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lpbk2713

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37. Their stated agenda is to make Obama a one term President.

Reply to sasha031 (Original post)

Wed May 16, 2012, 12:20 PM

May 2012

That's all we need to bear in mind.

They want to make government appear as dysfunctional as they possibly can before November.
If and when they succeed in bogging down the system any more than they already have they
will do what they are best at ... point their fingers and say it wasn't their fault.

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