How does reducing 0bama by 10% do anything productive?
Decimate: reduce by 10 percent.
destroy: self explanatory.
For the love of everything Holy, WORDS MEAN THINGS!
Use the CORRECT word if you are trying to say something powerful.
If you don't know the correct word, use a dictionary or SAY NOTHING!
It is far better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt...
For those who try to refute my assertion on misuse of the word "decimate":
Just because so many miss the space between "a" and "lot", creating the NON-word "alot", does that make it a new word, or just proof of ignorance, laziness or worse?
This is an internet forum. Lighten up francis.