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2016 Postmortem

EffieBlack

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4. Bingo!

Reply to lapucelle (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 11:43 AM

Dec 2016

Everytime she started talking about her economic message, they cut either to Donald Trump's rally or back to the studio so the talking heads could tell us about Donald Trump's rally and Hillary's lack of an economic message.

To the press, the fact that any economic discussion beyond "I'm gonna make America great again" bored them to tears meant that there was no message.

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Our message was good. What we needed was for Russia to keep their shraby Dec 2016 #1

Clinton had an economic message. The media chose not to cover it. lapucelle Dec 2016 #2

+1000 baldguy Dec 2016 #3

Bingo! EffieBlack Dec 2016 #4

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BULL FUCKIN SHIT !!!! COMEY, Voter Suppression and RUSSIA !! Everything else is guessing uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6

x1000 libtodeath Dec 2016 #8

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Way to turn my post around mcar Dec 2016 #11

I most certainly did not portlander23 Dec 2016 #12

I misunderstood your statement mcar Dec 2016 #13

why this "nativism" word ploy? heaven05 Dec 2016 #14

"most Democrats believe that's a false choice."..... BINGO! jack_krass Dec 2016 #15