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2016 Postmortem

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts) Mon Aug 1, 2016, 11:14 AM Aug 2016

Grammatical rule for Republicans: "but I'm still voting for him" invalidates all preceding

criticism of Trump.

If you really find it so beyond the pale, vile and reprehensible, withdraw your endorsement. Otherwise, you're with him, and your criticism is without meaning.

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Grammatical rule for Republicans: "but I'm still voting for him" invalidates all preceding (Original Post) geek tragedy Aug 2016 OP

Precisely. Starting the second part of your sentence with "but,"... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #1

3catwoman3

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1. Precisely. Starting the second part of your sentence with "but,"...

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Mon Aug 1, 2016, 11:20 AM

Aug 2016

...means that nothing that you said in the first part of the sentence meant anything at all.

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