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The people who #Walkedaway are actually cropped from Shutterstock-images. (Original Post) DetlefK Jul 2018 OP
Once again, the deplorables overplay their hand gratuitous Jul 2018 #1
+1 dalton99a Jul 2018 #2
twitter is awash with these nasty "ads"/posts. I just walk away or at times riversedge Jul 2018 #3
There is no low to which they won't sink. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #4
They always overplay treestar Jul 2018 #5
kick 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018 #VoteThemOUT riversedge Jul 2018 #6
But the Content . . . . What's that about? Who is making ALL these CALLS? MagickMuffin Jul 2018 #7
Nobody, they just made it up. it's lies KelleyKramer Jul 2018 #8
Well of course it is MagickMuffin Jul 2018 #9
This Walkedaway thing is so weak the Russians should be embarrassed. betsuni Jul 2018 #10
Are they talking about all of the threats made to Obama and family? ProfessorPlum Jul 2018 #11

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Once again, the deplorables overplay their hand
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 05:53 PM
Jul 2018

By this time, most folks online are perceptive enough to notice that the ad doesn't identify the person allegedly walking away, and are spotting the phony crap so much faster. The PUMA template from 2008 is just about worn out.

In case you don't remember, PUMA stood for "party unity my ass," and was a supposed feminist backlash against the Democrats nominating Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton. PUMAs ostensibly were committed Democrats who were now going to vote for the McCain-Palin ticket because Sarah Palin was a woman. PUMA sprang up so apparently spontaneously that some media folks were fooled for a while. The astroturf group was eventually exposed, but it hung around for an appallingly long time.

riversedge

(70,299 posts)
3. twitter is awash with these nasty "ads"/posts. I just walk away or at times
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 07:12 PM
Jul 2018

have reported them when I run across gross ones.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
5. They always overplay
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 09:09 PM
Jul 2018

I recall their claim that Republican women were more attractive than Democratic women. They had photos to prove their point. All of famous women. But they had to doctor the photos of the Democrats to make them ugly. So stupid they proved they were wrong or the doctoring would not be needed.

MagickMuffin

(15,952 posts)
7. But the Content . . . . What's that about? Who is making ALL these CALLS?
Thu Jul 26, 2018, 10:12 PM
Jul 2018

Who knew about this?

Fess up!

KelleyKramer

(8,982 posts)
8. Nobody, they just made it up. it's lies
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 12:47 AM
Jul 2018

It's fitting that everything in that, including the picture, is a lie

MagickMuffin

(15,952 posts)
9. Well of course it is
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 02:08 AM
Jul 2018

that's part of their game. To confuse the public. Hopefully no one will buy it.

Call Them Out!!!

betsuni

(25,615 posts)
10. This Walkedaway thing is so weak the Russians should be embarrassed.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 02:17 AM
Jul 2018

It's like a bad ad for laundry detergent.

ProfessorPlum

(11,276 posts)
11. Are they talking about all of the threats made to Obama and family?
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 08:32 AM
Jul 2018

Otherwise, I don't know what they are talking about.

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