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I think alot of what Lieberman does and says is a very blatant passive-agressive way to undermine the Democartic leadership who at least is trying to get something done.
Franken takes on Lieberman as tensions builds in Senate 2009
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It started because she went wayyyyyyy out of her passive-agressive little way in the interest of hurting somebody.
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PDOT is known to be the most inefficient, passive-agressive agency of them all.
Port of Portland top brass are paid well (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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My unsolicited advice to Angela would be to tone down the pre-emptive martyrisation (nobody likes their negative reaction to be presumed), and consider cutting the snippy passive-agressive barbs in the final lines which obscure points earlier in the post*** (getting your retaliation in first is a form of self-fulfilling prophecy).
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This creates the passive-agressive climate we are seeing, that and gutlessness.
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Maybe they are just planning to hammer away at the Obama presidency with passive-agressive racism so much that they think the country will be ready for a white supremicist in four years.
Virginia GOP Planning Rally To Reach Out To Minorities -- Starring George Allen! 2009
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Maybe they are just planning to hammer away at the Obama presidency with passive-agressive racism so much that they think the country will be ready for a white supremicist in four years.
Virginia GOP Planning Rally To Reach Out To Minorities -- Starring George Allen! 2009
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I still find it irritating when the "why isn't he doing better" meme is smarmily invoked by the likes of David Brooks, though; it's that same passive-agressive mentality that produced the "why can't he close the deal" crap during the interminable primary vis-a-vis Hillary.
The Politics Of Mockery, Part 2: Obama Again Hits McCain Over Tire-Gauge Stunt 2009
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The mother is either a passive-agressive idiot or a complete doormat.
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This is McDumbass trying to issue a passive-agressive bitch-slap to Obama.
McCain: It's "Honorable" To Want To Lose The War In Iraq Out Of Political Ambition 2009
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