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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
My serious question remains, why fabricate things about Obama when there are plenty of genuine differences of policies etc. to exploit?[/quote]

Because the genuine policy differences are not favorable to the Republicans. Do you think Republicans want the American people to know that the Romney/Ryan plan for Medicare is to replace a defined benefits program with vouchers? Do you think they want people to know that the R/R budget decimates domestic programs while increasing defense spending? That the R/R tax plan lowers Romney's tax rate to less than 1%? Do you think they want to discuss the real impact of repealing Obamacare? Of course, they don't want to talk about any of these things. So, they fabricate things.
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as you see, OP, that's why you don't get thoughtful conservatives here.  Politics is a full contact sport.  I don't doubt you're asking a serious question--it's your choice whether to choose to magnify the impact of repub wingnuts.  I read plenty of fundraising letters and there's plenty of lying to go around.

My Q back would be--why can't Dems accept that conservative care about people of all classes too, they just have different ways to problem solve?  One easy example is education vouchers, for which the right was villified for, oh, decades, and now is gaining acceptance from the left as one way to instill some competition and raise education standards for the underserved.  I find when a conservative starts asking real questions--

--why do we spend money on this n that program for the poor?  what is the outcome?  is there a better way?  why has public school staffing increased 60% or more since 1970 when enrollment has increased 8%?  are we getting better educated kids?

we first have a decade of being called heartless assholes until some community gives it a try and..whattdya know..gets some results.

Seriously, wrong forum.  Jeff and his acolytes shout over reasoned discourse.  We hang in other places.[/quote]

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