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|sexist card
 
|allegations men are ignorant slobs and women need a protected status as a voting block within the Democratic party.
 
|allegations men are ignorant slobs and women need a protected status as a voting block within the Democratic party.
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|[[Lawrence Summers]] was driven from his presidency of [[Harvard]] for merely mentioning the possibility that women may not have as much aptitude for math as men
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|[[Lawrence Summers]] was driven from his presidency of [[Harvard]] for merely mentioning the possibility that women may not have as much aptitude for math as men.
 
|safe haven for angry liberals and women
 
|safe haven for angry liberals and women
 
|implies women are helpless unless they receive special treatment from the government
 
|implies women are helpless unless they receive special treatment from the government
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| Mediscare card
 
| Mediscare card
 
| Scare grandpa and grandma into thinking their government benefits will be cut off
 
| Scare grandpa and grandma into thinking their government benefits will be cut off
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| Used to win a special congressional election for a [[Democrat]] in a [[Republican]]-leaning district in [[New York]] in 2011
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| Used in a recent special congressional election for a [[Democrat]] in a [[Republican]]-leaning district in [[New York]] in 2011.
 
| fear sells
 
| fear sells
 
| people aren't stupid.
 
| people aren't stupid.
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| trickle down card
 
| trickle down card
 
| anti-free market agitprop
 
| anti-free market agitprop
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| [[Nobel Laureate]] [[Paul Krugman]] claims GOP Zombies will eat Obama's brain for extending the Bush tax cuts. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/12/20/paul-krugman-says-gop-zombies-are-going-eat-obamas-brain Paul Krugman Says GOP 'Zombies' Are Going to Eat Obama's Brain], ''Newsbusters.</ref>
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| [[Nobel Laureate]] [[Paul Krugman]] claims GOP zombies will eat Obama's brain for extending the Bush tax cuts. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/12/20/paul-krugman-says-gop-zombies-are-going-eat-obamas-brain Paul Krugman Says GOP 'Zombies' Are Going to Eat Obama's Brain], ''Newsbusters.</ref>
 
| apparently there is a ready market for hyperbole and fear among leftists.
 
| apparently there is a ready market for hyperbole and fear among leftists.
 
| Ignores the fact the Reagan reforms gave birth to the longest, most extended era of peacetime prosperity in U.S. history.<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574344230339019304.html</ref>
 
| Ignores the fact the Reagan reforms gave birth to the longest, most extended era of peacetime prosperity in U.S. history.<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574344230339019304.html</ref>
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|uneducated card
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|Because a person is stupid, they are unqualified to be president.
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|Reading from a prop, Dan Quayle once misspelled "potato", and [[liberals]] destroyed him by playing this card.
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|A momentary lapse is seized upon to make a person look like an idiot.
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|Works well until a liberal candidate utters a statement like the United States is made up of 57 states.
   
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|global warming denier card
 
|global warming denier card
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|uneducated card
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|Because a person is stupid, they are unqualified to be president.
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|Reading from a prop, Dan Quayle once misspelled "potato", and [[liberals]] destroyed him by playing this card.
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|A momentary lapse is seized upon to make a person look like an idiot.
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|Works well until a liberal candidate utters a statement like the United States is made up of 57 states.
 
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|fundamentalist card
 
|fundamentalist card
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| you can't run from your conscience and consequence of actions can lead to a lifetime of suffering
 
| you can't run from your conscience and consequence of actions can lead to a lifetime of suffering
 
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|Snark card
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| liberal mocking card
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| mocking a conservative opponent rather than dealing with substantive issues
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| ''The Daily Show''
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| often pleases supporters
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| makes person look petty
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|snark card
 
|Using snarky (sometimes even offensive) humor to attack the opponent.
 
|Using snarky (sometimes even offensive) humor to attack the opponent.
 
|Rachael Maddow, Jon Stewart, etc.
 
|Rachael Maddow, Jon Stewart, etc.
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|angers those with guns
 
|angers those with guns
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| ''The Daily Show''
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|[[Liberal redefinition]] card
 
|[[Liberal redefinition]] card
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