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2016 Postmortem

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

3. If the truth doesn't help you, be pragmatic

Reply to Bjorn Against (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:14 PM

Feb 2016

winning is everything, and the ends justify the means

Just rewrite the truth to fit your message.

If Bernie really was a racist bigot it would be so much easier. So simply make it so!

Look,

it's just a few black people in SC that need to be misled. What could -possibly- go wrong???

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Tiny handful? HassleCat Feb 2016 #1

Well said, k & r beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #2

If the truth doesn't help you, be pragmatic HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #3