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2016 Postmortem

ProudToBeLiberal

(3,964 posts) Wed Jan 27, 2016, 09:59 PM Jan 2016

Hillary Clinton Signs High Schooler's Excuse Note at Iowa Event

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/hillary-clinton-signs-high-schoolers-excuse-note-iowa-36554720

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Hillary Clinton Signs High Schooler's Excuse Note at Iowa Event (Original Post) ProudToBeLiberal Jan 2016 OP

Are you all over this, Trey Gowdy? HassleCat Jan 2016 #1

Don't give him any ideas. Trey's pretty saltpoint Jan 2016 #3

Ok, not bad. Pretty sure the teacher saltpoint Jan 2016 #2

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

1. Are you all over this, Trey Gowdy?

Reply to ProudToBeLiberal (Original post)

Wed Jan 27, 2016, 10:04 PM

Jan 2016

A presidential candidate encouraging our youth to skip school? Usurping parental authority? Appoint a special prosecutor.

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)

3. Don't give him any ideas. Trey's pretty

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 27, 2016, 10:09 PM

Jan 2016

literal about these things. You could send him on a snipe hunt and he'd be gone for months.

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)

2. Ok, not bad. Pretty sure the teacher

Reply to ProudToBeLiberal (Original post)

Wed Jan 27, 2016, 10:06 PM

Jan 2016

will be able to authenticate that signature, since ABC is running the piece.

Might be a pretty good idea to have students attend candidates' appearances -- maybe two or three each cycle. My sixth grade teacher took us to a couple. She told us it didn't matter for whom our parents were voting, that it was just important to listen.

Not bad advice.

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