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calimary

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13. Thanks! Me too!

Sun May 23, 2021, 03:20 PM

May 2021

SOMETIMES I think I come up with a good, catchy, hopefully memorable talking point. My daddy was a salesman. A rather effective one. Especially with sloganeering.

One of his local ad campaigns, when he and a longtime friend had a furniture and appliance store: "Those two crazy Irishmen have done it again!" And it sure worked!

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A new talking point/slogan just occurred to me, regarding the GOP and January 6th [View all] calimary May 2021 OP

Kicking for visibility and input. calimary May 2021 #1

Great framing, cali blm May 2021 #2

Thanks! I hope it'll be read, Said, and SPREAD! calimary May 2021 #4

Get thee to the greatest page for more visibility malaise May 2021 #3

Thanks, malaise! calimary May 2021 #5

Keep it front and center malaise May 2021 #9

There is no bottom to the GOP Generic Brad May 2021 #6

But it can be described as a bottomless pit! calimary May 2021 #7

They take the 5th on the 6th lame54 May 2021 #8

I see what you did there malaise May 2021 #10

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!! CLEVER!!!!!!! calimary May 2021 #12

This is good. Kickin' for visibility. BComplex May 2021 #11

Thanks! Me too! calimary May 2021 #13

Just another kick... calimary May 2021 #14

They ARE the bottom of it! NullTuples May 2021 #15

Totally and undeniably! calimary May 2021 #18

Absolutely on point peggysue2 May 2021 #16

Yep. None of the nogoodniks out there terrorizing the Capitol on January 6th had calimary May 2021 #19

When all the corruption is exposed... MiHale May 2021 #17

And it's fair to correct those who try to label the insurrectionists as mere "tourists." calimary May 2021 #20

+1000 MiHale May 2021 #44

Agree 100% n.t malaise May 2021 #23

Agree 100% n.t malaise May 2021 #24

Yep! And Yep, yet again! calimary May 2021 #29

Yup. Joinfortmill May 2021 #21

And another Yup! calimary May 2021 #51

Shit! Thanks for all the rec's, people! calimary May 2021 #22

Republicans don't want to get to the bottom of 1/6/21 because they're ALREADY AT the bottom of it. Stuart G May 2021 #25

Thanks! Hope it's useful! calimary May 2021 #27

I am so old I remember when homegirl May 2021 #26

That's a good one, too! calimary May 2021 #28

Never Forget homegirl May 2021 #55

That's the most important counter-measure we can employ. calimary May 2021 #63

Gleefully kicking for more visibility. niyad May 2021 #30

Oh THANK YOU, niyad! calimary May 2021 #32

why ol'kevin m. don't want testify under oath !! makes one wonder ? monkeyman1 May 2021 #31

I think he's speaking louder than he realizes. calimary May 2021 #33

Or, what my husband and I like to say in cases like this... calimary May 2021 #35

Ha ha ha! Beartracks May 2021 #57

I like it! Works for me! msfiddlestix May 2021 #34

Oh good! Glad you do! calimary May 2021 #36

You'd think that they'd be anxious to investigate all those ANTIFA rioters on 1/6 Joe Nation May 2021 #37

Indeed. How come they're in no hurry on that one, either? calimary May 2021 #52

k and r Champp May 2021 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author rurallib May 2021 #39

Thanks! calimary May 2021 #50

Think I am going to start calling it "the first attack of the right wing War on America" rurallib May 2021 #40

Thing is - this kind of opponent can REALLY spur creativity! There's nothing like inspiration! calimary May 2021 #45

Agree a million percent. blueinredohio May 2021 #41

Thanks a million, my friend! calimary May 2021 #53

I like it! Short, concise, easy to remember and more importantly --- easy to understand. liberalla May 2021 #42

And it helps if it can fit on a bumper sticker. calimary May 2021 #43

I just realized another mechanical aspect, re: the all-important REPETITION. calimary May 2021 #48

From now on every time a repuke goes on cable news they should be asked first about 1/6 and kimbutgar May 2021 #46

Yes. Just as we used to take a child's temperature if colds 'n' flu were going around, calimary May 2021 #49

K&R Talitha May 2021 #47

Thanks, Talitha! calimary May 2021 #54

Each one of them is guilty. sheshe2 May 2021 #56

Thank you for adding to it, sheshe2! calimary May 2021 #60

Republicans are neo-anarchists Edwcraig May 2021 #58

And what do they think will happen after they've burned it all down calimary May 2021 #61

It was treason and we must never let them forget it. The Jungle 1 May 2021 #59

NEVER let them forget it. calimary May 2021 #62

I've been mulling over some language in terms of describing the current Republican party Picaro May 2021 #64

so true llashram May 2021 #65

Kick n/t malaise May 2021 #66

Agree 100%. arkielib May 2021 #67

Welcome to DU, arkielib! calimary May 2021 #69

Yet one more thing they are at the bottom of. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #68

Sheesh! No Kidding! calimary May 2021 #70