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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 10:30 PM
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Drudge is lying again. Post this into your Facebook status... let's stop web this meme cold!
Could you make this your Facebook status?

"Ummmm... no, Drudge. President Obama did not "threaten to hold up Social Security checks." He merely stated that, if Congress does not put money into the account, there is no sense writing millions of bad checks. Like the Republicans said: The federal government might have to cut back just like any family would. When the checking account is empty, most families stop writing checks."
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 10:33 PM
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1. Why give drudge the publicity....or further his headline out of his echo chamber
Edited on Tue Jul-12-11 10:33 PM by Joe the Revelator
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 10:34 PM
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2. It's called rapid response (nt)
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 10:35 PM
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3. Its pretty corny, man. Especially since no one I know takes drudge seriously.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 10:39 PM
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4. You don't get it
That Drudge line is being picked up everywhere. By tomorrow, the idea that Obama threatened seniors will be Holy Writ to half the country. You have to respond to these things.

Maybe nobody you know takes Drudge seriously, but you don't know everybody.
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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 10:49 PM
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5. I've seen it on other political sites already...
the conservaturds are already using it on Politico.

Here's Fox Nation's headline...

Obama Threatens to Withhold Social Security Checks from Seniors and Vets

It's already spreading like wildfire. That's how they always beat us on messaging. Think back to Death Panels...
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 10:53 PM
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6. And when somebody suggests we respond...
... we're accused of amplifying their message. Sure, let's just let them get away with it. Let's just ignore their lies. How'd that work out for John Kerry?
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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 11:00 PM
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8. We should try and stop it...
but contrary to what the right always says...we don't have a "mouth piece" in the media..aka Fox Noise...even MSNBC which is supposed to be the liberal station might make a passing comment...you'll notice that the Liberal Media is mentioned...

This is an actual post from Politico....many more like this...

Jul. 12, 2011 - 11:40 PM EST

STOP WELFARE AND MEDICAID!



How dare Obama threaten to stop payments to vets and senoirs who earned them. Why doesn't he reduce the salaries and perks of ALL government employees?



Why doesn't he send ALL illegals back to their homeland, rather than providing food, shelter medical attention and education to them at the cost of American citizens??? The Democrats see illegals as unregistered voters!



Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the liberals, along with the biased media, Soros, Unions, Acorn, etc. based the entire 2008 campaign on lies.



Democrats took control of Congress in 2006. They took control of our White House in 2008. They did inherit a bad economy --- and immediately QUADRUPLED our debt, while cramming Obamacare down our throats.



I'll never vote for another Democrat!


post #329 if you want to verify http://dyn.politico.com/members/forums/thread.cfm?catid=1&subcatid=1&threadid=5659448&start=301&CurrentPage=11
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 11:23 PM
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10. delete
Edited on Tue Jul-12-11 11:44 PM by politicasista
guess conventional wisdom won again. :shrug:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 10:59 PM
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7. Done.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-11 11:05 PM
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9. Thank you! (nt)
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