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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Wed Aug 22, 2012, 01:06 PM Aug 2012

GOP convention theme = "We built that" [View all]

they announced it on Fox news last night. The nooze-casters were high fiving over that choice of theme. Once said in a sing song voice "we have momentum, we have momentum"

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GOP convention theme = "We built that" [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 OP

No, they have hifiguy Aug 2012 #1

Maybe everyone on DU could turn this into a MEME ... the GOP, that phrase, and something they broke. JoePhilly Aug 2012 #2

I was just thinking we should stick it on the Bush economy and beat them with it. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #7

And Hurricane Issac may knock it down Renew Deal Aug 2012 #3

Everything else they do is based on lies, why not? librechik Aug 2012 #4

And they can use pictures of southern plantations to go along with the slogan. mmonk Aug 2012 #5

Yes, they built the recession. Tennessee Gal Aug 2012 #6

My tax money built that. Your Rmoney is offshore. nt onehandle Aug 2012 #8

lmao! "We", not "I". Thanks for making our point, geniuses! opiate69 Aug 2012 #9

That is a good observation. JoePhilly Aug 2012 #11

oh that is perfect! renate Aug 2012 #14

Thanks! If it wasn`t such a pain in the ass from this phone, I would opiate69 Aug 2012 #20

The Convention Center they will be in was built by taxpayers monies Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 #10

Yup. Cali_Democrat Aug 2012 #12

you'd almost think the RNC doesn't have sentient beings on its sloganeering staff renate Aug 2012 #17

Yeah, in a government-built facility with government-built roads and government security. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #13

This is what Republican policies "built" YoungDemCA Aug 2012 #15

This cries out for mockery... Blue Meany Aug 2012 #16

Tack it onto a picture of the debt clock from the Bush terms. Skidmore Aug 2012 #18

"We" isn't a singular business person, it's a country, just like the President said. sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #19

More like "They Built That" and we'll destroy it. IggleDoer Aug 2012 #21

For R's, it should be "I alone built that." Because "we" built that is Obama's point. nt Lex Aug 2012 #22

Did they build it on rock and roll? Capt. Obvious Aug 2012 #23