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When a Republican runs against a Republican, the Republican will win every time. - Harry S Truman
That's what I saw last night. Question after question, Obama defended his right-of-center policies against the Gold Standard of True Republicanism and Romney criticized it as not as Republican as his Yet-to-be-Detailed(tm) position.
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21:31:34: LEHRER: Governor, what about Simpson-Bowles? Do you support Simpson-Bowles?
21:31:34: ROMNEY: Simpson-Bowles, the president should have grabbed that.
21:31:35: LEHRER: No, I mean, do you support Simpson-Bowles?
21:31:36: ROMNEY: I have my own plan. It's not the same as Simpson- Bowles. But in my view, the president should have grabbed it. If you wanted to make some adjustments to it, take it, go to Congress, fight for it.
21:31:48: OBAMA: That's what we've done, made some adjustments to it, and we're putting it forward before Congress right now, a $4 trillion plan...
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/03/politics/debate-transcript/index.html
So , how did we get to the position where, 30 years after Reaganism was debunked the hard way, the Media still promotes "Tax Cuts Creates Jobs" and that's accepted as Gospel?
