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Old 05-03-2016, 02:18 PM
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"Half"? Three million+ Democratic voters would disagree with that.
Except they were not participating in a really democratic election process were they? As I have mentioned, that is a meaningless static but useful when one has to throw out numbers to shut down a discussion. "Numbers speak for themselves", where have I heard that before.
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Old 05-03-2016, 02:20 PM
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKCN0XU1TV

What's wrong with the headline? Here is her actual quote unless your interpret the word remember differently than I do, which is the double speak I was referring to.

Thanks for the compliment, whell puts up one hell of an argument even when he is wrong, which is seldom.
You actually are interpreting this to mean she will be a friend to the coal industry? She's been talking about investing in retraining coal workers and building up the safety net for out of work coal miners.

Christ on a pogo stick... I feel like I'm reading the Bernie Bro sub/reddit or Caucus99 here.
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Old 05-03-2016, 02:23 PM
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Politico? Isn't that 'Tiger Beat on the Potomac'?

You need to do some more research Rajoo. I can find some links for you if your search engine is broken.
Bob, please read my Post #1251, where I mentioned that this Politico article was referenced (not linked) by an email from Bernie's campaign this morning. Why should I do any research, I believe it so if you don't agree, you will need to post information to the contrary.

After all, the best I can say about Hillary is that she is NFG.
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Old 05-03-2016, 02:26 PM
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You actually are interpreting this to mean she will be a friend to the coal industry? She's been talking about investing in retraining coal workers and building up the safety net for out of work coal miners.

Christ on a pogo stick... I feel like I'm reading the Bernie Bro sub/reddit or Caucus99 here.
She is pandering to the coal workers while winking at Elon Musk.

PS: Thank you all, a fun morning for me. Need to get rolling south for an afternoon of gainful occupation.
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Old 05-03-2016, 02:27 PM
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You actually are interpreting this to mean she will be a friend to the coal industry? She's been talking about investing in retraining coal workers and building up the safety net for out of work coal miners.

Christ on a pogo stick... I feel like I'm reading the Bernie Bro sub/reddit or Caucus99 here.
This is not what the headline says. It was written to be open to interpretation in order to draw eyes to the article.
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Old 05-03-2016, 02:27 PM
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"Half"? Three million+ Democratic voters would disagree with that.
I wonder how those 3 million people are feeling about their vote these days. Look at the polls. Bernie has virtually erased Hillary's lead.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4...nie-to-Hillary
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Old 05-03-2016, 02:34 PM
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Rasmussen is a Republican poll.
I followed the Rassmussen poll for the 2008 election between Obama and McCain right up until the election. They had Obama up by six points at the end.

By the way, what was that final margin?

Oh!

It was 7 points!

You're right.

Rassmussen was way off!
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In cast you haven't noticed through haze of your Hillary love, this is an anti establishment year. That's why Trump is going to be the Republican nominee and why Bernie is better positioned to take him on. Hillary represents the last gasp of the establishment.
I think you need to read the article by Andrew Sullivan.
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Old 05-03-2016, 02:40 PM
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I followed the Rassmussen poll for the 2008 election between Obama and McCain right up until the election. They had Obama up by six points at the end.

By the way, what was that final margin?

Oh!

It was 7 points!

You're right.

Rassmussen was way off!
Ask President Romney...
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Old 05-03-2016, 02:41 PM
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You're right.

It's only about 45%.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...tion-3824.html

So how many of Bernie's voters do you think Hillary can afford to piss away?
And the undecideds cover the spread.
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