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bigtree

(85,996 posts) Tue Sep 18, 2012, 11:32 AM Sep 2012

Some Real Morning Joe

Joe Biden Joe Biden ?@JoeBiden 1h

“I don't live in a country that's dependent or declining. There is no give-up anywhere in America.”—VP Biden

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Some Real Morning Joe (Original Post) bigtree Sep 2012 OP

playing the success card ... harpslay Sep 2012 #1

consider the sources bigtree Sep 2012 #2

We didn't get to 8 billion people on this planet because we're lazy and dependent. Scuba Sep 2012 #3

harpslay

(61 posts)

1. playing the success card ...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 11:37 AM

Sep 2012

didn't McCain play the 'lets not give in to decline' card in 2008

bigtree

(85,996 posts)

2. consider the sources

Reply to harpslay (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 11:53 AM

Sep 2012

. . . and the context. There was a collapsing economy under Bush which had lost jobs instead of creating them; auguring for the second worst economic decline in history. We were hemorrhaging over 700,000 jobs a month

Biden and this President have overseen and contributed to 30 consecutive months of job growth and 4.6 million new private sector jobs.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

3. We didn't get to 8 billion people on this planet because we're lazy and dependent.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:12 PM

Sep 2012

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