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2. funny, but unfortunately, this actually serves the propaganda interests of republicans.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu May 24, 2012, 07:56 AM

May 2012

your first reaction, and likely subconscious take-away, is that obama IS a profligate spender, especially if you're subconsciously looking for reinforcement of that meme.

sadly, propaganda is really hard to counter. or at least, it's really hard to counter without spending considerable time on the topic....

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