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tecelote

(5,156 posts) Sun Jan 24, 2016, 05:14 PM Jan 2016

Three Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law

Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about "Obama spending" and "Obama deficits" and how the "stimulus" just made things worse.

Solution: Here are three "reality-based" charts to send to him. These charts show what actually happened.

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/8/8/1320193/-Three-Charts-to-Email-to-Your-Right-Wing-Brother-In-Law-Updated

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Three Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law (Original Post) tecelote Jan 2016 OP

He won't believe the charts, but it's still worth sending them! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2016 #1

+1 Enthusiast Jan 2016 #2

Perhaps. kentauros Jan 2016 #5

Nice charts! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #3

The only person that used to send me RW crap quit after I started Reply All hobbit709 Jan 2016 #4

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,991 posts)

1. He won't believe the charts, but it's still worth sending them!

Reply to tecelote (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 05:24 PM

Jan 2016

Maybe the seed will fall on fertile ground. We can hope!

K&R

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

2. +1

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 06:25 PM

Jan 2016

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

5. Perhaps.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 06:41 PM

Jan 2016

The biggest reason they won't believe it is due to the source: whitehouse.gov

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

3. Nice charts!

Reply to tecelote (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 06:26 PM

Jan 2016

I love charts and graphs.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

4. The only person that used to send me RW crap quit after I started Reply All

Reply to tecelote (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 06:28 PM

Jan 2016

with refutations.

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