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In Ark., Obama Is a 4-Letter Word Hampering Dems
Real Clear Polotics ^ | May 19 2014 | Ron Fournier

Posted on 05/19/2014 9:07:19 AM PDT by PoloSec

For five decades of Saturdays, Jerry's Barber Shop has been a center of Arkansas politics, servicing receding hairlines for governors, legislators and judges alongside the voters who elect and reject them. "I know how to make a politician tell the truth," owner Jerry Hood says, "put a razor to his neck." That joke never fails. On this Saturday morning, Hood's audience consists of two fellow barbers and four customers, including me – and the crowd guffaws while I blindly scribble quotes in a notepad beneath my barber's smock. I've ordered a Number 1 buzz cut. "People are sick and tired of the path we're taking. They're sick and tired of Obama and Obamacare," Hood says. His customers are mostly progressives from the shop's affluent Heights neighborhood. "A lot of people coming in here talking about voting against every Democrat. They're pissed off at Obamacare …"

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: 2014issues; 2014midterms; ar2014; bho44

1 posted on 05/19/2014 9:07:19 AM PDT by PoloSec
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To: PoloSec

bttt


2 posted on 05/19/2014 9:11:04 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

I hope it is true.


3 posted on 05/19/2014 9:15:59 AM PDT by the anti-mahdi
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To: PoloSec

What four-letter word could that be?


4 posted on 05/19/2014 9:16:31 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: PoloSec

I’m trying to think of the best four letter word to call him.


5 posted on 05/19/2014 9:16:54 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: PoloSec

Although interesting, it’s risky to calculate public sentiment on isolated anecdotal evidence alone.

We’ll see what the polls reveal after all the primaries have been held and it’s after Labor Day. That’s when people really start paying attention.


6 posted on 05/19/2014 9:16:56 AM PDT by randita
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To: PoloSec
It couldn't happen to a nicer party!!

of course.....it woudn't need to either




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7 posted on 05/19/2014 9:17:59 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: defconw

Punk.


8 posted on 05/19/2014 9:23:13 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: PoloSec

Now if only Obummer was a four letter word in all 50 states, or how many states did Obummer say they were?


9 posted on 05/19/2014 9:23:36 AM PDT by Vinylly (?%)
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To: defconw

Let’s see, b.....d has seven letters, a.....e has seven too. hmmmm...


10 posted on 05/19/2014 9:28:58 AM PDT by Vinylly (?%)
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To: txrefugee

That works! All the others I could think of had more then four letters.


11 posted on 05/19/2014 9:35:18 AM PDT by defconw (Well now what?)
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To: PoloSec

Arkansas has become a mixed bag of politicians.

When Pryor ran for reelection in 2008, Arkansas had 2 Dem Senators and 3 of 4 Dem Representatives.

In 2014, Arkansas has 1 Dem Senator. The other Senator and all 4 Representatives are Republicans.

However, Mike Huckabee was the last Republican governor who left office in January, 2007. Democrat Mike Beebe has been governor since, winning in 2006 and 2010.

Mike Ross, former Representative, is in a tight race against former Representative Asa Hutchinson for governor.

Mark Pryor is being challenged by Republican Representative Tom Cotton for the Senate seat.

Several polls show the Dems with a slight lead, but some of those polls are tainted because they over-poll select groups.


12 posted on 05/19/2014 9:35:50 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Cowboy Bob

Ofay?


13 posted on 05/19/2014 9:45:02 AM PDT by null and void (When was the last time you heard anyone say: "It's a free country"?)
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To: PoloSec
"I know how to make a politician tell the truth," owner Jerry Hood says, "put a razor to his neck."

LOL! Amen!

14 posted on 05/19/2014 9:50:04 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
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To: ConservativeMan55

One of the most rabid left wing writers interviewing Arkansas “progressives” in a lipstick on a pig piece, and he had trouble finding lipstick.


15 posted on 05/19/2014 9:54:37 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: PoloSec

OBAMACARE is the VA Fiasco on Steroids.


16 posted on 05/19/2014 10:00:11 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: TomGuy

“Several polls show the Dems with a slight lead, but some of those polls are tainted because they over-poll select groups”
Is this taking into consideration whether or not it will be an honest election,or is that a foregone conclusion?


17 posted on 05/19/2014 2:34:59 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: oldtech

Fortunately, AR has a Republican Secretary of State.


18 posted on 05/19/2014 4:57:35 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Vinylly

Let’s see... c.......r is 10 and b...h is 5.


19 posted on 05/19/2014 6:14:51 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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