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PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
10. typical bully response
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 12:03 PM
Aug 2012

does bad things to someone when no ones looking they throws the hands up and says he did it. Geek, dork or nerd gets detention. How should I know? well I was bullied up thru high school. Fortunately i didn't shoot up a school. albeit I do have depression. Which has to do with something else.

 

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
3. Dems could easily make an ad out of all the racists and personal attacks the GOP has made
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 11:05 AM
Aug 2012

While showing that their plan is really just about beating Obama.

sinkingfeeling

(51,473 posts)
4. I'm still waiting for Rmoney to release tax returns, explain his tax plan (what
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 11:18 AM
Aug 2012

deductions will he end?), and tell me how he's going to increase employment by millions of jobs by cutting taxes!

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
11. Mittens can't say anything about taxes
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 12:04 PM
Aug 2012

unless he releases his own. It's people like him who grew the national debt by not paying..

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
5. What's the next plateau look like???
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 11:26 AM
Aug 2012

I can see the RNC chopping up Obama's speeches, word by word - and then stringing individual words together to where they have him saying he's planning surgical drone strilkes to take out particular GOP luminaries like Boehner and McConnell. "Liars" and "truth twisters" are too polite of terms to describe the desperados of the GOP.

earthside

(6,960 posts)
6. The real impact of 'Citizens United' ...
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 11:28 AM
Aug 2012

... is now rearing its ugly head.

This ad is an example of exactly what Rmoney and the Repuglicans are going to use from now until November 6 to drive down marginal Democratic and independent voters.

It is going to be 'ugly' ... and it is going to be hard to counter.

democrat_patriot

(2,774 posts)
7. And this is where the Dems usually back off and curl up. Not this time I hope.
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 11:30 AM
Aug 2012

Keep hitting them with the TRUTH.

summerschild

(725 posts)
8. They're working toward painting Obama as the "angry black man",
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 11:31 AM
Aug 2012

an easily evoked fear among many of their sad supporters.

They're losing all hope of making Romney "likable", so this is all messaging (which we'll see grow) to make the President less likable. In their playbook it doesn't matter whether it's true - if it's loud enough and lasts long enough (CitizensUnited $$$$$$$$$) they believe some dullards will take it as gospel.

To watch Romney's poor acting to portray Mr. Nice Guy Just Trying To Do Good makes me feel like I just drank a whole bottle of Syrup of Ipecac.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
12. I'm doing some calling for the local Obama campaign. No sell, simply "do you support
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 02:44 PM
Aug 2012

Obama, Romney, undecided? What are your concerns and issues? Nearly a month in, it seems nobody really likes Romney. Those "supporting" him are just anti-Obama. Some, when they hear I'm calling for Obama campaign, say " I'm for the Other Guy", and sometimes blank on Romney's name. None of his supporters can give any positive reasons why. A number of Obama supporters have been disappointed, but are willing to give him a second term. Others are highly enthusiastic about him, and are far more familiar with the issues than are Romney supporters.

 

Blue Meany

(1,947 posts)
14. When I see these kinds of ads, I remember a remark from Karl Rove
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 09:32 AM
Aug 2012

in which he said he wanted there to be "A Republican truth" and "A Democratic truth." His strategy is to flood the media with so many lies that the truth is hard to discern: it's just he said, she said. Democrats really need to start fighting back at a meta level, portraying the Republican strategies of lying, distortion and cheating for what they are.

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