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Squinch

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14. This was one of the areas where our messaging skills were shown to suck. There

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Thu Apr 5, 2018, 08:33 AM

Apr 2018

was absolutely nothing in the hacked emails. There is never anything in the "scandals" that have been manufactured over Hillary. But the republican and Russian messaging was blanketing, shrill and relentless. We had nothing to match it to set the record straight.

A good PR firm, plus talking points for every Democrat speaking in any forum, would have gone a long way to prevent those lies from spreading.

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Did I miss something? What was so damaging to Hillary in those Wikileaks-hacked emails? [View all] Goodheart Apr 2018 OP

There was nothing in the emails marylandblue Apr 2018 #1

amazing how many fucking idiots fell for it Skittles Apr 2018 #3

Yeah, FuxNews does a lot of pearl-clutching and gasping Rorey Apr 2018 #7

NBC pushed the email story nightly for months. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #13

They did Rorey Apr 2018 #18

Diversionary tactic. Cracklin Charlie Apr 2018 #2

Much was with how the emails were portrayed by the RNC, and in our media, and others. kentuck Apr 2018 #4

It was an excuse to refresh the great fogbank of steam. JHB Apr 2018 #5

HRC ran for President. HRC did nothing wrong after all the investigations. democratisphere Apr 2018 #6

Didn't you hear? Adrahil Apr 2018 #8

Something about Chelseas wedding cake I think lol Takket Apr 2018 #9

Nothing maxrandb Apr 2018 #10

She inhaled oxygen and then exhaled oxygen, to many that is a jail-able offense uponit7771 Apr 2018 #11

While in possession of a uterus? Orsino Apr 2018 #19

Deception and propaganda. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #12

This was one of the areas where our messaging skills were shown to suck. There Squinch Apr 2018 #14

As other posters here have said... Goodheart Apr 2018 #15

Well.... the risotto recipe wasn't very good. So there was that... Squinch Apr 2018 #20

Lets not forget that our own progressive media was often "All Trump All the Time" - dont know how Kashkakat v.2.0 Apr 2018 #16

The right wing created a brand call "Hillary's e-mails" and sold it. Stinky The Clown Apr 2018 #17