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Ya gotta be specifically RESTRICTIVE when you ask for things. Else you will be ridiculing/embarrassing/sabotaging yourself. Right?

The GOP in Indiana asked folks to share their "Obamacare Horror Stories". It backfired BIGTIME! They got a few but the abundant majority of the replies were in praise of the Affordable Health Care Act. Next time the askers  have to be SPECIFIC! Restrict replies ONLY TO THOSE who comply with the point. They were not interested in people's experiences at all if the experiences weren't abysmally awful. They only wanted the bad ones, the terrible ones, the unfortunate ones. Unfortunately there weren't enough of them. Next time? Well you know what to do. Use "alternative facts". Make up the stories and the names and publish those.  Fake it. Stack the deck. If you know the outcome you want make it happen yourself. You can't count on the people to give you what you want. Some, maybe  many, will honestly tell you what they experienced. That's a gamble  when you can't control what they say. Make it like a closed prez press conference where all questions are approved in advance and only friendly folks are allowed to attend. Don't want truth mixing in and ruining everything now, do we?

Posted - July 6, 2017

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  • 22891
    sounds right
      July 6, 2017 2:35 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Sounds wrong to me.
      July 6, 2017 2:48 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Well, actually, when it comes to being in a relationship like marriage, it is absolutely essential that you ask for what you want "100%" of the time.

    But if you are looking for a large number of certain types of answers, it is wise to phrase the question in such a way as to attract the types of answers you want to showcase at a later date.

      July 6, 2017 2:47 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Indiana ended up with egg on its face! Thank you for your reply tom and Happy Sunday! :)
      July 9, 2017 6:35 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Well you gotta be specific when asking for things or you get the wrong things.

      July 6, 2017 2:49 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Indiana got precisely what it did not want. Thank you for your reply Shar and the graphic. This post was edited by RosieG at July 9, 2017 6:36 AM MDT
      July 9, 2017 6:35 AM MDT
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