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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 03:11 PM Sep 2012

Trying

There was a year when the Washington Redskins came out every Sunday looked like they felt they had someplace else to be. It was surreal. The only man on the entire roster who was hitting the line and running through tackles and showing signs of effort was running back Brian Mitchell.

Me and my friends started calling him "Tryin' Brian Mitchell." It was actually the highest praise we could offer.

So even though there is a somewhat left-handed quality to the prevalence of "trying" as the first word that people associate with Barack Obama, it's not necessarily a bad thing to be associated with. In some ways it's the highest thing you can ask.

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Trying (Original Post) cthulu2016 Sep 2012 OP
Socialist is negative? TBF Sep 2012 #1
Why is "socialist" negative? Brickbat Sep 2012 #2
I think they have positive and negative view of Obama as part of the set of responses cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #3

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
3. I think they have positive and negative view of Obama as part of the set of responses
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 03:20 PM
Sep 2012

so the responders are divided into positive and negative off the bat.

And I agree with that in that I doubt many of the "socialist" responders were trying to say something positive, whatever the objective merits of socialism.

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