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Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about “Obama spending” and “Obama deficits” and how the “Stimulus” just made things worse.
Solution: Here are three “reality-based” charts to send to him. These charts show what actually happened.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Aug 29, 2011 8:40:13pm |
LOL!
He wouldn't believe me, anyway.
He's a HUGE fan of Michelle Bachmann, too!
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Buck Mon, Aug 29, 2011 8:50:20pm |
It is funny. In the budget deficit chart....why show 2012 and 2013? Without those completely made up numbers the chart looks very different.
And color 2008-2009 in Bush color? I mean we all know that there was spending, by Obama that was outside of the original budget...
And seriously... does no one else remember the economic downturn that started at the end of 1999?
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RadicalModerate Mon, Aug 29, 2011 9:22:47pm |
re: #2 Buck
And color 2008-2009 in Bush color? I mean we all know that there was spending, by Obama that was outside of the original budget...
You DO realize that President Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009 don't you? Or are you claiming that Obama was responsible for budgetary spending before he became President?
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barry123 Mon, Aug 29, 2011 10:25:00pm |
Reality have never been a GOP strong point. According to the GOP:
1) Jimmy Carter is responsible for the housing collapse in 2008.
2) Bill Clinton is responsible for the WTC attacks two months into his term office and 9 months after his term of office
3) Ronald Reagan is solely responsible for the collapse of Communism.
4) George W. Bush is a war hero and John Kerry is a coward
5) Republicans had nothing to do with the repeal of Glass Steagall (though the bill was named Gramm-Leach-Biley) as it was all Bill Clinton's fault
6) Rush Limbaugh is a patriotic Christian
7) That George W. Bush's withdrawal from Saudia Arabia (as ordered by Osama bin Laden) was a sign of courage
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FreedomMoon Mon, Aug 29, 2011 10:42:21pm |
All my brother-in-laws are GOP loving assholes. I'm sure if I sent them this link they wouldn't have conversations with me anymore at family gatherings (which truthfully I wouldn't mind). If you come from a middle-class white family, chances are EVERYONE votes Republican in lockstep.
Ironically enough, it was one of them who introduced this site to me in 2006. I'm sure he's loooong gone now, thankfully.
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