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    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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    04/18/09

    In reply to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Children Are Shameless, Greedy Shakedown Artists
    I think people on here are being pretty dramatic with their 'the kids are tarnishing Dr. King' talk. What he stands for his bigger than his own flaws and those of his children.


    I was pretty upset when I found out just like a year or two ago that it was known he had affairs. I swear I had a few tears. I know he's just human and it doesn't change the fact that I think he's one of the best people to walk this earth. It sounds like his family feels maybe they weren't a priority. I think it's pretty telling that not one of those kids ever had kids of their own. The litigation and fighting is just a symptom of some people who seem pretty sad. But others get past things, I'm sorry they didn't seem to.

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    04/17/09

    In reply to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Children Are Shameless, Greedy Shakedown Artists
    The King children could single-handedly make his memory obsolete.
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    04/17/09

    In reply to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Children Are Shameless, Greedy Shakedown Artists
    I've been to the mountaintop, and it's made of cash money.
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    04/17/09

    In reply to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Children Are Shameless, Greedy Shakedown Artists
    Nature vs. Nurture?
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    04/17/09

    In reply to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Children Are Shameless, Greedy Shakedown Artists
    Slate takes pleasure in destroying everything good and beautiful in the world, but sometimes they make a correct call by mistake:


    [www.slate.com]

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    04/17/09

    In reply to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Children Are Shameless, Greedy Shakedown Artists
    "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."


    Be careful what you wish for.

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    04/17/09

    @CaptainFantastic:


    Zowy.

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    04/17/09

    @CaptainFantastic: LOL!!!
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    04/17/09

    In reply to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Children Are Shameless, Greedy Shakedown Artists
    I don't recall the name of the program in particular (it may have been 60 Minutes) but a few years back there was a story about the licensing of King's image (by his kids, natch) to various commercial entities. And I believe that his 'image' was actually levered out to a major corporation no? I know I sound useless here, as I can't recall the details but there you have it. Nothing taints your legacy like having shitty kids.
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    04/17/09

    @Ensconced: That sounds suspiciously similar to this one guy who had something and then something was all weird and stuff.
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    04/17/09

    @Worst Spelling Ever: You know what this is? Poetry, is what. For great poets can never be expected to be anchored to one simple denotation. Details are unimportant. Detonation.
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    04/17/09

    In reply to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Children Are Shameless, Greedy Shakedown Artists
    This is not a happy Friday send-off story.
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