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In reply to the discussion: Republicans seek "extremely literate conservative African-American" for role in Obama SwiftBoating [View all]Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)20. Obama saw the fried chicken, watermelon and pimp photos EARLY in the game...
...he's smart enough to have gotten where he is right now, and smart enough to know that the intensity level of the racism and unfounded attacks is going to go through the roof.
I look at it the same way I looked at having my tonsils out, at age 26. Having your tonsils removed as an adult is no walk in the park. They give you a "fact sheet" that tells you that you will be in pain following the surgery, but by the third day, you can expect that pain to significantly increase. Mine did, it was excruciating. I had to grind my pain pills into fine powder and put them in fruit juice.
So whatever pain candidate Obama experienced in 2008 is going to be like that tonsillectomy. In 2012, it most certainly is going to increase...significantly.
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Republicans seek "extremely literate conservative African-American" for role in Obama SwiftBoating [View all]
Amerigo Vespucci
May 2012
OP
If only Republicans/Conservatives were judged by 10 seconds (actually, far more than that)
zbdent
May 2012
#16
am I glad I never did business with ameritrade. If I had an account with them I would immediately
still_one
May 2012
#3
Those "extremely literate conservative African-American" types are apparently so rare
Jackpine Radical
May 2012
#8
I'm going to enjoy forcing Mittens to defend his Mormon doctrine if they do this.
WI_DEM
May 2012
#12
Steal a page from Rove ... find a Fundy who will make ads saving that Mormonism is a cult ...
JoePhilly
May 2012
#21
Obama saw the fried chicken, watermelon and pimp photos EARLY in the game...
Amerigo Vespucci
May 2012
#20
Ricketts is backing off this as fast as possible -- well THAT took less than a day
underpants
May 2012
#41