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In reply to the discussion: An Overheard Conversation at the MSP Airport ... [View all]stopbush
(24,392 posts)99. That 20-something was too easy on him. She should have looked dad in the face
and said, "you do realize that your government job may be the first job Romney eliminates if he is elected president, don't you? Is that OK with you? I hope so, because apparently, you're OK with other government employees losing their jobs. And you do know that Romney has come out against hiring any more teachers. Are you and your wife really going to proudly pull the voting lever for Romney's plan to have both of you unemployed?"
Never try to reason with these types. Give them both barrels.
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hence the popularity of the zombie metaphor -- the most politically accurate genre of film
villager
Jun 2012
#4
This is the result of 30 years of Dems bringing a knife to the meme gunfight.
phantom power
Jun 2012
#21
Lydia, you need to make this a separate post. NAILS the diagnosis in four one-line points.
calimary
Jun 2012
#53
Yep. It's an all-out propaganda war, and the Dems won't even acknowledge it yet. After 30 years!
Nay
Jun 2012
#32
Difficult to tell, but in their minds there is a picture of what they want to create...
jtuck004
Jun 2012
#10
She got him when she asked whether his income came from investment (capital)
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#43
I really don't think they know. Just repeating what they hear from the usual suspects, while
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2012
#12
Dismantling the propaganda machine-yes! The media is using our public airwaves
Ghost of Huey Long
Jun 2012
#18
It is common knowledge that victims of a flim flam game seldom report it to the cops.
zeemike
Jun 2012
#24
I'll never understand how the dim bulbs rationalize their actual lives and their rhetoric.
Vinca
Jun 2012
#15
They bought into the Reagan narrative that it was affirmative action that was taking jobs away...
rfranklin
Jun 2012
#86
Yes, frightening. And I wish I could move. Between those badmouthing the opposition the GOP and
freshwest
Jun 2012
#38
This sounds EXACTLY like a conversation that could happen at my workplace. Any of the few
Nay
Jun 2012
#25
There's really no way to defeat them except to let the right win so they will all die of poverty.
Kablooie
Jun 2012
#51
Do you write for a living? If not, you should. Excellent story. I feel as if I were right there..
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2012
#49
They complain about being squashed but fanatically boost the people that squash them.
Kablooie
Jun 2012
#50
Gee and now you want to know why some republicans want to take away young liberals
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#52
Maybe.. (just MAYBE) the daughter will let the conversation roll around in her
annabanana
Jun 2012
#54
A bunch of DUers were utterly dumbfounded over the idea that Walker could
bullwinkle428
Jun 2012
#65
yet another piece of evidence that the people of Wisconsin are idiots.
WestWisconsinDem
Jun 2012
#66
I have a hard time believing that a teacher certified K-12 in both Math and Science can't find a job
proud2BlibKansan
Jun 2012
#100
All the happy rw talk will end when mittens declares the end of social security in the debates.
lindysalsagal
Jun 2012
#105