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the leaks, scandals etc.... all a plan to keep the left home at the next elections!! n/t (Original Post) rainy Jun 2013 OP
Yep, and to make people hate government. A tea partiers wet dream. nt okaawhatever Jun 2013 #1
Why not? It worked well in 2010 Gman Jun 2013 #2
Yep. bunnies Jun 2013 #5
I for one do not plan to vote for Obama in the next election nt Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #3
too much tinfoil, for me at least... quinnox Jun 2013 #4
i think if the left were planning on staying home. boilerbabe Jun 2013 #6
+1 on that! Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #7
I doubt it very much, at least the NSA stuff. BlueCheese Jun 2013 #8
The timing's off. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #9
True. Not only will the republicans spy on us but they'll kill our grandma, too. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #10

Gman

(24,780 posts)
2. Why not? It worked well in 2010
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 08:30 PM
Jun 2013

Except the cry was for single payer and I'm gonna teach the Democrats a lesson.

Yup, that lesson worked real well.

boilerbabe

(2,214 posts)
6. i think if the left were planning on staying home.
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 08:36 PM
Jun 2013

they would have made that decision before this. it's not as if this is the FIRST and only thing...

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
7. +1 on that!
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 08:37 PM
Jun 2013

It is really working double duty. To "keep the left home at the next elections". And to blind us to other things that are up for a vote that we would/should be up in arms about.

BlueCheese

(2,522 posts)
8. I doubt it very much, at least the NSA stuff.
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 08:37 PM
Jun 2013

Benghazi and the IRS are pure political theater, of course.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
9. The timing's off.
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 08:39 PM
Jun 2013

It's still 2013 - voters have the attention span of tsetse flies, and the midterms don't happen for another year.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
10. True. Not only will the republicans spy on us but they'll kill our grandma, too.
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 08:40 PM
Jun 2013

Be afraid. Be very very afraid.

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