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LynneSin

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16. If anything I think the BLM were genius!
Mon May 5, 2014, 12:41 AM
May 2014

Think about it. For awhile there Cliven Bundy looked like this redneck folk hero forcing the government to back down while across the country the Tea Party, the GOP and Faux News rallied around him like he was a legend. The GOP Party wanted to make him a poster boy for their party. I swore Sean Hannity was giggling like a girl with glee everytime he mentioned the joys that was Cliven Bundy.

My guess is that the BLM had decades of experience dealing with Bundy and knew he was a racist asshole. They 'backdowned' because they knew it was a matter of time before Bundy showed the rest of the world what an ignorant racist he is. All that hero praise from Faux News, the GOP and Tea Party would quickly sour when he started making his racist rants to the media. Because of that maneuver, large flocks of people started abandoning him including Faux news and the GOP.

Sure there are still Bundy supporters out there because let's face it - the Tea Party is filled with racists. But having cleared away the cheerleaders from the GOP and Faux news will make it much easier for the Government to deal with Cliven Bundy. There is no way the government could have done anything with the media circus pumping up Bundy - now that mess has gone away except the diehard tea party racists.

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