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22. Less a plan, more the media picking up that he really won't back down on this...

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 10:04 PM

Oct 2013

...plus the headless nature of the Republicans (and, IMO, a lot of highly-paid media people and owners worried about their own portfolios) has given them some "permission" to not fret about looking "liberal" by being harder on the Republicans.

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Chumming for sharks, the media turns on the GOP [View all] grantcart Oct 2013 OP

Please let it be so. Please please please please, God... Hekate Oct 2013 #1

Please... ejbr Oct 2013 #54

Yes, that one! Hekate Oct 2013 #58

reverse it. pansypoo53219 Oct 2013 #59

a lot like Watergate.... tulsakatz Oct 2013 #2

What feels so familiar is the media herd turning. grantcart Oct 2013 #4

They always do when they smell blood in the water. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #30

Very true, and it should be Dem policy to make sure there is Pub blood Nay Oct 2013 #56

One side can't play nicey nice if the opponent is fighting mean and dirty with low blow after blow DonRedwood Oct 2013 #61

that's true.... tulsakatz Oct 2013 #65

me too! tulsakatz Oct 2013 #67

yes, it is tulsakatz Oct 2013 #66

When I see John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the audience... barnabas63 Oct 2013 #64

I think Boehner has already been receiving hostility from Wall Street LonePirate Oct 2013 #3

Great observation and description of the mood/vibes changing... liberalla Oct 2013 #5

K&R Tarheel_Dem Oct 2013 #6

You're funny.. this is the kind "shark" story I Cha Oct 2013 #7

It's 3 dimensional flamingdem Oct 2013 #29

Ja Vol! Cha Oct 2013 #38

Das ist gut flamingdem Oct 2013 #39

Cheers! Cha Oct 2013 #40

The look on Biden's face... He's ready to kick some GOP ass. freshwest Oct 2013 #42

Tis true! Cha Oct 2013 #43

Dude. You really shouldn't be posting perverted shit like that here.... madinmaryland Oct 2013 #8

DIRTY BIRD! ffr Oct 2013 #9

Now read it again, slowly IrishAyes Oct 2013 #31

Better late than never. Thank you Mr. President. The peoples president. ffr Oct 2013 #10

Nice poster! nt flamingdem Oct 2013 #28

The Republican Party is a Terrorist Organization. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #11

Charge them with violation of the RICO Act. L0oniX Oct 2013 #50

I only wish Mr.Bill Oct 2013 #12

I wish I had some fly potion. lonestarnot Oct 2013 #17

I'd settle for a liquor kiosk near Boehner's office. AtheistCrusader Oct 2013 #52

You'd only need one customer - Bonner. santamargarita Oct 2013 #57

Is this the strategy Obama has pursued all along? randome Oct 2013 #13

Less a plan, more the media picking up that he really won't back down on this... JHB Oct 2013 #22

I hope you are right Flatpicker Oct 2013 #14

I do, too. calimary Oct 2013 #51

K & R! lonestarnot Oct 2013 #15

Wall St owns the MSM so this makes sense SHRED Oct 2013 #16

All I'm hearing from the local teabagger queen is whining about the "librul media" mountain grammy Oct 2013 #18

I always think it's funny that they brag about Fox News' ratings Mr.Bill Oct 2013 #19

They have no reasoning skills; didn't you know that? IrishAyes Oct 2013 #33

Republican tears pscot Oct 2013 #20

Even Chuck Toad OldHippieChick Oct 2013 #21

Really. So many have his number. Cha Oct 2013 #44

I love it gopiscrap Oct 2013 #23

K & R SunSeeker Oct 2013 #24

Chum away, Mr. President Blue Owl Oct 2013 #25

I hope Rethugs have learned there lesson and don't try this shit for the next three years. Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #26

I could really go for that. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #34

YES!!!!! all that gerrymandering should be illegal. Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #37

Well, it IS illegal or at least was. Very much so. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #47

Music to my ears.... blue14u Oct 2013 #60

3 Dimensional Chum!! flamingdem Oct 2013 #27

I think it's... tallahasseedem Oct 2013 #32

President Barack Hussein Obama has jumped the GOP shark IrishAyes Oct 2013 #35

lol grantcart Oct 2013 #36

It's going to be glorious. joshcryer Oct 2013 #41

yep grantcart Oct 2013 #45

What! You mean the media finally understands that it's not "both sides are equally to blame." Lex Oct 2013 #46

Yep. Centrism is just another ideology in the spectrum, Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #68

will this feeling last until next November?? a kennedy Oct 2013 #48

You are right, it shouldn't however if they keep going for short term arrangements grantcart Oct 2013 #49

Loving the dem party unity Politicub Oct 2013 #53

Here's to bigger boats!! Scurrilous Oct 2013 #55

A wounded animal should be rescued... AAO Oct 2013 #62

The Baggers have dragged the GOP into uncharted waters... SHRED Oct 2013 #63

Cynical response... salin Oct 2013 #69