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LittleBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:09 PM
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Will you forgive Clinton? I do.
I saw her dejected look after her apology. She and everyone knows that this kind of reference can't help her in any primary. I really don't think she planned it. She was just tired and probably blurted out the only possible thing that would allow her the nomination. She paused for an abnormally long time after she said it, and we can see she knew it at that moment.

I think she avoided referencing Obama in her apology because she didn't even want to bring it up. She didn't want to bring it up again. She's obviously taking the probability of losing poorly, and this was the result.

I'm now more worried for her than any possibility that Obama will lose. Hillary: please drop out and endorse Obama. Then take a long vacation, rest, and put things into perspective. I don't really enjoy seeing her crack any further than this. :(
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Oleladylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:10 PM
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1. Nothing to forgive...
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:12 PM
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8. LOL
Why is it so many feel the need to put 'lib' somewhere in their screen names? Trying to convince someone about something?
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LittleBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:12 PM
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12. She apologized
So there is something to forgive. At the very least, you know she would never say anything like this under normal circumstances. She is under such extreme pressure that she's saying things she knows are wrong. You could tell it the moment after she uttered the words, and the pictures from after the apology support this.


I've been under extreme pressure, and it took all my willpower sometimes to act normally. And hers is probably greater than anything I've experienced. Most would crack, and she is. I feel sorry for her and I wish her the best.
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barack4prez Donating Member (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:21 PM
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29. Yeah, we really
want a president who is known to crack under pressure. I'm sending a check to Hillary's campaign tonight.
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LittleBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:24 PM
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35. I would and have never supported her for President
I think she needs a vacation. I don't see a reason for continued bloodletting in a race that is essentially over.

What she said was unthinkably horrible, and I think it's time for this to end. She needs a break and so does the party.
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philk17088 Donating Member (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:22 PM
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31. Pressure?
What pressure do you think she will be under as Pres?
She can not be trusted with the reigns of this nation with her propensity to lash out with statements that are destructive. We have had quite enough of that, thank you.
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McSame Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:24 PM
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33. Here's a clue about "extreme pressure"
A President of the USA is under that CONSTANTLY!

She can't use "extreme pressure" as an excuse.

You can't use it for her either.
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:24 PM
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34. SHE. DID. NOT. APOLOGIZE.
This horseshit meme that she "apologized" is already getting tiresome.
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LittleBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:26 PM
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39. No, I was only saying she indicated she had done something wrong
She did not apologize to Obama like she should have. Please don't misread my comments. I was just trying to point out to the other poster she did something wrong, and even she has acknowledged that, even if not the specific wrong we all see.

I guess I feel better now that the race is over. :hug:
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:47 PM
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47. Little Blue, everyone wants this to be over but she has not conceded yet.
Time after time she says these outrageous things: she and McCain would be better to lead the country than Obama, she would "obliterate" Iran, she provides arguments for the myriad variations of how votes should be counted which includes everything except how the party actually counts delegates, she appeals to the "hard-working white voters", and now she makes references to assassinations in the month of June.

Still, she is a candidate. Still, people vote for her. The longer she gets away with it the worse it tears apart the party. I'm at the point where I've had it with Dean, the superdelegates who haven't announced, and anyone else who could bring this to a close.

Can you imagine if Barack had said all those things? He'd probably be sitting in Guantanamo Bay by now. NOONE else could get away with this bullshit, and the only reason she is getting away with it is that she is a former first lady. It is disgusting, and no I do not "forgive her".



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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:25 PM
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54. The question is: Can I forgive Obama supporters and people like Olbermann
for their blatant manipulations of the truth?


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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:10 PM
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2. it's not mine to forgive. I'm just done with them and that's all i'm saying about it.
i'm not going to bash her, i'm just totally done with her.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:10 PM
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3. I'll forgive her, but won't forget.....I'm very glad she's not going to be the nominee.
n/t

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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:10 PM
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4. She's dejected? After not apologizing, and not to the object of her hypothetical assasination?
Get the fuck out with the "she's dejected" shit.
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LittleBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:15 PM
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20. I'm a big Obama supporter
Believe me I was really disturbed after she made these comments. She's clearly not herself at this point.

I don't think she can face up to what she said. She so inartfully avoided the topic at the apology, I think she imagined she was avoiding further damage by not mentioning the unthinkable.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:29 PM
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56. Yes, Damnit!..."hilary is dejected" and we must all
offer her our condolences and no worries she's trying to screw our Country..that's all in the past. What hilary needs is a nice long vacation from her lying..maybe we could all chip in and send her to Barbados or somewhere tropical where she can sit in the Sun and sip Pina Colodas while we try to undo the SHIT she and bil have Wrought(ROT).
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:11 PM
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5. Nope
I have pity for her and I hope someone loves her enough to get her somehelp.

But forgive?

Nope.
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union_maid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:16 PM
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22. Yes
I honestly and truly believe she needs help. I'm not being snarky. I thought so when the sniper thing happened. That didn't seem like an ordinary political untruth. It seemed really kind of crazy to say a thing like that. This is another thing like that in a way. I really think that if Bill cares about her, he'll try to get her help.
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madame defarge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:11 PM
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6. I feel very sorry for her.
She has nothing else in her life but her career. Chelsea is grown & gone. Bill has never really been there for her. She has put her all into her political ambitions. She needs help.
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krawhitham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:12 PM
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7. she looked dejected because she knows this fuckup will cost her
Edited on Fri May-23-08 07:12 PM by krawhitham
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:12 PM
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9. Forgiveness is for those who repent.
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ChimpersMcSmirkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:16 PM
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21. Exactly, she did not apologize to Barack and his family...until she does, no forgiveness
she won't do that of course since it means that she was talking about Barack getting whacked...
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LittleBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:18 PM
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26. I don't know why she didn't. Maybe she thought by avoiding mentioning it
she avoided affirming that she pondered such terrible thoughts.

She's doing things politically disadvantageous at this point. It isn't like the race thing, she really is cracking.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:12 PM
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10. I only forgive people who didn't realize that they had done something
bad, when they did it.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:12 PM
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11. No
I'm sorry, the past 4 weeks she has gone lower and lower and she finally hit rock bottom. She deserves what she is getting.
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martymar64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:13 PM
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13. Never, she can fuck right off.
Edited on Fri May-23-08 07:13 PM by martymar64
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qazplm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:13 PM
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14. that look
wasnt because she truly felt bad for the Kennedy's, or OBama, or AA's...

that look was crap I may have just sunk my own campaign.

Sorry, I've long since decided Hillary is not someone I can respect again.
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:14 PM
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15. No I don't. She f*cked herself and now it's over. She's done!
:evilfrown:
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:15 PM
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16. Irony: Hillary was waiting for "something to happen," and then she screwed up
According to a report on Countdown, a lot of her backers are shaking their heads.

The more experienced candidate who continues to say the stupidest things.

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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:25 PM
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36. When it comes to Hillary-hate, MSNBC "Countdown" contributors lead the pack.
"Hardball" pundits are a close second.
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muryan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:27 PM
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55. Damn those democrats
Foxnews is really the only one we can trust right? I guess that george bush feller wasnt all that bad after all.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:15 PM
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17. I might forgive her but i will never trust her
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Roxy66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:15 PM
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18. Very sad...my question is why she is so puzzled by people wanting her to concede.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:15 PM
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19. I won't forgive her
IF Barack Obama is elected and serves 8 years without a single attempt to do him harm, I'll consider it.
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:17 PM
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23. Ummmm, No
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:17 PM
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24. OMG.
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WA98070 Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:17 PM
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25. She's a calculating liar and this is NOT the first time. And the NONE apology sucked.
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RiverStone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:18 PM
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27. She needs to preserve the remnants of political capital she has left...
And do whats right for her and the party --- exit the race.

She does that in short order, I think many folks (myself included) will either forgive, forget, but more then anything - move on to fight McCain.

If she chooses to drag this morass all the way to the convention, there will be very hard feelings that won't go away.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:18 PM
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28. Not after I found out it was at least the 3rd time she mentioned this
Edited on Fri May-23-08 07:19 PM by RamboLiberal
First so far posted was by Time Magazine she brought this up in early March!

I'll forgive her if she drops out, campaigns as hard for Obama as she and Bill did in the last few weeks, tells her supporters to vote for Obama, and when Obama retires from office of the president safe and sound Jan 20th, 2017!
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Life Long Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:22 PM
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30. Are you talking about the Iraq war?
Or is it the rules agreement she read?

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LittleBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:28 PM
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40. I am 100% in the Obama camp
anti-war to the point where it is my #1 and only issue.


That said, I can see a person who is mentally imbalanced.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:24 PM
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32. I hope the voters of New York replace her with a real Democrat.
I know many New Yorkers regret their choice after witnessing the filthy "kitchen sink" campaign.
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grassfed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:26 PM
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37. she can go to hell
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McSame Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:26 PM
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38. I would forgive JUDAS, and I do....
Unfortunately I cannot forgive Hillary, and I don't!

Even Hillary supporters use JUDAS..on Easter weekend, describing a very dedicated American, Richardson, for not endorsing Hillary.

So JUDAS and Hillary, not in the same league. I FORGIVE Judas!
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:29 PM
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41. Absolutely, she's only human. She made a mistake, let's get over it.
I really don't think she was being intentionally malicious. She apologized, let's move on.
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:30 PM
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42. I'm feeling sorry for her today
after watching an hour or so of the news (Hardball and Keith)

It was a horrid, stupid, comment. But I think she is showing signs of fighting a losing battle.

For whatever reason, she has decided to fight on and she has to know she can't win. We've all had periods of our life when we were defeated. Luckily for most of us, we didn't have to go through it in public. And, it was my luck, to have people around me who helped me stay sane.

Here's the bitch about being the candidate. She is surrounded all day by people who need her to keep going. If you go to work for a campaign and get to the upper levels, you have your eye on some great job in the government when it is over. If you candidate drops out, there goes your job hopes.

And, I think for most couples, hopefully your spouse isn't so invested in your "winning" and can give you objective support and advice. Here, I think, Bill wants back into the White House. Understandably so. He is probably thinking about what he'd do differently and about writing his own history from the inside. If Hillary doesn't win, Obama (or god forbid McCain) gets to write the history.

So, all the people in her life have an alternative motive for wanting hr to stay in/win. It may be that there is no one around her who would support her in a decision to get out.

So she goes on.

And she's tired of it and wants out herself. Maybe.

Sad deal.

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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:31 PM
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43. Since no one can ever forgive Imus - I can't forgive either.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:31 PM
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44. it the THIRD TIME she has said it.
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KAZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:33 PM
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45. Apology? You've got to be joking.
I'm surprised she didn't yell out her web site address right after her "apology". If anyone was offended crap...

She's a pathetic excuse of a human being.
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 07:43 PM
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46. I will forgive her only if and when she abandons her current destructive behavior.
She needs to get behind the Democratic nominee and stop aiding McCain. While her having a breakdown may be tragic, it's nothing compared with what will happen to the country if McCain is elected.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 08:11 PM
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48. It was the SECOND TIME she's said that! Fool me once.... nt
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tpsbmam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 08:15 PM
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49. Not going to forgive or not forgive....
about this comment or any other. I'm done with her. I no longer live in NY -- if I did, I'd hope to hell there was a viable Dem candidate to oppose her for her seat because I'd vote against her in a heartbeat.

I'm just done. I no longer have enough respect for her to care about forgiveness.
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democrattotheend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:23 PM
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50. Well said
I certainly think it was a mistake, and not something deliberate. I don't think she wishes for Obama to be assassinated. I think she is hoping for some sort of a scandal to derail him, but I don't think she would wish any harm to him.

I did feel a little bad for her when I saw how dejected she looked. I would hate to see this be how she goes down. I really don't think she meant any harm, and I think she probably did not realize when she was speaking how much people fear something happening to Obama, especially in the black community. I would think she probably realized it after she said it, but I don't think she meant any harm by it.

I am really torn, because I want to give her the benefit of the doubt, and I know what it's like to say something stupid and not realize it until afterwards. But when I look at the text of the comment it's really hard to interpret charitably.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:24 PM
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51. It's not even a question until she apologizes.
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Medusa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:25 PM
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52. Hell.Fucking.No.
Nor can I forgive those who are enabling her and are still trying to claim she did nothing wrong.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:25 PM
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53. My attitude: Yes, fine - just go make yourself useful somehow.
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