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Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
3. And the lies include taking Obama quotes out of context.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 08:30 PM
Jul 2012

Then spreading it as the truth on Faux News.

That's all they got.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
6. I honestly expect them to start yelling, "he's black"
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 08:34 PM
Jul 2012

That's the only thing they've got left and they're tired of even using code words anymore.

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
7. Yep, that too.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 08:37 PM
Jul 2012

Their desperation is showing.

They are struggling to come up with anything factual and that leaves only personal attacks.

And their racist attitudes are displayed by the likes of fatso Limbaugh and Trump.

Well, Obama hates America, doesn't he.

malaise

(268,933 posts)
9. The problem is that you have a calm, articulate, soft-spoken,
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 08:45 PM
Jul 2012

polite black man who is in charge and who has several successes and then you have this rich 1% ReTHUG scumbag of a draft dodger hiding his taxes and outsourcing American jobs.

They have nothing!!

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
10. Yes, Obama is brilliant at remaining calm in the face of vicious attacks.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 08:51 PM
Jul 2012

And Romney shows the stress. He does not fit in with the average American.

Only one problem. People will vote against Obama simply because they hate him. Those who think like that don't care how bad Romney is, how many times he lies, how many jobs he has outsourced through Bain, or whatever might be in those taxes.

Perhaps they will just not vote if they were to become disgusted with Romney, but I doubt that will happen.

 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
14. "Them" staying home is the best possible outcome.
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:29 PM
Jul 2012

We need larger numbers in both houses, and they'd hand that to us by staying home and moping.

Hopefully, Romney has only begun to disappoint. Even though the Teahadii have hated him from the get-go, we need the "moderate" Republicans to stay home in droves, as well.

While I despair over the voter ID laws, those laws are disenfranchising many elderly people who would vote (R) against their own self-interest, and that's going to make a difference. We need to get everyone else registered, and all those 18-30 off the couch and into the voting booth.

Willard did us a huge favor with his speech at the NAACP convention - they're going to mobilize to defeat him. But there's still a lot of work to do.

This, for a lot of reasons, is the most important election of my lifetime.

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
17. I read an article from Salon of all places that said the Obamas act and I quote "Nigger Rich"
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:56 PM
Jul 2012

That is even more explicit than saying he's black...

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
11. I forgot one thing they have.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 09:05 PM
Jul 2012

Rachel just said they have their "up all night, hair on fire conspiracy fantasies" and she is right.

The right always has those. Remember they did that to Clinton, too.

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
13. Yes, and they will get nastier.
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 09:16 PM
Jul 2012

Now they are saying that Obama is secretly foreign. His ideas are "foreign" to America.

Always that hint of his being muslim or in cahoots with our enemies. And underlying it is racism.

 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
16. They already own the racist vote. They're wasting their time by going there.
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:36 PM
Jul 2012

The fact that 17% of respondents have said they won't vote for a Mormon isn't going to help them either.

Then I see these polls that insist that Obama and Romney are neck and neck, and I can't help but wonder who's being polled. Certainly not anyone I know, not many "brown" people and not very many women. The only group among which they should have substantial support is white men 45 and older - and we're not all with them either.

As I see it, Willard should be polling somewhere in the 30's.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
15. We have seen NUTHIN' yet, they haven't even started spending the big bucks
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:30 PM
Jul 2012

cess pool alert for Sept Oct Nov

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