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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 04:31 PM Original message |
How AWFUL. Stunning news. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. It really is |
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Blaukraut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not to be insensitive |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't know if it helps him politically. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not political, but it is money making PR for the book. n/t |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Well, what is wrong with that? John Kerry's story of his time in Vietnam |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. John Kerry consistently talked about this |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I didn't even think of it in the context of the that scandal |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. True, he could have and perhaps may, use his terrible experience to connect to and help other |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Is he Catholic? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. No, he is Protestant |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. Thanks for the info. I guess I am dissenting a little in that I don't |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I agree - Brown has every right to write a book and tell his story |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I am divided on that. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It is weird that he did not seak to his family before putting it in the book |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. His tweet says the book is about overcoming difficulties, |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. That is one of my points too. Did he take their feelings into consideration? n/t |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Nothing is wrong with making money on a book, but I question the timing. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. This coming out now is because it is in the book - so those two go together |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I could if he were either unpopular or in trouble for some scandal - neither of which he is |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I am very queezy about this story as well |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Exactly. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Interestingly, my husband got exactly the same feeling when he heard that on TV. |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'm glad I'm out of town right now : ) |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Brown is a more complicated person than I had thought, but his backing of Perry |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. This info needs to go to a journalist. It is a relevant question. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. I am in the "hackles raised" category as well |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. yeah, me, too. n/t |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I feel guilty about it as well |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I also have one other really queasy reaction |
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Luftmensch067 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I had to look it up! |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Thanks! |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Another thanks |
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Luftmensch067 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. LOL! |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Isn't this a relatively common expression? n/t |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I worry that he is constructing a rigid narrative |
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Luftmensch067 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Totally agree n/t |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Great post. I always value your perspective on... |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Yup. I know a lot of people who have been through terrible things, |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. Story from paper of town that his biological father was on town council |
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Blaukraut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. OMG, we can't turn on the TV or read the paper here |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. Reaction of a poster in the Boston Phoenix |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yes it does. n/t |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. Tweet from former K aide |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
41. Boston Herald article asking why - when the ghostwriter was writing this - Brown was with Perry |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Las night, some of the news were starting to question motivation, given that Brown said |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. This could be a hugh dilemma for Brown |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The man may be dead? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. Kerry's reaction. Classy, not surprisingly. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
47. We're starting the fifth day of coverage of this story. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Brown finds a way to extend it another day - he blasted people who brought up Perry |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Worse. There is an interview on AOL where he says if he could, |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. He said the same thing on Hannity's radio show that I heard part of today |
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Blaukraut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Make that the sixth day |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That is because he hasn't done much of anything else. n/t |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
55. The more I hear of this book - the worse it gets |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. Article on the Boston book signing |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I heard the "steady trickle" in my car earlier. I suspect that people in Boston have had enough of |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
58. Politico (this morning) and now Fox are accusing the "DSCC" of spreading attacks on Brown |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Looks like the DSCC shot itself in the foot. How dumb can they be? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. They are stupid if they did that, because the MA media have touched the topic themselves and |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Great advice and really putting it in perspective. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. I agree with all your comments. n/t |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. FYI, Coakley's mistake was to do NOTHING. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I agree completely with what you are saying |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Pat Murray is at the head of the DSCC. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Thanks - at least I don't have to be angry at my Senator |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I' m confused. Where does it say it did not happen? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. That's what I would read out of "a political stunt" |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. some possiblly noteworthy reponses to this article |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Done. Thanks. Though I did not think he was quite old enough to run for the Senate. |
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MBS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. I strongly urge DUers to vote NOW re Dem senate race |
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