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02-11-2008, 08:30 AM
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If Barack Obama becomes the next US president he will surely be assassinated, British Nobel literature laureate Doris Lessing predicted in a newspaper interview published here Saturday.
Obama, who is vying to become the first black president in US history, "would certainly not last long, a black man in the position of president. They would murder him," Lessing, 88, told the Dagens Nyheter daily.
Obama will be assassinated if he wins: Nobel winner Lessing |
In other news, Tamakuri Nukaga, a 52-year old shoe salesman from Saitama, Japan, publicly announced his prediction on the primaries. "Huckabee looks poised to take the evangelist southern states," Nukaga predicted, "but McCain's strong draw nationwide among the 65 and older demographic should be the defining factor in this race." Nukaga went on to say that Hillary, "Will have a hard time connecting with the soccer mom demographic, but should really connect among unmarried women."
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02-11-2008, 08:37 AM
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Discopants and Haircuts
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Sorry your race war ain't happening. Even the kkk supports Obama...Ba dump bump! 
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Here's the article attached to the picture!
http://www.dailysquib.co.uk/?c=117&a=1227
Do they not realize that there's another party they can support? Last I checked, McCain was a white guy.
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02-11-2008, 08:38 AM
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Well, let's think about this. Off the top of my head I can think of JFK, McKinley and Lincoln as Presidents who were assassintated. I know there are one or two others- Chester Arthur?
Then there were attempts on Truman (PR nationalists), Ford (twice), Reagan (deranged nut who came close), and Clinton (another nut with an AK-47). Throw in Bobby Kennedy (Sirhan Sirhan) as someone who came close to the White House.
The point being that predicting assassanation is not exactly going out on a limb. In any case, the woman is a twit.
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02-11-2008, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Moth
Well, let's think about this. Off the top of my head I can think of JFK, McKinley and Lincoln as Presidents who were assassintated. I know there are one or two others- Chester Arthur?
Then there were attempts on Truman (PR nationalists), Ford (twice), Reagan (deranged nut who came close), and Clinton (another nut with an AK-47). Throw in Bobby Kennedy (Sirhan Sirhan) as someone who came close to the White House.
The point being that predicting assassanation is not exactly going out on a limb. In any case, the woman is a twit.
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Why do you call her a twit???
....did you bother to read her bio?
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02-11-2008, 09:38 AM
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Why do you call her a twit???
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I think the word appropriate do describe someone who says something so unbelievably stupid.
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....did you bother to read her bio?
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I know who she its. Even talented people say stupid things.
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02-11-2008, 01:18 PM
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Please, anyone trying to assassinate a President these days would quickly meet a special someone named Mr. Counter Sniper.
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02-11-2008, 01:46 PM
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I voted Obama/Biden
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Perhaps Lessing was only echoing Michelle Obama's concern for Barack's safety. Michelle Obama is not stupid. This informative article was posted in another thread.
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"She worried, too, about his safety. She was told that if any threats against his life were made, the Secret Service and the campaign would bolster his protection. In the end, she decided to support his run.
Michelle Obama Solidifies Her Role in the Election - WSJ.com
Last edited by tigerlily; 02-11-2008 at 01:47 PM..
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02-11-2008, 04:52 PM
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I have talked this with some American friends, and we all agreed that Obama will have at least one assassination attempt if he wins the Presidency.
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02-11-2008, 05:23 PM
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How my achievements mock me!
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Originally Posted by Who?Me?!
The "bloke's" name is Doris....yes, senility does seem to be spreading but not hers..
Biography
Nobel Prize for Literature, Honorary Degree from Harvard and many other accomplisments.
Remember, we're all GLOBAL now and even the British have the right to speak about any country they choose just like the arrogant Americans. |
Yeah, and Yassar Arafat got the Nobel peace prize.
Notoriety is not a guarantor of perspicacity.
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02-11-2008, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Who?Me?!
Why do you call her a twit???
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The recipient of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing, said in an interview published over the weekend that the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States were not "that terrible"..."Some Americans will think I'm crazy," she said in the interview published Sunday. "Many people died, two prominent buildings fell, but it was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as they think. They're a very naïve people, or they pretend to be."
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Doris Lessing plays down Sept. 11 attacks - International Herald Tribune
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