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tapermaker

(244 posts) Thu May 10, 2012, 03:18 PM May 2012

A totally wtf moment

yesterday the presidents support of gay rights and marriage eqaulity was trashed by the log cabin republicans . today a bullying and homophobic episode lead by Mitt Romney in his highschool days is met by not even the sounds of crickets "WTF"

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A totally wtf moment (Original Post) tapermaker May 2012 OP

Republicans love and admire bullies. DCKit May 2012 #1

True - they're proud of their hatefulness... polichick May 2012 #3

I don't think that Biden 'slipped' up. Don't think it was an accident grantcart May 2012 #2

Biden didn't slip up at all, and that education czar I can't stand made his statement also. monmouth May 2012 #5

I normally wouldn't agree but I do with a slight revision. grantcart May 2012 #6

You definitely nailed Gregory perfectly..LOL..n/t monmouth May 2012 #7

Especially since Rmoney Politicalboi May 2012 #4

DCKit

(18,541 posts)

1. Republicans love and admire bullies.

Reply to tapermaker (Original post)

Thu May 10, 2012, 03:27 PM

May 2012

And fascists, authoritarians and general assholes.

Regardless, the story is out there.

polichick

(37,152 posts)

3. True - they're proud of their hatefulness...

Reply to DCKit (Reply #1)

Thu May 10, 2012, 03:35 PM

May 2012

Makes them more like their vengeful God.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

2. I don't think that Biden 'slipped' up. Don't think it was an accident

Reply to tapermaker (Original post)

Thu May 10, 2012, 03:32 PM

May 2012

But I do have to say that the Washington Post article coming out today was very fortunate for the President.

It humanized what he was talking about, put a person's face to the problem.

Sometimes he is very lucky.

monmouth

(21,078 posts)

5. Biden didn't slip up at all, and that education czar I can't stand made his statement also.

Reply to grantcart (Reply #2)

Thu May 10, 2012, 05:14 PM

May 2012

This was a planned move and it worked out perfectly. WaPo held the story on Romney a day so the Pres. could get his statement in.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

6. I normally wouldn't agree but I do with a slight revision.

Reply to monmouth (Reply #5)

Thu May 10, 2012, 06:28 PM

May 2012

the administration was asked over the weekend to comment on a story that WAPO said would run next week, but because it was significant they wanted to double check the sources to ensure that they wouldn't get caught out like Dan Rather.

Plouffe and team realized that with North Carolina voting and this story coming out they needed to let it 'slip'.

They got the 'slip master' and primed David Gregory, who hasn't asked an interesting question since he got MTP to ask him.

It slipped out, Duncan was next and then the President was "catching up".

North Carolina votes. The President Responds and WAPO publishes their article.

No one knows for sure but I hope that these guys are that smart. The were able to pick the perfect time politically to make the news and make it look like it was an accident.

monmouth

(21,078 posts)

7. You definitely nailed Gregory perfectly..LOL..n/t

Reply to grantcart (Reply #6)

Thu May 10, 2012, 06:43 PM

May 2012

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

4. Especially since Rmoney

Reply to tapermaker (Original post)

Thu May 10, 2012, 03:39 PM

May 2012

Seems to pick on gays. Oh well, he can't remember those incidents. Youthful idiocy. Totally believable.

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