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mercuryblues

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2. You hold out so much hope

Reply to Gman (Original post)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 06:40 PM

Feb 2012

He will phone into Rush with these facts and Rush will tell him it is a liberal plot to make the repubs look bad. He will then move on to how Obama made raygun increase the debt by threatening to sick the black panthers on him.

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I shut down a winger today with facts I showed him how to research [View all] Gman Feb 2012 OP

You went above and beyond - You gave him not just facts csziggy Feb 2012 #1

I had to. It was too perfect! Gman Feb 2012 #5

You hold out so much hope mercuryblues Feb 2012 #2

i agree. his enlightenment wont last a minute. Solomon Feb 2012 #7

LOL!!! I'm sure Rush Wind Bag will do just that... freshwest Feb 2012 #14

Teaching a wingnut how to fish :) arcane1 Feb 2012 #3

You are amazing.. Great story... Helping to change one mind at a time.... nenagh Feb 2012 #4

I think I love you. LiberalAndProud Feb 2012 #6

.. Gman Feb 2012 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Feb 2012 #15

good job! nt abelenkpe Feb 2012 #9

You did good. The thing is you didn't make him look stupid. You showed him the facts. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #10

I'm not a teacher, but I've done a lot of training in different environments before Gman Feb 2012 #12

Your right on. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #16

he'll switch the subject to gay marriage. greenman3610 Feb 2012 #11

He did later go off about Clinton "desecrating" the Oval Office Gman Feb 2012 #13

awesome Justice wanted Feb 2012 #17

Congratulations! You have led someone Ilsa Feb 2012 #18

sources of Bush debt thesquanderer Feb 2012 #19

Most people that I know that vote republican don't perform comparative analysis. bluestate10 Feb 2012 #20

I love this story! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #21

Well done! Quantess Mar 2012 #22

I just learned a lot myself. My question is why did the credit markets dry up for the small shcrane71 Mar 2012 #23