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alcibiades_mystery

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2. Plouffe is exactly right

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:04 AM

Oct 2012

A bunch of people will now jump on this thread calling Plouffe an idiot. The difference between those people and David Plouffe is that David Plouffe got a black guy named Barack Hussein Obama elected President of the United States of America, while the people calling Plouffe an idiot never got so much as a beloved high school quarterback elected to student council.

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David Plouffe: Obama Didn’t Bring Up 47 Percent Because It’s Been ‘Chewed Over’ [View all] DonViejo Oct 2012 OP

gotta look forward d_b Oct 2012 #1

Plouffe is exactly right alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #2

He's flat wrong there Floyd_Gondolli Oct 2012 #3

You're right and David Plouffe is wrong on this one TroyD Oct 2012 #7

My thoughts exactly. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #11

That's what bothers me Floyd_Gondolli Oct 2012 #12

yes, if we recall, Mr. Kerry, did not think cling2reality Oct 2012 #19

Oh they have ads like hell up attacking him on this. The MODERATOR needs to bring it up. RBInMaine Oct 2012 #20

I'm hoping the American people thought about that 47% comment while Romney was spewing lies. Overseas Oct 2012 #4

No you don't bring it up because anyone that does not think he had an answer to close that demgrrrll Oct 2012 #5

Disagree ailsagirl Oct 2012 #6

When you lose a debate to one of the worst candidates in the history of Presidential campaigns... Bjorn Against Oct 2012 #8

+ 1....... dhill926 Oct 2012 #14

Sorry but public tunes into the presidential debates, not politcal advertising. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #9

Sorry, but that's simply not true Floyd_Gondolli Oct 2012 #18

unfortunately obama likes to be kind to republicans nt msongs Oct 2012 #10

They don't want to appear to be too close to a clandestine act? hexola Oct 2012 #13

Well I hope O's performance was planned (and focus-grouped) NCLefty Oct 2012 #15

Was there any occasion to bring it up, even? treestar Oct 2012 #16

Certainly. They talked about taxes for the first 45 minutes. MrSlayer Oct 2012 #17