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why does sharon olds hate america?

this is from 2005. might as well be from 2007.
2007-09-17 4:55 PM
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Dude, she has some balls! I want to meet her...
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surfwallace - 2007-09-17 6:47 PM

Although not a poet, Tiger Woods simply said "no thank you" to President Clinton.


yes, a 21 year old tiger woods turned down an invitation to join bill clinton at a tribute to jackie robinson at shea stadium in 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball. the tribute was two days after tiger won the masters, becoming the first person with african american heritage to win one of the majors. tiger was ticked that he was invited at the last minute. tiger also caught a lot of flack at the time for turning down the invite.

but wait...who's that with tiger woods at the opening of the Tiger Woods Learning Center in 2006? why, it's bill clinton!



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surfwallace - 2007-09-17 6:47 PM

Although not a poet, Tiger Woods simply said "no thank you" to President Clinton.


yes, a 21 year old tiger woods turned down an invitation to join bill clinton


So you are saying she will grow up too?


zing. good one.
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surfwallace - 2007-09-17 6:47 PM

Although not a poet, Tiger Woods simply said "no thank you" to President Clinton.


yes, a 21 year old tiger woods turned down an invitation to join bill clinton


So you are saying she will grow up too?


I am certain she will be at the opening of the Bush Learning Center
2007-09-18 9:13 AM
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wurkit_gurl - 2007-09-17 5:55 PM Dude, she has some balls! I want to meet her...

she would have more cojones if she had showed up and found a respectful way, as she writes in her letter, to address her concerns to the First Lady.  I don't find her letter courageous... I find it more the opposite, actually.

and this isn't a "partisan" post, btw... a few years back, there were a bunch of golfers, the winning Ryder Cup team, I think, who declined an invite to the White House when Clinton was the POTUS.  That was even worse... at least this lady gave some concrete reasons why she wasn't coming, instead of just saying "we don't agree with your politics." 

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surfwallace - 2007-09-18 7:46 AM Politics aside. If I am throwing a party, I would rank the declining RSVP's as follows: 1. Thank you, but I can't make it (Good) 2. No because I don't agree with your politics (Not bad, but it's just a party you big goof) 3. The idea is great but the idea of breaking bread with you nauseates me (Are you f*cking kidding me?)

Yeah, I gotta say, this strikes me as pretty lame. The reasoning that a husband does something atrocious and the wife, by virtue of not publicly berating him, must agree and support him and is therefore culpable for this atrocious thing. Well, that's just not right.

If my husband said something at a party ) that I found obnoxious (assuming we didn't know the people well, I would wait till we were in private to call him out. That does not mean I agree with or condone his statement. Especially, if my husband screwed up at work, that really wouldn't have anything to do with me, even though we both work in the same field.

Laura Bush is not a politician and not a decider, she's Bush's wife. I really think Olds is taking out her frustration on the wrong person...

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