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freshwest

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8. She learned from Obama's experience. The media ignored his policies when they weren't attacking them
Thu Jun 4, 2015, 07:38 PM
Jun 2015

for the GOP, building up a fire storm of opposition to his public works programs, alternative energy programs, social and military changes, taking care of the poor and needy, when they didn't just edit and distort his words.

Like Breitbart did Shirley Sherrod and got away with it, like O'Keefe and Faux have done. They went on coordinated attack against all his appointees. They created the Tea Party, fueled opposition to ending the Bush tax cuts and closing GITMO.

Yet Obama won re-election, even though their goal was to put him out of office. And the GOP were amazed and horrified that their gambit failed. She's wise not to play with them, after a while PBO quit trying. He spoke to people, not the Koch shilling press. If HRC does the same, we may see a major upset in their plans.

I haven't heard what they'll do to wrangle out of what she is saying here, and don't much care. All that matters is what happens in the states and the election for the POTUS. May they wake up the morning after the election with egg all over their faces.

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