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mayor booker, the President is on the phone.... (Original Post)
spanone
May 2012
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bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)1. Had he been a Republican who had done this in the Bush years
He would have gotten a phone call from Karl Rove the same day, and be on every cable channel TV repudiating himself and apologizing to the president.
It happened several times actually.
DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)2. And on TOP of that, there would have been 15 prominent politicians
who would have come out and made statements against him personally and for what he said..
Where are the Dems now?
demgrrrll
(3,590 posts)3. Rev Al gave him a good shot tonight. He said that Newark had one of the highest unemployment
numbers and that venture or vulture capitalism wouldn't change that fact.
enough
(13,259 posts)4. He might be getting the call from Rove any time now. (nt)
wilsonbooks
(972 posts)5. Looks like booker took a page out of obama and clinton's playbook.
Triangulate. It's the neo dem way.
otohara
(24,135 posts)6. The GOPs New Rising Star
Along with GOP favorite Harold Ford