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thbobby

(1,474 posts)
1. The stupidest people pound their chest the loudest.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:50 PM
Jan 2018

I know I am an illiterate redneck. Just another redneck thought:

The smarter you are the stupider you know you are.

I know it is plagiarized from Shakespeare, but I am obviously more poetic than him.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
3. One of the ways we suck at messaging. This went as well as it could, and we moan about our failure.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 11:23 PM
Jan 2018

betsuni

(25,512 posts)
5. When I saw ABC News right after the shutdown ended, CHIP funding wasn't even
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 11:47 PM
Jan 2018

mentioned (that I remember). I found out about CHIP here. That should've been a large part of the story and spun as a big win for Democrats negotiating from a minority status and fighting for the rights of Americans. But no, we always have to do DIY journalism. No wonder people think it was a defeat.

JI7

(89,249 posts)
8. just like how McCaskill and other democrats asking for a vote to pay military during Govt Shut down
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:49 AM
Jan 2018

was never reported. while they just showed trump, pence and other liars accusing democrats of not caring about the military.

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