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Old 10-28-2014, 06:06 PM
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One novel approach for obtaining the answer you seek might be to read the article.
I was really hoping someone else would, so I wouldn't have to.
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Old 10-28-2014, 06:48 PM
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I was really hoping someone else would, so I wouldn't have to.
That might fly in Congress where Dems don't read legislation, or pass legislation so they can find out what's in it, but not here.
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Old 10-28-2014, 07:20 PM
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Life does suck in the GOP base. You're undereducated and resentful and bombarded 24/7 with one-sided propaganda blaming your lack of success/achievement on the darkie in the White House. Too feckin' bad.
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Old 10-28-2014, 08:04 PM
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That might fly in Congress where Dems don't read legislation, or pass legislation so they can find out what's in it, but not here.
No fly? What, will I get banned or something if I don't read your highly-intellectual article?
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Old 10-28-2014, 08:13 PM
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I read the article. It's a right wing slam Obama piece. Note the use of the term Democrat party at the beginning of the article. Most significant piece of information is that Obama has played more rounds of golf than Tiger Woods!

Wonder who paid him to write this piece which is a rehash of the US economy .
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:11 PM
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Wouldn't it be easier to quote Fox than a UK publication?

From Wiki: "In July 2014, the Daily Telegraph was further criticised for carrying links on its website to pro-Kremlin articles supplied by a Russian state-funded publication that downplayed any Russian involvement in the downing of the passenger jet Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.[17] These had featured on its website as part of a commercial deal, but were later removed.[18] The paper is paid £900,000 a year to include the supplement Russia Beyond the Headlines, a publication sponsored by the Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the Russian government’s official newspaper. It is paid a further £750,000 a year for a similar arrangement with the Chinese state in relation to the pro-Beijing China Watch supplement.[19]"

And, "The Daily Telegraph has been politically conservative in modern times.[20] The personal links between the paper's editors and the leadership of the Conservative Party, along with the paper's generally right wing stance and influence over Conservative activists, have resulted in the paper commonly being referred to, especially in Private Eye, as the Torygraph".

A conservative in support of communism? Wonder who paid them to publish this article?
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Doesn't really matter. The default process / course of action is to follow a post like this by attacking the source of the article or the person who posted it, all the while ignoring the article's content. In the short span of time from the original post until this follow up post, forum participants have taken steps to impugn both the OP'er and the article. Well done, and with efficiency to boot.
The point is that what you posted is propaganda. Propaganda is not proof.

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Life does suck in the GOP base. You're undereducated and resentful and bombarded 24/7 with one-sided propaganda blaming your lack of success/achievement on the darkie in the White House. Too feckin' bad.
+!.. And the rest of us are all supposed to make "sacrifices" so they can have an easier path to success & riches?

Fuck that.

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Old 10-29-2014, 12:07 AM
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Not exactly. The GOP base for the most part isn't going anywhere. We're supposed to sacrifice for the already-in-the-.1% folks.
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Old 10-29-2014, 01:19 AM
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Whell, I urge you to read this and then comment on Obama's subsequent failures. Hint: 2010 midterm elections.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...aign-promises/




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