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Reid: Obama doesn’t need cowboy hat, boots
Las Vegas Sun ^
| August 21, 2008
| Lisa Mascaro
Posted on 08/22/2008 6:56:07 PM PDT by fightinJAG
WASHINGTON -- It was a potentially counter-intuitive pitch Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was making today, about how the presumed Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois actually understands issues in the West better than the Republican one from Arizona.
But there he was on a call with Western reporters, summing it up like this:
"Barack Obama doesn't wear cowboy boots, doesn't wear a cowboy hat -- because it wouldn't look right," Reid said.
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KEYWORDS: obama
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To: Miss Didi
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posted on
08/22/2008 7:22:31 PM PDT
by
cricket
(Damn Political Correctness; before it irretrievably, damns us all. . .)
To: fightinJAG
Cleavon Little looked ok. (Blazing Saddles for you youngsters)
To: fightinJAG
Thats right All Barrak needs is a Hookah and some cronic from around the way and he will be ready to meat it up with any world leader....
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posted on
08/22/2008 7:27:12 PM PDT
by
tomnbeverly
(Prepare to do your time as corvee labor on the Plantation of Barrack and Michelle Obama.)
To: fightinJAG
“Barack Obama doesn’t wear cowboy boots, doesn’t wear a cowboy hat — because it wouldn’t look right,” Reid said.”
And tell us Harry, what would look “right”?
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posted on
08/22/2008 7:37:00 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
("We have to drain the swamp" George Bush, September 2001)
To: fightinJAG
Barack Obama doesn't wear cowboy boots, doesn't wear a cowboy hat Well he sure as hell has no cattle.
To: fightinJAG
That outfit Sheriff Bart wore would be cute...
“As the chairman of the Welcoming Committee, it is my privilege to extend a laurel, and hearty handshake to our new . . . (sheriff).”
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posted on
08/22/2008 7:45:23 PM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great (until it happens to YOU)...)
To: fightinJAG
"Barack Obama doesn't wear cowboy boots, doesn't wear a cowboy hat -- because it wouldn't look right," Reid said.Imagine if a Republican had said that.
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posted on
08/22/2008 7:50:28 PM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("left unchecked, Saddam Hussein...will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons." Sen. Hillary Clinton)
To: fightinJAG
...the presumed Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois actually understands issues in the West better than the Republican one from Arizona.Stop with the jokes, you're killin' me!
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posted on
08/22/2008 7:54:39 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: Miss Didi
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posted on
08/22/2008 8:01:56 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: fightinJAG
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posted on
08/22/2008 8:43:01 PM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: fightinJAG
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posted on
08/22/2008 10:49:21 PM PDT
by
PhatHead
To: Inyo-Mono
...the presumed Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois actually understands issues in the West better than the Republican one from Arizona. That was so funny, I had to tell it again.
NOT.
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posted on
08/23/2008 1:21:28 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
Yes.
And exactly what did Reid mean by “it wouldn’t look right”?
Hmmm?
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posted on
08/23/2008 1:22:24 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
To: tsmith130
Post of the day!
BTW, anybody know the last time the nation was treated to the scene of Harry Reid in a cowboy hat?
Oh, lordy.
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posted on
08/23/2008 1:23:55 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
To: khenrich
Ranger James “Jimmy” Trivette (Walker, Texas Ranger) looked “right” too.
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posted on
08/23/2008 1:26:46 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
To: tsmith130
Barack Obama doesn't wear cowboy boots, doesn't wear a cowboy hat Well he sure as hell has no cattle.
He does, however, have a lot of bull.
To: Miss Didi
Notice the bad guys tend to wear the black hats. The good guys are in the white hats:
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posted on
08/23/2008 5:20:42 AM PDT
by
Crolis
(Married since June 7, 2008!)
To: Crolis
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posted on
08/23/2008 5:37:00 AM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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