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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTurtle McConnell claims credit for improving economy
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-mocks-mitch-mcconnellsnip:
President Barack Obama on Friday laughed off Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) recent suggestion that positive economic signs could be connected to the GOP's sweeping victory in the 2014 midterm election.
In further news, Mcturtle claims credit for: the sun coming up, tidal movement, discovery of the Beatles, creating the Ipod, and recommending Groucho Marx wear a grease paint mustache.
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Turtle McConnell claims credit for improving economy (Original Post)
kairos12
Feb 2015
OP
Didn't the honorable Supreme Court rule that it is perfectly appropriate to lie regarding politics?
world wide wally
Feb 2015
#4
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)1. I'll bet he had a hand in inventing
the internet.
Move over Gore, the sheriff is in town.
drray23
(7,826 posts)2. i would not be so quick
To dismiss that. Many gop'ers will believe it. As a matter of fact I had people making that argument to me
Mc connel or any other gop politician do not need to worry about whether they tell the truth, only that it is good enough to be believed by their cohorts.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)3. Agree
They started it early, and will repeat it as often as possible.
world wide wally
(21,791 posts)4. Didn't the honorable Supreme Court rule that it is perfectly appropriate to lie regarding politics?