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hlthe2b

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3. 'Didn't mean the SS would diirectly intervene if it were male-but possibly "step in" just a bit..

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 05:29 PM

Jan 2012

so as to send a signal. Getting in anothers face waving a finger is certainly overly assertive, if not downright aggressive and doesn't take much to move to more threatening behavior. I think just moving a few feet towards the President would be all the message required and still argue they would have been more likely to do so, had it been male.

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Why Jan Brewer Should Keep Her Fingers To Herself [View all] JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 OP

BS...but I do wonder if it had been a male governor doing the same... hlthe2b Jan 2012 #1

Nah, a finger is not a fist Warpy Jan 2012 #2

'Didn't mean the SS would diirectly intervene if it were male-but possibly "step in" just a bit.. hlthe2b Jan 2012 #3

Wow, what a difference in reactions. noamnety Jan 2012 #4

that's interesting too iverglas Jan 2012 #7

i saw and recognized that immediately, too. we have all had a man do that seabeyond Jan 2012 #8

Politics is a contact sport. rrneck Jan 2012 #5

and now the view from another planet ... iverglas Jan 2012 #6

thoughtful post, and thanks for that Cretien image. Whisp Jan 2012 #9