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Blue_Tires

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14. I'd argue this is the one smart thing the GOP has done this week...

Reply to global1 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 01:10 PM

Aug 2012

Shady, but smart in the long run...

And I'd hope the Dems would be smart enough to do the same thing if say, LaRouche was running and all his little acolytes tried to howl and fling feces at the Dem convention to show how "relevant" they are...

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This Is The Big Story From The Repug Convention...... global1 Aug 2012 #1

To everything you said, +1000 Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #2

What can Obama people do? tama Aug 2012 #4

Completely agree on the states' rights angle. I'd hit 'em hard there. n/t susanna Aug 2012 #9

Absolutely. Starting to openly alienate their own party's a pretty telling sign. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #11

I'd argue this is the one smart thing the GOP has done this week... Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #14

Common sense tells me they lost the Paul followers vote. sarcasmo Aug 2012 #18

I'm astonished how badly Romney treated the Paulites. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #3

Apparently Paulites tama Aug 2012 #5

Yeah, that was definitely not his highest-wattage decision. Posteritatis Aug 2012 #10

I think Paul's real, honest-to-god support is vastly overrated.... Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #13

In pure numbers, yes. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #15

but they're still too far on the fringe Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #17

Um.... no SemperEadem Aug 2012 #6

Imagine if the Obama Administration had done this to the R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2012 #7

Would they? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2012 #8

Ha ha. Silly Paulbots think Wall Street is going to give them a voice. Scuba Aug 2012 #12

LOL, "we are the future". Odin2005 Aug 2012 #16