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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:53 AM Original message |
I am prepared to say that not all the anti-Tiger sentiment is driven solely by racism |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. The "media" needs to find more newsworthy stories; Tigergate may currently be the most tiresome |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Most of it is driven by truckloads of schadenfreude |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Tiger is also, evidently, a massive jerk |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I met him by complete accident about 10 years ago |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. OH MY GOD!! You had sex with him didn't you? DIDN'T YOU?!? |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Who the hell cares? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Jealousy? You're joking, aren't you? |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. I care. Every spouse who has had the misfortune of having a cheating partner cares. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. What Does Tiger Wood's Fidelity Have To Do With You? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
86. I have never been physically abused, but I would guess that pain |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I agree jealousy and unrealistic views of sex |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Who the hell said it had anything to do with racism? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. "Unrealistic views of sex"? |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. + 100,000 |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
50. "keeping his promises was for the little people?" |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Then why are you in this thread? |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. You Don't See the Difference Between the Impact This Story Has On Me vs On You? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Let's see here. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I Find the Hysteria Surrounding Tiger Woods Amusing |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Wow! The 'women are hysterical' defense!!!! Using the sexist word was a nice touch! nt |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Oh, The Media Is Composed Entirely Of Women Now? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Your reference to media 'hysteria'... is priceless. nt |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. So Is Your Ability To Spin Anything To Fit Your Agenda. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
80. why is it your view of human relationships seem to fail |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. It's not just "my" view of human relationships |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Bingo. Anyone who gives a presser like that certainly can't claim the high road. nt. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think some of it is been driven by some old stereotypes |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. If Tiger Had Cheated Only With Black Women... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Seattle media is already asking questions |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. When did it become fashionable to be a moralist scold again, anyhow? |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
70. When people flaut their family values in public... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #70 |
95. What. Are. You. Talking. About? The man is better at you at golf; the rest is projection. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Master's Chair criticisms reeks a bit of that... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. ICAM. That is exactly what I thought when I watched him give his statement |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. No, it's not. He's a hypocrite, so he's a tempting and easy target for derision. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. A great many people of both sexes have been hurt by adultery.. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. As economic competition heats up, there will be more racism against Asians like Tiger |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. i just think that the guy is a dick.. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Me too. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. The curious thing is that he's both totally uninteresting and |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. ! |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. That is a very apt description of Tiger and others... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. That's a very apt assessment. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Charles Barkley, on the other hand, IS a jerk who is both smart and interesting. nt |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Show Sir Charles the love! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Back at you! |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
73. Oh my! That is a very good description of TW. nt |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. Ah, the race card. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. No! |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. Maybe I'm a Pollyanna, but I didn't think any of it was driven by racism... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Agree . . . don't see any difference between his treatment and John Edwards . . . |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'm getting the impression |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. On point...I've been saying this from the beginning.. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Not to mention |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Must not be reading the media then.. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
79. Front & Center ? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. How many of his white golfing buddies gave a lot of interviews boasting of being a family man? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
26. A billionaire sports star who is married with children has unprotected sex with porn stars and loose |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. +1 |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. +1. nt |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm prepared to say that very little of the coverage and controversy was due to racism. |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. i have no opinion on the matter |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
33. How incredibly petty of Billy Payne. nt. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
35. I don't see it. He's a celeb. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
36. Personally I don't give a damned who tiger screwed or when or how many times. What I do |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
37. I know it's not. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
47. I don't think any of it is, or at least, very little of it |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
49. Most of it is. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. See Post 54 |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
51. the guy didn't commit any crime beyond drunk driving and hitting a tree, which should be a page 32 |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Hmmm |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. he plays golf so he is hardly the pope. Also, Wilt outed himself as a womanizer. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. He Had A Carefully Constructed Image As A Family Man Which We Now Know Is False |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Half of NYC has had sex with Derek Jeter, but he is not married nor does he claim to be anything |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Ha |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
87. He made golf popular. Maybe not the Pope, but he is a mega star. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
52. There appears to be no basis for your conclusion it is race driven. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. I Never Liked Him After His Dad Said He Would Be Greater Than Ali, Mandella, And Gandhi. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Same here. He's a "transformational figure"!!! His dad was a total sexist creep. nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. The Serial Adultery Is Between Him And Elin |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Exactly. nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. That Point Seems To Be Lost On A Lot Of People |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Sounds like your beef should be with Earl and not Tiger nt. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
82. Is he responsible for what his dad says? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Ali Is A Demigod. Tiger Should Have Disassociated Himself From Those Comments |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Yes, he should have repudiated his dad. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. I'm Glad You Can Read My Mind |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. If Tiger himself said it, that would be a problem. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I Don't Really Dislike Him. It's Not Like He's A Teabagger Or Republican. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
66. I hope he wins BIG this weekend!!! nt |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
69. Racism huh? Is it beacuse he's Black, or because he's Asian? |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
83. And by envy. Tiger can mate up to 50 times a day!! |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
85. I really don't think it is driven by race. |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
89. It's a juicy scandal - doesn't bother me at all that he had 18 - 42 mistresses |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
90. Was The Ted Haggard Or Jimmy Swaggart Brouhaha Driven By Race |
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