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mwyn8

(84 posts) Sat May 17, 2014, 05:07 AM May 2014

Operation American Spring - 35 Top Excuses For What Happened to the 29,999,000

people who did not show up. LMAO!!! These are great.

http://firebrandprogressives.org/35-top-excuses-happened-29999000-people-didnt-show-operation-american-spring/

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Operation American Spring - 35 Top Excuses For What Happened to the 29,999,000 (Original Post) mwyn8 May 2014 OP

Some of those would certainly qualify for David Letterman's top ten List... yuiyoshida May 2014 #1

So why did they not go up to Shake Shack and arrest Obama and Biden? Exposethefrauds May 2014 #2

:) shenmue May 2014 #3

What do you mean by the term . . . another_liberal May 2014 #7

It's a chain restaurant Barack and Joe went to yesterday n/t n2doc May 2014 #8

Thanks. another_liberal May 2014 #9

Here's a story on it n2doc May 2014 #12

It was raining Bosonic May 2014 #4

FAUX "News" made fools of them. proReality May 2014 #5

They did a pretty good job of that by themselves nxylas May 2014 #6

You mean 29,999,900 don't you? hobbit709 May 2014 #10

Generosity mwyn8 May 2014 #17

Ummmmmm re: #31 A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #11

... Scuba May 2014 #13

I didn't like the trailer park excuses. RebelOne May 2014 #14

no place to charge thier mobility scooters, which they got almost free, thru medicare, KG May 2014 #15

Shit melts in the rain. hobbit709 May 2014 #16

haha! nt laundry_queen May 2014 #18

I got a thought, they depended on the numbers furnished by the True the Vote Thinkingabout May 2014 #19

All of the live streams stopped before noon. MohRokTah May 2014 #20

yuiyoshida

(45,656 posts)

1. Some of those would certainly qualify for David Letterman's top ten List...

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 06:08 AM

May 2014

Great stuff

Exposethefrauds

(531 posts)

2. So why did they not go up to Shake Shack and arrest Obama and Biden?

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 06:18 AM

May 2014

There were live tweets going out where they were at.

shenmue

(38,605 posts)

3. :)

Reply to Exposethefrauds (Reply #2)

Sat May 17, 2014, 06:29 AM

May 2014

I wonder!

another_liberal

(8,821 posts)

7. What do you mean by the term . . .

Reply to Exposethefrauds (Reply #2)

Sat May 17, 2014, 07:37 AM

May 2014

I don't understand. What do you mean by the term "Shake Shack?"

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

8. It's a chain restaurant Barack and Joe went to yesterday n/t

Reply to another_liberal (Reply #7)

Sat May 17, 2014, 07:48 AM

May 2014

another_liberal

(8,821 posts)

9. Thanks.

Reply to n2doc (Reply #8)

Sat May 17, 2014, 07:54 AM

May 2014

I missed that story entirely.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

12. Here's a story on it

Reply to another_liberal (Reply #9)

Sat May 17, 2014, 08:24 AM

May 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/05/16/obama-investing-in-americas-infrastructure-through-hamburgers/

Bosonic

(3,746 posts)

4. It was raining

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 06:37 AM

May 2014

proReality

(1,628 posts)

5. FAUX "News" made fools of them.

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 07:04 AM

May 2014

I wonder if they'll ever figure that out.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)

6. They did a pretty good job of that by themselves

Reply to proReality (Reply #5)

Sat May 17, 2014, 07:29 AM

May 2014

But yeah, it does show the extent to which the Tea Party has outlived its usefulness as far as its owners are concerned. A few years ago, they'd have been promoting this like crazy.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

10. You mean 29,999,900 don't you?

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 07:55 AM

May 2014

mwyn8

(84 posts)

17. Generosity

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #10)

Sat May 17, 2014, 01:35 PM

May 2014

my dear hobbit - generosity.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,903 posts)

11. Ummmmmm re: #31

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 08:14 AM

May 2014

Waffle House doesn't have a buffet.

Never had.

Otherwise, appropriately silly.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

13. ...

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 08:35 AM

May 2014

29. If you count the voices in the heads of the people who showed up, there were 30 million people there.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

14. I didn't like the trailer park excuses.

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 10:04 AM

May 2014

I live in a mobile home park, and those excuses insinuate that only morons live in trailers.

KG

(28,797 posts)

15. no place to charge thier mobility scooters, which they got almost free, thru medicare,

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 10:12 AM

May 2014

which they want the govt to keep it's hands off of...

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

16. Shit melts in the rain.

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 10:17 AM

May 2014

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)

18. haha! nt

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #16)

Sat May 17, 2014, 02:38 PM

May 2014

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

19. I got a thought, they depended on the numbers furnished by the True the Vote

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 08:18 PM

May 2014

Group and just as I thought the numbers are way off the mark.

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

20. All of the live streams stopped before noon.

Reply to mwyn8 (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 08:19 PM

May 2014

The reason the live streamers gave was "nothing is happening".

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