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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I turned on the convention tonight convinced that we need to get behind Clinton [View all]athena
(4,187 posts)43. There are lots of lies floating around about HRC.
Sadly, most people tend to repeat what they hear, rather than check to make sure that what they're hearing is true. It's human nature. We just don't have the time to fact-check every statement, so if someone we trust says something, we assume it's true.
I think that many people will see that Hillary is in fact the very opposite the evil caricature she's been made out by the right-wing to be.
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I turned on the convention tonight convinced that we need to get behind Clinton [View all]
PatrickforO
Jul 2016
OP
You're right- there were a few places and people here where I could freely support Hillary.
NBachers
Jul 2016
#17
Obama proved that tough pragmatic positivity wins elections. Hillary took notes. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#24
Yay!!! I love Bernie and what he did for our party. We need all his people to come on board and
Laser102
Jul 2016
#33
It has been there all the time. Sure she makes mistakes, sure she "seems" calculating but I call that
glennward
Jul 2016
#37
Funny you should say this, the SAME thing happened to me. Mea culpa, Hillary
BigBearJohn
Jul 2016
#46