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Fuck you Fuckabee (Original Post)
malaise
Jan 2014
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Mass
(27,315 posts)1. True, but it is better if we do not take the bait. Economic issues are more important
This said, while Huckabee went way overboard, we have to be aware of the latest Republican meme, that is pervasive to their entire argument against Democrats:
"Democrats do not trust people. They think people only want handouts but people want personal responsibility".
Obviously, it is preposterous, but it is sometimes strangely compelling when some Democrats sound so tone deaf when they talk about what poor people want (rather than need).
malaise
(269,020 posts)2. I hope Dems throw that meme in their faces with a simple
How do you trust people when one ReTHUG Governor is taking money for high end goods and another is so corrupt that it's all pay to play while people are stuck on the GWB.
Mass
(27,315 posts)3. Totally agree with you.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)4. couldn't have said it better myself.
nuff said.