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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Fri Jun 29, 2012, 01:01 AM Jun 2012

DEMS Dominate GOP, 18-5, in Congressional Baseball Game

On Thursday, Democrats had their day in court, and then they had their night on the field, capping a day defined by predictions proven wrong with a crushing defeat of the Republican team.

After pulling out a win with the Supreme Court decision to uphold Obamacare, despite pundits (and inTrade) predicting the opposite outcome, Dems took to the field at Nationals Park for the 51st annual CQ-Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game to slaughter the Republicans, 18-5 - but not for the reason they predicted.

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http://influencealley.nationaljournal.com/2012/06/dems-dominate-gop-185-in-congr.php

p.s. There is political stuff sprinkled in the article between the baseball stuff.

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Democratic staffers shouted 'Justice Roberts' and 'We got health care' while Republicans were at bat Tx4obama Jun 2012 #1

Tx4obama

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1. Democratic staffers shouted 'Justice Roberts' and 'We got health care' while Republicans were at bat

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Fri Jun 29, 2012, 01:07 AM

Jun 2012

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... Fans wasted little time using the day's events to frame their taunts. Democratic staffers shouted "Justice Roberts" and "We got health care" while Republicans were at bat. ...

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/congressional-baseball-republican-slaughter_n_1636191.html

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