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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:26 AM Original message |
My usually reasonable friend is convinced that Obama is actually an Arab |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh nose. An edumacated monkey. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Her degrees are legitimate |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Oops--if her former bf was Iranian, HE wasn't Arab either! |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That was my mistake - she knows he's Persian |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. The Arabs are just as quick to point out that Iranians are not Arabs. Sure |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. HELLO?.... Iranians are PERSIANS, NOT Arabs |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. Perhaps she subscribes to the theory that Africans descend from |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Arabic is the official language of Islam, much as Latin was once the official language of the |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I heard what Powell said |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Barack is Hebrew for "lightning bolt" |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't have a problem with "your friend" being a moran ... but then I didn't write the post. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. She is supportive of Obama, and hopes he can get us out of this mess |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'd love to see her version of the Obama family tree if you happen to have it. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. She lives half-way across the country, so I haven't seen it myself |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. Here's a link... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Good pedigree - easy to read |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. Ask her to define "Arab" |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. she is an idiot. |
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kikiek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I'm in the same camp as you are. I don't care what degrees she has she is an idiot. Also I question |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Bush* has degrees too, but is so embarrassingly ignorant... |
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Yotun (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. If your friend told you her Iranian near fiance was an Arab, she has some serious revising to do... |
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Shiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. One of my co-workers recently used an issue of The Globe |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. Just tell her Fine, believe what you want to believe |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Probably the wisest coarse (misspelled intentionally). |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. Where in the genealogy does she find him to be half Arab? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. The friend apparently equates Arab = Muslim= African = Islam= |
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Babette (810 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. I have a co-worker who believes Obama is an Arab. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Africa and Asia are two different continents |
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Ozma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. LOL n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I have to agree with prior posters. It probably would not do any good. Degrees or not, maroon comes |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Or just ask her which one she can see from her house... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. There are Arabs in North Africa, descendants of the Arabs that invaded there. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. You are correct |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Isn't the Arabian peninsula part of Africa? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. According to Wikipedia... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. Does she pronounce it like "A-rab"? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
31. you ask |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. Yes, I've seen it posted here... by you, as a matter of fact |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
34. Probably confused between Arab and Muslim. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
38. Your friend is absolutely correct |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
40. There's nothing wrong with being an Arab. Still, Obama is not an Arab. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. well, he does exhibit all the classic arab traits |
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