RE: Tea Party candidate taken behind the woodshed by an old man asking a simple question
June 20, 2014 at 11:49 am
(June 20, 2014 at 9:45 am)Jaysyn Wrote: If McDaniel couldn't answer that question while Davis was there, why would you think he's going to answer it after he leaves?I was being a bit sarcastic. Instead of asking Davis to leave, I think that elderly crowd should have turned to McDaniel and expressed interest in just how he planned to cut spending, making clear that they wanted more than just platitudes, seeing as how they might be depending on some of that spending for medical care.
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