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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:36 PM
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Roy Blunt admits: "In politics, the two biggest motivators are fear and anger,"
Republican election strategy in a nut shell.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/billmcclellan/story/8E93F4A5373C9A2A862576AC0006F97D?OpenDocument
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:40 PM
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1. I'd add greed
and Heinlein's assertion that fear and anger are two sides of the same coin.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:41 PM
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:45 PM
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3. (Shakes head sadly and agrees) nt
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:47 PM
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4. Unforunately- that's the truth behind what drives public policy in America
Something that Democrats have in their infinite "wisdom" ceded back to Republicans rather than using it to make the changes necessary to turn America away from its trajectory into third world status.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:48 PM
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5. I just wish that truth would have such a sparkly wrapping paper
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:19 PM
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6. Kick, because I think there are some that still don't realize this. nt
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:25 PM
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7. I still don't like him
even if he does say something I agree with once a decade.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 10:26 PM
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8. I am afraid it was more than an observation
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