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apples and oranges

(1,451 posts) Tue Oct 23, 2012, 10:13 AM Oct 2012

Obama's lumping together of Navy ships with "horses and bayonets" could harm him in VA [View all]

Republicans say Obama's lumping together of Navy ships with "horses and bayonets" could harm him in the key battleground of Virginia, where some of the Navy's largest shipbuilding and repair operations are based. Obama and Romney have both been battling fiercely for votes in the southeastern part of the state, where communities in Newport News, Norfolk and Portsmouth are largely sustained by Navy operations.

Republicans immediately latched onto the comment on Twitter, saying it showed Obama would be open to cutting military jobs in the commonwealth.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/22/why-horsesandbayonets-is-trending/

What universe are those people in? Are they pretending to be stupid or what?

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Obama's lumping together of Navy ships with "horses and bayonets" could harm him in VA [View all] apples and oranges Oct 2012 OP

They're not pretending. n/t GoCubsGo Oct 2012 #1

Only by idiots, who don't get the difference between treestar Oct 2012 #2

Thank You for repeating republican talking points here at DU. Blue Idaho Oct 2012 #3

lol, my thought as well Jersey Devil Oct 2012 #7

So, no one should even attempt to discuss enlightenment Oct 2012 #9

We already know how conservatives frame issues. We're over here so.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #12

"conservative voters" are, by defintion, Republicans. They are hopelessly lost. YOU go and "work to WinkyDink Oct 2012 #17

It's called "spin". Google it. n/t DefenseLawyer Oct 2012 #4

Its easy to be stupid madokie Oct 2012 #5

They are not pretending but they are wrong. It was an ignorant statement and Obama's yellowcanine Oct 2012 #6

Anybody who is reliant on the Federal government for their job Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #8

They're stupid, ProSense Oct 2012 #10

And no one will care, even in Virginia. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #11

Republican 101: willful misinterpretation. emulatorloo Oct 2012 #13

they're stupid Coexist Oct 2012 #14

Hmmm, seeing as the aircraft carriers and submarines the President talked about are... Spazito Oct 2012 #15

Only if they just listened to those two words and not even the sentences before or after. NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #16