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Arkansas Granny

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Wed Jul 11, 2018, 11:56 AM Jul 2018

And now, for the rest of the story.




A recent Emerson College ePoll said that most Americans, especially Hispanics, feel that they are better off under President Trump than they were under President Obama.

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But that tweet doesn’t tell the whole story, according to the Emerson professor who helped lead the study.

Although some aspects of the president’s tweet are based in truth, the overall sentiment is an exaggeration that cherry-picks from the poll, said Spencer Kimball, an adviser to Emerson College Polling.

For one, the poll, which came out Monday, specifically asked respondents whether they are “better or worse off financially than you were two years ago.” The question asks about personal financial standing and does not mention Obama.

“We were asking specifically about finances,” Kimball said, “which is a stretch to then say what the president has put out there with the ‘Obama’ because it doesn’t have Obama in the question.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/07/10/trump-just-tweeted-about-emerson-college-poll-but-his-facts-weren-quite-right/SkKC6RatNX86J4m7bTNsgN/story.html


This is a pretty interesting article showing how the truth can be twisted.
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The Cretin is a full throttle egomaniacal, sociopathic, twisted narcissist right wing tool... Guilded Lilly Jul 2018 #1
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Guilded Lilly

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1. The Cretin is a full throttle egomaniacal, sociopathic, twisted narcissist right wing tool...
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 12:09 PM
Jul 2018

being promoted, used and manipulated to be the “Perfect Storm” Reality Show distraction so Republicans, Comrades and their Treasonous partners can destroy Democracy.

There is no truth to the Cretin.
Not one fleshy, wretched ounce.

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