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jody

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14. Thanks, I'll bet most people and even most DUers don't know that or its significance. nr

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:52 PM

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Why do we cede the "job creator" meme to right wingers? [View all] TPaine7 Nov 2012 OP

We don't cede it. They appropriate it. immoderate Nov 2012 #1

By not appropriating it ourselves, we tacitly accept their "definition" n/t TPaine7 Nov 2012 #2

Precisely! WE didn't. The media just picked up the Koch-head meme. HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #3

Sadly your #2 spends much of that 85% of her $ buying products made offshore in factories owned by jody Nov 2012 #4

There are still American jobs created. TPaine7 Nov 2012 #5

Sometimes the Sellers Deceive Us AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #7

E.g. machine tools are critical to US industrial base but domestic sources fight to survive. nt jody Nov 2012 #8

And Some of Those Tools Bear Brand Names of Rust-Belt Cities AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #9

I've heard several tales about foreign made machine tools being delivered to US warehouses and jody Nov 2012 #11

I Was Talking About the BRAND Name AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #13

Thanks, I'll bet most people and even most DUers don't know that or its significance. nr jody Nov 2012 #14

I say flip the meme. PATXgirl Nov 2012 #6

Because we're Democrats and genetically predisposed to cedeing things to others Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 #10

they're crazy and no amount of common sense can get thru to them-- librechik Nov 2012 #12

Personally... 99Forever Nov 2012 #15

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