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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 17, 2015 22:21:27 GMT -5
i think this is a very old quote, weltz. correct me if i am wrong.
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Post by b2r on Feb 17, 2015 22:21:42 GMT -5
You should move here...you love us so much!
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Post by weltschmerz on Feb 17, 2015 22:25:54 GMT -5
i think this is a very old quote, weltz. correct me if i am wrong. It may be an old quote, but he just said it. Grossly inappropriate and showcases his misogyny and total lack of insight and judgement.
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Post by weltschmerz on Feb 17, 2015 22:28:30 GMT -5
"A woman is a life support system for a vagina" is also an old quote, but who would be stupid enough to use it in this day and age? A Republican.
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Post by weltschmerz on Feb 17, 2015 22:31:56 GMT -5
You should move here...you love us so much! Oh, but I did move there. Lasted about five years before I realised I had to move back to save my sanity. Gotta admit....the weather was nice.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 17, 2015 22:38:43 GMT -5
i think this is a very old quote, weltz. correct me if i am wrong. It may be an old quote, but he just said it. Grossly inappropriate and showcases his misogyny and total lack of insight and judgement. no, i meant an old quote as in "not said recently". am i wrong?
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Post by mroped on Feb 17, 2015 22:39:41 GMT -5
God set it up this way: "in the north, I'll give you the cold but I'll make you polite so you can deal with it! in the south I'll give you nicer weather but you'll be a bunch of a'holes" I believe somewhere he screwd the pooch! Is now colder here than in the north and we still have the a'holes. Didn't make us any politer!
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 17, 2015 22:45:06 GMT -5
Mississippi state rep Gene Alday, R-Walls, said the following during the last few days: "I come from a town where all the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call 'welfare crazy checks...they don't work." And about him having to go to a hospital for pain: "I liked to died. I laid in there for hours because they (blacks) were in there being treated for gunshots." He apologized for his remarks today and said he never intended for his remarks to be published. Alday says he's 'deeply sorry' for remarks about blacks
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Post by dondub on Feb 17, 2015 22:46:44 GMT -5
Quotes like those might lead some to think they have a 'war on women'.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 17, 2015 23:13:45 GMT -5
It may be an old quote, but he just said it. Grossly inappropriate and showcases his misogyny and total lack of insight and judgement. no, i meant an old quote as in "not said recently". am i wrong? According to the article Welts linked to the remarks were made last week.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 17, 2015 23:20:20 GMT -5
no, i meant an old quote as in "not said recently". am i wrong? According to the article Welts linked to the remarks were made last week. weird. i thought i read recently that quote was made in 2002. must be getting it confused with something else. thanks.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 17, 2015 23:34:15 GMT -5
According to the article Welts linked to the remarks were made last week. weird. i thought i read recently that quote was made in 2002. must be getting it confused with something else. thanks. Sure. The idiot that babbled this stupidity is right here in the same state with me. It's downright embarrassing!
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Post by tallguy on Feb 18, 2015 2:22:09 GMT -5
That raises the question of what is keeping you there? There are places in this country that you don't have to be embarrassed by. Okay, not in red states perhaps....
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Post by marvholly on Feb 18, 2015 6:23:09 GMT -5
These ........gentlemen NEED to keep spouting off on their innermost thoughts & ideals. Just a SURE way to elect another Democratic president and quite possibly return at least 1 house of congress to Democratic control.
NOTE: I would personally prefer candidates NOT named Bush OR Clinton. Time for a newer broom.
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Post by mmhmm on Feb 18, 2015 7:18:50 GMT -5
That raises the question of what is keeping you there? There are places in this country that you don't have to be embarrassed by. Okay, not in red states perhaps.... *chuckle* It's family that has kept me here. How much longer that will continue isn't known at this time.
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Post by justme on Feb 18, 2015 11:09:54 GMT -5
I'm not following how we're lesser when we come from them? Not too mention what dem said. Or the fact that ribs protect the heart, which is what Jesus cares about most, no? So you'd think making women out of what was designed to protect a heart would make us better, right?
And that's completely ignoring the fact that he obviously thought man couldn't do well in the world so he had to create women to fix his mistake ;-)
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 18, 2015 11:28:13 GMT -5
These ........gentlemen NEED to keep spouting off on their innermost thoughts & ideals. Just a SURE way to elect another Democratic president and quite possibly return at least 1 house of congress to Democratic control.
NOTE: I would personally prefer candidates NOT named Bush OR Clinton. Time for a newer broom. i was going to say that you could simply wait a couple of election cycles, but i am not sure that is true.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 18, 2015 11:29:42 GMT -5
These ........gentlemen NEED to keep spouting off on their innermost thoughts & ideals. Just a SURE way to elect another Democratic president and quite possibly return at least 1 house of congress to Democratic control.
NOTE: I would personally prefer candidates NOT named Bush OR Clinton. Time for a newer broom. I don't think this will have an affect on the presidential run. Most people are smart enough to not judge an entire party by one members actions (even though posts in this thread would lead you to think otherwise). If you have an axe to grind on a certain subject though... It won't help his next run when this quote is plastered on billboards all across the state though! really? you think that most people don't identify Democrats with Obama?
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 18, 2015 11:32:39 GMT -5
These ........gentlemen NEED to keep spouting off on their innermost thoughts & ideals. Just a SURE way to elect another Democratic president and quite possibly return at least 1 house of congress to Democratic control.
NOTE: I would personally prefer candidates NOT named Bush OR Clinton. Time for a newer broom. I don't think this will have an affect on the presidential run. Most people are smart enough to not judge an entire party by one members actions (even though posts in this thread would lead you to think otherwise). If you have an axe to grind on a certain subject though... It won't help his next run when this quote is plastered on billboards all across the state though! LOL. Where are you when a certain poster who lives in Florida (not to be named of course) blames all the world's problems on liberals/Democrats.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 18, 2015 11:34:27 GMT -5
"OBAMA SCARY!
OBAMA MAKE THE SUN GO AWAY!!!"
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Feb 18, 2015 11:41:26 GMT -5
Personally, I believe woman was created 2nd because He was saving the best for last. However....in fairness....this guy didn't say "women" were a lesser cut of meat. He said RIBS were a lesser cut of meat. He's a moron...absolutely. But his moronic statements should be quoted fairly. You may deduce, as I do, that it means the same thing, but he didn't actually say what he is being credited with saying - at least according to the article.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 18, 2015 11:46:07 GMT -5
Personally, I believe woman was created 2nd because He was saving the best for last. However....in fairness....this guy didn't say "women" were a lesser cut of meat. He said RIBS were a lesser cut of meat. He's a moron...absolutely. But his moronic statements should be quoted fairly. You may deduce, as I do, that it means the same thing, but he didn't actually say what he is being credited with saying - at least according to the article. not exactly. this is what he said: "Well, you know God created man first," Corbin said, reportedly smirking at Shealy. "Then he took the rib out of man to make woman. And you know, a rib is a lesser cut of meat." Read more at www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/lessercut.asp#f4lW7ej8UXLoJChH.99that is a syllogism: god created man first god created woman out of a man's rib a rib is a lesser cut of meat therefore, women are lesser than men the conclusion is not drawn, but is given by the premises, if you accept them.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Feb 18, 2015 11:47:03 GMT -5
I'd could put a hurt on some ribs right now.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 18, 2015 11:48:17 GMT -5
I'd could put a hurt on some ribs right now. with fists, or teeth?
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Feb 18, 2015 11:50:59 GMT -5
Personally, I believe woman was created 2nd because He was saving the best for last. However....in fairness....this guy didn't say "women" were a lesser cut of meat. He said RIBS were a lesser cut of meat. He's a moron...absolutely. But his moronic statements should be quoted fairly. You may deduce, as I do, that it means the same thing, but he didn't actually say what he is being credited with saying - at least according to the article. not exactly. this is what he said: "Well, you know God created man first," Corbin said, reportedly smirking at Shealy. "Then he took the rib out of man to make woman. And you know, a rib is a lesser cut of meat." Read more at www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/lessercut.asp#f4lW7ej8UXLoJChH.99that is a syllogism: god created man first god created woman out of a man's rib a rib is a lesser cut of meat therefore, women are lesser than men the conclusion is not drawn, but is given by the premises, if you accept them. Agreed 100%. However, it still stands true that he did not say "Women are a lesser cut of meat" which is what he is being credited as saying and that's simply not true. I don't believe in misquoting things to make an already bad situation worse.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Feb 18, 2015 11:52:13 GMT -5
I'd could put a hurt on some ribs right now. with fists, or teeth? Whichever gets them to my tummy the quickest. With a short layover on my taste buds.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 18, 2015 11:56:43 GMT -5
not exactly. this is what he said: "Well, you know God created man first," Corbin said, reportedly smirking at Shealy. "Then he took the rib out of man to make woman. And you know, a rib is a lesser cut of meat." Read more at www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/lessercut.asp#f4lW7ej8UXLoJChH.99that is a syllogism: god created man first god created woman out of a man's rib a rib is a lesser cut of meat therefore, women are lesser than men the conclusion is not drawn, but is given by the premises, if you accept them. Agreed 100%. However, it still stands true that he did not say "Women are a lesser cut of meat" which is what he is being credited as saying and that's simply not true. I don't believe in misquoting things to make an already bad situation worse. not to cut slack on the headline, but the headline says women are "a lesser cut of meat", not "women are a lesser cut of meat".
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Feb 18, 2015 11:59:34 GMT -5
Yes. That is true. But, to me, it implies he said exactly that, which he didn't. I just have a problem with all this inflammary reporting. Not just this situation, but others. I'm absolutely sure that's what he meant, and I'm absolutely sure he doesn't have the sense God gave a goose, but that is not what he said.
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