water?
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:54 PM
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12. I think some of us are too keyed up and ready to make anything a topic of discussion
Our candidates are all caring people.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:09 PM
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30. I think this was meant to inject a bit of levity into the forum.
It's sorely needed.
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:10 PM
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33. God yes. The fact that I didn't show any humor on this thread...
...probably is more evidence for your point, lol.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:36 PM
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39. Good call
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:54 PM
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14. I hear he started crying
:evilgrin:
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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:57 PM
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18. He reacted like a human being instead of a politician. And that's one of the things
I like about the guy.
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:06 PM
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29. Politicians are human beings
And yes Obama acted like one. Very few wouldn't in a spontaneous situation like that. Why do we presume that they are so different than most of us?
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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 06:23 PM
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40. Are you kidding? You really think that most politicians would interrupt their
stump speech because somebody has fainted?

Perhaps George Bush reading "My Pet Goat" while the U.S. was undergoing a terrorist attack has jaded me but I don't think that politicians do a single thing that is spontaneous, I think that they are completely rehearsed.

I guess we just differ in our opinion on this.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:59 PM
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22. He's so dreamy!
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:00 PM
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23. It was obviously staged.
did I pass the audition?
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:01 PM
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26. lol
:rofl:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:01 PM
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27. yes. This is the exact kind of stuff we need to examine!
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:03 PM
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28. This board has gone over the edge. A woman fainted while Obama was speaking..
he stopped speaking, remained calm, encouraged the people who were surrounding her to back away so she could get assistance. He called for water. Someone handed him water. He handed the water to the medics who were now tending her. He calmed everyone in the room. He stood there, quietly, with his arms folded, until the woman was safely taken out on a stretcher. She was taken to the hospital and is fine.

Nothing has been spun, nothing has been said in the media, but they have played the video several times. I'm assuming because it shows exactly the kind of composure a Presidential candidate should have. His actions were calm and appropriate and impressive.

Of course, if it had been Edwards, the incident would have been ignored or rumors here would have been started about it saying Edwards was an ambulance chaser or rude or a jackass. Carry on people.

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BleedingHeartPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:12 PM
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34. If it had been Sen Clinton.
Edited on Tue Jan-08-08 04:15 PM by BleedingHeartPatriot
She would have coldly, and in a shrill manner, manipulated everyone around her by crying and being too emotional and cackling hysterically.

Had to be said. MKJ


I think I'd better add :sarcasm: :-)
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:14 PM
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35. Yeah, MSNBC was all over that story...
they didn't spend much time talking about what Obama had to say...y'know, something that might affect all of us, but they made sure we knew all about the person's fainting. :eyes:
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