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crickets

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10. "You can't smear and intimidate someone who you don't know."

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 4, 2019, 01:34 PM

Nov 2019

That's it in a nutshell. They just want a name, in order to have a specific target for all of their anger and abuse. Propaganda, especially smear propaganda, works best with a focal point for the tar brush.

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Why are the Republicans so intent in determining if the first whistle-blower [View all] Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 OP

They aren't determining if he or she is a never Trumper... Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #1

"You can't smear and intimidate someone who you don't know." crickets Nov 2019 #10

REvenge Me. Nov 2019 #2

Exactly nt Andy823 Nov 2019 #12

Distract Borchkins Nov 2019 #3

They don't have anything else jcgoldie Nov 2019 #4

This is it gratuitous Nov 2019 #11

the whistleblower is no longer relevant. trump's 'transcript' alone backed him/her up. spanone Nov 2019 #5

They are thugs, plain and simple Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2019 #6

+1 Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #8

"Never Trumper" 🙄 ... their contrived dumbed down lingo live love laugh Nov 2019 #7

Threats , intimidation, abuse of power duforsure Nov 2019 #9