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Tonya Harding is the latest national punchline to find pop culture redemption
Washington Post (via The Oklahoman) ^ | 12/29/17 | Stephanie Merry

Posted on 01/01/2018 4:38:49 PM PST by Drew68

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To: Drew68

Was Nancy Kerrigan on the red carpet? She’s got a small part in this story.


21 posted on 01/01/2018 5:08:38 PM PST by monkeybrau
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To: Drew68; Impy; NFHale; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA

Robbie is too hot to play her, though. It’s funny that the sympathy for Kerrigan lasted for all of 5 seconds when the public realized she was the annoying, haughty elitist cheerleader type who thought herself better than everyone else in high school, superficially popular, but privately loathed by almost everyone.


22 posted on 01/01/2018 5:11:28 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Drew68

bookmark


23 posted on 01/01/2018 5:11:32 PM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: Drew68

Tonya looks pretty good there


24 posted on 01/01/2018 5:12:26 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Bratch

Ask yourself, “How could I care any less?”. Just a stab at exonerating herself, with Hollywood’s help of course, while both trying to make a buck.


25 posted on 01/01/2018 5:14:40 PM PST by DaveA37
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To: Bratch

Ask yourself, “How could I care any less?”. Just a stab at exonerating herself, with Hollywood’s help of course, while both trying to make a buck.


26 posted on 01/01/2018 5:14:41 PM PST by DaveA37
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To: Drew68
I always had a soft spot for Tonya. Despite her trailer-trash life, she almost made it to the top of the figure skating world - a world populated almost exclusively by girly boys and prima donna girls. For a short period of time, Tonya injected that sissy sport with a major shot of testosterone (but retained some femininity for herself).

I would have dated her at the time and I would have treated her much better than that Jeff Gillooly jerk. As her boyfriend, I also would not have had Nancy's knee smashed. Instead, I would have given Tonya the encouragement and confidence to kick Nancy's butt on the ice fair and square.

Tonya, you should have gone with me babe!

27 posted on 01/01/2018 5:16:08 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Gay State Conservative
Am I the only guy who,20 or 30 years ago (can’t recall when she was famous),who thought that she was kinda hot...in a trailer trash kind of way?

Uhm... (looks around sheepishly) Nope.

28 posted on 01/01/2018 5:17:59 PM PST by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I have a dream, that the next time a bunch of burka clad Muslim bitches demonstrates in front of a synagogue, that the leader gets punched out by the likes of Tonya Harding.


29 posted on 01/01/2018 5:22:16 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; NFHale

Robbie is too hot to play anyone let alone the amazing trailer trash ice princess who chained smokes despite having asthma.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXZQ5DfSAAc

I can’t believe I’m just hearing about this movie. I’m getting a “Fargo” vibe.


30 posted on 01/01/2018 5:34:18 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Larry Lucido
"Another one who “took a knee.”

More likely she has spent most of her life on both knees...

Why the Kerrigan family didn't pay for one of Tony's debt collectors to meet with her is a mystery. I'd prefer that this bitch would have to roll up the red carpet at the opening in a wheel chair...

31 posted on 01/01/2018 5:34:56 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Drew68

There was a woman that actually married Charles Manson, so this is not surprising. Anything for fame.


32 posted on 01/01/2018 5:35:09 PM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: Drew68

#BoycottHollywood


33 posted on 01/01/2018 5:41:51 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year! Screeeeewwwww 2017!)
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To: Lisbon1940

Back in the day I immediately felt sooooo bad for Kerrigan but she did not handle herself with an ounce of grace and became totally unlikable to me, I began to want to believe Tonya.

I saw Nancy on Flea Market Flip a while back and still didn’t like her one bit.


34 posted on 01/01/2018 5:45:55 PM PST by tiki
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To: Drew68

Isn’t that “manspreading” illegal or at least anti-social?


35 posted on 01/01/2018 5:52:05 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: yarddog
I can’t remember the details but wasn’t she really the one responsible for the attack? I know she was never convicted.

To this day Tonya Harding has always maintained that she knew nothing beforehand of the attacks. Jeff Gillooly has always maintained that the intention was only to scare Kerrigan, never hurt her, and Harding was a full participant from the beginning.

Harding plead guilty to obstruction, receiving a fine and community service. Gillooly went to prison for two years.

Jeff Gillooly has since apologized to Nancy Kerrigan. Harding never has.

36 posted on 01/01/2018 5:59:10 PM PST by Drew68
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To: fieldmarshaldj
It’s funny that the sympathy for Kerrigan lasted for all of 5 seconds when the public realized she was the annoying, haughty elitist cheerleader type who thought herself better than everyone else in high school, superficially popular, but privately loathed by almost everyone.

And then she became known as a home-wrecker as well, breaking up her manager's marriage before marrying him herself.

Although Kerrigan's life has had her share of ups and downs. In 2010 her alcoholic brother beat their father to death in a drunken rage. After which, it was learned that Kerrigan's "America's Sweetheart" image was largely manufactured and in truth she had a hard Massachusetts working-class upbringing herself.

37 posted on 01/01/2018 6:08:20 PM PST by Drew68
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To: anton

Well, sort of.


38 posted on 01/01/2018 6:13:44 PM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: Drew68

Thanks for the info.

So Tonya did suffer a little bit of legal repercussions.


39 posted on 01/01/2018 6:19:23 PM PST by yarddog
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Having spent some time on the periphery of Junior Skating, I can tell you anyone successful has to be a great skater, a politician, and confident beyond their years.

I never met one that was “likeable.”


40 posted on 01/01/2018 6:34:52 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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