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Ned_Devine

(3,146 posts)
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:51 PM Oct 2012

Free fall? Seriously?

I heard them refer to Obama's campaign as this. The question being, "Can Joe Biden help stop Obama's free fall?" That's it. We just need to get out there in major numbers. I don't want these republicans to have anything to ever feel good about for the rest of my life! And another thing; why is Scott Brown suddenly leading in my state? J H Christ! Come on now! Let's get fired up!

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FBaggins

(26,721 posts)
1. "don't want these republicans to have anything to ever feel good about for the rest of my life"
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:54 PM
Oct 2012

I do.

I want them to look back four years from now and say "Thank goodness we lost that one! - Boy did I get that one wrong!"

 

Ned_Devine

(3,146 posts)
3. Haha! You know that will...
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:55 PM
Oct 2012

...never happen! Unless of course it's some way for them to take credit for the country's good fortunes

 

Ned_Devine

(3,146 posts)
7. Ha! I'm not even sure what that means but...
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:07 PM
Oct 2012

...I'm ready to turn the tide back in our favor. That's all I'm saying

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
16. A reference to the CIA's Operation Mockingbird
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 08:33 AM
Oct 2012

Later that year Wisner established Mockingbird, a program to influence foreign media. (CIA operative) Wisner recruited Philip Graham from The Washington Post to run the project within the industry. According to Deborah Davis in Katharine the Great; "By the early 1950s, Wisner 'owned' respected members of The New York Times, Newsweek, CBS and other communications vehicles." Wisner referred to this apparatus as a "Mighty Wurlitzer", referencing the theater organ capable of controlling diverse pipes, instruments, and sound effects from a central console.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)
10. I have Come to Refer to it as the Mighty Slime Machine
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:23 PM
Oct 2012

what MSM really stands for

[font color=red size=6]Mighty Slime Machine[/font]

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Ned_Devine

(3,146 posts)
14. Can you delete this?
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:50 PM
Oct 2012

Even joking, I'm not a fan of and will not condone jokes about gun violence appearing in my threads.

Thanks

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