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Poll: Repubs Getting Massacred in 'Cliff' Media Debate
Breitbart ^

Posted on 12/04/2012 10:01:58 AM PST by chessplayer

You know, it's tough to fight the media on behalf of conservatism when those elected to institute and protect conservatism have no skills whatsoever when it comes to articulating and defending our ideas.

According to this new poll, House Republicans might actually be doing better in this debate were they to simply say nothing. They certainly couldn't be doing worse:

While 53 percent of those surveyed say the GOP would (and should) lose the fiscal cliff blame game, just 27 percent say President Obama would be deserving of more of the blame.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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And obama just sits and laughs.
1 posted on 12/04/2012 10:02:02 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

The GOP is completely intimidated by the MSM


2 posted on 12/04/2012 10:02:49 AM PST by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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Let it all fail. Crash and burn, baby. Those of us that are prepared will be just fine and maybe we’ll take out some libtards for good measure.


3 posted on 12/04/2012 10:03:54 AM PST by TheRhinelander
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In short ... it’s all over.


4 posted on 12/04/2012 10:04:47 AM PST by RIghtwardHo
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With the state run media, Republicans cannot win this. If they succeed, they are blamed for taking us off the cliff and will be replaced with democrats. If they fail, they fail. This is a lose/lose proposition.


5 posted on 12/04/2012 10:05:04 AM PST by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: SMARTY
Rush said this morning that Obama and Boehner already have a deal. That these "negotiations" are just for show. Rush said that's why Boehner is purging the GOP of Tea Partiers.
6 posted on 12/04/2012 10:05:44 AM PST by exist
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The Republicans are lousy at P.R. Why? Because most of the old ones, not the conservatives, are not much different than the Democrats.


7 posted on 12/04/2012 10:05:50 AM PST by Parmy
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What is sad is I saw a video Clip of Gov. Howard Dean about strategy and the fiscal cliff. I found myself agreeing more with Dean than Boenher.


8 posted on 12/04/2012 10:06:04 AM PST by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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Still love FR but couldn’t care less about politics any longer. The left won for now, let them go over whatever cliff they choose. The GOP has ceased to exist for me, just LOSERS. No guts.


9 posted on 12/04/2012 10:06:45 AM PST by toddausauras (FUBO x 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)
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To: chessplayer

Screw the Dems. Screw the media. Screw Obama. Screw the polls.

I have totally had it. Let’s have one Party which will protect the interests of the taxpayers, the ones who are actually paying for all of the “free” stuff.


10 posted on 12/04/2012 10:06:45 AM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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The Republicans in the House have sat on their butts for two years. The Speaker appears to be a Democratic Party Agent and
we wonder why the public turns to Obama, at least he is the fountain of ‘Obama Money’ and those free mobile phones for the drug trade.
11 posted on 12/04/2012 10:07:44 AM PST by Hans
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DEAR GOP: VISCOUS VERBAL ATTACKS ON THE MEDIA ARE IN ORDER HERE!
12 posted on 12/04/2012 10:09:24 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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It doesn’t matter what happens, Pravda will blame the Republicans, regardless of the result.


13 posted on 12/04/2012 10:09:29 AM PST by CMailBag
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The Republicans in the House can let the Dims run the show while they play Angry Birds.
14 posted on 12/04/2012 10:10:17 AM PST by windsorknot
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The Tea Party needs to re-anoint themselves as THE official party for conservatives. Why have they been so quiet lately? Where’s the protests?


15 posted on 12/04/2012 10:11:04 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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Who cares?


16 posted on 12/04/2012 10:12:16 AM PST by pgkdan (We are witnessing the modern sack of Rome. The barbarians have taken over.)
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That’s because there is no conservative leadership in DC. Period!
The GOP wants to spend our money almost as much as the RATs.
That’s what DC is all about, no matter what party is involved.


17 posted on 12/04/2012 10:12:55 AM PST by tennmountainman
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To: Hans

You are correct. The voters gave them the biggest victory in congressional history, and they did absolutely NOTHING with it. They tip-toed around trying not to offend, thinking that was the way to win the White House in 2012. Instead they got murdered across the Senate and in the White House.

Somehow our party pr is such a disaster that our House members who passed no less than 30 legitimate bills to tackle spending, debt, budgets, reforms etc got 100% of the blame for ‘doing nothing’. All the while the Dem Senate, under direction from the Obama campaign actually did nothing...no budgets, no bills, no committee votes, no debates. Nothing. Yet they get a bigger majority.

What a disaster. Everyone involved should lose their positions.


18 posted on 12/04/2012 10:12:58 AM PST by ilgipper (Obama supporters are comprised of the uninformed & the ill-informed)
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To: chessplayer
This never was a winning issue for 'Pubs. They were going to get the blame no matter what happened. The public (via the media) had already made up its vacuous mind that anything bad would be blamed on the 'Pubs and anything good would be credited to Obama. Remember it played out this way with the government shutdown in the '90s. Clinton was the White Knight while the 'Pubs were painted as the "Gingrich Who Stole Christmas".

OK, so this all sets us free. We know we can't win, we're going to lose no matter what. We know we're going to get the blame, so I say do the right thing and let the cuts happen. Maybe if the sheeple get hurt badly enough it will wake them up. When they start to cry, just remind them, you voted for Obama, this is what you get. Rush was right when he says this is now a nation of children. Well, sometimes kids have to learn the hard way. You play around the stove too much, you'll burn your hand. Fine, let the kids get hurt. Maybe they'll grow up.

19 posted on 12/04/2012 10:14:17 AM PST by chimera
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The media controls the narrative

the GOP isn’t even trying to counter it

they are too busy purging conservatives


20 posted on 12/04/2012 10:15:25 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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