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Showing Original Post only (View all)How I got a lifelong Republican to vote Dem. And you can too. [View all]
Last edited Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:55 PM - Edit history (2)
A good friend of mine grew up in the Midwest, and is still Midwestern even after being here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts for decades. Nice guy, but a lifelong Republican. Will readily admit that most of his party's gone nuts, but could never bring himself to vote for Democrats.
Last fall we were hanging out, and he was telling me how Scott Brown's GREAT because he's bipartisan, Warren's a Moonbat Lefty Harvard Professor, yadda, yadda, yadda... "Watch this!" I said as I popped onto YouTube, and pulled up a couple of videos of Not-Yet-Senator Warren reaming new orifices (orifi?) into Timmy Geithner, e.g.:
By the time the videos were done, Warren was a vote closer to her current job
It's been so many years since we've had FDR Democrats in office that people have forgotten what they do. Even folks in their 50s, like my buddy.
Virtually everyone knows that the banks are screwing the 99% with full bipartisan government help. There's bipartisan hatred for it among the 99%, bipartisan love for it among the 1%. Even Republicans, and certainly independents, have got to look at Warren going after these swine with both fists bared and think "@#$%, that's just what we need!".
Going into 2014 (thanks Will Pitt!) and beyond, I will make sure that I show as many Liz Warren beatdown videos to as many people that I can. Show 'em what an FDR Democrat is, and why they want one. I hope that you try it, too.
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An epidemic disease in state level party that I've run into all over the west.
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#13
What's a "buck" anyhow? A dollar? Some kind of marker like in craps? Why not the BS stops here?
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#48
Awesome post!!! K&R!!! Yep, even many conservatives will grudgingly respect any politician
Zorra
Mar 2013
#14
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/03/treasury-and-fed-officials-prevaricate-before-elizabeth-warre
wilsonbooks
Mar 2013
#36
kr. the only thing it takes to win is for democrats to act like democrats, instead of like
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#37
Wow. Talk about Geithner doublespeak, failing to answer questions directly,
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#44