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reformist2

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16. WTF...they STARTED this meme!!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 12:13 PM

Sep 2012

Back during the Republican primaries, the candidates couldn't talk about this enough, that almost half the public didn't pay income taxes. All Mitt did was give voice to their unspoken thoughts, that the 47% thought of themselves as "victims" and that the GOP didn't care about "those people."

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LOL! PPP getting calls/e-mails saying "it's unfair or biased to poll about the 47% comments" [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2012 OP

That sounds like something originating from an astroturf group ck4829 Sep 2012 #1

Whiners. lonestarnot Sep 2012 #2

AWWWWwwwwwwwwww Flashmann Sep 2012 #3

LOL! Spazito Sep 2012 #4

More proof that all pollsters are Liberal!1!! Series!1!! pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #5

Your ride has arrived, Tea Party Patriots, so you can quit wailing now: freshwest Sep 2012 #6

"It's UNFAIR to ask the 47% what Rob-me SAID about them!!!" pacalo Sep 2012 #7

Ain't it though? freshwest Sep 2012 #8

They've got some nerve, right, freshwest? pacalo Sep 2012 #13

GOPers are such crybabies! City Lights Sep 2012 #9

Very unfair to poll folk ... etherealtruth Sep 2012 #10

Ask not what for whom the Mitt tolls. SCVDem Sep 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author pacalo Sep 2012 #12

Obviously... DirtyDawg Sep 2012 #14

So true! JDPriestly Sep 2012 #15

WTF...they STARTED this meme!! reformist2 Sep 2012 #16

More Republican Whining Pbs1914 Sep 2012 #17

The GOP relies on push polls and they complain about THIS? SunSeeker Sep 2012 #18

It was more unfair and biased to make the 47% comment quaker bill Sep 2012 #19

What I find Fun oldsarge54 Sep 2012 #20

WE MUST NEVER REPEAT.... PossumSqueezins Sep 2012 #21