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News & ArtsTuesday, September 4, 2012
2012 The Full Force of the Republican DNC "Counteroffensive"
Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Republicans launched their counter-programming effort in Charlotte on Monday with a simple message: Americans are not better off today than they were four years ago.
Just outside the security perimeter of the Democratic National Convention, Republicans have set up a “rapid response” unit whose job it is to make sure the pro-Obama message this week does not go un-challenged.
And they are already working at a furious pace.
A Republican counter-convention, working at a furious pace? I had to see this. So I stopped by to see what kind of a face the RNC is presenting to the public. Here it is:
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Wow. Talk about your intimidation tactics. Clearly, Reince Priebus is a Bush-like genius of strategery.
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Four white men. Shocking.
I would have thought they'd be old too, but the old people are probably all at the early-bird dinners right about now.
I'm guessing all four are christian and hetero/closeted too, right?
I would have thought they'd be old too, but the old people are probably all at the early-bird dinners right about now.
I'm guessing all four are christian and hetero/closeted too, right?
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All four look to be eligible for coverage under their parents' health care plans, a benefit of the ACA. Booyah.
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otherwise known as the performance art troupe "the Douchebag Trio Plus Lackey #1". You see, it's cutting edge stuff that bewilders common sense with over the top banality.
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So their claim is we're the same off as we were when Obama took office. So, at the minimum, and despite heavy resistance, Obama managed to reverse the free fall caused by Republican policies back to where we were when he started. In another four years he'll get us up to Clinton levels unless we decide to regress to failed policies.
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Not better off? Women now get 8 preventative health services covered by insurance.
That's totally better off!
Also, what @5 said!
That's totally better off!
Also, what @5 said!
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@1 Considering that Angry White Men are the GOP base, and that base is the fastest shrinking demographic in America, four of them together is a gold mine for conservatives.
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At first I thought this must be the Lyndon Larouche rapid response unit, but then I realized they would be better staffed.
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As proof of the RNC and Romney's power base - these geniuses are set up in front of the Nascar Hall of Fame...
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You should see the crap my Hispanic relatives get as ads on twitter and FB ... lots of GOP money being spent there.
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I cannot read what is written at the top of the Obama photos they're holding, so I'll just assume it's something positive like "four more years".
Repubs are so deep!
Repubs are so deep!
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