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TheMastersNemesis

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11. I Said We May Have Lost Ground In Iowa. The Point Is We Must Find A Way To Counter Them.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 09:55 PM
Aug 2018

We must find a way to counter what they will do. This latest incident just sadly adds to their rhetoric. And for some voters it really rings. Willie Horton kinds of ads sadly worked. I remember seeing that ad. The ad was misleading and it was NOT countered.

The other issue is that the GOP does not really want to address illegal immigration. They want to be able to use it like they have race for decades really. Because they will not directly address sanctioning employers for hiring undocumented workers there still is an incentive for people to cross the border. In a way the GOP has actually helped make the problem worse on purpose.

At DOL you could see the consequences of employers hiring undocumented workers from all over the planet. It was not just Hispanics. But they were targeted because of convenience.

Now you say gloom and doom perhaps. The fact that the GOP has been actually rewarded over the years for their mayhem makes it difficult to feel optimistic. The GOP has trashed so much over time, yet they have ended up with total control.

None of these elections should even be close the GOP has done so much damage and hurt so many people directly. I simply cannot understand seeing a report of some voter knowing that the GOP has screwed them directly still showing allegiance.

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Not much "allegedly" to it, john657 Aug 2018 #1
Meanwhile, a man in Colorado killed his family... Garrett78 Aug 2018 #2
This won't help the immigration debate dflprincess Aug 2018 #3
Another doom and gloom post BannonsLiver Aug 2018 #4
I Said We May Have Lost Ground In Iowa. The Point Is We Must Find A Way To Counter Them. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 #11
Sadly, I agree with you. Blue_true Aug 2018 #24
+1000 Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 #12
A-friggin-men Bradshaw3 Aug 2018 #19
I would add to what you wrote but I don't want a hide. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #36
It is all over the political forums Awsi Dooger Aug 2018 #5
+1, FAUX News is hyping to cover Red Don's implication. uponit7771 Aug 2018 #8
And Brooklyn, Iowa, where she disappeared, is in the first, which won't help. WillowTree Aug 2018 #27
This is a profound tragedy. We already lost those who see it as more than that. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #31
Our opponents will use this...not claiming it will be effective Awsi Dooger Aug 2018 #34
If DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #39
Why was ICE so preoccupied with law-abiding families? gratuitous Aug 2018 #6
was he employed somewhere? SoCalDem Aug 2018 #7
The woman and her boyfriend were babysitting in deep farm country. Blue_true Aug 2018 #26
Yes, The Des Moines Register says Cairycat Aug 2018 #29
Only lost ground on people who hate Mexicans which we were never going to get in the first place. uponit7771 Aug 2018 #9
I Certainly Hope What You Say Is True. The Situation Does Not Help. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 #14
It hurts the case for sane immigration laws by causing people that were on the fence to Blue_true Aug 2018 #35
If the murder by an undocumented immigrant hurts us in Iowa Norbert Aug 2018 #10
I Agree, But The Media Has Moved On & Would Downplay It. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 #13
Brilliant riposte - thanks (nt) klook Aug 2018 #28
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2018 #37
And there are 45 to 47 Americans murdered every day, but the only sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #15
Fuck that noise maxrandb Aug 2018 #16
What a gross and cynical post. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #17
Trump Already Used That Ploy. He Will Now Just Add To It. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 #20
I know, right? john657 Aug 2018 #21
Man, we were so close too! JonAndKatePlusABird Aug 2018 #32
Funny. john657 Aug 2018 #38
It's all over the cultists' Facebook pages. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2018 #18
Meanwhile a white American murdered his pregnant wife and two little girls. nolabear Aug 2018 #22
I Live In The Denver Area. It Smelled Bad From First Reports. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 #23
Yes, almost incomprehensible. Now he's blaming her. nolabear Aug 2018 #25
The only people who are going to run with this are those that are already lost to us. Kaleva Aug 2018 #30
Over at freerepublic they are saying she deserved it workinclasszero Aug 2018 #33
What a bunch of sick fucks. john657 Aug 2018 #40
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