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kimbutgar

(21,164 posts)
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:06 PM Oct 2019

Mf45 re-election strategy is to "Benghazi" Joe Biden.

Last edited Fri Oct 4, 2019, 09:46 AM - Edit history (1)

Like Benghazi, there was nothing really there that was a direct result of Hillary Clinton state department of being responsible for the incident while it was the department of defense that Dropped the ball. Now they are using the same negative strategy with this Ukraine made up nothing story. They are trying to plant in people’s minds who only minimally pay attention to politics that there is something and there is really nothing but a conspiracy theory made up by mf45 supporter.


Tuesday, I flew back from Europe with an Italian national and a woman from Pennsylvania. Near the end of the 8 hour flight she mentioned she didn’t like Hillary because of Benghazi. I guess the look on my face gave away my astonishment at her comment, she quickly said she didn’t want to talk politics.

But now we know even though the so-called “Ukraine scandal” is a big nothing burger a larger portion of the voting population will have the Ukraine negative story neurally implanted in their brains. Now we know and we must constantly repute this bs talking point every time we encounter someone.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Mf45 re-election strategy is to "Benghazi" Joe Biden. (Original Post) kimbutgar Oct 2019 OP
The 'strategy' seems to have blown up in Trump's face. C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #1
I don't think it has. There are plenty of "undecided" numbskulls out there in swing states who are Still In Wisconsin Oct 2019 #6
It has not blown up one iota... pangaia Oct 2019 #15
I agree, and these vocal numbnut defenders, I believe, are painting themselves into a corner. nt UniteFightBack Oct 2019 #27
Well then, our secret plan is working great... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #2
I had a call from the DNCC friday.. and you are right.. pangaia Oct 2019 #16
Of course... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #18
i'll download the app and reply.... pangaia Oct 2019 #19
You really shouldn't say "bidet ghoul" if you can't... dchill Oct 2019 #26
I like it stevil Oct 2019 #28
Right? But do you go with "Bidet Ghoul"... dchill Oct 2019 #29
Can't blackmail foreign govts for personal gain. Then lie lie lie lie lie beachbumbob Oct 2019 #3
Yes, you refute, and then focus on the real story peggysue2 Oct 2019 #4
It will be difficult this time whenhe is getting exponentially watergated. Tiggeroshii Oct 2019 #5
And the media seems to be helping him do it. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #7
the 'media' for the most part is either ONLY about $$$ or are just plain stupid.. pangaia Oct 2019 #17
K&R, At one time I was thinking this was all a rope a dope by Red Don's people but now Red Don's ... uponit7771 Oct 2019 #8
The Repubs are after Joe because of what his son did OKNancy Oct 2019 #9
They're after Joe because they're afraid of losing to him in the GE. Hortensis Oct 2019 #20
Swiftboating all over again mcar Oct 2019 #10
They'll use whatever they've got loyalsister Oct 2019 #11
the talk radio monopoly is the only medium capable of the unchallenged repetition needed to certainot Oct 2019 #12
What's he gonna do if Biden isn't the nominee? Texin Oct 2019 #13
I don't understand why Hunter Biden isn't suing tRump for slander and defamation of character. Texin Oct 2019 #14
Step back and look at who the Ukraine fiasco hurts more, Trump or Biden. Iggo Oct 2019 #21
I agree I am just contrasting it the the technique the repukes used that are tried And true kimbutgar Oct 2019 #22
Ah, I see. Iggo Oct 2019 #23
@JoeBiden 's favorability and standing in the primary has been stable nationwide. Gothmog Oct 2019 #24
I wish folks DownriverDem Oct 2019 #25
They have no strategy ramen Oct 2019 #30
Fits their MO to a "T". Nitram Oct 2019 #31
 

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
1. The 'strategy' seems to have blown up in Trump's face.
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:09 PM
Oct 2019

He's a criminal but thank goodness he's such a dumbfuck.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
6. I don't think it has. There are plenty of "undecided" numbskulls out there in swing states who are
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 10:08 PM
Oct 2019

now "not quite sure they trust Biden" or "apprehensive" about him. Sure, it's made Trump look even more like the stark raving a-hole he is but everyone has known for a long time who Trump is. They either like it or don't.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
15. It has not blown up one iota...
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 11:57 AM
Oct 2019

fascists will keep on this, without letup....


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UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
27. I agree, and these vocal numbnut defenders, I believe, are painting themselves into a corner. nt
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 06:56 PM
Oct 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Well then, our secret plan is working great...
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:11 PM
Oct 2019

It is a good thing that they don't know that we all got together and decided that Biden would be a decoy that we knew that Trump would attack and spend a lot of time and resources on so that our main candidate could then get the nomination and proceed from there.

Two can play that game.

It is really going to be a laugh when Trump finds that out.

Score!!!!

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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
16. I had a call from the DNCC friday.. and you are right..
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 12:02 PM
Oct 2019

biden is like an aluminum foil decoy..for a sidewinder missile--

The DNCC has decided that Yui Yoshida and Malaise will be our candidates !! I forget which was to be Pres and which VP ??







If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
18. Of course...
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 12:24 PM
Oct 2019

Well, we have already said too much. New decoder app version coming out tomorrow, BTW.

Message:
Moot orange ukulele bidet ghoul. Red reflection scan trinity. Follow apprentice peach backwards mother.

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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
19. i'll download the app and reply....
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 12:29 PM
Oct 2019


until then..

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

dchill

(38,505 posts)
26. You really shouldn't say "bidet ghoul" if you can't...
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 06:53 PM
Oct 2019

...back it up.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

stevil

(1,537 posts)
28. I like it
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 07:26 PM
Oct 2019

Forming a band and need a name.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Undecided
 

dchill

(38,505 posts)
29. Right? But do you go with "Bidet Ghoul"...
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 11:32 PM
Oct 2019

...or the retro style "The Bidet Ghouls?"

Heavy choice.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
3. Can't blackmail foreign govts for personal gain. Then lie lie lie lie lie
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:11 PM
Oct 2019

Nothing Bengazhi close here

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

peggysue2

(10,833 posts)
4. Yes, you refute, and then focus on the real story
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:14 PM
Oct 2019

The corruption and betrayal of Donald Trump who would break every law to get what he wants. In broad daylight.

Donald Trump and his cohorts are a criminal enterprise.

Despicable Donnie. Lock him up!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
5. It will be difficult this time whenhe is getting exponentially watergated.
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 08:55 PM
Oct 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

SunSeeker

(51,574 posts)
7. And the media seems to be helping him do it. nt
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 04:11 PM
Oct 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
17. the 'media' for the most part is either ONLY about $$$ or are just plain stupid..
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 12:04 PM
Oct 2019

or both

If I were to vote in a presidential
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uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
8. K&R, At one time I was thinking this was all a rope a dope by Red Don's people but now Red Don's ...
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 05:53 PM
Oct 2019

... tilting into doing anything to break the law to get dirt on Biden then they must of seen some numbers that scared the crap out of them.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
9. The Repubs are after Joe because of what his son did
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 06:02 PM
Oct 2019

Which I don't really get. I just heard one repeat that Hunter had no experience blah blah blah...
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Hunter on the Board? You don't have to know the gas business to be on the board if you are half way intelligent. Many Boards get people outside the field of the business.
It's not like Hunter is a dummy. He went to Georgetown and then got his law degree at Yale. He had business experience.
Also I read that he didn't get 50,000 every month, just some months.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
20. They're after Joe because they're afraid of losing to him in the GE.
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 01:30 PM
Oct 2019

They could care less about Hunter himself. Or that there's an enormous difference between doing something that "doesn't look good" and actual corruption.

In that, they're very like those who adopt and push RW lies here, instead of being happily proud that our Democratic frontrunners are honest.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mcar

(42,334 posts)
10. Swiftboating all over again
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 07:38 PM
Oct 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
11. They'll use whatever they've got
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 08:05 PM
Oct 2019

We saw it work in '04 and '16. It is most effective there is a grain of truth to keep people talking and strenuously refuting over and over again. It is not dismissed by skeptics as long as the conversation continues. We need to keep in mind that it is skeptics and cynics who don't vote because they don't think it is a useful exercise. "The lesser of two evils," "they're all crooked in some way" "they never do anything to make a difference to me" and other cynical claims pick up speed with exactly this kind of controversy.

The voters who will defend this are the choir. The voters who will listen are already listening and ready to be persuaded. The voters who are cynical to begin with will tune out because "they're all crooked" and they don't want to worry or get frustrated over things they can't change.

GOTV is going to determine who wins this election and we can't afford a candidate whose associations with scandal discourage voters. Thankfully, we have candidates who do not have to offering competing explanations refutations and defenses in the context of the same scandal. The worst part is the most devoted supporters on either side see their candidate as a victim of the other. Whataboutism and bothsidesism is effective when you have competing groups making the same argument about the other and their own candidate.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Undecided
 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
12. the talk radio monopoly is the only medium capable of the unchallenged repetition needed to
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 12:25 AM
Oct 2019

establish this bullshit but dems don't even poll for it

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Texin

(2,596 posts)
13. What's he gonna do if Biden isn't the nominee?
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 12:00 PM
Oct 2019

What tack will he take with another opponent. I guess it'd be a similar strategy.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Texin

(2,596 posts)
14. I don't understand why Hunter Biden isn't suing tRump for slander and defamation of character.
Sat Oct 5, 2019, 12:03 PM
Oct 2019

If I were Joe, I'd be encouraging him to doing that, and screw the election.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Iggo

(47,558 posts)
21. Step back and look at who the Ukraine fiasco hurts more, Trump or Biden.
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 01:35 PM
Oct 2019

Hint: Only one of them is being impeached.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

kimbutgar

(21,164 posts)
22. I agree I am just contrasting it the the technique the repukes used that are tried And true
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 01:46 PM
Oct 2019

Like swiftboating.

But I am delighted it is backfiring and hurting MF45.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Iggo

(47,558 posts)
23. Ah, I see.
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 01:50 PM
Oct 2019

I've just spent a very long week telling people to just breathe, is all.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Gothmog

(145,345 posts)
24. @JoeBiden 's favorability and standing in the primary has been stable nationwide.
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 06:18 PM
Oct 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DownriverDem

(6,229 posts)
25. I wish folks
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 06:49 PM
Oct 2019

understood and supported him.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

ramen

(790 posts)
30. They have no strategy
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 08:09 AM
Oct 2019

They just collide from one set of poorly considered, unimaginatively corrupt blunders to the next.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
31. Fits their MO to a "T".
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:37 PM
Oct 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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