The ReTHUG October surprise was supposed to be the 'caravan'

[malaise]

What a flop.

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1. Outing themselves as rank cowards, scared of a few people far away in another land?

That's a winning political trick these days?

[malaise]

2. Check out this loony in Arizona- ask me about the Caravan not my lies about healthcare

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/arizona-republican-senate-martha-mcsally-obamacare-preexisting-conditions-caravan/


There is a coordinated attempt to push the caravan BS and lie about pre-existing conditions.
Vote them out.

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6. republicans specialize in "things that matter",

like whether al gore thought he was an engineer who invented the internet.
or whether a helmet was a poor fashion choice for mike dukakis
or whether a kerry literally shot himself in the foot to "win" a purple heart.
or whether obama, with a mother from kansas, was a u.s. citizen at birth.
or whether the four or so flags burned in anger each year is should be out nation's highest priority.
or something about some technical decisions about where to put an email server.

yeah, republicans are always keen to talk about "things that matter".

[malaise]

10. Good spot

[The_Counsel]

12. #blizzam

+1

[rampartc]

3. plenty of time left for this story to explode

remember that nothing has to be true.

the bomb business is still unfolding. "what if" law engorcement arrests a few "antifa" or "blm" for mailing the bombs? truth does not really matter if the headline arrives on time.

here is my october surprise ... i think we are being gaslamped with economic statistics. i don't think they are real. and i think that some stunningly terriffic (and inbelievable) statistics are about to be released.

[Quemado]

4. I think the bomb scare is now "the October surprise" of 2018

The bomb scare reinforced the belief that Trump's rhetoric is harmful, in more ways than one.

[malaise]

8. Yep

Absolutely

[Achilleaze]

5. It's the old republican Piss-on-the-Poor Ploy

[safeinOhio]

7. Running with the caravan is like running with the bulls....

...It's all fun and games until you get tripped up.

[malaise]

9. And the bulls gore you

And leave you bloody

[greymattermom]

11. So I wonder why folks from south of the border who speak Spanish are brown.

Not because they are descendants of folks who came from Spain, right? They are native Americans, aren't they? So they actually belong on this continent. Is that right?