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Vietnameravet

(1,085 posts)
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 11:43 AM Oct 2012

Next time someone tells you Democrats should "reach out" to Republicans tell them this

Forget trying to be mr. nice guy and forget trying to be accommodating..Remember the old saying...

"When you've got them by the balls their minds and hearts will follow!"

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Next time someone tells you Democrats should "reach out" to Republicans tell them this (Original Post) Vietnameravet Oct 2012 OP
I have a much shorter reply. russspeakeasy Oct 2012 #1
I couldn't agree more. hamsterjill Oct 2012 #2
This is all you get from reaching across the isle to Republicans. yourout Oct 2012 #3

hamsterjill

(15,224 posts)
2. I couldn't agree more.
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 11:47 AM
Oct 2012

You cannot take a knife to a gun fight. When the Republicans insist on getting down and dirty, lying and cheating, etc., then the Dems are going to have to be better at exposing them.

To expect gentlemanly behavior from Romney, or any Republican for that matter, is unrealistic. Dems should always expect Republicans to lie, and to lie well, because Republicans are practiced liars.

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