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Old 06-18-2013, 07:21 AM
 
Location: None of your business
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Benghazi cover-up, IRS targeting of conservatives, AP Scandal, universal surveillance of private citizens.

The response of most of the media may be summarized as follows: first, deny the story outright; second, accept that something happened, but claim that it has been blown out of proportion; third, admit that what happened was pretty bad, but insist that none of it is in any way traceable to the officials at the top of the hierarchy.

Observed as a consistent and repeated pattern of response to every revelation about the Obama administration = totalitarian propaganda.

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Old 06-18-2013, 07:26 AM
 
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Forcibly collecting data from every electronic communication, in order to have the power to determine a person's patterns of behavior

Using the information-gathering powers of a federal agency to isolate, harass, and suppress one's political opponents is not the wayward act of a few low-level bureaucrats
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Old 06-18-2013, 07:31 AM
 
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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton did what collectivist tyrants do -- and then they did the other thing collectivist tyrants do, namely lie shamelessly about their actions.

The "free press" pursued none of these, instead actively obfuscating the facts, burying the witnesses, and dutifully disseminating the lies. They wished to save the re-election campaign and in doing so they masked the even deeper horror.
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Old 06-18-2013, 07:40 AM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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As long as his poll numbers continue to trend massively higher than those of Congress there will be nothing lame about this duck until November of 2016.
A. Congress' approval ratings are ALWAYS in the toilet. It doesn't matter what party has control of which house or who's in charge of the executive branch. The above is like saying, "As long as the sky is blue..."

B. He's already a lame duck. Where have you been?
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Old 06-18-2013, 07:50 AM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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decreasing approval ratings for Obama is not something that a savy democrat should be laughing off.
The key phrase there is "savvy democrat." You must consider who you were responding to.
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Old 06-18-2013, 07:55 AM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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he managed to beat Romney in a landslide.
A 4% spread is considered a "landslide" by the left?

I guess when you don't know what a REAL landslide looks like, that starts to make sense.

This is what a REAL landslide looks like:



1984 - Reagan vs. Mondale. (FYI, Reagan won. Not sure if you would know that or not, considering the level of political astuteness you've demonstrated in this thread).
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Old 06-18-2013, 07:58 AM
 
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he managed to beat Romney in a landslide.
Obama didn't win, the re-election team won it for him. Oh and they had some help from the IRS and media's energy that was collectively poured into ensuring the truth about Obama and administration was never discovered.
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Old 06-18-2013, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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Obama didn't win, the re-election team won it for him. Oh and they had some help from the IRS and media's energy that was collectively poured into ensuring the truth about Obama and administration was never discovered.
Obama's rating go down any time he appears to be more like a Repub. That is something he will have to live with as, he is after all, a pretty middle of the road Centrist.
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Old 06-18-2013, 08:07 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Interesting that everyone is acting like uneducated voters is a new thing. Uneducated voters voted in Obama, and uneducated voters voted in Bush. I'd say about 80% of America could be considered low information voters. Of the 20% or so that pays attention*, it probably splits evenly between liberals, conservatives, and moderates.

*I don't consider the retired old guy that forwards chain emails and listens to Limbaugh to be educated. He just pays attention. I don't consider the young college student that watches Colbert and Stewart to be educated either.
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Old 06-18-2013, 08:26 AM
 
Location: The land where cats rule
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Rather than refuse to back-up your allegations, man-up ... and let us see your list of "lies."
Rather than dodging the question and trying to divert attention away from it, just provide the answer to the request. If Obama has not lied (at least according to you) you should have nothing to worry about. By refusing this simple request, it shows that in truth you know that he is a liar but you refuse to publicly admit it.
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