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2016 Postmortem

applegrove

(118,832 posts) Fri Jun 15, 2012, 11:33 PM Jun 2012

That reporter interrupting Obama is a dog whistle to the GOP base: scapegoat here, attack, attack,

attack. Nothing Obama does can be left to stand as a clear bit of policy. Everything he tries has to be destroyed. The GOP are d e s p e r a t e!

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That reporter interrupting Obama is a dog whistle to the GOP base: scapegoat here, attack, attack, (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2012 OP

It's ANYTHING, and they ARE saying A - N - Y - T - H - I - N - G, goes. patrice Jun 2012 #1

They want to break Obama down siligut Jun 2012 #2

And this is just the beginning of the campaign. demgrrrll Jun 2012 #3

And the irony is, he'll now be greeted as a hero in certain quarters. His actions today raised..... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2012 #4

patrice

(47,992 posts)

1. It's ANYTHING, and they ARE saying A - N - Y - T - H - I - N - G, goes.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 11:37 PM

Jun 2012

I have one in my FB "friends" who almost never speaks to me without mentioning guns.

siligut

(12,272 posts)

2. They want to break Obama down

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 11:43 PM

Jun 2012

His family is probably receiving veiled threats, he is probably being hit with some kind of harassment every time he appears in public. I donated to his "Have dinner with Obama" email today, he needs us as much as we need him.

demgrrrll

(3,590 posts)

3. And this is just the beginning of the campaign.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 01:48 AM

Jun 2012

Tarheel_Dem

(31,243 posts)

4. And the irony is, he'll now be greeted as a hero in certain quarters. His actions today raised.....

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:21 AM

Jun 2012

his profile to new heights. Afterall, I didn't even know he existed until today. Now he's national news, kinda like "Joe the Plumber".

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