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gabeana

(3,166 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:04 PM Jul 2016

Stop the Michael Moore nonsense

you do know in 2012 he said Romney was going to win

“Mitt Romney is going to raise more money than Barack Obama. That should guarantee his victory,” Moore told host Josh Zepps. “I think people should start to practice the words ‘President Romney.’ To assume that the other side are just a bunch of ignoramuses who are supported by people who believe that Adam and Eve rode on dinosaurs 6,000 years ago is to completely misjudge the opposition.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/michael-moore-mitt-romney_n_1843824.html

The demographics are on our side, we will win and win big, GOTV which the Clinton team is going to do

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Stop the Michael Moore nonsense (Original Post) gabeana Jul 2016 OP
Clinton is a shoe-in but still .. ananda Jul 2016 #1
Amen. But we should still run like we are behind !!! DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #2
Wishful thinking by Michael. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #3
Aaaaand under the bus he goes Android3.14 Jul 2016 #13
Who cares, he started it. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #15
Michael Moore thought that he was exhorting people to action. MADem Jul 2016 #4
I think he is just trying to frighten people into not being complicit Chasstev365 Jul 2016 #5
maybe but the way DU gabeana Jul 2016 #6
It's what we do best. brer cat Jul 2016 #9
I thought the same thing n/t underpants Jul 2016 #12
Romney got 47 percent so that prediction was wrong but Eric J in MN Jul 2016 #7
He's cynical, and rightfully so. liberalmuse Jul 2016 #8
He should be kwolf68 Jul 2016 #11
Not true. Trump is weak among Ds and even Rs. stopbush Jul 2016 #14
I think he's pushing hard against complacency. RonniePudding Jul 2016 #17
Ever since he made the racist statement about President Obama, he is DEAD to me! DEAD! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #10
Who gives a shit what Michael Moore has to say? Doctor Jack Jul 2016 #16
Moore is correct and your message is very much incorrect. People need to be motivated and Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #18
So Moore never said gabeana Jul 2016 #19

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
2. Amen. But we should still run like we are behind !!!
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:06 PM
Jul 2016

Maybe Moore just wanted to make sure we don't get complacent.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
4. Michael Moore thought that he was exhorting people to action.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:07 PM
Jul 2016

He forgets that he has a reputation, and that reputation makes most of us regard him as a scold.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
8. He's cynical, and rightfully so.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:18 PM
Jul 2016

I think he's just believing the worst so he'll be pleasantly surprised when it doesn't happen. But let me tell you, when I heard him say that, my blood ran cold.

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
11. He should be
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:31 PM
Jul 2016

Hillary is running against a certifiable clown and the race is close. It shows how weak both candidates are. That makes this race unpredictable.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
14. Not true. Trump is weak among Ds and even Rs.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:42 PM
Jul 2016

Hillary has incredible united support from Ds. Any D has to work very hard to win even a small % of the R vote. The Indy vote breaks down evenly between the two parties and will not be a factor in this race.

Hillary has overwhelming support among women, minorities and the college-educated. She is, in fact, a stronger candidate at this point of the race than was Obama in 2008 or 2012.

To aver she is a weak candidate is to parrot RW lies.

 

RonniePudding

(889 posts)
17. I think he's pushing hard against complacency.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 05:27 PM
Jul 2016

I think he believes Trump can win if otherwise smart, sensible people act like it's a forgone conclusion that Hillary will win. If that's where he's coming from, I've got no problem with that.

I think there's potential for a landslide that will get us the WH, senate and house back, but we're all going to have to work to make it happen.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
16. Who gives a shit what Michael Moore has to say?
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:45 PM
Jul 2016

He always predicts republican victories. He isn't an election expert or a psychic. He's a film maker.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
18. Moore is correct and your message is very much incorrect. People need to be motivated and
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 05:49 PM
Jul 2016

active and not assume some cake walk to the White House. I absolutely reject your call to complacency and apathy.

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