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lumberjack_jeff

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12. I can live with that.

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:13 PM

Oct 2013

So long as it wins elections.

The purpose of this ad is to make elected republicans the subject of ridicule. I say good.

Did you know that Nixon won the election of '72 with 61% of the popular vote? Two years later, those same voters were "Richard who?".

Americans have a remarkably malleable memory. When they see the screaming baby, they'll be wondering who could possibly have voted for these tea party jackasses, surely not themselves!

Fuck the high road. You can't govern if you don't win.

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Many of us feel that we have the “high ground” in the battle with the right wing.. [View all] busterbrown Oct 2013 OP

I think the ad is sophomoric at best. djean111 Oct 2013 #1

I agree. I finally watched it and thought...wtf? Roland99 Oct 2013 #3

My bet is that they very carefully vetted the ad with focus groups. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #2

So what’s your opinion? N/T busterbrown Oct 2013 #5

I didn't watch it. Don't care. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #6

To be honest with you.. busterbrown Oct 2013 #10

I hope so. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #7

Thanks for your concern. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #4

They won elections because they appealed to the lowest forms of intelligence and hatred. busterbrown Oct 2013 #8

I can live with that. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #12

You sound really stuck. busterbrown Oct 2013 #13

Sad, homespun farm truth: ColesCountyDem Oct 2013 #9

Exactly What Repubs. want us to do and exactly what Obama refused to do. busterbrown Oct 2013 #11